China stoked international outrage with its choice of an athlete to carry the Olympic torch on its last leg. The honor went to someone from what group?
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Cross-country skier Dinigeer Yilamujiang is from China’s Muslim Uyghur minority, which human rights observers accuse China of subjecting to forced labor and genocide.
The British people marked Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee on Sunday, signifying an unprecedented length of time on the throne. How many years is a platinum jubilee?
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Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth 70 years ago, on Feb. 6, 1952. A monarch’s jubilee refers to the 12 months following an anniversary date.
Which popular podcaster apologized following the exposure of clips of him using a racial slur?
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Top Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan offered his “deepest apologies” for the compilation that showed him using the N-word across 12 years' worth of episodes.
China’s censors restored an American movie’s original ending after attracting global attention by replacing it with a government-friendly version. Which film got its finale back?
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Censors had deleted an ending showing an explosive anarchist end to consumerist culture, and replaced it with plain text saying police caught the criminals.
Which social media platform reported its first-ever drop in daily users, leading to a crash in its parent company’s stock price?
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Facebook had never lost daily users in its 18-year history; it still logged 1.93 billion in the last quarter of 2021.
Fans at a Syracuse University basketball game booed a “Saturday Night Live” cast member after he made Syracuse, N.Y. the butt of his jokes for three years. Who did they roast?
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Pete Davidson ranted that Syracuse “sucks” and called the city “trash” after a 2019 run-in with police during a film shoot. Students let him have it on Saturday.
Which female singer was named Billboard magazine’s “Woman of the Year” despite releasing just one album?
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18-year-old singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo will be honored with the award in March.
The parent company of a major U.S. newspaper was the subject of a cyberattack that investigators found likely originated in China. Which newspaper was hit?
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The attack targeted News Corp, which owns The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, Fox News Channel and other news brands.
The CEO of Delta Airlines asked the U.S. Department of Justice to institute a new penalty for passengers convicted of disrupting flight operations. What is it?
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Delta wants an industry-wide no-fly list so someone convicted of being unruly on one domestic airline can’t fly on another.
Three-time American Olympic gold medalist Shaun White has announced that this Winter Olympics will be his last. What sport is White competing in?
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Shaun White, 35, is also a multiple gold medalist in the X Games and is better known as a skateboarder.
