Q 01/05

Which party won the July 2024 UK general election in a landslide?

A) Liberal Democrats

B) Reform UK

C) Labour

D) Green Party

Answer · why

C) Labour

Labour under Keir Starmer took 411 seats, a 172-seat majority and its best result since 2001; the Conservatives fell to 121 seats, their worst ever.

Q 02/05

Who was Donald Trump's running mate on the winning ticket in the November 2024 US presidential election?

A) Marco Rubio

B) JD Vance

C) Ron DeSantis

D) Vivek Ramaswamy

Answer · why

B) JD Vance

JD Vance, the 40-year-old senator from Ohio, was Trump's running mate; the ticket defeated Kamala Harris and Minnesota governor Tim Walz.

Q 03/05

Near which Pennsylvania town did Donald Trump survive an assassination attempt on July 13, 2024?

A) Butler

B) Scranton

C) Erie

D) Altoona

Answer · why

A) Butler

Trump was grazed by a bullet at a rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds in Butler, Pennsylvania; the gunman, Thomas Crooks, was killed by a Secret Ser...

Q 04/05

On how many felony counts was Donald Trump convicted in New York on May 30, 2024?

A) 10

B) 21

C) 30

D) 34

Answer · why

D) 34

A Manhattan jury found Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels, the first crimin...

Q 05/05

Which country elected Claudia Sheinbaum as its first woman president in 2024?

A) Argentina

B) Chile

C) Mexico

D) Colombia

Answer · why

C) Mexico

Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum is also the first person of Jewish heritage to hold the office, taking over from her ally Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Oc...