| Who finished second in the medals table to USA at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games? | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | Russia |
| Japan | China |
| The games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5th to August 21st 2016. | |
| Which country carried out its fifth and biggest nuclear test in September of 2016? | |
|---|---|
| France | Russia |
| China | North Korea |
| Who was investigated by the FBI in 2016 over alleged email abuse? | |
|---|---|
| Barack Obama | Donald Trump |
| Hilary Clinton | George W Bush |
| F.B.I. Director James Comey recommended no charges be laid for Hillary. | |
| What anniversary of Shakespeare's death was widely celebrated in 2016? | |
|---|---|
| 200 | 300 |
| 400 | 600 |
| Shakespeare died on April 23rd, 1616. | |
| Making its debut in November of 2016, the Netflix series "The Crown" is about which monarch? | |
|---|---|
| Queen Victoria | Elizabeth II |
| Henry VIII | Henry VII |
| The Crown is a biographical story about the early reign of Queen Elizabeth II. | |
| Which TV show won "Outstanding Drama Series" at the 2016 Emmys? | |
|---|---|
| Grey's Anatomy | Game of Thrones |
| Downtown Abbey | Outlander |
| Game of Thrones made its debut in 2011. | |
| NASA's "Juno" became the second craft to orbit which planet in 2016? | |
|---|---|
| Neptune | Mars |
| Jupiter | Uranus |
| The spacecraft Galileo orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003. | |
| Complete the title of this 2016 Stephen King novel "End of ..."? | |
|---|---|
| Man | Watch |
| Times | Days |
| End of Watch is Stephen King's 55th novel. | |
| Deadshot, Harley Quinn and Rick Flag are all characters in which 2016 film? | |
|---|---|
| Batman Vs Superman | Star Trek Beyond |
| Suicide Squad | Captain American Civil War |
| Suicide Squad is based on the DC Comics antihero team of the same name. | |
| On January 28th, 2016, what virus outbreak was announced by the World Health Organization? | |
|---|---|
| Respiratory Syncytial Virus | Influenza A Virus |
| Lassa Virus | Zika Virus |
| Its name comes from the Zika Forest of Uganda. Brazil was the epicenter of the outbreak, where thousands of babies were born with Zika-related microcephaly, or a small head and under-developed brain. | |