Who can enter Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago? And what animals are immortal? (11 questions)

Sept. 2, 2022.

Test your knowledge of what’s happening around the world and the week’s headlines with the Sept. 2 News Quiz of the Week. The Friday Weekly News Quiz has multiple-choice questions and answers about current events. Make sure you know what happened this week with the best trivia questions and answers. In Politics: Who can enter Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, where the ex-president kept top-secret documents? In History: Which world leader was known for glasnost and perestroika? And in Nature: Which animal families have immortal members?

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News Quiz of the Week (Current Events Trivia) for Sept. 2, 2022

News Quiz of the Week: 11 Multiple-choice general knowledge questions for the week ending Sept. 2, 2022. No time-limit. How smart are you this week?

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1. Which world leader was known for glasnost and perestroika?

Photo: RIA Novosti archive / Vladimir Vyatkin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mikhail Gorbachev.

Boris Yeltsin.

Nikita Khrushchev.

Joseph Stalin.

Glasnost (meaning “openness”) and perestroika (“reconstruction”) were policy reforms associated with the 1980s General Secretary of the Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev, that eventually led to the Soviet Union’s disintegration. Gorbachev, also credited with ending the Cold War, died on Aug. 30, 2022,  at a Moscow hospital at 91.

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2. Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, where the ex-president kept top-secret US intelligence documents, is only approachable to who?

Photo: Shealah Craighead, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Only people authorized by the Secret Service.

Trump, his staff, and his family.

Trump, his staff, family, paying members, and their guests.

Trump, his staff, family, paying members, their guests, and attendees at functions, weddings, fundraisers, and charity galas.

Mar-a-Lago is a private club accessible not only to Trump, his staff, and his family but also paying members and their guests, attendees at various functions, weddings, political fundraisers, and charity galas.

What did Trump keep in Mar-a-Lago?

The FBI’s Aug. 14 search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate reinstated 15 boxes to the National Archives and Records Administration – 14 of which contained US intelligence documents with classifications ranging from confidential to top secret.

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3. Where was Salman Rushdie born?

Photo: ActuaLitté, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pakistan.

India.

Iran.

The UK.

Famed novelist Salman Rushdie, 75, was born in Mumbai, India, on June 19, 1947. He was stabbed in the neck and abdomen in New York on Aug. 12, 2022, by a 24-year-old New Jersey man.

Why was Rushdie stabbed?

While police said the motive of the young stabber was unclear, Salman Rushdie had been living under a death sentence since Ayatollah Khomeini, the then Supreme Leader of Iran, issued a religious fatwa on Feb. 14, 1989, ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie. The reason: His novel “The Satanic Verses” fictionalized parts of the life of the Prophet Muhammad.

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4. Where was the Unification Church established?

Image: RicHard-59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Japan.

The US.

South Korea.

Germany.

The Unification Church was founded in South Korea in 1954 and came to Japan a decade later. Since the 1980s, the church has faced accusations of problematic recruiting and donations, often leading to financial strains on the followers’ families. On Aug. 31. 2022, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his ruling party would cut ties with the Unification Church.

Is it connected to the Shinzo Abe assassination?

The suspect arrested at the scene allegedly told police he killed Abe because of his apparent link to the church. A state funeral for Abe is set for Sept. 27.

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5. What is the world’s oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type?

Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Codex Sinaiticus.

The Dead Sea scrolls.

The Gutenberg Bible.

The Jikji collection of Confucian teachings.

Jikji, a collection of Confucian teachings, was printed by a group of Korean monks in the ancient city of Cheongju in 1377. Jikji is the world’s oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type, predating the earliest Gutenberg Bible by 78 years. The only known copy of Jikji is in France, after being purchased in 1877 and eventually donated to France’s national library. It has not been on display for over 50 years.

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6. What happened to Venus Williams, Emma Raducanu, and Naomi Osaka at the 2022 US Open?

Emma Raducanu. Screenshot: US Open Tennis Championships on YouTube.

They all slipped on wet grass.

They all lost in their first round.

They were all quarter finalists.

They were all finalists.

Venus Williams – a 42 years-old seven-time Grand Slam champion – bowed out in the first round of the US Open (for the second consecutive appearance) on Aug. 30, 2022. On the same night, Emma Raducanu became the third-ever defending US Open champion to lose in the first round. Naomi Osaka, who won two of her four Grand Slam titles in Flushing Meadows, was also eliminated that night.

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7. Which animal families have immortal members?

Photo: © Tony Wills / CC BY-SA 4.0 via iNaturalist.NZ

Corals and sea worms.

Hydra and jellyfish.

Marine sponges and crabs.

Sea cucumbers and dolphins.

The immortal jellyfish and the turritopsis nutricula (a type of hydra) are the only two biologically immortal animal species known to science.

How Come?

Scientists at the Spanish University of Oviedo mapped the genetic sequence of the immortal jellyfish, able to repeatedly revert to an immature stage after reproduction. The study, published on Aug. 29, 2022, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the immortal jellyfish genome may be better at copying and repairing DNA and maintaining the ends of chromosomes intact.

How is that different from human DNA?

In humans and other species, the ends of chromosomes become so short with age that the cell can no longer divide successfully and dies.

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8. Who is the first non-English-language performer to win the artist of the year award at MTV’s VMAs?

Screenshot: MTV’s Video Music Awards 2022

Bad Bunny.

Daddy Yankee.

Shakira.

Enrique Iglesias.

Bad Bunny won artist of the year at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Aug. 28, 2022 — becoming the first non-English-language performer to win the title.

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9. Taylor Swift describes what as “the story of 13 sleepless nights”?

Screenshot: MTV’s Video Music Awards 2022

Her repeated award wins.

Her relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Her 10th studio album, “Midnights.”

Her project “All Too Well: The Short Film.”

Taylor Swift announced her 10th studio album, “Midnights,” to be released on Oct. 21 at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. She described the album an hour later on social media as “the story of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.” Swift’s “All Too Well: The Short Film” — from her “Red” rerecorded album — won three awards, including video of the year.

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10. What’s Europe’s largest street party?

Screenshot: Wanderizm on YouTube

The Venice Carnival.

Spain’s Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Germany’s Cologne Carnival.

London’s Notting Hill Carnival.

With more than 1 million people participating, the annual Notting Hill Carnival is Europe’s largest street party. During the Coronavirus pandemic, the carnival, which celebrates Caribbean culture every August, had to be held online and finally returned to the streets of London on Aug. 27, 2022.

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11. Who’s this Weird Al Yankovic impersonator?

Screenshot: WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story / The Roku Channel

Robert Pattinson.

Elijah Wood.

Daniel Radcliffe.

Channing Tatum.

The Roku Channel dropped the new trailer for “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” on Aug. 29, 2022, featuring Daniel Radcliffe as the famed comic singer. The film, featuring Quinta Brunson as Oprah Winfrey, Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna, and Rainn Wilson as Dr. Demento, is available to stream for free on The Roku Channel starting Nov. 4. Watch the trailer.

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This Week in the News

The facts on the Sept. 2 News Quiz of the Week are crosschecked with the world’s top news outlets, research centers, and NGOs. The following articles inspired this week’s news quiz. Here are our weekend reading recommendations.

• Takeaways from the unsealed Mar-a-Lago search affidavit (AP News)
• FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago related to nuclear documents, sources say (The Washington Post)
• Salman Rushdie on Ventilator Hours After Being Stabbed in Western New York (nytimes.com)
• Taylor Swift Announces a New Album, ‘Midnights’ (nytimes.com)
• Bad Bunny makes history at MTV’s Video Music Awards, winning artist of the year (CBS News)
• Notting Hill Carnival returns to London streets after hiatus (AP News)
• Scientists find clues to what makes ‘immortal jellyfish’ immortal (Reuters)
• Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood Channel Weird Al and Madonna in the Biopic Satire ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ (GQ)
• Can a Particle Accelerator Trace the Origins of Printing? (WIRED)
• Mikhail Gorbachev, Who Oversaw the End of the Soviet Union, Is Dead at 91 (nytimes.com)
• Venus Williams, Raducanu, Osaka all out in US Open 1st round (AP News)
• Japan PM apologizes for party’s church links, will cut ties (AP News)

The Weekly Sept. 2 News Quiz Questions

Here’s a complete list of the Sept. 2 News Quiz of the Week current events trivia questions.

• Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, where the ex-president kept top-secret US intelligence documents, is only approachable to who?

  Photo: Shealah Craighead, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  Only people authorized by the Secret Service.

  Trump, his staff, and his family.

  Trump, his staff, family, paying members, and their guests.

  Trump, his staff, family, paying members, their guests, and attendees at functions, weddings, fundraisers, and charity galas.

  Where was Salman Rushdie born?

  Photo: ActuaLitté, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  Pakistan.

  India.

  Iran.

  The UK.

  Taylor Swift describes what as "the story of 13 sleepless nights"?

  Screenshot: MTV's Video Music Awards 2022

  Her repeated award wins.

  Her relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal.

  Her 10th studio album, “Midnights.”

  Her project “All Too Well: The Short Film.”

  What's Europe's largest street party?

  Screenshot: Wanderizm on YouTube

  The Venice Carnival.

  Spain’s Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

  Germany’s Cologne Carnival.

  London’s Notting Hill Carnival.

  Who is the first non-English-language performer to win the artist of the year award at MTV's VMAs?

  Screenshot: MTV's Video Music Awards 2022

  Bad Bunny.

  Daddy Yankee.

  Shakira.

  Enrique Iglesias.

  Which animal families have immortal members?

  Photo: © Tony Wills / CC BY-SA 4.0 via iNaturalist.NZ

  Corals and sea worms.

  Hydra and jellyfish.

  Marine sponges and crabs.

  Sea cucumbers and dolphins.

  Who's this Weird Al Yankovic impersonator?

  Screenshot: WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story / The Roku Channel

  Robert Pattinson.

  Elijah Wood.

  Daniel Radcliffe.

  Channing Tatum.

  What is the world's oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type?

  Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  The Codex Sinaiticus.

  The Dead Sea scrolls.

  The Gutenberg Bible.

  The Jikji collection of Confucian teachings.

  Which world leader was known for glasnost and perestroika?

  Photo: RIA Novosti archive / Vladimir Vyatkin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  Mikhail Gorbachev.

  Boris Yeltsin.

  Nikita Khrushchev.

  Joseph Stalin.

  What happened to Venus Williams, Emma Raducanu, and Naomi Osaka at the 2022 US Open?

  Emma Raducanu. Screenshot: US Open Tennis Championships on YouTube.

  They all slipped on wet grass.

  They all lost in their first round.

  They were all quarter finalists.

  They were all finalists.

  Where was the Unification Church established?

  Image: RicHard-59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  Japan.

  The US.

  South Korea.

  Germany.

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