1. Coronavirus has contributed to the deaths of over one million people around the world. In descending order, which countries have the highest death tolls?
a. Brazil, India, US, UK, Mexico,
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2. Which world leader and his wife tested positive for Covid-19 this week?
3. Which US state, the first to do so, passed legislation to start paying reparations for slavery?
4. An unprecedented demand for what lifted profit forecasts for British retailer Halfords?
5. Which stock exchange suffered its worst outage in over 20 years this week, shutting down for an entire day due to a glitch in its electronic system?
6. “Will you shut up, man?” is a quote from the chaotic presidential debate that took place this week between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Who said it?
7. SNP MP Margaret Ferrier was suspended from her party this week, and is facing multiple calls to resign. Why?
8. Chinese war movie The Eight Hundred, set in Shanghai during the 1937 Japanese invasion of China, became the world’s top box office hit this year. The film raked in over $428m in its first month in cinemas. What movie did it bump down to second place?
9. Turkey and Poland were removed from the quarantine-free list of travel destinations this week. Which country is it still safe to travel to?
10. It was revealed this week that Donald Trump had paid no income taxes in ten of the past 15 years and paid just $750 in 2016, the year he was elected as US president. Which US national broke the story?
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