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Question | Answer |
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First identified in 1976, this disease typically occurs in Sub-Sahara Africa. Over 5,000 cases and 2,000 deaths have been reported in the 2014 outbreak which has had its largest impact in Liberia. | Ebola |
Back pain at the PGA Championship in August caused this golfer to finish the 2014 season early. He is famous for his expensive divorce with Elin Nordegren and dating skier Lindsey Vonn. | Tiger Woods |
An ancient carving linked to this man’s father was discovered in July in the Sudan. Victor Buono played the villain in the 1960’s Batman series named after this real pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. | King Tut |
Over a million people have fled or been displaced from this country and over three thousand have died in this country because of the conflict in the neighbor of Russia. | Ukraine |
In July and August of 2014, fighting occurred when this nation cracked down after Hamas kidnapped and murdered three teenage boys. Thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza to this nation created in 1948 by the United Nations. | Israel |
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was exchanged for five members of this group on May 31st. The group ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001. | Taliban |
This tennis star won his ninth French Open tournament since 2005 this past June. He has also won the other three Grand Slam events in his career | Rafael Nadal |
A native of Nyagan, Russia this woman won the 2014 French Open, her fifth Grand Slam. | Maria Sharapova |
This group calls itself the Islamic State. They have been in the news for beheading captured western journalists in 2014. | ISIS |
It was quite a season in Storrs, as both the men’s and women’s teams from this university were crowned NCAA Division I basketball champions. | UConn or Connecticut |