Quiz: a week in 12 questions + Caption Competition

A pup dresses as Oscar the Grouch for Halloween. Captions please!
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What is the combined age of America’s five living ex-presidents (Carter, Clinton, Bush Snr & Jnr, Obama)?
- 267
- 384
- 429
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What happened ten days before Japan’s prime minister called a snap election this year?
- He was accused of corruption
- A North Korean missile flew overhead
- The country voted for “Jexit”
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What percentage of jobs do experts predict will be taken by robots by 2034?
- 47%
- 68%
- 89%
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Which city in Syria was recently reclaimed from Islamic State forces?
- Homs
- Aleppo
- Raqqa
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Which of these “smart” city features does NOT already exist?
- Street lights that react to surroundings
- Pneumatic rubbish collection tubes
- Floating parks and town halls
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Who wrote the sonnet on the statue of liberty? (“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…”)
- Emma Lazarus
- Walt Whitman
- Emily Dickinson
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The only thing stopping dolphins from building cities, says one scientist, is that “they didn’t evolve…”
- “A sophisticated language”
- “Opposable thumbs”
- “The concept of engineering”
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What percentage of Americans believe that John F. Kennedy’s killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, “did not act alone”?
- 40%
- 50%
- 60%
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Which recent Hollywood film features a character with a hologram for a girlfriend?
- The Big Sick
- Blade Runner 2049
- The Mountain Between Us
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The members of the new Chinese politburo (the country’s seven most important politicians) are all…
- From Shanghai
- Men in their 60s
- Former military officers
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According to a note he wrote in 1922, what is Albert Einstein’s secret to a happiness?
- “Fame and success”
- “A calm and modest life”
- “Understanding the universe”
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What is the name of the super sonic car, tested this week,which could soon reach up to 1,000mph?
- The Bloodhound
- The Cheetah
- The Lightning Rod
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1b, 2b, 3a, 4c, 5c, 6a, 7b, 8c, 9b, 10b, 11b, 12a