Current Events - August 2023
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15 questions · Published September 5, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which country eliminated two-time defending champions the United States from the FIFA Women's World Cup on August 6?
Sweden defeated the United States in a penalty shootout on August 6, 2023, dealing the U.S. women's national team their earliest exit in the history of the tournament.
Sweden would go on to finish third in the tournament.
- Fill In The Blank
2. On August 10, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences moved the ceremony for their annual __________ Awards to January 2024 because of the ongoing SAG and WGA strikes.
The 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards, originally scheduled for September 2023, are one of the most recent casualties brought on by the ongoing writers and actors strikes.
- Multiple Choice
3. Which of these countries is NOT one of the three nations co-hosting the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which tipped off on August 25?
For the first time in its seventy-three year history, the FIBA Basketball World Cup is being hosted by three countries: Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
South Korea is NOT one of the host countries.
- Multiple Choice
4. What hurricane made landfall in Florida on August 30, 2023?
Hurricane Idalia, the second major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall in Florida on August 30, 2023.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which of these August releases finally unseated "Barbie" to take the number one spot at the box office the final week of August 2023?
After setting records and maintaining the top spot in the U.S. box office since its July 21 release, "Barbie" (2023) finally slipped to number two after "Blue Beetle" (2023) edged it out to take over the top spot the last week of August.
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