Current Events - May 2025
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15 questions · Published June 2, 2025
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What legendary investor and CEO of firm Berkshire Hathaway announced he will step down from the position by the end of the year?
FUN FACT
Warren Buffett, often referred to as the "Oracle of Omaha," amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune mainly through buying stocks and companies through holding company Berkshire Hathaway.
Those who invested $10,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 would now have over $2.6 billion today.
- Multiple Choice
2. What industrial product did U.S. President Donald Trump announce will receive a doubled tariff increasing to 50%?
President Donald Trump told Pennsylvania steelworkers he’s doubling the tariff on steel imports to 50% to protect their industry, a dramatic increase that could further push up prices for a metal used to make housing, autos, and other goods.
- Fill In The Blank
3. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was elected to the papacy taking the name ______ XIV.
Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in the nearby suburb of Dolton. Taking the name Pope Leo XIV, he is the first pope from North America and the second from the Americas, after Pope Francis. A dual citizen of the United States and Peru, he also becomes the second South American pope.
- Multiple Choice
4. A district judge ruled that Apple willfully violated an injunction in a case brought by Epic Games over its hit video game "____________".
Epic Games' "Fortnite" is a cultural phenomenon, drawing more than 125 million players in less than a year, earning hundreds of millions of dollars per month.
Epic Games sued Apple in 2020, alleging that Apple's App Store policies, particularly concerning in-app purchases and payment systems, were anti-competitive.
- Fill In The Blank
5. Starring Alec Baldwin, the western film "_______" was finally released three and half years after a fatal on-set shooting accident.
"Rust" gained notoriety after an on-set accident occurred in October 2021 where a gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding accidentally discharged, resulting in the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Despite the delay in production and numerous legal battles, "Rust" ultimately resumed filming and was released in theaters in May 2025.
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