On Mar. 8, 2014 a plane from this airline travelling to this location crashed and still has not been recovered. International teams are still looking for which flight?
Malaysia Airlines, Beijing, M370
Malaysia Airlines, The Hague, M378
Quantas, Sydney, M380
In Dec. a school in which country was attacked by the Taliban and over 180 students and teachers were killed?
Pakistan
India
Afghanistan
Syria
Over the summer an outbreak of Ebola made world headlines for its deadly toll in all of these countries EXCEPT:
Tanzania
Sierra Leone
Liberia
At the end of 2013 and throughout 2014, which country invaded the Eastern portion of a former Soviet state furthering a decades long conflict between two nations?
Russia, Ukraine
Russia, Chechnya
Ukraine, Russia
Which of these iconic celebrities and world figures passed away in 2014?
Joan Rivers, Pete Seeger, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Shirley Temple, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Casey Kasem, Maya Angelou, Robin Williams
Bob Woodward, Suzanne Collins, Nelson Mandela, Alex Salamond, Seamus Heaney, Harper Lee, Syvlia Plath, Benazir Bhutto
Which team won the World Cup this year and where was the most popular sporting event in the world played?
Germany, Brazil
Spain, Argentina
U.S.A, Korea
On April 16, a ferry from this Asian country capsized and killed 290 people on board.
South Korea
North Korea
Japan
Beginning in June, this Islamic militant group began a campaign in Northern Iraq, drawing international attention to the civil war in Syria and to Iraq's shaky government and infrastructure.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS)
Al-Shabab
Al-Qaeda
Operation Protective Edge was launched against this unrecognized state of 2.4 million residents resulting in 2,100 deaths by this world power.
Palestine, Israel
Israel, Syria
Crimea, Russia
This agency released its "Fifth Report" which warned over serious environmental damages if warming trends continue on Planet Earth.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
World Health Organization
Environmental Protection Agency
President Obama announced the reopening of diplomatic relations with which country in December?
Cuba
Russia
230 school girls from which country were kidnapped from their school by Islamic Militants Boko Haram?
Nigeria
Somalia
Which film won best picture at the 2014 Academy Awards?
"12 Years A Slave"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
In July, a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager causing months of protest nation wide in which town?
Ferguson, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri