Test your knowledge of recent news events

Editor’s note: The news quiz is a product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude and Google Gemini.

1. Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota triggered widespread air quality alerts across much of the U.S. on Friday. Which major American city saw its landmarks shrouded in an orange-tinged haze?

A) New York City

B) Chicago

C) Washington, D.C.

D) Detroit

2. A federal appeals court issued a landmark Second Amendment ruling Friday, striking down a state’s long-standing ban on semiautomatic rifles and magazines holding more than 10 rounds. Which state’s assault weapons ban was declared unconstitutional?

A) Illinois

B) New York

C) California

D) New Jersey

3. President Donald Trump on Friday threw his support behind a newly appointed U.S. senator from South Carolina, urging her to run in the Aug. 11 special Republican primary to claim her late brother’s Senate seat. Who did Trump endorse?

A) Nancy Mace

B) Pamela Evette

C) Darline Graham

D) Annie Andrews

4. China’s Foreign Ministry fired back Friday after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of carrying out what he called the largest election data compromise in U.S. history. How did China characterize Trump’s claims?

A) Exaggerated but partially accurate

B) Under investigation by Chinese authorities

C) Entirely fabricated

D) A misreading of declassified intelligence

5. Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami by U.S. Marshals pursuant to an extradition request. Which country’s authorities issued the new criminal charges — including rape and sex trafficking — that prompted the arrests?

A) Romania

B) United Kingdom

C) United States

D) France

6. A prominent Cuban dissident artist and musician arrived in Miami on Saturday after being released from prison on the condition that he leave Cuba. What was the name of the artist collective he co-founded in Havana?

A) The Patria y Vida Collective

B) The Havana Arts Alliance

C) The San Isidro Movement

D) The July 11 Coalition

7. Spain won the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Sunday, defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra time. Which Spanish substitute scored the decisive goal in the 106th minute to clinch the championship?

A) Lamine Yamal

B) Rodri

C) Ferran Torres

D) Pedri

8. The Molasky family announced a landmark donation to UNLV on Sunday that created the first named academic department in the university’s history. In which school will the new Molasky Family Department of Economics and Real Estate be housed?

A) Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

B) College of Liberal Arts

C) William S. Boyd School of Law

D) Lee Business School

9. Russian President Vladimir Putin met Sunday at the Kremlin with a top diplomat from North Korea, the latest in a series of high-level meetings between the two countries. Who was the North Korean official who traveled to Moscow?

A) Ri Son Gwon

B) Choe Son Hui

C) Kim Yo Jong

D) Pak Jong Chon

10. The Pentagon confirmed Monday that a third U.S. service member had died over the weekend, this one during the disposal of a downed Iranian drone. In which country did that fatal incident occur?

A) Syria

B) Jordan

C) Kuwait

D) Iraq

Answers

1. C) Washington, D.C. Wildfire smoke from fires in Minnesota and Ontario, Canada, blanketed the nation’s capital Friday, shrouding its landmarks in an eerie orange haze. Health officials urged residents — particularly children, older adults and those with respiratory or heart conditions — to stay indoors.

2. D) New Jersey. The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday in a 10-5 en banc decision that New Jersey’s 1990 ban on semiautomatic rifles and magazines holding more than 10 rounds violates the Second Amendment. It was the first time a federal appeals court had struck down a state assault weapons ban.

3. C) Darline Graham. Trump posted Friday on Truth Social that he had met with Darline Graham in the Oval Office and asked her to seek the Republican nomination in the Aug. 11 special primary to succeed her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died at 71. Darline Graham was sworn in the previous week as the first woman to represent South Carolina in the Senate.

4. C) Entirely fabricated. China’s Foreign Ministry responded Friday to Trump’s allegations — made in a primetime Thursday address — that Beijing had acquired more than 220 million American voter files starting with the 2020 election cycle. A ministry spokesperson said the accusations were “entirely fabricated” and reiterated that China does not interfere in other nations’ elections.

5. B) United Kingdom. U.S. Marshals arrested the Tate brothers Saturday in Miami pursuant to a British extradition request after the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service announced new charges against them, including rape and sex trafficking. Andrew Tate faces 42 total charges in the U.K. and Tristan Tate faces 17.

6. C) The San Isidro Movement. Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara co-founded the San Isidro Movement, a collective of Havana artists, writers and musicians named for the neighborhood where he lived. He was arrested in July 2021 during a public protest and sentenced to five years in prison for public disorder and contempt.

7. C) Ferran Torres. Substitute Ferran Torres scored in the 106th minute to give Spain a 1-0 victory over defending champion Argentina in the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. It was Spain’s second World Cup title; its first came in 2010.

8. D) Lee Business School. The Molasky family’s gift to UNLV will create the Molasky family department of economics and real estate within Lee Business School — the first named academic department in the university’s history. A majority of the donation will support construction of a new Lee Business School building planned to open around 2030.

9. B) Choe Son Hui. North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui met Sunday with Putin at the Kremlin, with Russian state media reporting that Putin thanked Pyongyang for its support of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The visit fueled speculation about a possible future visit to Russia by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

10. D) Iraq. The Pentagon confirmed Monday that a third U.S. service member died Saturday in northern Iraq while disposing of a downed Iranian attack drone. Combined with the two soldiers killed Friday in Jordan, the deaths brought the total number of U.S. service members killed since the Iran war began in February to 18.