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Last Updated: August 4, 2016

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1 2016 Fan Expo Canada is scheduled from September 1 to 4 in Toronto. Margaret Atwood is to launch her graphic novel Angel Catbird. Whose illustrations does the book feature?

Johnnie Christmas
Kurtis Wiebe
Christopher Peterson
Frank J. Barbiere

2 When will the manuscripts submitted to the Future Library project be available to public?

2103
2050
2114
2099

3 Russia acknowledged one of their military helicopters was shot down over Syria. When did Russia begun the operation in support of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad against rebels in the Syrian Civil War?

May 2016
August 2014
September 2015
November 2013

4 German football captain and Manchester United F.C. midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger announced retirement from international football. Apart from major tournament appearances, how many matches did Schweinsteiger play for Germany?

64
82
95
38

5 The Italian Interior Ministry has collaborated with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to produce an on- and offline media campaign called Aware, Migrants aimed at discouraging refugees from entering Europe. Who is the Director of the IOM Coordination Office for the Mediterranean?

Angelino Alfano
Willian Lacy Swing
Peter Cook
Federico Soda

6 United States had launched air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya. Which Libyan city did they target?

Misrata
Latakia
Sirte
Aleppo