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Wednesday, Nov 6th, 2024
Your Five Daily Current Events Questions
Originally the first item in today’s newsletter was going to be “who was elected the next President of the United States?” But as YOK went to bed, it looked like results would take a hot second to be finalized (although things seem to be leaning Donald Trump’s way). So instead …
1. Follow-up: What woman has been re-elected as the president of Moldova?
2. Saudi Arabia has begun construction on what 400-meter tall cube, which will be the "world's biggest building" when completed?
3. Some math news! A recent study from University of Technology, Sydney has challenged what famous thought experiment, which posits that a chimpanzee would be able to randomly produce the words of Shakespeare by typing forever?
4. Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow star in what new Broadway production of a play written by Jen Silverman?
5. What Spanish footballer for Manchester City won the Ballon d'Or, soccer's highest honor?