News Quiz: Iowa Caucuses, Impeachment Trial, Coronavirus

The results of Iowa’s Democratic caucuses were delayed, in part because of a new, untested app used to report the numbers.

What was the name of the company that built the app?

This week we’re experimenting with a question format that requires you to type in the answer. Correct spelling is not necessary (to a point), and your answer doesn’t have to be case-sensitive.

A deeply divided Senate acquitted President Trump on charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress.

Only one Republican senator voted to convict Mr. Trump. Who was it?

In an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which gambling destination, pictured above, announced that it was closing its casinos for two weeks?

President Trump declared that the country’s future was “blazing bright” during his third State of the Union address.

Which word completes the title of the speech: “The Great American ”?

The Trump administration expanded its list of nations facing stringent travel restrictions, including the most populous country in Africa.

What is that country?

Which media figure announced he has advanced lung cancer?

Archaeologists plan to excavate part of a cemetery to see if it holds the remains of black residents slaughtered by white mobs during a massacre in 1921, one of the worst instances of racist violence in American history.

In which city is the excavation planned?

A social media platform said it would remove misleading election-related content that can cause “serious risk of egregious harm,” the first time it had comprehensively laid out how it will handle viral falsehoods.

Which platform was it?

Kirk Douglas, a classic Hollywood star for more than 50 years, died on Wednesday at 103.

He received three Academy Award nominations, the last for his role in “Lust for Life” in 1956, in which he played which artist?

A new study warned that which type of animal could face extinction because of multiple threats, including light pollution and habitat loss?

This 24-year-old was named the most valuable player of Super Bowl LIV, the youngest player to ever receive the award.

Name him.