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No. 4

Saturday, August 8, 2026

World

Wildfires burned for a second week in which country, severely damaging the town of Porto Germeno?

• Greece
• Italy
• Spain
• Turkey

Greece faced a second week of major wildfires, with Porto Germeno suffering severe damage.

Euronews, Aug 4, 2026

Politics

A Senate committee voted to hold which official in contempt of Congress this week?

• The Attorney General
• The Secretary of Health
• The FBI Director
• Dr. Anthony Fauci

The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.

NPR/Roll Call, Aug 6, 2026

Business

Which company became only the fifth in history to reach a $3 trillion market capitalization this week?

• Amazon.com
• Tesla
• Meta
• Nvidia

Amazon.com crossed the $3 trillion market-cap threshold on August 3, 2026, joining Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Apple.

TechStartups.com, Aug 4, 2026

Science

A newly unveiled mounted skeleton of a giant dinosaur-eating crocodilian, Deinosuchus schwimmeri, went on display in which U.S. state?

• Texas
• Florida
• Alabama
• Georgia

The 31-foot replica skeleton was unveiled in Georgia this week.

ScienceDaily, Aug 5, 2026

Tech

A leftover SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage crashed into the Moon this week near which lunar landmark?

• Shackleton Crater
• Tycho Crater
• Einstein Crater
• Copernicus Crater

NASA reported the spent Falcon 9 upper stage struck the Moon near Einstein Crater on August 5, 2026.

TechStartups.com, Aug 6, 2026