Quiz #149: 30 January-5 February

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Answers for last week's quiz:

1. True or false? Outgoing US President Obama has commuted the majority of Edward Snowden’s prison sentence.
False, he commuted the majority of Chelsea Manning's sentence.

2. Which US public holiday falls on the third Monday of January?
Martin Luther King Jr Day

3. True or false? The former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, declared a state of emergency before fleeing into exile.
True.

4. Name the local bank which may have to pay back money to the state as a result of an apartheid bailout.
Absa

5. Which political office does Emmerson Mnangagwa hold in Zimbabwe?
He is the vice-president.

6. Who reportedly first admitted, then denied, that she has presidential ambitions?
Baleka Mbete

7. True or false? The three countries involved in the search for flight MH370 have called off the endeavour.
True.

8. Which of these countries is not in Southeast Asia?
Aruba

9. True or false? Vodacom has started offering free Facebook access.
True.

10. What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra