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The World Health Organization (WHO) will call an emergency meeting on Monday to address the Zika virus, which causes birth defects. The virus is carried by mosquitos and could infect about how many people in the Americas in the next year?

Some 3 to 4 million people in [South America and North America](http://www.buzzfeed.com/danvergano/3-to-4-million-people-in-americas-could-become-infected-with) may become infected by Zika in the next 12 months, health officials estimated. The disease also threatens to travel everywhere from northern Argentina to the southern U.S.

It's 3 to 4 million people.

1\. Zika Virus

Rihanna released her long-awaited eighth album this week. What's the record called?

Rihanna dropped the [album Wednesday night](http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/27/9075439/rihanna-anti-new-album-tidal-available-now) on Tidal. It followed the release of her new single, “Work,” [which features Drake](%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/benhenry/work-work-work-work-work-work#.wrzvYg1dav%E2%80%9D).

It's _Anti_.

2\. Rihanna

“The United States is a nation of second chances, but the experience of solitary confinement too often undercuts that second chance.” President Obama wrote those words in an op-ed piece for which outlet?

Obama was [making the case](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/barack-obama-why-we-must-rethink-solitary-confinement/2016/01/25/29a361f2-c384-11e5-8965-0607e0e265ce_story.html) against solitary confinement practices for juveniles in federal prisons.

It’s the _Washington Post_.

3\. Solitary Confinement

Police arrested the leaders and several members of an anti-government protest in Oregon this week. What kind of federal property had the armed group taken over?

Ammon Bundy, six other men, and a woman [were arrested Tuesday](http://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/oregon-standoff-leader-calls-on-remaining-occupiers-to-go-ho#.eaQVj2gvyV) in connection to the standoff between law enforcement and militia members at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. The occupation started on Jan. 2.

It's a wildlife refuge.

4\. Oregon Standoff

Which country said that it could deport between 60,000 and 80,000 asylum-seekers in the coming years?

Some 163,000 people sought shelter in Sweden in 2015, but about 45% of [asylum applications were ejected](http://www.buzzfeed.com/franciswhittaker/sweden-could-deport-up-to-80000-asylum-seekers#.cwY5bXOQ15). That means tens of thousands of people were likely to be deported in the coming years, the country’s interior minister said.

It's Sweden.

5\. Seeking Asylum

Which Republican presidential candidate called Russian President Vladimir Putin "a one-horse country" during Thursday's debate?

"I think we ought to give Ukraine offensive weapons and I think we ought to fight them on the economic basis because Putin is a one-horse country: oil and energy. And we ought to fight them on that level," Carson said when asked about dealing with Russia. It was the candidates'[last debate before the Iowa caucuses](http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/what-you-need-to-know-about-republican-debate#.mtEwNmR5Zw).

It's neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

6\. Republican Debate

Which organization announced new guidelines allowing transgender athletes to compete without undergoing sex reassignment surgery?

“It is necessary … that trans athletes are not excluded from the opportunity to participate in sporting competition,” [the guideline document states](http://www.buzzfeed.com/lindseyadler/transgender-athletes-can-now-compete-in-olympics-without-sex). “To require surgical anatomical changes as a pre-condition to participation is not necessary to preserve fair competition and may be inconsistent with developing legislation and notions of human rights.”

It’s the International Olympic Committee.

7\. Transgender Athletes

Apple is forecasting a quarterly year-over-year revenue decline for the first time in how many years?

Apple reported an $18 billion profit for the final three months of 2015, beating analysts’ expectations, but [warned its revenues could decline in the coming quarter](http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/apple-warns-revenues-could-decline-for-first-time-in-10yrs) — a drop that would be the first such quarterly year-on-year decline in 13 years.

It’s 13 years.

8\. Apple's Revenue Report

The hit Broadway musical _Hamilton_, based on the life of U.S. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, is heading on tour in 2017. Which city is the tour kicking off in?

It’s San Francisco. Don’t throw away [your shot](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/national-tour-is-planned-for-hamilton).

It's San Francisco.

9\. Hamilton on Tour

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