1) What man offically announced the beginning of his 2012 campaign for president on Monday?
a) Barack Obama
b) Mitt Romney
c) Mike Huckabee
d) Tim Pawlenty
2) What Republican introduced an alternative 2012 budget that proposes turning Medicare into a private insurance voucher program?
a) Paul Ryan
b) John Boehner
c) Mitch McConnell
d) Ron Paul
3) Democrats and Republicans reached a budget agreement last weekend that ended the possibility of a government shutdown. The deal almost didn’t happen because of a dispute over whether to provide federal money for what group?
a) Planned Parenthood
b) American Bar Association
c) National Rifle Association
d) Sierra Club
4) Singer Michael Martelly was recently elected president of what country?
a) France
b) Haiti
c) Jamaica
d) Nigeria
5) Who was recently selected as the new Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee?
a) Tim Kaine
b) Dennis Kucinich
c) Glenn Nye
d) Debbie Wasserman Schultz
6) What FOX News talk show host announced that his show is coming to an end?
a) Sean Hannity
b) Bill O’ Reilly
c) Glenn Beck
d) Mike Huckabee
7) Deadly protests have broken out in this country in response to the burning of a Koran by evangelical Florida pastor Terry Jones. What country?
a) Iran
b) Afghanistan
c) Iraq
d) Egypt
8) What animal went missing from the Bronx Zoo last week?
a) An Egyptian cobra
b) A Bengal Tiger
c) A California Condor
d) A Panamanian Golden Frog
9) Who won the Masters golf tournament Sunday?
a) Rory McIlroy
b) Tiger Woods
c) Charl Schwartzel
d) Adam Scott
10) What team won the NCAA basketball tournament Monday night?
a) University of Connecticut
b) Butler University
c) University of North Carolina
d) University of Kentucky