1) President Obama’s goal was to get 7,000,000 uninsured people to sign up for health insurance by April 1, 2014. How many people actually signed up?
d) 7.1 million
That number does not include the uninsured who signed up for insurance under the expanded Medicaid program that some states are offering.
https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/01/by-the-numbers-the-final-obamacare-push/
2) The Supreme Court issued a major ruling last week on what issue?
a) The constitutionality of certain campaign finance rules
While there are still limits on how much money an individual can donate to a particular candidate, the Supreme Court struck down the aggregate limit on political donations. The Court held that limiting the total amount of one’s political donations was a violation of free speech.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/02/supreme-court-campaign-finance/4481675/
3) There were protests all over America last weekend. The protesters were calling attention to what issue?
c) The deportation of illegal immigrants
President Obama has deported over 2 million illegal immigrants since taking office.
https://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/4/5/protesters-rallyacrossusforimmigrationreform.html
4) What happened to job growth in March?
c) 192,000 jobs were gained
There are now as many private sector jobs as there were before the crash of 2008, but the unemployment rate is still hovering at 6.7 percent.
5) President Obama signed the Gabriella Miller Act into law last week. What does that law do?
a) It dedicated $125 million to spend on finding cures for childhood diseases.
The act, which received bipartisan support, redirected money that was to be spent on political conventions into scientific research.
https://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/2014/04/03/president-obama-gabriella-miller-act/7277043/
6) What Middle Eastern government held presidential elections last week?
b) Afghanistan
Turnout was high - despite threats of violence by the Taliban - and approximately one-third of the voters were women.
7) An 8.2 magnitude earthquake hit what country last week?
b) Chile
The earthquake was accompanied by a tsunami.
https://www.cnn.com/2014/04/01/world/americas/chile-earthquake/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
8) It was recently discovered that ZunZuneo, the “Cuban Twitter”, was started and funded by whom?
d) The United States government
The goal was to use ZunZuneo to help Cubans connect and, perhaps, overthrow the Cuban government. ZunZuneo shut down in 2012 when funding dried up.
https://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-secretly-created-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest
9) What world leader’s divorce became official last week?
a) President Vladimir Putin of Russia
The Putins had been married for 30 years.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/04/02/vladimir-putin-divorce/7210689/
10) What late night talk show host announced his retirement last week?
b) David Letterman
Letterman has been hosting his show for more than 30 years.