1) Members of this religious minority were trapped on a mountaintop without food or water last week after fleeing an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). What group?
a) Christians
b) Shia Muslims
c) Sunni Muslims
d) Yazidis
2) President Obama recently ordered airstrikes on and humanitarian aid drops in what country?
a) Syria
b) Ukraine
c) Russia
d) Iraq
3) Early last week, President Obama met with a number of leaders from what continent?
a) South America
b) Europe
c) Africa
d) Asia
4) What did a recent study conclude about the environmental effect of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline?
a) It would harm the environment more than previously predicted.
b) It would harm the environment less than previously predicted.
c) It would harm the environment about as much as previously predicted.
d) It would not harm the environment at all.
5) There were angry protests in this city after a policeman shot an unarmed black teenager. What city?
a) Los Angeles, California
b) Boston, Massachusetts
c) St. Louis, Missouri
d) Tampa, Florida
6) Tayyip Erdogan recently won his country’s first presidential election. What country?
a) Iraq
b) Turkey
c) Egypt
d) Afghanistan
7) After the United States and Europe placed sanctions on Russia, the Russians responded by banning the importation of what from America and Europe?
a) Food
b) Cars
c) Computer equipment
d) Oil
8) Hackers from this country stole over 1 billion passwords last week. What country?
a) China
b) Singapore
c) Slovakia
d) Russia
9) This company originally announced that it was moving its headquarters overseas to lower its tax burden but then reversed course and decided to keep its headquarters in the United States. What country?
a) Starbucks
b) McDonalds
c) Walgreens
d) WalMart
10) Becky Hammon recently became the first female assistant coach in what league?
a) MLB
b) NFL
c) NBA
d) NHL