1) What city was in a state of emergency last week after a law enforcement official shot a black teenager?
a) Ferguson, Missouri
b) Waco, Texas
c) Orlando, Florida
d) New Orleans, Louisiana
2) According to a recent study, the percentage of uninsured Americans recently dropped to what percentage?
a) 25.4
b) 18.7
c) 9.2
d) 4.3
3) What former president was recently diagnosed with cancer?
a) George H.W. Bush
b) Jimmy Carter
c) George W. Bush
d) Gerald Ford
4) A DNA test recently revealed that what former president fathered a child out of wedlock?
a) Bill Clinton
b) John Kennedy
c) Teddy Roosevelt
d) Warren Harding
5) Explosions killed hundreds of people in what Eastern Chinese city?
a) Tianjin
b) Shanghai
c) Beijing
d) Chengdu
6) What country wreaked havoc on the global economy by devaluing its currency last week?
a) Greece
b) Thailand
c) Ireland
d) China
7) Google recently created a new parent company. What is it called?
a) Alphabet
b) Wizard
c) Matrix
d) Galaxy
8) What state’s Supreme Court recently declared the death penalty unconstitutional under its state constitution?
a) Oregon
b) Connecticut
c) Vermont
d) Iowa
9) A recently released study concludes that elementary school children are being given too much homework. According to the study, the average first grader does how many minutes of homework a night?
a) 9 minutes
b) 15 minutes
c) 28 minutes
d) 45 minutes
10) Julian Bond passed away last week at the age of 75. For what is he best known?
a) Pioneering the use of the internet as a communication tool while a scientist at UCLA
b) Fighting for civil rights in the 1960s
c) Serving as the country’s first African-American cabinet member under Pres. Ford
d) Setting the long jump record at the 1968 Summer Olympics