1) What city was in a state of emergency last week after a law enforcement official shot a black teenager?
a) Ferguson, Missouri
The shooting occurred during a protest that was taking place on the one year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown. Police claim to have a video showing the victim pulling a gun on the officers before they fired.
2) According to a recent study, the percentage of uninsured Americans recently dropped to what percentage?
c) 9.2
This is the first time in fifty years of surveys that the percentage of uninsured has dropped below ten percent. There are now 16 million fewer uninsured than there were in 2013 when Obamacare went into effect. https://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/08/12/for-first-time-americas-uninsured-rate-is-below-10/
3) What former president was recently diagnosed with cancer?
b) Jimmy Carter
In his announcement, the 90 year old Carter was not specific about the type of cancer he has contracted.
4) A DNA test recently revealed that what former president fathered a child out of wedlock?
d) Warren Harding
Nan Britton, thirty-one years Harding’s junior, claimed for years that Harding was her daughter’s father. As it turns out, she was right.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/14/us/president-harding-affair-dna-revelation/
5) Explosions killed hundreds of people in what Eastern Chinese city?
a) Tianjin
The explosions took place at a chemical warehouse in the city.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/15/asia/china-tianjin-explosions/
6) What country wreaked havoc on the global economy by devaluing its currency last week?
d) China
By weakening its currency, China made its exports more competitive on the global market.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/china/china-currency-explainer/
7) Google recently created a new parent company. What is it called?
a) Alphabet
Google will continue to focus on internet related projects. Its side businesses, also under Alphabet, will focus on niche issues like driverless cars and drones.
https://www.cnet.com/news/the-abcs-of-googles-alphabet-announcement/
8) What state’s Supreme Court recently declared the death penalty unconstitutional under its state constitution?
b) Connecticut
The state legislature ended the death penalty for future inmates last year. This year’s court ruling prohibits the use of the death penalty against prisoners convicted before the law was passed.
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?
c) 28 minutes
It is recommended that students receive ten minutes of homework per grade level per night.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/health/homework-elementary-school-study/
10) Julian Bond passed away last week at the age of 75. For what is he best known?
b) Fighting for civil rights in the 1960s
Bond was chairman of the NAACP and founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/longtime-civil-rights-activist-bond-dead-75-33112360