DECEMBER 20 QUIZ
1) Last week, the Congress passed a bill putting an end to what policy?
a) The “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military
b) The fiscal policy of “zero-based” budgeting
c) The federal value-added tax policy
d) The refusal to fund stem cell research with federal money
2) Last week, the Congress failed to pass a bill that would have created a conditional path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants. What was the bill called?
a) The Gonzalez-Carrhart Act
b) The La Raza Law
c) The DREAM Act
d) The FREEdom Act
3) President Obama signed a law last week that prevented the Bush income tax cuts from expiring. The law also cuts Social Security tax rates from the current 6.2% (on the first $108,600 a worker makes) to what?
a) 2.2%
b) 3.2%
c) 4.2%
d) 5.2%
4) Researchers recently found bone fragments in the South Pacific that they believe may be remains of what famous individual?
a) Robert Louis Stevenson
b) Paul Gauguin
c) Amelia Earhart
d) Fletcher Christian
5) An armed bandit stole $1.5 million in chips from what Las Vegas casino last week?
a) The Venetian
b) The Tropicana
c) Mandalay Bay
d) The Bellagio
6) The legislature of this South American country recently gave its president (Hugo Chavez) emergency power to rule “by decree” until mid-2012. What country’s legislature did this?
a) Peru
b) Brazil
c) Ecuador
d) Venezuela
7) On Monday, United States District Court Henry Hudson ruled that the “individual mandate” section of last year’s health care reform law was unconstitutional. Judge Hudson is a District Court judge in what state?
a) New York
b) Virginia
c) California
d) Texas
8) The Board of Supervisors of what city recently banned Happy Meals?
a) San Francisco
b) New York City
c) Santa Rosa
d) Seattle
9) The CIA pulled its top spy out of this country Thursday after his identity was exposed in a threatened lawsuit. What country?
a) Iran
b) Pakistan
c) Russia
d) Yemen
10) Star pitcher Cliff lee recently surprised the sports world by signing a five year contract with what team?
a) New York Yankees
b) Kansas City Royals
c) Philadelphia Phillies
d) Texas Rangers