February 13 Quiz

1) What candidate won primaries and caucuses in Colorado, Missouri, and Minnesota last week?

a) Mitt Romney

b) Rick Santorum

c) Newt Gingrich

d) Ron Paul

 

2) What candidate won Saturday’s caucus in Maine?

a) Mitt Romney

b) Rick Santorum

c) Newt Gingrich

d) Ron Paul

 

3) For the first time last week, the Obama campaign decided to do what?

a) Campaign outside of the “swing states”

b) Accept money from PACs 

c) Encourage supporters to donate to Democratic-leaning SuperPACs

d) Reveal the names of its donors

 

4) Late last week, President Obama reversed what controversial health care policy?

a) A requirement that hospitals turn all paper records into digital ones

b) A requirement that religiously-affiliated organizations to pay for birth control for their employees

c) A requirement that all Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a fine

d) A requirement that health insurance companies allow children to remain on their parents’ policies until turning 26

 

5) Early last week, President Obama’s campaign returned more than $200,000 in donations that had been collected by the brothers of what man?

a) Mexican casino magnate and fugitive Pepe Cardona

b) Russian presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov

c) Conservative commentator Glenn Beck

d) Jailed investor Bernie Madoff

 

6) Many Republicans criticized an advertisement that ran during last Sunday’s Super Bowl.  What company ran the ad?

a) Doritos

b) Chrysler

c) Fiat

d) State Farm

 

7) The Susan G Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity received a great deal of criticism last week for its decision to stop donating money to what organization?

a) President’s Obama campaign

b) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

c) National Education Association

d) Planned Parenthood

 

8) The president of this country resigned last week after his decision to arrest a top judge led to weeks of protests.  What country?

a) Maldives

b) Mauritius

c) Madgascar

d) Cape Verde  

 

9) Last week, Florence Green died at the age of 111.  She was the last living veteran of what war?

a) World War 2

b) Korean War

c) World War 1

d) Spanish-American War

 

10) What country won last weekend’s Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament?

a) Ivory Coast

b) Ghana

c) Zambia

d) Nigeria