1) Per the 2011 budget deal, President Obama signed an order Friday implementing the “sequester” across-the board spending cuts. What is the estimated value of the government spending cuts?
a) $20 million
b) $950 million
c) $85 billion
d) $565 billion
2) Who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week as the new Treasury Secretary?
a) Jack Lew
b) Gene Sperling
c) Timothy Geithner
d) Ben Bernanke
3) Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of what law originally passed in the 1960s?
a) The Medicare law
b) The Equal Opportunity Employment Act
c) The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
d) The Voting Rights Act
4) Last week, the Obama administration urged the Supreme Court to strike down what law?
a) Wisconsin’s “right to work” law
b) California’s ban on gay marriage
c) Missouri’s ban on assisted suicide
d) Colorado’s legalization of marijuana
5) What law, originally passed in 1994, did Congress re-authorize last week?
a) The “Assault Weapon” ban
b) The Violence Against Women Act
c) The DREAM Act
d) The “Welfare to Work” law
6) What Washington journalist claims to have felt threatened by an email from an Obama official saying “you will regret” what you have written about the “sequester” budget cuts?
a) Bob Woodward
b) Sean Hannity
c) Bill O’ Reilly
d) Wolf Blitzer
7) Who recently became the first African-American woman to have her likeness commemorated with a statue at the U.S. Capitol?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Condoleezza Rice
c) Rosa Parks
d) Michelle Obama
8) What tech company recently announced that it will no longer allow its employees to work from home?
a) Google
b) Apple
c) Facebook
d) Yahoo
9) A new report from security firm Mandiant claims that what organization has hacked the files of over 100 American organizations including banks, power grids, and the New York Times,?
a) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
b) Al Qaeda
c) China’s military
d) Occupy Wall Street
10) According to a recent study, what is the happiest state in America?
a) California
b) Texas
c) Hawaii
d) Indiana