1) In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama promised to raise the minimum wage of federal contractors to what level?
a) $7.25
b) $8.50
c) $9.15
d) $10.10
2) What Republican gave the official party response to President Obama’s State of the Union?
a) Speaker of the House John Boehner
b) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
c) Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush
d) Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers
3) After months of negotiations, Congressional Democratic and Republican negotiators reached agreement on what kind of bill?
a) An immigration bill
b) A farm bill
c) A budget bill
d) A gun control bill
4) On Friday, the State Department released a report on what?
a) The environmental impact of the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline project
b) The economic effect of financial sanctions on Iran
c) The effect of troop drawdown in Afghanistan
d) The commercial effect of a free trade agreement with Malaysia
5) Last week, President Obama nominated Vice Admiral Michael Rogers to be the head of what agency?
a) Department of Defense (DOD)
b) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
c) National Service Agency (NSA)
d) National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA)
6) Federal prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who set off bombs at last year’s Boston Marathon. Tsarnaev was originally from which of the following places?
a) Yemen
b) Chechnya
c) Somalia
d) Iraq
7) Journalist Austin Ramzy of the New York Times was recently kicked out of what country where he was stationed?
a) Ukraine
b) Egypt
c) Cuba
d) China
8) Twenty-five percent of Russian men die before age 55. According to a recent study, over a third of those deaths are related to what?
a) Cancer
b) Murder
c) Heart Attacks
d) Vodka
9) What famous folk musician passed away last week at age 94?
a) Pete Seeger
b) Woody Guthrie
c) Richie Havens
d) Leadbelly
10) What team won Super Bowl XLVIII?
a) Denver Broncos
b) Seattle Seahawks
c) New England Patriots
d) San Francisco 49ers