1) Which candidate won last Tuesday’s Florida primary?
a) Mitt Romney
b) Ron Paul
c) Newt Gingrich
d) Rick Santorum
2) Which candidate won last Saturday’s Nevada caucus?
a) Mitt Romney
b) Ron Paul
c) Newt Gingrich
d) Rick Santorum
3) Which presidential candidate did Donald Trump endorse last week?
a) Mitt Romney
b) Ron Paul
c) Newt Gingrich
d) Rick Santorum
4) What presidential candidate caused controversy last week when he said that he is “not concerned about the very poor?”
a) Mitt Romney
b) Ron Paul
c) Newt Gingrich
d) Rick Santorum
5) Last week, President Obama claimed that his Christian faith was – in part - the basis for his support of what?
a) The raid that killed Osama bin Laden
b) His proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy
c) His support for environmental regulation on power plants
d) The financial sanctions recently imposed on Iran
6) What American automaker recently reported its first annual profit since 2005?
a) Ford
b) General Motors
c) Chrysler
d) Saturn
7) The national unemployment rate dropped last month to its lowest level since 2009. What is it?
a) 7.3
b) 8.3
c) 9.1
d) 10.5
8) The United States and NATO announced last week that they plan to withdraw all combat forces from Afghanistan by what year?
a) 2013
b) 2014
c) 2016
d) 2020
9) Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta believes that what country might bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities this spring?
a) Israel
b) Iraq
c) Russia
d) United Kingdom
10) A United States-backed air strike killed three senior-level terrorists in what country last week?
a) Yemen
b) Pakistan
c) The Philippines
d) Libya
11) The federal government shut down what popular website last week?
a) Megaupload
b) The Pirate Bay
c) VKontakte
d) RapidShare
12) What celebrity announced last week that she is hoping to win the Green Party’s nomination for president?
a) Angelina Jolie
b) Julia Roberts
c) Gwyneth Paltrow
d) Roseanne Barr
13) Despite below zero temperatures, tens of thousands of protesters gathered last weekend to protest the results of this country’s recent parliamentary elections and to preemptively protest the country’s upcoming presidential elections. What country?
a) Canada
b) Russia
c) Ukraine
d) Sweden
14) Last week, Russia and China vetoed a United Nations resolution that would have condemned the recent actions of the leaders of what country?
a) Iran
b) Pakistan
c) Israel
d) Syria
15) What tech giant recently announced that it intends to engage in an initial public offering (IPO) this spring?
a) Facebook
b) LinkedIn
c) Groupon
d) Megaupload
16) Scientists recently captured “supergiant” crustaceans off of the coast of what country?
a) Peru
b) New Zealand
c) Madagascar
d) Iceland
17) Who was named the MVP of Super Bowl XLVI?
a) Eli Manning
b) Tom Brady
c) Victor Cruz
d) Jean Pierre-Paul