1) What country began hitting ISIS with air strikes this week after ISIS burned one of its soldiers and posted the video online?
a) Jordan
b) Turkey
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Iran
2) In a speech against religious intolerance, what man recently angered some Christians by pointing out that “slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ?”
a) Saudi Arabian King Salman
b) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
c) President Barack Obama
d) Bill Maher
3) President Obama released his budget proposal for FY 2016 last week. How much money did he propose to have the government spend?
a) $468 billion
b) $2.4 trillion
c) $4 trillion
d) $18.3 trillion
4) What well-known news anchor recently admitted that he had “misremembered” a story he had been telling for years about being shot down while in a military helicopter in Iraq?
a) Brian Williams
b) Scott Pelley
c) Charlie Rose
d) Jake Tapper
5) The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet on Wednesday to try and resolve the ongoing tension in Eastern Ukraine. In what country will they meet?
a) Switzerland
b) Belarus
c) Poland
d) Norway
6) What country postponed this weekend’s presidential and parliamentary elections out of concern for the safety of its voters?
a) Nigeria
b) Syria
c) Ukraine
d) Central African Republic
7) Texas proclaimed February 2 as a day to celebrate the memory of what man?
a) Ronald Reagan
b) Sam Houston
c) John F. Kennedy
d) Chris Kyle
8) What country’s legislature recently approved the use of a medical procedure that would use the DNA of three people to create a fetus?
a) The Netherlands
b) Russia
c) Poland
d) United Kingdom
9) It was recently announced that a sequel to this famous novel is going to be released this spring. What novel?
a) The Great Gatsby
b) To Kill A Mockingbird
c) Catch 22
d) The Sun Also Rises
10) Who won Friday night’s matchup between the two best teams in the NBA?
a) Atlanta Hawks
b) Golden State Warriors
c) Los Angeles Lakers
d) Miami Heat