1) Who won Tuesday’s New Hampshire presidential primary?
a) Mitt Romney
b) Rick Santorum
c) Ron Paul
d) Newt Gingrich
2) A video of American soldiers created international controversy last week because it showed soldiers doing what?
a) Urinating on dead Taliban soldiers
b) Water boarding captured terrorists at Guantanamo Bay
c) Bombing civilians in Pakistan
d) Burning the Koran
3) William Daley resigned his position in the Obama White House last week. What position did he hold?
a) Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
b) Chief of Staff
c) Press Secretary
d) Secretary of Defense
4) A nuclear scientist from this country was killed by a car bomb last week. What country?
a) United States
b) Iran
c) Pakistan
d) Russia
5) What country sentenced an American to death last week after its judicial system found him guilty of spying?
a) Libya
b) Russia
c) Iran
d) Iraq
6) Thousands of workers have gone on strike (and many citizens have marched in the streets) to protest their government’s decision to end a popular fuel subsidy. In what country has this occurred?
a) Iran
b) Nigeria
c) Libya
d) Saudi Arabia
7) On his last day in office, Governor Haley Barbour caused a great deal of controversy by pardoning (or suspending the sentence of) over 200 convicted criminals, including at least four people convicted of murder. Barbour was the governor of what state?
a) Texas
b) California
c) Massachusetts
d) Mississippi
8) A cruise ship with more than 4,000 aboard capsized last weekend, killing at least three. The ship was off the coast of what country when it went down?
a) Italy
b) Greece
c) Spain
d) Bahamas
9) It was announced last week that animals of this species, long believed extinct, may, in fact, still exist. What species?
a) Great Auk
b) Carrier Pigeon
c) Giant Tortoise
d) Indian Rhinoceros
10) What team was crowned college football’s national champion after winning Monday night’s Sugar Bowl?
a) Louisiana State
b) Oklahoma State
c) Auburn
d) Alabama