JANUARY 24 QUIZ ANSWERS
1) President Obama spent two days last week meeting with President Hu Jintao in Washington. Hu Jintao is president of what country?
b) China
Obama and Hu discussed numerous issues including trade and human rights.
https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110119/ap_on_re_us/us_us_china
2) On Wednesday, The House of Representatives voted to repeal what law?
d) The 2010 health care law
The vote was more symbolic than practical as neither the Senate nor President Obama appears to have any interest in repealing the law that was just passed last year. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0119/House-votes-to-repeal-health-care-reform-What-happens-now
3) Robert Bentley said last week that if you are not a Christian, “you’re not my brother.” Bentley was recently elected governor of what state?
a) Alabama
Bentley later apologized for the remarks and promised to serve all of his constituents, regardless of their faith.
https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20028777-503544.html
4) What country saw the return from exile last week of its former dictator Baby Doc Duvalier?
b) Haiti
The reasons for his return are still unclear.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/16/baby-doc-duvalier-haiti-long-exile/
5) What political talk show host announced last week that he is leaving his show with two years left on his contract?
b) Keith Olbermann
Olbermann’s progressive-leaning Countdown was MSNBC’s top-rated show.
https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110122/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_olbermann
6) John Kennedy’s brother-in-law Sargent Shriver passed away last week at the age of 95. Shriver was the founder of what organization?
a) Peace Corps
Shriver also co-founded the Special Olympics with his wife Eunice, headed up Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, and ran for vice-president in 1972. His daughter Maria Shriver is married to former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
7) Drugmaker Hospira recently announced that it was stopping production of what drug?
c) Sodium Thiopental (used in death penalty executions)
Hospira made the decision in part because of death penalty opposition in foreign countries. Hospira is the sole American manufacturer of the drug and their decision could postpone (perhaps indefinitely) many scheduled executions.
https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-execution-drug-20110122,0,5035954.story
8) What Senator and former Vice-Presidential candidate has decided not to run for re-election in 2012?
d) Joe Lieberman
Independent senator Lieberman ran for vice-president as a Democrat in 2000 on the same ticket as Al Gore. He has served in the Senate since 1988.
9) Prime Minister Brian Cowen recently resigned his position as leader of the majority party in his country’s legislature. What country?
b) Ireland
Cowen intends to continue to act as prime minister of Ireland, but will probably be subjected to a no confidence vote next week that could oust him from that position.
https://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/22/ireland-cowan.html
10) What movie won the Best Dramatic Picture award at the Golden Globes last week?
a) Social Network
Glee won the award for best television comedy.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/68th-annual-golden-globe-awards-72288