JANUARY 24 QUIZ
1) President Obama spent two days last week meeting with President Hu Jintao in Washington. Hu Jintao is president of what country?
a) North Korea
b) China
c) Vietnam
d) Japan
2) On Wednesday, The House of Representatives voted to repeal what law?
a) Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
b) The ban on assault rifles
c) The Bush tax cuts
d) The 2010 health care law
3) Robert Bentley caused controversy last week when he said that if you are not a Christian, “you’re not my brother.” Bentley was recently elected governor of what state?
a) Alabama
b) Mississippi
c) Texas
d) Florida
4) What country saw the return from exile last week of its former dictator Baby Doc Duvalier?
a) Dominican Republic
b) Haiti
c) Jamaica
d) Cuba
5) What political talk show host announced last week that he is leaving his show with two years left on his contract?
a) Sean Hannity
b) Keith Olbermann
c) Glenn Beck
d) George Stephanopolous
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
b) National Rifle Association
c) Greenpeace
d) American Association of Retired People (AARP)
7) Drugmaker Hospira recently announced that it was stopping the production of what drug?
a) The anti-depressant Prozac
b) Viagra
c) Sodium Thiopental (used in death penalty executions)
d) RU-486 (the morning after pill)
8) What Senator and former Vice-Presidential candidate has decided not to run for re-election in 2012?
a) Al Gore
b) Dan Quayle
c) Sherrod Brown
d) Joe Lieberman
9) Prime Minister Brian Cowen recently resigned his position as leader of the majority party in his country’s legislature. What country?
a) Wales
b) Ireland
c) Australia
d) New Zealand
10) What movie won the Best Dramatic Picture award at the Golden Globes last week?
a) Social Network
b) Black Swan
c) The King’s Speech
d) Hot Tub Time Machine