1) President Obama recently agreed to meet with whom?
a) Pope Francis
b) Russian president Vladimir Putin
c) Iranian president Hassan Rouhani
d) Cuban president Raul Castro
2) The former governor of this state was recently indicted on federal corruption charges. What state?
a) Connecticut
b) Virginia
c) California
d) Texas
3) What country recently made it illegal to protest?
a) China
b) Germany
c) Guatemala
d) Ukraine
4) Last week, the state of Texas executed a man from what country?
a) Mexico
b) Russia
c) Colombia
d) Canada
5) A state of emergency was recently declared in the capital of what Asian country?
a) Thailand
b) Japan
c) Cambodia
d) Singapore
6) What country recently voluntarily suspended the most controversial aspect of its nuclear program?
a) Pakistan
b) Israel
c) Iran
d) Libya
7) The citizens of this country recently started paying for gasoline for the first time in years. What country?
a) Iran
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Venezuela
d) Russia
8) Last week was the 30th anniversary of what?
a) The release of the first Macintosh personal computer
b) The invention of the Rubik’s cube
c) The Live Aid concert from Philadelphia and London
d) Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky
9) What celebrity was recently arrested while drag racing in Miami?
a) Matthew McConaughey
b) Vin Diesel
c) Justin Bieber
d) Danica Patrick
10) Which of the following pairs won the men’s and women’s Australian Open championships last week?
a) Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic
b) Victoria Azarenka and Roger Federer
c) Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal
d) Li Na and Stan Wawrinka