1) Last week. President Obama signed a bill imposing sanctions on what country?
c) North Korea
The sanctions are in response to North Korea’s hacking of Sony Studios.
2) What country’s internet went out for a day last week?
c) North Korea
“Experts are skeptical that the American government had any involvement.”
https://www.cnn.com/2014/12/23/world/asia/north-korea-internet/
3) President Obama recently hit his highest approval rate in over a year. What was it?
a) 48
48 percent of respondents approves of his performance while 48% disapproved. Earlier in the month, the breakdown was 42-52.
4) It was recently reported that IS executed how many people over the last six months?
c) 2,000
Most of the people executed were civilians and 120 of them were IS members.
https://time.com/3648160/islamic-state-isis-isil-executions-syria/
5) Islamic militants attacked African Union peacekeepers on Christmas Day in what country?
d) Somalia
The base is home to United Nations offices and some foreign embassies.
6) Two policemen were recently shot while sitting in their car in what city?
b) New York City, New York
The assailant, who shot himself shortly after shooting the officers, was apparently seeking revenge for the shootings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown by police.
7) What state recently became the 10th to issue drivers licenses to illegal immigrants?
d) California
The program permits immigrants to obtain a driver’s license even if they can not provide evidence that they are in the country legally.
8) According to a recent study, most cancers are caused by what?
d) Bad luck
As a result, many experts are calling for a renewed focus on detection and cure rather than prevention.
9) House Republican Whip Steve Scalise recently admitted that he previously spoke to what type of group?
a) A group of white supremacists
Scalise, the third-ranking Republican in the House, claims that he did not know that the group he was speaking to was affiliated with neo-Nazis and other hate groups. The speech occurred in 2002.
10) What former governor of New York passed away last week at the age of 82?
c) Mario Cuomo
Cuomo was nicknamed Hamlet on the Hudson for his indecisiveness. In both 1988 and 1992, he led supporters to believe that he was running for president and then didn’t; he also turned down a nomination to the Supreme Court after having sought it. His son, Andrew, is the current governor of New York.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mario-cuomo-new-york-governor-dead-82-article-1.2063258