1) After a judge in Washington D.C. ruled that the National Security Administration’s data collection program is unconstitutional, a judge in this state ruled that the program is constitutional. What state?
c) New York
The Supreme Court may ultimately weigh in and resolve the issue.
2) What car company became the sole owner of Chrysler last week?
d) Fiat
Fiat already owned almost 60 percent of the shares of Chrysler before the most recent purchase.
3) Bill de Blasio was sworn in as the mayor of New York City last week. Who swore him in?
d) Former president Bill Clinton
De Blasio became the first Democratic mayor of New York City in two decades.
4) Last week, the Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor temporarily suspended what provision of the Obamacare health care law?
c) The provision that requires religiously affiliated organizations to provide no cost access to contraceptives for their employees
Churches are already exempted from the law.
5) What Russian city was has been hit by two suicide bombings in the last month?
b) Volgagrad
No one has taken responsibility for the attacks, but they are believed to be the work of Muslim separatists from the southwest Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/world/europe/russia-blasts-raise-olympic-fears.html?hp&_r=0
6) It became legal to sell marijuana under this state’s law on January 1. What state?
b) Colorado
Selling and possessing marijuana is still illegal under federal law, but federal law enforcement officials do not seem inclined to enforce those laws in Colorado.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/us/10-things-colorado-recreational-marijuana/index.html
7) Commentators on this network were criticized for making jokes about Mitt Romney’s adopted African-American grandson. What network?
d) MSNBC
The group mocked a Romney family photo by singing “one of these things is not like the other.”
https://swampland.time.com/2014/01/04/msnbc-host-melissa-harris-perry-apologizes-to-romney-family/
8) American embassy employees had to evacuate this country because of a decreasing security situation. What country?
a) South Sudan
Rival factions are fighting each other in South Sudan, the world’s newest country.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/03/us-embassy-south-sudan-staff-evacuated
9) The Egyptian government recently declared this organization to be a terrorist organization. What organization?
b) Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood held the presidency and the most seats in the Egyptian legislature before last summer’s military coup.
10) Who set the NFL single season record for touchdown passes in a season?
b) Peyton Manning
He threw 51 on the season to set the record.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/12/22/broncos-texans-week16/4167215/