1) On Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of most of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA). What Justice wrote the majority opinion?
a) Justice Antonin Scalia
b) Justice Anthony Kennedy
c) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
d) Chief Justice John Roberts
2) What member of President Obama’s cabinet was held in contempt by the House of Representatives last week?
a) Attorney General Eric Holder
b) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
c) Secretary of Commerce John Bryson
d) Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta
3) Last week, Congress agreed on a one-year extension of what?
a) The “Bush tax cuts” of 2001 and 2003
b) A 3.4% interest rate on federally subsidized student loans
c) The .02 cent per dollar payroll tax cut
d) Funding for the proposed Chicago-St. Louis high speed train project
4) According to preliminary results, who won Sunday’s presidential election in Mexico?
a) Felipe Calderon
b) Manual Lopez Obrador
c) Enrique Pena Nieto
d) Josefina Vazquez Mota
5) Jerry Sandusky was recently found guilty of 45 counts of sexual abuse of minors. Sandusky was formerly a football coach at what university?
a) University of Notre Dame
b) Duke University
c) Penn State University
d) University of Texas
6) What California city declared bankruptcy last week?
a) Los Angeles
b) Visalia
c) Santa Barbara
d) Stockton
7) What city recently announced that it will start issuing “tickets” to those caught with less than 15 grams of marijuana?
a) Oakland, California
b) Chicago, Illinois
c) Green Bay, Wisconsin
d) Boston, Massachusetts
8) The Food and Drug Administration recently approved use of the drug Belviq. What is Belviq designed to do?
a) Act as a “morning after” birth control pill
b) Promote long term weight loss
c) Prevent transmission of HIV
d) Disguise the presence of anabolic steroids in the bloodstream
9) What celebrity couple announced that they are divorcing?
a) Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
b) Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
c) Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
d) Beyonce and Jay-Z
10) What country won the Euro 2012 soccer tournament?
a) Spain
b) Italy
c) Germany
d) England