1) Over 100,000 people are estimated to have died as a result of an earthquake and a tsunami that hit what country?
a) New Zealand
b) Russia
c) China
d) Japan
2) The United States and the United Nations are currently considering establishing a no-fly zone over what country?
a) Libya
b) Egypt
c) Ireland
d) Malaysia
3) What state recently eliminated the right to collective bargaining for most of its public employees?
a) Texas
b) South Carolina
c) Florida
d) Wisconsin
4) President Obama recently met with President Felipe Calderon to discuss various diplomatic and political issues. Calderon is the president of what country?
a) Brazil
b) Chile
c) Mexico
d) Argentina
5) Last week, the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee held hearings and heard testimony on what controversial issue?
a) The radicalization of Islam in America
b) Homosexuality in the military
c) Increasing the Social Security retirement age to 75
d) The necessity of reading Miranda rights to children questioned in school
6) What space shuttle completed its final mission Wednesday when it landed at Cape Canaveral after a 13 day journey to the international space station?
a) Enterprise
b) Voyager
c) Discovery
d) Magellan
7) The Supreme Court recently protected the right of the Westboro Baptist Church to do what?
a) Practice polygamy
b) Protest military funerals
c) Serve communion wine to underage members
d) Refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance
8) The state of California recently denied parole to convict Sirhan Sirhan. What crime did he commit?
a) He assassinated Robert Kennedy in 1968
b) He took bribes while serving as a state court appellate judge
c) He took part in the 9/11 attacks
d) He shared confidential American diplomatic cables with the Soviet Union in the 1980s
9) What professional sports league recently locked out its players as the result of a failure of the owners and the players to reach a new collective bargaining agreement?
a) Major League Baseball
b) National Football League
c) National Hockey League
d) Major League Soccer
10) Who set a new world record by becoming the fastest person ever to reach one million followers on Twitter?
a) Charlie Sheen
b) Barack Obama
c) Lindsay Lohan
d) Carrot Top