1) Last week, forty seven United States Senators wrote an open letter to the leaders of what country?
a) Russia
b) Israel
c) Iran
d) Pakistan
2) This university kicked the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity off of its campus last week after video was made public showing fraternity members singing racist songs and chanting racist slogans. What school?
a) University of Oklahoma
b) University of Kansas
c) University of Texas
d) University of Nebraska
3) President Obama recently spoke at a 50th anniversary ceremony for what event?
a) The March on Selma
b) The Montgomery Bus Boycott
c) The March on Washington and the “I Have A Dream” speech
d) The release of the Brown v Board of Education decision
4) President Obama imposed sanctions on what country last week?
a) Russia
b) Cuba
c) Libya
d) Venezuela
5) Iraqi military forces recently assaulted what city in an effort to re-take it from ISIS?
a) Mosul, Iraq
b) Baghdad, Iraq
c) Tikrit, Iraq
d) Kobani, Syria
6) What group pledged allegiance to ISIS last week?
a) Al Shabaab
b) Boko Haram
c) Al Qaeda
d) Hamas
7) The vice president of this country sought asylum in the United States last week. What country?
a) Pakistan
b) Cuba
c) Sierra Leone
d) Iraq
8) The governor of this state signed a bill last week preventing businesses from discriminating against people because of their sexuality or gender identity. What state?
a) California
b) Oregon
c) Vermont
d) Utah
9) The plane Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates last week and it is expected to circumnavigate the globe. What is groundbreaking about the flight?
a) It is unmanned
b) The plane is solar-powered
c) The pilot is an 8 year old girl
d) It reached an altitude of 100,000 miles
10) Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke were recently ordered by a court to pay $7.5 million dollars for illegally using the song Got to Give It Up when writing Blurred Lines. What soul singer wrote Got to Give It Up?
a) Bobby Brown
b) Marvin Gaye
c) Sam Cooke
d) James Brown