1) A new pope was elected last week. What country is he from?
b) Argentina
He is the first pope from South America.
2) What name did the new pope choose?
b) Francis I
His real name is Jorge Bergoglio.
https://newsok.com/bergoglio-elected-pope-chooses-name-pope-francis/article/3765419
3) Who won the presidential straw poll at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)?
a) Kentucky Senator Rand Paul
Paul also made news last week for engaging in a 13 hour filibuster while debating the nomination of John Brennan to be the new director of the CIA.
4) What Republican put forth a budget proposal last week?
d) Congressman Paul Ryan
Democratic Senator Patty Murray also put forth a budget proposal last week.
https://money.cnn.com/2013/03/12/news/economy/paul-ryan-budget/index.html
5) What prominent Republican changed positions by endorsing gay marriage last week?
b) Ohio Senator Rob Portman
Portman changed his mind after learning that his son is gay. Hillary Clinton also announced her support for gay marriage last week.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/15/politics/portman-gay-marriage/index.html
6) What world leader has been criticized in his home country after the release of a photograph that shows him embracing a woman?
d) Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
Ahmedinejad was photographed hugging the mother of Hugo Chavez while attending Chavez’ funeral. Many Iranian clerics believe that hugging a woman to whom you are not related violates the Koran’s code of conduct.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/ahmadinejad-hugs-chavez-photo-controversy_n_2852589.html
7) Who was recently became president of China?
c) Xi Jinping
Xi was elected by the National People’s Congress.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/world/asia/china-npc-xi-jinping/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2
8) Last week, voters in this area decided that to remain under British rule. What area?
a) Falkland Islands
The vote was 1,513 to 3. The United Kingdom and Argentina went to war over the Falklands in the 1980s.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21750909
9) A team of physicists announced last week that they had discovered what?
b) The Higgs Boson particle
Physicists have long predicted the existence of the Higgs-Boson particle, which helps explain the origin of mass.
https://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/03/14/6-implications-finding-higgs-boson-particle/
10) What rapper was hospitalized with seizures last week?
c) Lil Wayne
While reports over the weekend stated that Lil Wayne had died, he was released from the hospital Tuesday morning.