1) After Ukranian protesters ousted their pro-Russian president Victor Yanukovych, Russian troops responded by peacefully taking control of what region of the country?
a) Metropolitan Kiev
b) The Crimean Peninsula
c) Tatarstan
d) Odessa
A large of percentage of the Crimean population is ethnically Russian, and the Russian Navy’s only warm water base is in Crimea on the Black Sea port of Sevastopol.
2) President Obama recently asked the military to prepare for a total withdrawal of troops from what country?
c) Afghanistan
President Obama has threatened Afghan president Hamid Karzai with a total withdrawal of American troops if Karzai does not agree to a deal that allows American troops to stay in the country to play a support role for Afghan security forces.
3) Governor Jan Brewer of this state recently vetoed a bill that would have permitted businesses in her state to deny service to homosexuals. What state?
b) Arizona
Proponents of the bill argue that requiring businesses to serve homosexuals violates the religious rights of business owners.
4) John Dingell, who has been a member of Congress for the last 58 years, recently announced that he is retiring at the age of 87. Dingell represents a district in what state?
d) Michigan
Dingell was serving as a Congressional page on the floor of the House in 1941 when Franklin Roosevelt asked the Congress to declare war on Japan after the Pearl Harbor attacks.
5) Website Mt. Gox went offline last week. What type of site was it?
a) It was a Bitcoin exchange site.
Bitcoin is a virtual currency popular among tech enthusiasts, libertarians, and criminals.
6) Who was recently named the world’s richest man by Forbes?
c) Bill Gates
Gates re-gained the top position from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/
7) The World Bank suspended a $90 million loan to Uganda last week. Why?
c) The Ugandan government’s passage of a harsh anti-gay law
In a recent interview, the Ugandan president called homosexuals “disgusting.”
8) The results of a recent study suggest that these children are at great risk of suffering from a psychiatric disorder. What children?
a) Children of older fathers
The study found, for example, that children of fathers older than 45 were 24 times more likely to suffer from bipolar disorder than children of fathers aged 20-24.
9) What has happened to the obesity rate among American children over the last decade?
d) It has decreased 43%
About 8 percent of 2 to 5 year olds were obese in 2012, down from 14% in 2004.
10) What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture of 2013?
d) 12 Years a Slave
Producer Brad Pitt accepted the award.