1) What foreign leader gave a speech to Congress on Tuesday?
b) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu warned Congress against making a deal with Iran. The speech was controversial
because Speaker of the House John Boehner invited Netanyahu to speak to Congress without getting the approval of President Barack Obama.
2) On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard argument in the case of King v. Burwell. The case
involves the proper interpretation of what law?
a) The Affordable Care Act
The issue before the Court was whether the wording of the law allows states using the federal government's health care exchange (as opposed to setting up their own exchange) to provide subsidies to help their poorer citizens purchase health care. A ruling against the government would mean that poor citizens living in states using the federal exchange would be required to purchase health care but would not be given subsidies to do so.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2015/03/argument-analysis-setting-up-the-private-debate-on-the-aca/
3) A United States Ambassador to this country was recently knifed by a protestor. What country?
a) South Korea
The ambassador, Mark Lippert, survived the attacks. The attacker was protesting joint military
exercises between the American and South Korean governments. The North Korean government applauded the attack.
https://news.yahoo.com/us-ambassador-attacked-seoul-231729097.html
4) On Tuesday the Justice Department released a report detailing systemic racial discrimination in what city's police department?
b) Ferguson, Missouri
The Justice Department declined to bring charges against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson but did release the report detailing a pattern and practice of racial discrimination by the department.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/justice-department-releases-scathing-ferguson-report
5) What politician was recently criticized for the extensive use of personal email while in office?
d) Hillary Clinton
Public officials are supposed to use work email accounts for official business so that the public can review their correspondence.
https://time.com/3731568/hillary-clinton-email/
6) What Republican presidential hopeful caused controversy when he claimed that going to prison proves that being gay is a choice?
d) Ben Carson
Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, has also previously compared Obamacare to slavery and gay marriage to bestiality and pedophilia.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ben-carson-prison-turns-a-lot-of-straight-people-into-gays/
7) The Justice Department announced last week that it is planning to bring criminal charges against Democratic Senator Robert Menendez. What state does Menendez represent?
a) New Jersey
Menendez allegedly used his influence as a senator to help a donor and personal friend, ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen.
8) It was announced last week that Apple is going to be added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. What company will it replace?
d) AT&T
The Dow Jones Industrial Average keeps track of the price of thirty different stocks and is viewed as a barometer of the state of the stock market as a whole. Apple was added to give the tech industry more of a representation in the index.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2982796/Apple-replace-AT-T-Dow.html
9) The United States Census Bureau projected that white citizens will no longer make up a majority of the American population by what year?
c) 2042
Racial minorities will make up 54% of the population by 2050, and racial minority children will be in the majority by 2023.
https://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/13/census.minorities/index.html?_s=PM:US
10) What professional sports league narrowly avoided a strike Thursday when the players and owners reached a new Collective Bargaining Act?
c) Major League Soccer
After reaching the agreement, Major League Soccer began its 20th season with two new teams, Orlando City SC and New York City FC.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-mls-players-agree-cba-no-strike-20150304-story.html