1) Representatives from what supranational organization met in Chicago last weekend?
a) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The main topic of discussion was the future of NATO operations in Afghanistan. https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/us/us-nato-summit/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5
2) Representatives from what supranational organization met at Camp David last week?
d) G-8
The G-8 includes representatives from eight of the world’s largest economies. The main topic of discussion was the “Eurozone” economic crisis.
https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/19/g8-summit-greece-us-france-germany
3) Mitt Romney released his first general election ad last week. What was it called?
a) Day One
The ad shows what the first day of a Romney administration would look like.
4) The stock market saw the third largest initial public offering (IPO) in history Friday. The IPO related to what company?
d) Facebook
Facebook ended the day around $38 a share.
https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/17/tech/social-media/facebook-ipo-reactions/index.html?hpt=hp_bn11
5) What financial giant lost $2 billion in a trading error last week?
c) JP Morgan
The loss has led some to call for even greater Congressional regulation of the financial industry.
6) This state recently banned fracking. What state?
c) Vermont
Fracking is a controversial means of extracting natural gas and oil from the ground that can lead to environmental problems such as unclean drinking water.
https://articles.cnn.com/2012-05-17/us/us_vermont-fracking_1_fracking-shale-natural-gas?_s=PM:US
7) The percentage of racial minority births in America recently reached what percentage for the first time?
d) 50
Minorities accounted for 50.4% of births in the twelve-month period ending July 2011.
https://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-census-data-20120517,0,7475788.story
8) The International Court of Justice put what alleged war criminal on trial last week?
a) Ratko Mladic
Mladic was a general in the Serbian army in the 1990s and is charged with, among other things, two counts of genocide. Over 100,000 people died in the Bosnian war in which he fought.
https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/16/ratko-mladic-war-crimes-trial
9) Singer Donna Summer died last week at the age of 63. Summer is best known as a singer of what type of music?
a) Disco
Summer died after a long battle with lung cancer.
https://www.tmz.com/2012/05/17/donna-summer-dead-last-dance/
10) What soccer team won the Champion’s League on Saturday?
b) Chelsea
Chelsea tied Bayern Munich 1-1 but won the match in penalty kicks. https://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-census-data-20120517,0,7475788.story