MAY 23 QUIZ
1) What American businessman announced last week that he has decided not to run for president in 2012?
a) Mitch Daniels
b) Herman Cain
c) Donald Trump
d) Tim Pawlenty
2) What American businessman announced last week that he is running for president in 2012?
a) Mitch Daniels
b) Herman Cain
c) Donald Trump
d) Tim Pawlenty
3) What governor of Indiana announced last week that he has decided not to run for president in 2012?
a) Mitch Daniels
b) Herman Cain
c) Donald Trump
d) Tim Pawlenty
4) Last week, President Obama gave a speech at the State Department. What was the subject of the speech?
a) Arab-Israeli Peace
b) Mexican-American Relations
c) China’s role as an economic power
d) The hunt for Osama bin Laden
5) What American politician admitted last week that he fathered a child out of wedlock over a decade ago?
a) Bill Clinton
b) John Boehner
c) Al Gore
d) Arnold Schwarzenegger
6) The United States government reached its self-imposed debt limit last week. Which of the following is the closest approximation of the current limit?
a) 9.5 billion
b) 45.6 billion
c) 14.3 trillion
d) 27.5 trillion
7) The United States has recently imposed sanctions on what international leader?
a) North Korean leader Kim–Jong-il
b) Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
c) Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin
d) Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
8) NASA launched what space shuttle for the final time last week?
a) Discovery
b) Endeavor
c) Journey
d) Viking
9) What social media outlet went public Thursday by allowing investors to buy shares of the company on the stock market (an initial public offering or IPO) for the first time?
a) Facebook
b) LinkedIn
c) Myspace
d) Twitter
10) What actor agreed to replace Charlie Sheen on the sitcom Two and a Half Men?
a) Hugh Grant
b) Jack Black
c) Neil Patrick Harris
d) Ashton Kuchter