May 7 Answers

1) President Obama kicked off his re-election campaign last weekend with rallies in what two states?

a) Ohio and Virginia

The president held rallies in Columbus and Richmond.  https://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/06/11563182-obama-draws-on-spirit-of-08-at-campaign-launch?lite

 

2) On Tuesday night, President Obama gave a televised speech from what country?

a) Afghanistan

While there, Obama reaffirmed his pledge to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by 2014.

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47257522/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/

 

3) What Republican dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday?

d) Newt Gingrich

Only two candidates remain: Ron Paul and the presumptive nominee Mitt Romney.  https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gingrich-formally-end-2012-presidential-campaign-moon-shot-092715416.html

 

4) May 2 was the one year anniversary of the death of what man?

d) Osama bin Laden

Al-Qaeda’s new leader is Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri.

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2012/0501/One-year-after-Osama-bin-Laden-s-killing-Al-Qaeda-is-in-tatters

 

5) Last week, five men were arrested for plotting to blow up a bridge in what city?

b) Cleveland

The five anarchists were also planning to attack a NATO summit in Chicago and the Republican convention in Florida.

https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/anarchists-plotted-blow-cleveland-bridge-fbi/story?id=16252571

 

6) The Libertarian Party nominated what man for president Saturday?

d) Gary Johnson

Johnson, formerly the governor of New Mexico, was nominated at a convention in Las Vegas.

https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/05/gary-johnson-wins-libertarian-party-presidential-nomination/

 

7) What Socialist was elected president of France on Sunday?

c) Francois Hollande

Hollande will be France’s first left-wing president since 1995.

https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/06/world/europe/france-election/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

 

8) What country closed its final nuclear reactor last week?

c) Japan

Before last year’s tsunami, Japan got 30% of its energy from nuclear power.

https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/07/world/asia/japan-nuclear-energy-ends/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

 

9) A blind human rights activist recently sought asylum in the American Embassy in what country?

a) China

Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest to get to the embassy.

https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-05-03/china-chen-guangcheng/54717530/1

 

10) What horse won the Kentucky Derby Saturday?

b) I’ll Have Another

I’ll Have Another came from behind beat Bodemeister by one and a half lengths.

https://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/more/05/05/kentucky-derby.ap/index.html


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