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.
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.
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