JULY 24 2010 QUIZ
1) Earlier this week, Pres. Obama signed a law instituting greater government regulation of what industry?
a) Health care
b) Financial Services
c) Automotive
d) Telemarketing
2) On Thursday, Pres. Obama signed a law providing certain Americans with what type of entitlement?
a) Greater Medicare payments to the elderly
b) Supplemental payments to K-12 educators
c) Compensation to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
d) Unemployment benefits to out of work Americans
3) The Democratically controlled House Ethics Committee recently announced that long time Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel will be the subject of the first House corruption trial in more than a decade. What he is accused of?
a) Failing to pay taxes on a home in the Caribbean
b) Having an affair with a Congressional page
c) Accepting a bribe from an unregistered lobbyist
d) Providing a prominent Muslim imam with classified security information
4) Earlier this week, Gov Jon Manchin announced that he would replace recently deceased Senator Robert Byrd with 36 year old Carte Goodwin. Governor Manchin and . Sen. Goodwin both represent what state?
a) California
b) Kentucky
c) West Virginia
d) Virginia
5) Earlier this week, government employee Shirley Sherrod was fired from her job after portions of a speech she gave became public. Later in the week, she received apologies from the NAACP, Bill O’ Reilly and the White House when it became clear her remarks were taken completely out of context by media outlets reporting the story. What federal agency did Ms. Sherrod work for?
a) Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division
b) Federal Election Commission
c) Internal Revenue Service
d) Dept. of Agriculture
6) Senate Democrats admitted that they were abandoning attempts to pass a major piece of Pres. Obama’s legislative agenda because of a lack of votes. What type of bill were they unable to pass?
a) A bill curbing the ability of lobbyists to make campaign donations
b) An energy bill limiting greenhouse gas emissions
c) A bill providing tax credits to first time home buyers
d) A bill raising income taxes on small businesses
7) What country recently voted to legalize same-sex marriage?
a) Canada
b) Sweden
c) China
d) Argentina
8) The Senate Judiciary Committee recently recommended Senate confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. All of the Democrats on the committee voted yes. All of the Republicans voted no, with the exception of what South Carolina Republican?
a) Jim Demint
b) Mark Sanford
c) Lindsay Graham
d) Ernest “Fritz” Hollins
9) According to recent White House forecasts, how large will the federal budget deficit be for fiscal year 2010?
a) $2.3 billion
b) $9.4 billion
c) $1.47 trillion
d) $10.1 trillion
10) The International Court of Justice of the United Nations recently ruled that nothing in international law prevented this nation from declaring its independence from Serbia in 2008. What nation?
a) Croatia
b) Bosnia
c) Slovenia
d) Kosovo