1) After Tuesday’s elections, Republicans have now secured 53 Senate seats. They will secure 54 if Republican Bill Cassidy wins a December runoff election in what state?
a) Georgia
b) Louisiana
c) New Hampshire
d) Alaska
2) Of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, how many will belong to Republicans in the next Congress?
a) 102
b) 201
c) 244
d) 287
3) Conde Nast, the General Services Administration, the China Center and Kids Creative are among the tenants in what newly opened building?
a) Washington D.C.’s Jefferson Office Park
b) St. Louis’ Arch Towers
c) New York’s World Trade Center
d) San Francisco’s Prudential One Center
4) Whom did President Obama nominate to be the next United States Attorney General?
a) Former CIA Director Leon Panetta
b) Federal Prosecutor Loretta Lynch
c) Former Maryland Governor Martin O’ Malley
d) Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy
5) Last week, the Supreme Court decided to hear a challenge to which part of the Affordable Care Act?
a) The individual mandate
b) The ban on pre-existing condition exclusions
c) The subsidies granted to the poor for the purchase of private health insurance
d) The establishment of “health care exchange” marketplaces where consumers can compare various policies
6) In December 2009, the federal deficit was 10.1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). What is it now?
a) 2.8% of GDP
b) 7.6% of GDP
c) 12.5% of GDP
d) 19.2% of GDP
7) What nation recently released American prisoners Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller?
a) Iran
b) Pakistan
c) Cuba
d) North Korea
8) Rumors persist that an Iraqi airstrike hit and possibly killed the leader of IS. What is his name?
a) Abu Bakr Baghdadi
b) Ayman al-Zawahiri
c) Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
d) Ali Atwa
9) President Obama recently wrote a letter to the leader of this country that raised the possibility of the country helping in the fight against IS?
a) Russia
b) Japan
c) Iran
d) Egypt
10) Tom Magliozzi recently passed away at the age of 77. Magliozzi was formerly the host of what popular NPR show?
a) Car Talk
b) Prairie Home Companion
c) Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me
d) This American Life