1) President Obama left the country last weekend for a seven day diplomatic trip to what part of the world?
a) The Middle East
b) South America
c) Sub-Saharan Africa
d) The Asia-Pacific region
2) What Republican presidential candidate surged to second place in two recent national polls after spending most of the summer in the low single digits?
a) Jon Huntsman
b) Newt Gingrich
c) Rick Santorum
d) Gary Johnson
3) President Obama and President Nicolas Sarkozy were recently overheard making negative comments about what other world leader?
a) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
b) German Chancellor Angela Merkel
c) Chinese President Hu Jintao
d) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
4) What decision did President Obama’s State Department make on building the environmentally controversial Keystone oil pipeline?
a) Construct the pipeline on the current route through Nebraska
b) Build the pipeline over a new route through Illinois
c) Delay making a decision until 2013 so more research on the environmental impact can be done
d) Sell the construction rights to the Chinese government
5) According to a recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, what country is working on technology that could lead to the development of a nuclear bomb?
a) Iran
b) Libya
c) Egypt
d) Israel
6) The countries of the Arab League suspended which one of their member countries last week?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Syria
c) Egypt
d) Yemen
7) Whose new book – Back To Work – contains more than 50 suggestions on how to resuscitate the American economy and create jobs?
a) Newt Gingrich
b) Bill Clinton
c) Warren Buffett
d) Glenn Beck
8) A sex scandal at this university led to the ouster of the president and the football coach. What school?
a) Penn State University
b) Ohio State University
c) University of Texas
d) University of Alabama
9) A scientist in Texas recently came up with a small scale model of what futuristic device?
a) A transporter
b) A jet pack
c) An invisibility cloaking device
d) A personal spacecraft
10) What rock and roll classic was released forty years ago last week?
a) Freebird
b) Don’t Stop Believin’
c) Stairway to Heaven
d) Jumpin’ Jack Flash