NOVEMBER 15 QUIZ ANSWERS
1) Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest Saturday after more than seven years. She had previously been detained by the government of what nation?
b) Myanmar
Some have speculated that the government’s decision to release Suu Kyi was an attempt to draw attention away from last week’s Myanmar elections, which kept the ruling military junta in power. Many around the world have described the elections as a fraud.
https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-suu-kyi-release-20101114,0,809531.story
2) President’s Obama’s former Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel recently announced that he will run for mayor of what city?
a) Chicago
Emmanuel is a former Illinois Congressman. https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/11/13/politics/main7051579.shtml
3) Politicians in this country recently agreed upon the general outline of a power sharing plan that would return Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to office for a second term. What country?
d) Iraq
The parties have been trying to reach an agreement since March’s parliamentary elections. While leading politician Ayad Allawi refused to participate, his party – Iraqiya – was a part of Saturday’s agreement. Allawi is a Sunni while Prime Minister Maliki is a Shiite and President Jalal Talabani is a Kurd. https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/11/13/iraq.politics/index.html
4) Many doctors around the country are warning that they may have to stop seeing this type of patient unless Congress delays payment cuts scheduled to take place on December 1. What type of patient?
b) Medicare patients
Medicare is the government health insurance plan for the elderly. The cuts in reimbursement rates to doctors are scheduled to take place as a result of a 1990s budget-balancing law but have routinely been postponed since then. https://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-doctors-brace-big-medicare.html
5) President Obama met with the Group of 20 leaders last week to discuss global economic issues. The G-20 includes economic leaders and heads of state from 19 countries and the European Union. In what country did they meet?
b) South Korea
Pres. Obama used the opportunity to give a speech accusing China of manipulating the value of its currency and thereby hurting the world economy. https://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/virginian-pilot-ledger-star-norfolk/mi_8014/is_20101113/president-takes-sharpest-aim-chinas/ai_n56274831/
6) This quasi-governmental entity announced last week that it lost $8.5 billion last year and will run out of money at the end of fiscal 2011 unless Congress takes action. What entity?
c) The Post Office
The Post Office is not taxpayer-funded but does have a line of credit with the Treasury Department. https://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013420618_postal13.html
7) Bishop Gene Robinson recently announced that he is retiring. Bishop Robinson was the first openly gay bishop ordained by what church?
a) The Episcopal Church
Bishop's Robinson’s election nine years ago caused a great deal of controversy and caused some parishes to threaten to leave the Episcopal Church.
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/us/07bishop.html?_r=1
8) President Obama’s deficit commission released a report last week which included recommendations on how to cut total deficits by up to $4 trillion over the next decade. The recommendations include which of the following?
d) All of the above
The Commission was headed by Pres. Clinton’s former White House Chief of Staff, Erskine Bowles, and Alan Simpson, a former Republican senator from Wyoming.
https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101111/ap_on_re_us/us_cutting_deficits
9) Students in this country recently raided Conservative Party headquarters in protest of a recently announced proposal to increase university tuition. What country?
b) The United Kingdom
The cuts are part of a larger attempt by the current British government to reduce yearly deficits. https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/11/10/uk.protest/index.html?hpt=T2
10) What actress recently made her country music singing debut at the Country Music Awards?
a) Gwyneth Paltrow
Paltrow sang “Country Strong,” the title track of a movie of the same name which will be released later this year. https://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978685473