1) Coordinated terrorist attacks killed more than 100 on Friday in what European city?
c) Paris, France
ISIS has claimed responsibility.
2) Last Friday, the Supreme Court decided to hear a case regarding what hot button political issue?
a) Abortion
The case will be heard in the spring of 2016, and it will be the Supreme Court’s first abortion case since 2007.
3) The three Democratic candidates for president debated last Saturday night on the campus of what university?
a) Drake University
Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and Iowa will hold the first presidential caucus in February 2016.
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/national/watch-top-5-moments-2nd-democratic-debate/npNYF/
4) Student protests on this campus led to the resignation of the university president last week. What university?
d) University of Missouri
The students were protesting what they believed to be an inadequate response to racial incidents that occurred on campus.
5) Last week, President Obama met with the prime minister of what country?
b) Israel
Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu have been at odds over the Iran nuclear deal.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/09/politics/benjamin-netanyahu-obama-make-nice/
6) A judge in this state recently issued an order removing a child from a lesbian couple. What state?
d) Utah
The judge later changed his mind and gave the child back to the couple.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/utah-judge-removes-child-from-lesbian-foster-parents/
7) A city in this state recently elected America’s first ever majority Muslim city council. What state?
b) Michigan
The city - Hamtramck, Michigan - is a suburb of Detroit and approximately 50% of its residents are Muslim.
8) What country’s athletes were recently accused of doping at the 2012 Olympics?
c) Russia
The accusation was made by the World Anti-Doping Agency, which also recommended banning Russia’s track and field team from the 2016 Rio Olympics.
9) Chinese on-line retailer Alibaba had its biggest sales day ever last week, doing over 14 billion dollars in transactions. The big day occurred on what Chinese holiday?
d) Singles’ Day
Alibaba created Singles’ Day in 2009.
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/11/11/business/11reuters-alibaba-singles-day.html?_r=0
10) What NFL quarterback recently set a record for passing yards in a career?
d) Peyton Manning
With 71,871 passing yards in his career, Manning now holds the record previously held by Brett Favre.