NOVEMBER 29 QUIZ
1) What country launched an attack on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, last week that killed two and set houses on fire?
a) China
b) North Korea
c) Vietnam
d) Indonesia
2) The European Union is poised to loan this country $89 billion to “bail out” its ailing banking system. What country?
a) France
b) United Kingdom
c) Italy
d) Ireland
3) According to a study published in the British medical journal Lancet, what kills 600,000 people a year?
a) Cancer
b) Diabetes
c) Heart disease
d) Secondhand smoke
4) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently agreed to extend what?
a) A loan to its financially strapped members such as Greece
b) An invitation to Russia to join NATO
c) A missile defense system to protect all NATO members
d) Its sympathy to the victims of the 1990s Balkans War
5) Somali-born Mohamed Osman Mohamud was arrested Friday for attempting to detonate a bomb at a tree-lighting ceremony in what city?
a) New York City, New York
b) Tulsa, Oklahoma
c) Phoenix, Arizona
d) Portland, Oregon
6) President Obama received 12 stitches last week after being elbowed in his lip during a basketball game at the White House. Who elbowed him?
a) Vice President Joe Biden
b) Rey Decerega of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
c) Presidential personal assistant Reggie Love
d) Pres. Obama’s brother-in-law and Oregon State Head Coach Craig Robinson
7) What state is on pace to become the first state to place labeling requirements and other regulations on medicinal marijuana?
a) Alaska
b) California
c) Colorado
d) South Dakota
8) What media outlet recently released thousands of pages of classified American diplomatic messages?
a) Newsweek
b) WikiLeaks
c) Wikipedia
d) New York Times
9) It has recently been discovered that taking this pill helps prevent gay men from getting HIV. What pill?
a) Truvada
b) Darvocet
c) Vycodin
d) Palomax
10) What band finally agreed to sell their music on iTunes last week?
a) The Beatles
b) Led Zeppelin
c) AC/DC
d) The Rolling Stones