OCTOBER 18 QUIZ
1) Twenty-something Kim Jong Un has recently been named a four-star general in his country’s military. Many have interpreted the promotion to mean that he will someday succeed his father, Kim Jong Il, as leader of what nation?
a) China
b) North Korea
c) South Korea
d) Malaysia
2) What leading financial company announced last week that it was temporarily putting a halt to all foreclosures?
a) Bank of America
b) Countrywide Financial
c) Lehman Brothers
d) AIG Financial
3) On Tuesday, the Obama administration lifted a previously imposed ban on what?
a) Interstate sports gambling
b) Partial birth abortions
c) Gays in the military
d) Deepwater oil drilling
4) American seniors received bad news last week. What was it?
a) The government announced that there would be no cost of living adjustment to Social Security payments this year.
b) Congress raised income tax rates on seniors to pay for the health care reform bill.
c) Doctors belonging to the AMA announced that they will no longer treat Medicare patients.
d) Congress announced that it will start taxing social security payments as income.
5) In a cost cutting move, the French Senate voted last week to raise the official retirement age by two years for state pension purposes. What is the current retirement age in France (before the proposed increase)?
a) 60
b) 62
c) 65
d) 70
6) United States District Judge Virginia A. Phillips issued an injunction last week completely banning the military from enforcing the current “don’t ask don’t tell” policy. Where is Judge Phillips’ court located?
a) California
b) Massachusetts
c) Vermont
d) Washington D.C.
7) What was the recently announced federal deficit for fiscal year 2010?
a) $800 billion
b) $1.3 trillion
c) $6 trillion
d) $12 trillion
8) Informed sources are claiming that the Taliban are willing to discuss ending hostilities in what country?
a) Iraq
b) Lebanon
c) Afghanistan
d) Israel
9) Last week, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad gave a speech to terrorist group Hezbollah claiming “the Zionists will perish.” Where was he when he gave the speech?
a) The United Nations
b) Lebanon
c) Tel Aviv
d) Ground Zero
10) Researchers have recently announced that a previously undiscovered language is spoken by approximately 1,000 people in a remote area of what country?
a) India
b) Peru
c) Brazil
d) Uganda