1) President Obama recently ordered air surveillance over what country?
d) Syria
Air surveillance is often a precursor to air strikes.
2) Last weekend, President Obama ordered airstrikes against the leader of the al Shabaab terrorist group, which is primarily located in what country?
a) Somalia
Officials would not confirm whether the strikes were successful. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/02/us-military-conducts-operation-against-al-shabaab-in-somalia/
3) It was recently announced that a terror attack on this country was “highly likely.” What country?
b) United Kingdom
The UK is at its second highest threat level; this is the first time the UK has been at this level since 2011.
4) According to the UN, the Syrian conflict has forced how many people out of the country?
c) 3,000,000
6.5 million Syrians have been displaced within the country itself.
https://bigstory.ap.org/article/un-says-syria-refugees-top-3-million-mark
5) According to the WHO, the Ebola virus could infect approximately how many people?
c) 20,000
So far, 1,552 people have died from the virus.
https://theweek.com/speedreads/index/267206/speedreads-who-ebola-could-infect-more-than-20000-people
6) Former Governor Charlie Crist is running for governor of this state again, but this time he is running as a Democrat. In what state is he running?
d) Florida
Crist became an independent in 2010 and a Democrat in 2012.
7) A portion of this state’s bigamy law was found to be unconstitutional last week. What state?
d) Utah
A federal court struck down the portion of the law that prohibited cohabitation between unmarried people.
https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58344666-78/utah-bigamy-waddoups-ruling.html.csp
8) What fast food giant purchased Canadian doughnut and coffee chain Tim Hortons last week?
b) Burger King
Burger King plans on moving its corporate headquarters to Canada to take advantage of favorable Canadian taxation rates.
https://time.com/3181624/burger-king-tim-hortons-merger/
9) According to a recent study, what percentage of American teenagers gets less than the recommended 8.5-9.5 hours of sleep a night?
d) 87
The pediatricians who conducted the study recommended delaying school start times for at least an hour to combat the problem of chronic teen sleepiness.
10) Last week, 15 year old CiCi Bellis became the youngest woman to do this since 1996. What did she do?
b) Win a match at the US Open
Cellis, ranked 1208 in the world, defeated 12th seeded Dominika Cibulkova.