1) The percentage of Americans living in poverty hit an eighteen-year high in 2010. What percentage of Americans was living in poverty in 2010?
a) 8.9
b) 15.1
c) 22.1
d) 36.4
2) President Obama has asked Congress to adopt what he calls the “Buffett Rule.” What is the Buffett Rule?
a) A new environmental standard regulating pollution emitted by factories
b) A rule raising tariffs on Chinese goods to combat unlawful trade practices engaged in by the Chinese government
c) A new income tax bracket for Americans making more than one million dollars
d) A rule allowing the minority party in the House of Representatives to filibuster legislation under consideration
3) A renewable energy company that received a $535,000 loan from the Obama administration’s Department of Energy went bankrupt last week. What was the name of the company?
a) Solyndra
b) FutureServ
c) Geotech
d) Hudson Bay Renewables
4) Al-Qaeda’s chief of operations was killed in Pakistan last week. What was his name?
a) Abu Hafs al-Shahri
b) Atiyah Abdul Rahman
c) Hosni Mubarak
d) Ayman al-Zawahiri
5) What Republican presidential candidate was criticized for requiring teenage girls in his state to be inoculated against the sexually transmitted HPV virus?
a) Jon Huntsmann
b) Rick Perry
c) Mitt Romney
d) Herman Cain
6) What Republican presidential candidate was criticized last week for calling Social Security a “ponzi scheme?”
Jon Huntsmann
Rick Perry
Mitt Romney
Herman Cain
7) The Supreme Court stayed the scheduled execution of convicted killer Duane Buck. What state had planned to execute him last week?
a) Virginia
b) Mississippi
c) California
d) Texas
8) Decades-old audiotapes containing interviews with this 1960s icon were released to the public last week. Who is being interviewed on the tapes?
a) John Lennon
b) Jackie Kennedy
c) Che Guevara
d) Martin Luther King Jr.
9) King crabs have recently invaded what area?
a) Glacier Bay, Alaska
b) West Antarctica
c) Santa Barbara, California
d) The North Sea
10) Leila Lopes was recently crowned Miss Universe. What African country is she from?
a) Egypt
b) Nigeria
c) Angola
d) South Africa