Quiz Answers
JULY 4 ANSWERS
1) What state government shut down last week when the state’s governor and its legislature were unable to agree on a budget?
a) Minnesota
The Democratic governor wants to cover the state’s projected budget shortfall by raising income taxes on Minnesotans earning more than $1 million a...
JUNE 27 ANSWERS
1) President Obama announced last week that he is going to withdraw one-third of all American forces from this country (33,000 troops) by September 2012. What country?
b) Afghanistan
In making the announcement, Obama argued that American troops in Aghanistan had substantially weakened both the...
MAY 30 ANSWERS
1) What former Minnesota governor announced last week that he is running for president?
a) Tim Pawlenty
Pawlenty has visited the state of Iowa 14 times since 2008. Iowa will hold the nation’s first nominating caucus in January...
MAY 23 ANSWERS
MAY 23 QUIZ
1) What American businessman announced last week that he has decided not to run for president in 2012?
c) Donald Trump
Trump has made news recently by criticizing President Obama’s educational record and questioning his...
MAY 16 ANSWERS
1) What former Speaker of the House announced his intention to run for president in 2012?
d) Newt Gingrich
Gingrich is well-liked by fiscal conservatives but social conservatives are suspicious of him, in part, because he has been married three...
May 9 Answers
1) President Obama decided last week that the government would not release what documents?
c) Pictures of Osama bin Laden’s dead body
President Obama made the decision not to release the photographs out of concern that their release could incite riots in the Arab world, and, ultimately, endanger...
MAY 2 ANSWERS
1) U.S. Special Forces killed Osama bin Laden Sunday during a raid on his mansion in what Pakistan city?
b) Abbottabad
The raid was carried out by “Seal Team 6”, a special forces unit based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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APRIL 25 ANSWERS
1) Governor Jan Brewer recently vetoed a bill that would have required all presidential candidates to prove their American citizenship before bring allowed on the ballot. Brewer is governor of what state?
c) Arizona
Fourteen other states are considering similar legislation. Some were...
APRIL 18 QUIZ ANSWERS
1) April 12 was the 150th anniversary of what event?
b) The beginning of the Civil War
The first shots were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. More than 620,000 Americans died in the...
APRIL 11 ANSWERS
APRIL 11 ANSWERS
1) What man officially announced the beginning of his 2012 campaign for president on Monday?
a) Barack Obama
The announcement allows Obama to begin raising money for the campaign. He is widely expected to be the first candidate in history to raise over 1 billion dollars for...