Quizzes
September 8 2014
1) A ceasefire was signed Friday in what part of the world?
a) Ukraine
b) Gaza Strip
c) Syria
d) Iraq
2) United States airstrikes in Somalia killed Ahmed Abdi Godane last week. Godane was the leader of what terrorist group?
a) Boko Haram
b) ISIS
c) Al Shabaab
d) Al Qaeda
3)...
September 1
1) President Obama recently ordered air surveillance over what country?
a) Iraq
b) Iran
c) Ukraine
d) Syria
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
b) Nigeria
c)...
August 25
1) What state was hit with a 6.1 magnitude earthquake Sunday?
a) Oregon
b) Alaska
c) California
d) Hawaii
2) American James Foley was recently beheaded in Syria by ISIS Why was Foley in Syria?
a) He was fighting in the Syrian civil war on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad
b)...
August 11 2014
1) Members of this religious minority were trapped on a mountaintop without food or water last week after fleeing an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). What group?
a) Christians
b) Shia Muslims
c) Sunni Muslims
d) Yazidis
2) President Obama recently ordered...
August 4 2014
1) CIA Director John Brennan apologized on behalf of the agency last week. What did he apologize for?
a) Eavesdropping on the phone class of German Chancellor Angela Merkel
b) Drone strikes that killed Americans living in Yemen
c) Monitoring the internet activity of Edward Snowden’s family
d)...
July 28 2014
1) According to Palestinian health officials, approximately how many people have died in the current fighting in the Gaza Strip?
a) 500
b) 1,000
c) 5,000
d) 10,000
2) Last Tuesday, a federal appeals court in Washington D.C. and another federal appeals court in Richmond issued conflicting...
July 21 2014
1) What company was recently hit with a 23 billion dollar verdict in a wrongful death case?
a) RJ Reynolds
b) General Motors
c) USAir
d) Marie Callender
2) On Thursday, almost 300 people died when a commercial airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine. What airline was operating the...
July 7 2014
1) Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act could not require a closely held corporation to provide birth control coverage to its employees if the corporation had a religious objection to doing so. What company was the plaintiff in the case?
a) Michael’s
b)...
June 30 2014
1) A new report issued by a bipartisan commission detailed the economic effects of what?
a) Raising the minimum wage to $15
b) Climate change
c) The implementation of Obamacare
d) Raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans
2) President Obama recently asked Congress for $2 billion to be spent...
June 23 2014 Quiz
1) Last week, President Obama announced that he plans to send up to three hundred military advisers to what country?
a) South Korea
b) Iraq
c) Nigeria
d) Ukraine
2) Who was recently elected to be the new Majority Leader of the House of Representatives?
a) Eric Cantor
b) John Boehner
c) Kevin...