How Well Informed Are You About Current Events?
10 Questions I 3 Attempts I Created By rau9 248 days agoThise quiz provides feedback on whether you have knowledge, or just parrot the talking points of one side or another.
This test does NOT contain "opinion" questions - just the straight facts.
This test does NOT contain "opinion" questions - just the straight facts.
Question Excerpt From How Well Informed Are You About Current Events?
| Q.1) | Where is Benghazi, site of the murders of Ambassador Stevens and 3 other Americans? |
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Joseph Biden voted against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq:
A quote from the debate:
“By the way, they talk about this great recession like it fell out of the sky–like, ‘Oh my goodness, where did it come from?’” Biden said. “It came from this man voting to put two wars on a credit card, at the same time, put a prescription drug plan on the credit card, a trillion dollar tax cut for the very wealthy.”
“I was there, I voted against them,” Biden continued. “I said, no, we can’t afford that.” |
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| Q.3) | Suicide bombers are poor and uneducated, and have only the sacrifice of their own bodies to contribute to the cause of Islamic freedom. |
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Joe Biden's position on abortion is an acceptable one for Catholics, and is compatible with Church teachings on freedom of conscience:
"Life begins at conception in the church’s judgment. I accept it in my personal life.
But I refuse to impose it on equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews, and I just refuse to impose that on others, unlike my friend here, the — the congressman. I — I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people that — women they can’t control their body. It’s a decision between them and their doctor. In my view and the Supreme Court, I’m not going to interfere with that." |
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| Q.5) | At the debate, Biden said: "With regard to the assault on the Catholic Church, let me make it absolutely clear. No religious institution — Catholic or otherwise, including Catholic social services, Georgetown hospital, Mercy hospital, any hospital — none has to either refer contraception, none has to pay for contraception, none has to be a vehicle to get contraception in any insurance policy they provide. That is a fact. That is a fact." |
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| Q.6) | Hugo Chavez was re-elected in Venezuala recently, by a margin of 10 points. |
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| Q.7) | Islam means: |
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| Q.8) | President Obama was recently chastised by the father of a fallen Marine, because: |
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| Q.9) | The "Campaign Contributions Scandal" that has been in the news, that alleges that regulations on who can contribute, and that records must be kept of all contributions, is: |
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| Q.10) | The Federal Debt is: |
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