What a Week: August 6-10

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Q.1)	Monday morning brought the announcement of the defection of which top member of the Syrian regime?

A.	Asma al-Assad, the wife of President Bashar al-Assad.

B.	Prime Minister Riad Hijab.

C.	Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi.

D.	Defense Minister Fahd Jassem al-Freij.

Q.2)	Heavy rains this week left half of which capital city under water?

A.	Stockholm, Sweden.

B.	Wellington, New Zealand.

C.	Augusta, Maine.

D.	Manila, Philippines.

Q.3)	On Tuesday, shares of the British bank Standard Chartered plummeted after accusations that it had broken international sanctions by doing what?

A.	Hiding two hundred and fifty billion dollars in Iranian money transfers.

B.	Brokering trade agreements with North Korea.

C.	Facilitating the export of conflict diamonds from the Ivory Coast.

D.	Purchasing tens of thousands of Cuban cigars as congratulatory gifts for its New York-based employees.

Q.4)	Which Russian performance group stood trial in Moscow for “hooliganism” and “inciting religious hatred” this week?

A.	The Bolshoi Ballet.

B.	The Eurovision Song contestants Buranovskiye Babushki (Buranovo Grannies).

C.	The punk-rock collective Pussy Riot.

D.	The Russian women’s artistic gymnastics team.

Q.5)	On Wednesday, which country carried out air strikes on the Sinai Peninsula?

Israel.

Egypt.

C.	The United States.

Syria.

Q.6)	What was revealed this week about the recent increase in followers for Mitt Romney’s Twitter account?

A.	The new followers are mostly Democrats.

B.	Half of the new followers originate from foreign, outsourced Twitter accounts.

C.	Many of the new followers are likely fake.

D.	A survey found that the new followers are mostly opposed to Obamacare, but are in favor of its components when they’re presented individually.

Q.7)	What barrier did the N.F.L. break on Thursday night during the preseason game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Diego Chargers?

A.	A woman worked as a referee for the first time.

B.	The first openly gay player took the field.

C.	The game received the lowest television ratings of an N.F.L. game ever, owing to the Olympics.

D.	An eighteen-year-old played for the Chargers, becoming the youngest N.F.L. player ever.

Q.8)	In what country was Hillary Clinton videotaped dancing at a dinner on Tuesday?

Rwanda.

B.	Australia.

C.	South Africa.

D.	The United States.

Q.9)	Google announced on Wednesday that it will begin testing a new feature that will add what to users’ search results?

A.	Google Doodles.

B.	Relevant e-mails from their Gmail account.

C.	Facebook status updates.

D.	More advertisements.

Q.10)	Seventeen-year-old Claressa Shields won the gold medal in women’s boxing on Thursday. How many gold medals has the U.S. previously won in the sport?

Six.

Ten.

None.

Three.

Q.11)	How long did the murder trial of Gu Kailai—the wife of a deposed Chinese politician—last?

A.	Three weeks.

B.	Three hours.

C.	Seven days.

D.	Seven hours.

Q.12)	Know your New Yorker: In this week’s issue, Adam Gopnik chronicles the history and teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. According to the Book of Mormon, which group of the Hebrews who emigrated to America is considered to live outside of the faith’s teachings?

Nephites.

Adamites.

C.	Lamanites.

D.	None of the above.

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