What A Week: June 18 - 22
- 1.On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee voted to charge whom with contempt of Congress?
- A.
President Barack Obama.
- B.
Attorney General Eric Holder.
- C.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
- D.
The journalist Bill Moyers.
- 2.In a campaign ad released earlier this week, the congressional candidate Samuel (Joe the Plumber) Wurzelbacher linked gun-control laws to which tragedy?
- A.
The 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.
- B.
The killing of Trayvon Martin.
- C.
Ted Nugent’s career.
- D.
The Holocaust.
- 3.On Thursday, the polarizing superstar LeBron James won his first N.B.A. championship with the Miami Heat. Which honor has James not garnered in his career?
- A.
A high-school state championship.
- B.
The title of Ohio Mr. Basketball.
- C.
An Olympic Gold Medal.
- D.
A college championship.
- 4.This week, students, faculty, staff, and alumni joined to protest the unexplained removal of their university’s president. At which university did the controversy occur?
- A.
The University of Virginia.
- B.
The University of Connecticut.
- C.
Duke University.
- D.
Faber College.
- 5.On Wednesday, it was announced that Larry Ellison, the founder and C.E.O. of Oracle and the sixth-richest person in the world, made what extravagant purchase?
- A.
A group of seventeen reticulated giraffes.
- B.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra, which will now change its official name to “Larry’s London Players.”
- C.
Michael Jackson’s Neverland Valley Ranch.
- D.
Hawaii’s sixth-largest island, Lanai.
- 6.On Thursday, a defecting fighter pilot from which country was granted political asylum?
- A.
China.
- B.
Syria.
- C.
Canada.
- D.
Burma.
- 7.When the Jerry Sandusky trial began, eight alleged victims had come forward. On Thursday, a new person alleged he’d been abused by Sandusky. Who is that person?
- A.
Joe Paterno’s grandson.
- B.
Sandusky’s adopted son.
- C.
A counsellor from the Second Mile camp.
- D.
The son of a former Penn State football player.
- 8.On Sunday, who was declared the winner of Egypt’s first open Presidential election?
- A.
Mohamed Morsi.
- B.
Ahmed Shafik.
- C.
Hosni Mubarak.
- D.
None of the above.
- 9.NBC executives reportedly want to replace which co-host of the “Today” show before the London Olympics?
- A.
Matt Lauer.
- B.
Al Roker.
- C.
Willard Scott.
- D.
Ann Curry.
- 10.On Thursday, it was announced that Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels will soon become the president of what?
- A.
The Republican National Committee.
- B.
The Republican Governors Association.
- C.
Purdue University.
- D.
Restore Our Future, the Super PAC supporting Mitt Romney.
- 11.What did the music-streaming service Spotify announce on Tuesday?
- A.
Its plans to file an I.P.O.
- B.
A mobile app for non-paying users.
- C.
Its plans to become a music label.
- D.
It will merge with Pandora.
- 12.Know your New Yorker: In this week’s issue, Emily Nussbaum calls Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO show, “The Newsroom,” “so naïve it’s cynical.” What was the first television show that Sorkin created?
- A.
“The West Wing.”
- B.
“Sports Night.”
- C.
“Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.”
- D.
“Entourage.”
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