What A Week: March 5-9
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- 1.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew cheers from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and criticism from the Israeli press, for equating which two things in a speech on Monday?
- A.
America and Syria.
- B.
Newt Gingrich and David Ben-Gurion.
- C.
Nazi Germany and Iran.
- D.
Iran and the Obama Administration.
- 2.On Wednesday, Peyton Manning and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay held a joint press conference to announce Manning’s release. What caused Manning to miss all of last season?
- A.
An intense, months-long preparation to audition for “Dancing with the Stars.”
- B.
Recovery from neck surgery that fused two of his vertebrae.
- C.
His commitment to Oreo’s “Double Stuf Racing League.”
- D.
The prolonged effects of post-concussion syndrome.
- 3.This week the European Union intervened in a dispute between Italy and India over the jailing of two Italian marines. For what alleged act are the marines being detained?
- A.
The shooting death of two Indian fishermen they believed to be pirates.
- B.
Smuggling cultural artifacts out of India.
- C.
Tampering with Indian witnesses in the trial of the former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
- D.
The destruction of electronic financial records from the Borsa Italiana that are stored in Mumbai.
- 4.On Wednesday Sara Blakely joined the Forbes World’s Billionaires list as the youngest woman in the group to achieve her wealth independently. How did Blakely make her money?
- A.
Creating the bitly URL shortening service.
- B.
Inventing the Spanx slimming undergarment.
- C.
Inventing the Chia Pet.
- D.
Developing the Red Bull energy drink.
- 5.The director James Cameron announced this week that he is close to attempting which feat, depicted in which of his movies?
- A.
Basic C.I.A. field training (“True Lies”).
- B.
The creation of a cybernetic organism (“Terminator”).
- C.
Entering outer space (“Aliens” and “Avatar”).
- D.
Diving to the depths of the ocean (“The Abyss”).
- 6.On Tuesday, Marcy Kaptur defeated fellow incumbent Dennis Kucinich in the primary for Ohio’s redrawn Ninth Congressional District. Whom will she face in the general election?
- A.
The businessman Gordon Gund.
- B.
Samuel (Joe the Plumber) Wurzelbacher.
- C.
The former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar.
- D.
Anthony (Krayzie Bone) Henderson of the hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
- 7.Goldman Sachs has dramatically increased its work force in which city, while scaling back in others?
- A.
St. Louis.
- B.
Pittsburgh.
- C.
Salt Lake City.
- D.
Portland.
- 8.The February jobs report was released on Friday. If over two hundred thousand jobs were added last month, why did the unemployment rate stay at 8.3 per cent?
- A.
New requests for unemployment benefits do not register until a month later.
- B.
The number of people looking for jobs has increased.
- C.
The unemployment rate is just a guess.
- D.
The unemployment rate is recalculated every other month.
- 9.Which singer became the latest in the past year—after Adele—to cancel a tour owing to throat surgery?
- A.
Taylor Swift.
- B.
Rihanna.
- C.
John Mayer.
- D.
Lady Gaga.
- 10.Sunday marks one year since the earthquake in Japan that set off a tsunami and several meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Though some researchers say that because of swift evacuations health effects from radiation are not a great risk, which oft-overlooked issue do they say should be of high concern?
- A.
The continued reliance on nuclear power.
- B.
Psychological trauma.
- C.
Environmental damage.
- D.
Dependence on foreign emergency aid.
- 11.Apple introduced its latest iPad on Wednesday. Which of the following is not a feature of the new tablet?
- A.
A high-definition screen.
- B.
A faster wireless-Internet connection.
- C.
Voice-directed e-mail.
- D.
Siri.
- 12.Know your New Yorker: In the Talk of the Town this week, Calvin Tomkins discusses which trend that has made its way to the roof of the Whitney Museum?
- A.
Urban sunbathing.
- B.
Rooftop beekeeping.
- C.
Rooftop gardening.
- D.
Painting the roofs of cityscapes.
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