President Obama July 9-13
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- 1.On Monday, President Obama proposed an extension of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts for whom?
- A.
Only households that earn three hundred and fifty thousand dollars or less.
- B.
Only households that own three houses or fewer.
- C.
All households, for the first two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of earnings.
- D.
All households, so long as no wage-earners work in private equity.
- 2.This week, the government of which country was criticized after failing to issue warnings or evacuation orders for floods that killed at least a hundred and seventy-two people?
- A.
Burma.
- B.
Uruguay.
- C.
Italy.
- D.
Russia.
- 3.On Monday, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave final approval for a plan to exhume Yasser Arafat’s remains. Why is the former Palestinian leader’s body being unearthed?
- A.
His remains are to be relocated to a larger, grander mausoleum that will also serve as a monument.
- B.
The present burial site sits on unsafe ground.
- C.
There is suspicion that the buried body is not Arafat’s.
- D.
There is suspicion that Arafat may have been poisoned with a radioactive agent.
- 4.This week, a British High Court judge sided with Samsung in a suit brought by Apple over the design of Samsung’s Galaxy tablet. What reason did the judge give for his decision?
- A.
Touch-screen technology cannot be patented.
- B.
Apple “already has enough money.”
- C.
Apple’s design patent was not properly filed in the United Kingdom.
- D.
The Samsung tablet is “not as cool” as the Apple iPad.
- 5.What controversial measure being put in place for this year’s Olympics received court permission to proceed on Tuesday?
- A.
The stationing of surface-to-air missiles on the roofs of residential buildings.
- B.
The forced inoculation of East End residents against weaponized small pox.
- C.
The inclusion of advertisements for NBC’s fall lineup on team uniforms.
- D.
Instant replay for the judging of gymnastics events.
- 6.A report by the Boston Globe, published on Thursday, alleges what about Mitt Romney that could harm his campaign?
- A.
He still thinks the individual mandate is a good idea.
- B.
He supports abortion rights.
- C.
He was connected to Bain Capital for three years longer than he claimed.
- D.
He actually prefers that family pets ride inside the car.
- 7.On Tuesday, Apple settled a dispute over the name of the iPad with which country where the company will now begin to sell the tablet?
- A.
Japan.
- B.
China.
- C.
Russia.
- D.
South Korea.
- 8.On Tuesday, the City Council of San Bernardino, California voted to file for chapter-nine bankruptcy. How many other California cities have filed for bankruptcy this year?
- A.
Three.
- B.
Two.
- C.
Six.
- D.
Eight.
- 9.Filmmaker Spike Lee announced on Wednesday that he is nearly finished a new documentary about which singer who died within the past few years?
- A.
Whitney Houston.
- B.
Etta James.
- C.
Michael Jackson.
- D.
Donna Summer.
- 10.On Wednesday, Democratic leaders called for which Congressman to be more forthright with his constituents about his lengthy absence due to what his office calls a “mood disorder”?
- A.
Allen West.
- B.
Steny Hoyer.
- C.
Jesse Jackson, Jr.
- D.
Eric Cantor.
- 11.What statement by Kobe Bryant did Michael Jordan to call “not one of the smarter things he could have ever done”?
- A.
He challenged Jordan to a round of golf.
- B.
He called himself the greatest basketball player of all time.
- C.
He called himself the best player to wear a Lakers jersey.
- D.
He said that this year’s U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball team could have beaten the 1992 Dream Team.
- 12.Know your New Yorker: In this week’s issue, Anthony Lane writes, “If you are a twenty-year-old male of unvarnished social aptitude, those movies will seem like much-loved classics that have eaten up half your lifetime.” What series is he referring to?
- A.
Spider-Man.
- B.
Batman.
- C.
Ice Age.
- D.
Tyler Perry’s Madea series.
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