What A Week: August 27-31
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- 1.Earlier this week, Unilever—which owns Hellman's, Lipton, Vaseline, and Dove—announced what new marketing strategy for Europe?
- A.
Donating a percentage of products deemed to be household necessities as aid.
- B.
Abandoning the marketing of toothpaste in England.
- C.
Creating a series of “Naked Prince” commercials to advertise Dove brand soaps.
- D.
Applying marketing techniques to the poor in Southern Europe that are currently used in developing countries.
- 2.Why did long-time line judge Lois Ann Goodman miss this year’s U.S. Open tennis tournament, which began on Monday?
- A.
The Open experienced an unexpected surplus of officials when ninety-five per cent of those asked to work the event agreed to participate.
- B.
She was arrested and charged with the murder of her eighty-year-old husband.
- C.
She was accused of soliciting bribes to influence the outcomes of early round matches.
- D.
She gave a candid interview to the Arizona Republic in which she confessed that she found tennis “boring.”
- 3.On Wednesday, astronomers reported that they had discovered what substance in a gas cloud surrounding a young star?
- A.
Oxygen.
- B.
Sugar.
- C.
Salt.
- D.
Cacao.
- 4.Why were two attendees ejected from the Republican National Convention this week?
- A.
They cheered during a clear “boo” prompt in Mitt Romney’s speech.
- B.
They made sexually offensive remarks to a CNN employee.
- C.
They made racially offensive remarks to a CNN employee.
- D.
They tried to make the math in Paul Ryan’s budget work.
- 5.Which reality television series was cancelled this week?
- A.
“Jersey Shore.”
- B.
“The Celebrity Apprentice.”
- C.
“Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”
- D.
The American Presidential campaign.
- 6.On Tuesday, what did former Notre Dame football player and current Notre Dame radio analyst Allen Pinkett say was necessary for a successful college football team?
- A.
“Superior off-season conditioning.”
- B.
“The other teams’ playbooks.”
- C.
“A couple of chemical cocktails” in the training room.
- D.
“Two or three guys that were criminals” on the roster.
- 7.In his speech on Wednesday night, the Vice-Presidential nominee, Paul Ryan, attacked President Obama on many fronts. Which contradiction did Ryan leave out of his argument that stimulus money spent in 2009 had been wasted?
- A.
Ryan voted for stimulus funding in 2009.
- B.
Ryan’s district has benefitted greatly from federal spending.
- C.
In 2010, Ryan campaigned on the integral role of government in economic recovery.
- D.
All of the above.
- 8.The leader of what country called this week for Syria’s President, Bashar al-Assad, to step down?
- A.
Tunisia.
- B.
Libya.
- C.
Egypt.
- D.
Iraq.
- 9.On Tuesday, a song by whom, transmitted by the Mars rover Curiosity, made it back to Earth?
- A.
Will.i.am.
- B.
Justin Bieber.
- C.
Bruce Springsteen.
- D.
Lady Gaga.
- 10.Governor Bobby Jindal is considered to be one of the rising stars in the Republican Party. What prevented him from making the trip to Tampa for the convention?
- A.
He feels snubbed by Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate.
- B.
He decided to remain in Louisiana to coördinate the response to Hurricane Isaac.
- C.
He disagrees with the Party’s platform.
- D.
Jindal will attend the Democrats’ convention, in Charlotte, instead.
- 11.Which tennis player announced that he would retire after this year’s U.S. Open?
- A.
Rafael Nadal.
- B.
Novak Djokovic.
- C.
Andy Roddick.
- D.
Andy Murray.
- 12.Know your New Yorker: In this week’s issue, Lizzie Widdicombe profiles Scooter Braun, a successful manager of pop musicians. Which artist does he not manage?
- A.
Carly Rae Jepsen.
- B.
Justin Bieber.
- C.
One Direction.
- D.
The Wanted.
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