What A Week: August 12-18
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How well do you know the news of the week?
- 1.Which of the following has President Clinton cut from his diet?
- A.
Meat
- B.
Fish
- C.
Dairy
- D.
All of the above
- 2.Ridley Scott has signed on to direct a new installment of which movie? (Harrison Ford may or may not be involved.)
- A.
“Indiana Jones”
- B.
“Apocalypse Now”
- C.
“Blade Runner”
- D.
“Morning Glory”
- 3.A fight broke out between reporters and Chinese officials during whose speech on Thursday?
- A.
Ai Weiwei
- B.
The Dalai Lama
- C.
Joe Biden
- D.
Will.i.am
- 4.Who walked out of an interview with Piers Morgan after he repeatedly asked her about her views on gay marriage?
- A.
Michele Bachmann
- B.
Janet Napolitano
- C.
Christine O’Donnell
- D.
Christine Quinn
- 5.Who said the following about what? “It's a theory that's out there. It's got some gaps in it.”
- A.
Timothy Geithner; quantitative easing
- B.
Rick Perry; evolution
- C.
Michele Bachmann; relativity
- D.
Barack Obama; yoga
- 6.In an Op-Ed in the New York Times, Warren Buffett urged Congress to do what concerning him and his friends?
- A.
Offer them better tax breaks for philanthropy
- B.
Raise their taxes
- C.
Reply to their tweets
- D.
Throw them a keg party
- 7.What was banned from Hosni Mubarak’s trial on Monday?
- A.
Food
- B.
Liquor
- C.
TV cameras
- D.
Twitter
- 8.Who said the following about whom: “They remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation.”
- A.
Kenneth Starr; Bill and Hillary Clinton
- B.
Muammar Qaddafi; Westerners
- C.
Rush Limbaugh; feminist activists
- D.
Sesame Workshop; Ernie and Bert
- 9.Who was Anderson Cooper talking about when he collapsed in a giggle fit on air?
- A.
Rick Perry
- B.
Rupert Murdoch
- C.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
- D.
Gerard Depardieu
- 10.What did Michele Bachmann urge people to say to Elvis Presley on Tuesday, the thirty-fourth anniversary of his death?
- A.
“We know you’re out there.”
- B.
“You’re in our prayers.”
- C.
“Happy birthday.”
- D.
“You suck.”
- 11.Put the following Republican candidates in order of how they fared in the Iowa straw poll, from most votes to fewest.
- A.
Michele Bachmann; Mitt Romney; Herman Cain
- B.
Mitt Romney; Rick Perry; Tim Pawlenty
- C.
Michele Bachmann; Rick Perry; Jon Huntsman
- D.
Rick Perry; Jon Huntsman; Newt Gingrich
- 12.Know your New Yorker: A cartoon by Roz Chast has prompted the creation of what new holiday, on August 24th?
- A.
Cartoon Day
- B.
Roz Chast Day
- C.
Stranger’s Day
- D.
Dog Day of Summer
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