What A Week: August 5-11
How well do you know the news of the week?
- 1.Who said the following about what? “There are pockets of our society that are not only broken, but frankly sick.”
- A.
Hillary Clinton, health-care reform
- B.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, riots in London
- C.
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, shooting rampage in Ohio
- D.
Ashton Kutcher, “Friends With Benefits”
- 2.A Texas jury sentenced Warren Jeffs this week to life in prison plus twenty years. Of what crime was he convicted?
- A.
Bigamy
- B.
Prostitution
- C.
Sexually assaulting two girls, aged twelve and fifteen
- D.
Killing two girls, aged twelve and fifteen
- 3.The microscopic eggs filled with fatty droplets that washed up in Alaska this week were initially referred to as what?
- A.
Caviar
- B.
Orange goo
- C.
Salmon sludge
- D.
Oil
- 4.King Abdullah of Jordan has greenlit a $1.5 billion theme park with what theme?
- A.
“Transformers”
- B.
“Star Trek”
- C.
The Spice Girls
- D.
Oil
- 5.According to reports circulating this week, what did the hacking group Anonymous say it will “kill” on November 5th? (Anonymous has since distanced itself from the plan.)
- A.
AOL
- B.
Facebook
- C.
Congress
- D.
Hollywood
- 6.Given the riots in and around London, people have raised questions about security for what event that will be held there next year?
- A.
The World Cup
- B.
The Olympics
- C.
The G8 Summit
- D.
Burning Man Europe
- 7.How many of Wisconsin’s six Republican state senators held onto their seats in Tuesday night’s recall election?
- A.
None
- B.
Two
- C.
Four
- D.
Six
- 8.Who is Kyla Grace Palin?
- A.
Todd Palin’s sister
- B.
Bristol Palin’s newborn
- C.
Track Palin’s newborn
- D.
Track Palin’s sister
- 9.To what do these numbers correspond? 512.76, 634.76, 519.83
- A.
The amount the Dow dropped the first three days of this week
- B.
The amount the Dow dropped the last three days of last week
- C.
The amount the Dow, the Nasdaq, and the S. & P. 500 Index dropped last Thursday
- D.
The amount the Dow dropped last Thursday, this Monday, and this Wednesday
- 10.How might one describe the committee to which Jon Kyl, Fred Upton, and John Kerry were appointed this week?
- A.
Bipartisan
- B.
Super
- C.
Bipartisan and super
- D.
Bipartisan, super, and recently defunct
- 11.What is the “Dougherty Gang” a group of?
- A.
Christian bikers in New Hampshire
- B.
Fugitive siblings in Colorado
- C.
Pizza makers in Brooklyn
- D.
Tax evaders in Nevada
- 12.Know your New Yorker: Which 2012 Presidential candidate does Ryan Lizza write about in this week’s issue?
- A.
Michele Bachmann
- B.
Newt Gingrich
- C.
Jon Huntsman
- D.
Mitt Romney
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