What A Week: October 14-20
- 1.Residents of Muskingum County, Ohio were on alert Tuesday night after exotic animals were released from a private farm. What did they not have to worry about seeing?
- A.
A cheetah
- B.
A monkey
- C.
A giraffe
- D.
A grizzly bear
- 2.President Obama officially dedicated the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial two months after the originally scheduled date. What caused the delay?
- A.
An earthquake in Virginia
- B.
Hurricane Irene
- C.
Obama was sick on the original date
- D.
The statue was missing a finger
- 3.An analysis by the Center for Tax Policy revealed that Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan would raise taxes on what percentage of Americans?
- A.
Zero per cent
- B.
Thirty-seven per cent
- C.
Fifty-nine per cent
- D.
Eighty-four per cent
- 4.Last Friday, President Obama authorized the deployment of troops in which East African country?
- A.
Kenya
- B.
Somalia
- C.
Tanzania
- D.
Uganda
- 5.The IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon was killed in a fifteen-car crash at the Las Vegas Indy 300 on Sunday. How many cars were involved?
- A.
One
- B.
Eight
- C.
Eleven
- D.
Fifteen
- 6.On Wednesday Adbusters, the Canadian magazine that helped launch the Occupy Wall Street protests, suggested what demand for the movement?
- A.
The reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act
- B.
A one per cent "Tobin tax" on financial transactions
- C.
An end to Bank of America’s $5-a-month debit card fee
- D.
Criminal charges against Wall Street bank C.E.O.s
- 7.It’s not all rosy in Wall Street’s non-occupied sections. How great a loss did Goldman Sachs announce in its quarterly results on Tuesday?
- A.
$4.28 million
- B.
$42.8 million
- C.
$428 million
- D.
A billion dollars
- 8.On Wednesday, Google executives announced the launch of version 4.0 for the Android operating system. What is the new version’s name?
- A.
Pie a la mode
- B.
French Fried Wireless
- C.
Candied Apple
- D.
Ice Cream Sandwich
- 9.Why did the N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern not attend Thursday’s bargaining session with the Players Association?
- A.
He had the flu.
- B.
Negotiations had shifted to a closed-door game of H-O-R-S-E with the ex-Union President Bob Cousy.
- C.
The Federal Mediator George Cohen stepped on his foot during Wednesday’s session, causing an inflammation of Stern’s plantar fasciitis.
- D.
He was home, taking a money bath.
- 10.Muammar Qaddafi was found and killed in a water pipe by Libyan rebels on Thursday. Which of the titles did Qaddafi not make up for himself?
- A.
"The Brother Leader"
- B.
"The Crazy Libyan"
- C.
"The Leader of the Revolution"
- D.
"The King of Kings of Africa"
- 11.The 2012 election presents the highest number of women incumbents up for reelection in the Senate history. What is that number?
- A.
Three
- B.
Six
- C.
Eleven
- D.
Fourteen
- 12.Know Your New Yorker: Ken Auletta profiled Jill Abramson, the new executive editor of the New York Times. Where did Abramson get her first professional journalism job?
- A.
NBC’s election unit
- B.
The American Lawyer
- C.
The Boston bureau of Time
- D.
The Washington bureau of the Times
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