What A Week: December 9-15
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- 1.Following a campaign by a group called the Florida Family Association, which home-improvement chain pulled advertising from TLC’s “All-American Muslim”?
- A.
Lowe’s
- B.
Home Depot
- C.
True Value
- D.
Ace
- 2.A man armed with a rifle and grenades killed four people in which Belgian city on Tuesday?
- A.
Antwerp
- B.
Bruges
- C.
Brussels
- D.
Liege
- 3.A survey revealed large gains in the pay of American chief executives in 2010. How much did the best-paid C.E.O. earn last year?
- A.
$1.45 million
- B.
$14.5 million
- C.
$145 million
- D.
$1.45 billion
- 4.Canada’s Environment Minister, Peter Kent, announced on Monday that the country is ending its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. What reason did he give for the move?
- A.
A Canadian government study found no evidence for climate change
- B.
Adhering to the targets was damaging the Canadian oil industry
- C.
The government wanted to avoid $14 billion in penalties for missing its emissions targets
- D.
Most Canadians would actually like it to be a bit warmer
- 5.This week Peter Figoski became the first N.Y.P.D. officer killed in the line of duty since 2007, when he was allegedly shot by a twenty-seven-year-old burglar. Where was Figoski killed?
- A.
Cypress Hills, Brooklyn
- B.
East Harlem, Manhattan
- C.
Mott Haven, The Bronx
- D.
Jackson Heights, Queens
- 6.President Obama marked the end of the war in Iraq with a speech at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Wednesday. How did Obama describe postwar Iraq?
- A.
“No longer a threat to the United States”
- B.
“A potential ally in the Middle East”
- C.
“Sovereign, stable and self-reliant”
- D.
“A nation in tatters”
- 7.On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it would take another politically charged case. Which topic is the court NOT getting into so far?
- A.
Immigration
- B.
Electoral redistricting
- C.
Gay marriage
- D.
Healthcare
- 8.What did N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern say about his decision to deny the trade of the point guard Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets to the Los Angeles Lakers?
- A.
“My sole focus was and will be how best to maintain the Hornets.”
- B.
“My sole focus was and will be how best to prevent the Lakers from being too dominant.”
- C.
“Don’t push me on this. I may feel another lockout coming on.”
- D.
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”
- 9.Which former European leader was convicted of what this week?
- A.
George Papandreou, of embezzlement
- B.
Silvio Berlusconi, of public lewdness
- C.
Jacques Chirac, of corruption
- D.
Gordon Brown, of profanity
- 10.Following the thirteenth Republican debate last night, Mitt Romney earned the endorsement from whom, in a strategic early-primary state?
- A.
Senator Chuck Grassley, Iowa
- B.
Governor John Lynch, New Hampshire
- C.
Governor Nikki Haley, South Carolina
- D.
Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
- 11.Congressional leaders avoided another government shutdown on Thursday. For how long will their temporary spending agreement have effect?
- A.
Six weeks
- B.
Nine months
- C.
One year
- D.
Until the 2012 elections
- 12.Know Your New Yorker: David Remnick wrote about the birth pains of civil society in Russia. Why did an attempt by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to burnish his tough-guy credentials at an ultimate-fighting event backfire?
- A.
A Russian fighter was beaten by an American rival
- B.
Putin tripped when he entered the ring to address the crowd
- C.
The crowd jeered at Putin while he was praising the winner
- D.
Putin was caught dozing between rounds
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