What A Week: February 11-17
How well do you know the news of the week?
- 1.Of what was Vint Cerf speaking when he said the following: “It was 1977. We thought we were doing an experiment. The problem was, the experiment never ended.”
- A.
Space exploration
- B.
The Internet
- C.
L.S.D.
- D.
Third-wave feminism
- 2.Who joined Cee-Lo at the Grammys in performing “Forget You,” the G-rated version of his hit?
- A.
Gwyneth Paltrow
- B.
Muppets
- C.
Justin Bieber
- D.
Gwyneth Paltrow and muppets
- E.
Muppets and Justin Bieber
- 3.What do George H. W. Bush, Yo-Yo Ma, Maya Angelou, and Warren Buffet have in common?
- A.
They all attended the Grammys on Sunday
- B.
They all received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday
- C.
They all attended the Westminster Dog Show on Wednesday
- D.
They all plan to attend the Cricket World Cup this weekend
- 4.What happened this week concerning Bruce Ivins, a former Army scientist?
- A.
He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- B.
A $1.1 million report commissioned by the F.B.I. cast doubt on his involvement in the anthrax attacks of 2001
- C.
A new lab at N.I.H. was named after him for his role in preventing future anthrax attacks
- D.
He committed suicide after being accused of involvement in the anthrax attacks of 2001
- 5.Why was Chevron ordered this week to pay Ecuador $8.6 billion?
- A.
For polluting the rainforest in the seventies and eighties
- B.
For polluting the rainforest in the nineties and aughts
- C.
For price gouging in the seventies and eighties
- D.
For price gouging in the nineties and aughts
- 6.In his first interview since his arrest, Bernie Madoff said what about the banks and hedge funds that he dealt with in the course of his Ponzi scheme?
- A.
“They had no idea.”
- B.
“They had to know.”
- C.
“They were asking for it.”
- D.
“They were fools.”
- 7.Who is Hickory?
- A.
The computer that competed on “Jeopardy!” this week
- B.
The Scottish Deerhound that won “Best in Show” at the Westminster Dog Show
- C.
The newest character on “Gossip Girl”
- D.
The model on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s 2011 swimsuit issue
- 8.Who said the following about whether abortion is justified in cases of rape: “Well, I think that’s really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I guess I haven’t been in that position, so I wouldn’t be able to judge that.”
- A.
Christine O’Donnell
- B.
Mike Huckabee
- C.
Miley Cyrus
- D.
Justin Bieber
- 9.How many e-mails did Bill Clinton tell Politico that he sent while President?
- A.
“Zero.”
- B.
“Zip.”
- C.
“Two.”
- D.
“I was more into chat rooms than e-mail back then.”
- 10.Which of the following was NOT the site of an estimated several thousand protesters on Wednesday?
- A.
Libya
- B.
Bahrain
- C.
Wisconsin
- D.
Arizona
- 11.What has Southern Sudan decided on as its name?
- A.
South Sudan
- B.
Nile Republic
- C.
Kush
- D.
The Nile Republic of South Sudan
- 12.Know your New Yorker: Who revealed in a blog post this week that his mother had been a contestant on “Jeopardy!”?
- A.
Blake Eskin
- B.
John Seabrook
- C.
Nicholas Thompson
- D.
Malcolm Gladwell
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