What A Week: February 6-10
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- 1.After twenty years of effort, a Russian team succeeded in what task this week?
- A.
Creating an arctic shipping route around the North Pole.
- B.
Drilling to an ancient subglacial Antarctic lake.
- C.
Training dolphins to work as military spies.
- D.
Voting for an opposition candidate in a national election.
- 2.The President of which island was forced to resign at gunpoint on Tuesday?
- A.
The Maldives.
- B.
Grenada.
- C.
Tonga.
- D.
Island Records.
- 3.The New York Giants won the Super Bowl this week despite a mediocre regular season. Which of the following is not true about the champs’ season before the playoffs?
- A.
They are the first Super Bowl winners with a 9-7 record.
- B.
They are the first Super Bowl winners to have been outscored for the season.
- C.
Their leading rusher gained fewer rushing yards than Denver quarterback Tim Tebow.
- D.
They are the first Super Bowl winners to have a losing divisional record.
- 4.On Thursday the F.B.I. released a dossier that documented its subject’s L.S.D. use and willingness to “distort reality in order to achieve his goals.” Who was the subject of the dossier?
- A.
George Clooney.
- B.
Newt Gingrich.
- C.
Steve Jobs.
- D.
J. Edgar Hoover.
- 5.The Los Angeles Unified School District took what unprecedented action this week after two veteran teachers at an elementary school were accused of sexual lewdness?
- A.
Compensating the entire student body in a financial settlement.
- B.
Replacing the entire school staff.
- C.
Issuing social promotion for an entire third-grade class.
- D.
Closing the school for the remainder of the academic period.
- 6.On Thursday, the Obama administration announced a twenty-six billion dollar foreclosure fraud settlement with five national banks. Which bank was not a part of the deal?
- A.
Wells Fargo.
- B.
Goldman Sachs.
- C.
J. P. Morgan Chase.
- D.
Bank of America.
- 7.What two countries witnessed escalating conflicts over oil this week?
- A.
United States and Canada
- B.
Sudan and South Sudan
- C.
Iran and Saudi Arabia
- D.
Venezuela and Colombia
- 8.With increased taxes on the wealthy and other spending cuts, the budget that President Obama will propose on Monday would reduce the deficit to what?
- A.
$1.1 trillion
- B.
$850 billion
- C.
$1.3 trillion
- D.
$900 billion
- 9.What percentage of Catholic women has used contraceptives—excluding natural family planning?
- A.
Twenty-five per cent
- B.
Sixty-two per cent
- C.
Ninety-five per cent
- D.
Ninety-eight per cent
- 10.Which Qaddafi threatened to lead an uprising in Libya?
- A.
Saadi, son of Muammar.
- B.
Safia, Muammar’s second wife.
- C.
Aisha, daughter of Muammar.
- D.
Saif, son of Muammar.
- 11.Ledisi, ?uestlove, and Mark Bradford will perform at the Grammy Awards in tribute to what singer who has never won a Grammy?
- A.
Aretha Franklin
- B.
Diana Ross
- C.
Billie Holiday
- D.
Nina Simone
- 12.Know your New Yorker: James Surowiecki writes about the rise and fall of Research in Motion, which hinged mostly on the BlackBerry. How much as the company’s stock price fallen in the past year?
- A.
Seventy-five per cent
- B.
Eighty per cent
- C.
Fifty-two per cent
- D.
Forty-nine per cent
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