What A Week: January 14-20
How well do you know the news of the week?
- 1.Why was Wes Welker benched for the beginning of the Patriots game on Sunday?
- A.
He went into a nightclub with a gun tucked into his sweatpants
- B.
He barked at Michael Vick at an ESPN event
- C.
He did not show enthusiasm worthy of a Patriot during the National Anthem
- D.
He referred to feet too often in a press conference
- 2.Who began her acceptance speech at Sunday's Golden Globe awards, "I'm nothing, If not falsely humble."
- A.
Natalie Portman
- B.
Amy Adams
- C.
Jane Lynch
- D.
Katey Sagal
- 3.The F.B.I. found a bomb on the route of a Martin Luther King, Jr., parade in which city?
- A.
Selma, Alabama
- B.
Spokane, Washington
- C.
Washington, D.C.
- D.
Tucson, Arizona
- 4.The “bunga bunga” session in the news this week took place where?
- A.
Tunisia
- B.
Italy
- C.
Sri Lanka
- D.
In international waters
- 5.What was the topic of President Obama’s op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday?
- A.
Violent political rhetoric
- B.
Government regulation
- C.
The risks of smoking
- D.
Trade with China
- 6.What is the nickname of Jean-Claude Duvalier, the former Haitian dictator who was charged with corruption and embezzlement this week upon his return to the country?
- A.
Papa Doc
- B.
Baby Doc
- C.
Sweet Mickey
- D.
Van Damme
- 7.In his speech announcing that he would not seek a fifth Senate term, Joseph Lieberman said that he had told his wife that he would retire once who else did?
- A.
John McCain
- B.
Kay Bailey Hutchison
- C.
Regis Philbin
- D.
Bob Barker
- 8.True or False: Lieberman beat Philbin to the punch.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Which of the following people did NOT attend the state dinner held for Chinese President Hu Jintao?
- A.
Harry Reid
- B.
Bill Clinton
- C.
Henry Kissinger
- D.
Jackie Chan
- 10.Who explained her presence at the state dinner by saying, “I worked in a Chinese restaurant.”
- A.
Barbara Streisand
- B.
Anna Wintour
- C.
Christiane Amanpour
- D.
Michelle Kwan
- 11.Which two nations reportedly agreed on Thursday to hold high-level military talks?
- A.
Israel and the Palestinian Authority
- B.
North Korea and South Korea
- C.
The United States and China
- D.
The United States and Iran
- 12.In what Eric Holder called “one of the largest single-day operations against the mafia in the F.B.I.’s history,” officials charged more than a hundred and twenty people with crimes, including “defendants from all five New York-based families.” Which of the following is NOT one of those families?
- A.
Bonanno
- B.
DeCavalcante
- C.
Genovese
- D.
Luchese
- 13.Steve Cohen, a Democratic congressman, made headlines this week for comparing Republicans to whom?
- A.
Adolph Hitler
- B.
Joseph Goebbels
- C.
Karl Marx
- D.
Groucho Marx
- 14.Know Your New Yorker: In this week’s Comment, Hendrik Hertzberg writes that the Arizona shooting had less in common with the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and more in common with what?
- A.
The Oklahoma City bombing
- B.
The murder of Benazir Bhutto
- C.
The school shooting at Columbine
- D.
Gang-related violence
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