What A Week: July 22-28

12 Questions | By Tnywebedit | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Total Attempts: 1406

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How well do you know the news of the week?

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1.

Who said the following to whom? “Get your ass in line.”
- A.
  
  President Obama to John Boehner
- B.
  
  John Boehner to House Republicans
- C.
  
  President Obama to Harry Reid
- D.
  
  Harry Reid to Senate Democrats
2.

As of Thursday afternoon, which of the following had been resolved?
- A.
  
  The N.F.L. lockout
- B.
  
  The N.B.A. lockout
- C.
  
  The debt-ceiling dispute
- D.
  
  All of the above
- E.
  
  None of the above
3.

How many bombs went off in Oslo on Friday?
- A.
  
  None
- B.
  
  One
- C.
  
  Two
- D.
  
  Three
4.

After the death of musician Amy Winehouse, the following musician said, “Amy Winehouse paved the way for me.”
- A.
  
  Norah Jones
- B.
  
  Beyoncé
- C.
  
  Erykah Badu
- D.
  
  Adele
5.

With David Wu’s resignation, following allegations that he had unwanted sexual relations with the teen-age daughter of a friend and donor, which place is down a what?
- A.
  
  San Francisco; city councilman
- B.
  
  Oregon; congressman
- C.
  
  Washington; senator
- D.
  
  Portland; mayor
6.

Who reportedly said the following, about what? “I’m not going to take money from old people and screw students.”
- A.
  
  Mark Zuckerberg; why he rejected News Corp.’s 2006 buyout offer
- B.
  
  President Obama; spending and tax proposals
- C.
  
  Arne Duncan; why went into education
- D.
  
  Brett Favre; why he left football
7.

Which country launched a new currency this week?
- A.
  
  Greece
- B.
  
  Sudan
- C.
  
  South Sudan
- D.
  
  Libya
8.

Jiang Limo, who has commented on the inquiry of James and Rupert Murdoch, instructed Wendi, Rupert's wife, in which sport in middle school?
- A.
  
  Fencing
- B.
  
  Volleyball
- C.
  
  Boxing
- D.
  
  Ping-pong
9.

In his first Comic-Con appearance, Steven Spielberg confirmed that there will be another film coming in which franchise?
- A.
  
  Jurassic Park
- B.
  
  Men in Black
- C.
  
  Transformers
- D.
  
  Jaws
10.

Robert C. W. Ettinger died this week. Where is his body now?
- A.
  
  Buried at Arlington Cemetery
- B.
  
  Scattered on Mt. Everest
- C.
  
  In storage at the Cryonics Institute
- D.
  
  Orbiting the Earth
11.

Anders Behring Breivik, who initiated two fatal attacks in Norway on Friday, has a manifesto entitled “2083.” To what does that number refer?
- A.
  
  The year “the world reverts to the blackness from whence it came.”
- B.
  
  The year “Europe will once again be governed by patriots.”
- C.
  
  The number of “righteous souls left in Europe.”
- D.
  
  The number of pages in the manifesto
12.

Know your New Yorker: In this week’s Talk of the Town, Oliver Sacks writes about rushing to the High Line to catch a glimpse of what?
- A.
  
  Roses
- B.
  
  Horsetails
- C.
  
  A swarm of bees
- D.
  
  Jennifer Aniston