What A Week: June 17-23
How well do you know the news of the week?
- 1.The Boston mob boss James Bulger was arrested Thursday after sixteen years on the run. What is he also known as?
- A.
Buddy
- B.
Punchy
- C.
Whitey
- D.
Legs
- 2.How many of the hundred thousand troops in Afghanistan does President Obama plan to withdraw by the end of this year?
- A.
Ten thousand
- B.
Twenty thousand
- C.
Thirty thousand
- D.
A hundred thousand
- 3.Who said the following, to explain the mass exodus of his staff? “Philosophically, in a way that many of you who’ve known me for a long time understand, I am very different than normal politicians, and normal consultants found that very hard to deal with.”
- A.
Eric Cantor
- B.
Newt Gingrich
- C.
Ron Paul
- D.
Anthony Weiner
- 4.What has brought Ron Paul and Barney Frank together?
- A.
A bill to legalize marijuana
- B.
A bill to legalize same-sex marriage
- C.
A bill to legalize prostitution
- D.
Flute lessons
- 5.The former President of which Arab country was convicted in absentia of embezzlement and misuse of public funds, and sentenced, along with his wife, to thirty-five years in prison? (He has said through his lawyer that the trial was a “parody of justice whose only merit was its brevity.”)
- A.
Egypt
- B.
Syria
- C.
Tunisia
- D.
Yemen
- 6.Which country has called for an “immediate suspension” of military operations in Libya?
- A.
England
- B.
Italy
- C.
The United States
- D.
All of the above
- 7.On what did the Supreme Court unanimously agree regarding Dukes v. Walmart?
- A.
Walmart is guilty of sex discrimination
- B.
Walmart is not guilty of sex discrimination
- C.
“There are questions of law or fact common to the class” of female employees
- D.
The plaintiffs cannot ask for back pay as part of the class-action suit
- 8.Which city will host the NATO and G8 summits in 2012?
- A.
Atlanta
- B.
Chicago
- C.
Detroit
- D.
Flint
- 9.Along with Daily Kos chief Markos Moulitsas, who was Keith Olbermann’s first guest on his new show on Current TV?
- A.
Al Gore
- B.
Michael Moore
- C.
Ben Smith
- D.
Andrew Sullivan
- 10.In which state did Jon Huntsman announce that he’s running for President?
- A.
New Jersey
- B.
New Hampshire
- C.
Iowa
- D.
Utah
- 11.On what did John McCain and Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever blame for the wildfires in Arizona?
- A.
Illegal immigration
- B.
Global warming
- C.
Underage smoking
- D.
God’s wrath about gay marriage
- 12.Know your New Yorker: Ben Greenman wants to declare June 22nd You Cannot Be Serious Day in honor of whose 1981 outburst on that day?
- A.
Madonna
- B.
Nancy Reagan
- C.
John McEnroe
- D.
Mark David Chapman
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