Bill O'Reilly: News Quiz - Quiz Yourself on the Latest News

1. President Obama, retreating on an oft-repeated pledge, will send dozens of troops to which nation?

Syria

Libya

Yemen

Turkey

Morocco

2. Paul Ryan was elected Speaker, but nine Republicans voted instead for Congressman Daniel Webster. Most of the rebels belong to which organization?

Tuesday Group

Freedom Caucus

Tea Party Caucus

Conservative Caucus

Republican Study Group

3. John Harwood, whose performance as moderator at last week's GOP debate was widely panned, writes for which newspaper?

Boston Globe

New York Times

Washington Post

Washington Times

Wall Street Journal

4. Next up on the debate schedule is a Democratic forum this Friday. Who will host?

Lester Holt, NBC

Scott Pelley, CBS

David Muir, ABC

Jake Tapper, CNN

Rachel Maddow, MSNBC

5. Billionaire investor Paul Singer, a major Republican donor, made news last week when he endorsed which candidate?

Jeb Bush

Ted Cruz

Marco Rubio

Carly Fiorina

Chris Christie

6. Meanwhile, New York City's ultra-liberal Mayor Bill de Blasio has given his endorsement to whom?

Karl Marx

Bernie Sanders

Hillary Clinton

Martin O'Malley

He will not endorse

7. Actor and former Senator Fred Thompson, who died Saturday at age 73, initially gained fame as an attorney in which Congressional investigation?

Watergate

Iran-Contra

Army-McCarthy

Labor Racketeering

CIA and Intelligence-gathering

8. China has announced that it will end what?

Ban on alcohol

One-child policy

Capital punishment

Nuclear power generation

Consumption of dog meat

9. For the fourth year in a row, students in which city have registered the lowest math and reading scores in the country?

Detroit

Chicago

Washington

Philadelphia

Salt Lake City

10. A famous feminist is being roundly denounced for declaring that transgendered individuals 'can't be women.' Who?

Naomi Wolf

Betty Friedan

Gloria Steinem

Germaine Greer

Simone de Beauvoir