News Quiz
Week of 10/21
1. Most Republicans mentioned as presidential prospects voted against the funding bill that re-opened the government. Who was the exception?
2. The funding bill included a special gift of $174,000 to the widow of whom?
3. The far-left organization MoveOn has initiated a petition calling for whose arrest?
4. Cory Booker, who won a New Jersey special election last week, is the first black elected to the U.S. Senate since whom?
5. NBC has assigned correspondent Thomas Roberts to co-host the upcoming Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. Why?
6. Polls indicate that one in four of which nation's new college grads want to leave the country?
7. Which infamous criminal has been conducting press interviews to promote the new book "Public Enemy?"
8. The movie "The Fifth Estate" was last weekend's most conspicuous box office flop. It is about whom?
9. Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley died last week at age 84. Who succeeded him as Speaker?
10. Seven weeks into the season, which NFL team is still undefeated?