News Quiz
Week of 6/30
1. Bob McDonald, President Obama's pick to take over the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs, had been CEO of which giant American company?
2. The Sunni army that has seized territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself a "caliphate" with what as its official name?
3. Which loyal Democrat and former White House advisor is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the various IRS scandals?
4. Some students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas are upset because a speaker is being paid $225,000 for a single speech at the school. Who?
5. Which gambling-heavy city is warning that a quarter of its casinos will soon be out of business?
6. The U.S. government is levying a staggering $8.9 billion fine on the French company BNP Paribas, which is in what line of business?
7. "I don't own a single stock or bond ... I'm the poorest man in Congress." Which politician made that poverty plea last week?
8. Steve Rossi, who died last week at age 82, was half of an extremely popular comedy duo. Who was his partner?
9. The Washington Post ran an op-ed that urged the U.S. Army to do away with Apache, Comanche, and Chinook, which are names used on what?
10. Minnesota has officially re-named which animal because its former name was deemed ethnically offensive?