News Quiz
Week of 5/28
1. Dr. Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani physician who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden, has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. What is his alleged crime?
2. Which major company stopped advertising on Facebook just days before the social media company's splashy initial public offering?
3. After the first round of voting, two men are in the running to be Egypt's President. One was a top official under Mubarak; the other belongs to what organization?
4. The nightly news programs on NBC, ABC and CBS almost completely ignored a major story last week involving what?
5. President Geroge W. Bush will visit the White House this week to attend what event?
6. A statewide vote next week is being closely watched by pundits and political leaders across America. Where is it taking place?
7. Numerous Democratic politicians have objected to the Obama campaign's attacks on Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital. Who is NOT among them?
8. Nevada's 11.7% unemployment rate is the highest in America; which state has the lowest at 3.0%?
9. Last week San Francisco named a street after whom?
10. Michelle Obama, accompanied by her daughters, flew to Atlantic City Saturday night to see a performance by which mononymous singer?