Bill O'Reilly: News Quiz

1. Prior to Attorney General Eric Holder, who was the only sitting Cabinet member to be held in contempt of Congress?

Alphonso Jackson, Housing and Urban Development

Caspar Weinberger, Defense

Earl Butz, Agriculture

James Watt, Interior

It is unprecedented

2. A Democratic Senator, up for reelection this year, has announced that he or she will skip the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina. Who?

Bob Menendez, NJ

Dianne Feinstein, CA

Debby Stabenow, MI

Claire McCaskill, MO

Kirsten Gillibrand, NY

3. Which former Republican presidential candidate has signed to host a nationally syndicated radio talk show?

Ron Paul

Rick Perry

Herman Cain

Rick Santorum

Michele Bachmann

4. The highest paid White House staff members, among them Press Secretary Jay Carney and advisor Valerie Jarrett, earn what annual salary?

$72,000

$122,000

$172,000

$212,000

$272,000

5. "Taikonaut" was in the news last week. What is it?

Strain of bacteria

Chinese astronaut

Challenger to Facebook

Bankrupt solar energy company

U.S. yacht that won the America's Cup

6. In his first speech after being sworn in as President of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi vowed to do what?

Sign a treaty with Syria

Wipe Israel off the map

Help free a jailed terrorist

Gradually institute Sharia Law

Ban Western books and movies

7. Flying back to Washington on Air Force One after surveying fire damage in Colorado, President Obama placed an unusual call to whom?

LeBron James

Bashar al-Assad

Queen Elizabeth II

Campaign donors

Chief Justice John Roberts

8. The Agriculture Department is airing TV ads encouraging more people to do what?

Use ethanol

Grow tobacco

Sign up for food stamps

Apply for crop subsidies

Get degrees in animal husbandry

9. The folks who run big-time college football have agreed on what?

A playoff system

Payments for players

Mandatory drug testing

Limits on coaches' salaries

Tougher academic requirements

10. France has issued a mandate that all drivers must have one of these in their car. What?

GPS

Flashlight

Cell phone

Breathalyzer

Fire extinguisher

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