News Quiz
Week of 10/22
1. According to CNN, why was it acceptable that President Obama had more time to speak than Mitt Romney in last week's debate?
2. President Obama and Mitt Romney cracked jokes at the Al Smith dinner in New York City last week. Who was Al Smith?
3. George McGovern, who died Sunday at age 90, carried just one state when he ran against Richard Nixon in 1972. Which?
4. Temporarily putting aside their differences, both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney appeared in a video to heap praise on Robert Griffin III. Who is he?
5. Which magazine has decided to pull the plug on its print edition?
6. Which sponsor dropped Lance Armstrong last week as more details of his cheating emerged?
7. Which business leader, a lifelong Democrat, has endorsed Mitt Romney?
8. Syria's dictator Bashar Assad, who has killed tens of thousands of his own people, has decided to ban something to promote better health. What?
9. Which mononymous singer will provide halftime entertainment at February's Super Bowl?
10. MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell, even more unhinged than usual, used his show to challenge whom to a fistfight?