News Quiz
2012 Year End Quiz
WHAT YOUR SCORE MEANS

46 - 50 Consider a 12-step program for information junkies.
36 - 45 You are well-informed and probably mentally stable.
26 - 35 Nothing to be ashamed of. Nothing to be proud of, either.
10 - 25 Maybe you had a bad case of nerves. Better luck next year.
0 - 9 Welcome back from Antarctica, or wherever you spent 2012.
1. Which magazine released the secretly-taped video in which Mitt Romney claimed 47% of Americans are dependent on government?
2. For the first time since 1965, what is not among the nation's top 15 causes of death?
3. Whose little-watched show was jettisoned by CNN?
4. After the July massacre in Colorado, ABC's Brian Ross erroneously reported that James Holmes was probably affiliated with what organization?
5. Which nation now has the highest debt, measured as a percentage of its overall economy?
6. The Society of Professional Journalists urged its to members stop using which word when describing certain people?
7. Former U.S. Marine Cpl. Jon Hammar languished for four months in a squalid Mexican prison after being charged with what crime?
8. CNN's new boss Jeffrey Zucker spent most of his career at which network?
9. Mitt Romney won only two states that John McCain had lost four years earlier. One was North Carolina; what was the other?
10. Americans have reached an all-time low in what category?
11. Mohammed Morsi took over as head of what in 2012?
12. Which demographic group did Mitt Romney win handily?
13. Which region of Spain has taken steps to separate into an independent nation?
14. Texas-based Hostess Brands declared bankruptcy in 2012. Which of the following is among its well-known products?
15. Prior to "All In," her biography of General David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell wrote a biography of which other Army general?
16. Los Angeles County voters approved a law requiring pornography actors to do what?
17. David Stern, head of which organization, announced that he's leaving his post after 20 years on the job?
18. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was convicted of what crime?
19. MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell used his show to challenge whom to a fistfight?
20. Which magazine pulled the plug on its moribund print edition?
21. The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to which organization?
22. On what did Al Gore blame Barack Obama's poor performance in the first presidential debate?
23. President Obama phoned in to a radio show in September to speak with a DJ who goes by what nickname?
24. Lyricist Hal David, who died in September at age 91, wrote the words to about 700 songs. Which was not among them?
25. What word did Mitt Romney never utter during his convention acceptance speech?
26. Prior to Usain Bolt, who was the only man to win both the 100 and 200 meter sprints in two consecutive Olympics?
27. For the first time since 1944, neither party's presidential candidate was what?
28. Which nation's leader announced his marriage in July?
29. San Francisco banned which French delicacy in July?
30. During her visit to the Egyptian city of Alexandria in July, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was greeted with what chant?
31. Which well-known Congressman got hitched in July?
32. The folks who run big-time college football finally agreed to institute what?
33. The Secretary of Commerce resigned in June. What is his or her name?
34. Congressman Darrell Issa, who spent much of the year warring with Attorney General Eric Holder, holds which distinction among all members of Congress?
35. Which entertainer gave $1 million to a superPAC supporting President Obama?
36. The U.S. reached what demographic milestone in 2012?
37. A former Saturday Night Live cast member (other than Dennis Miller) denounced President Obama for his "tax the rich" policies. Who?
38. Which entertainer sent the home address of George Zimmerman, the man accused of killing Trayvon Martin, to his Twitter followers?
39. The print version of which venerable book was discontinued in 2012?
40. During her career as a law professor, Massachusetts Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren claimed to be part American Indian. What was supposedly her tribe?
41. Which on-air contributor was given his walking papers by MSNBC?
42. Many employees of which media company were enraged because its departing CEO, despite a disastrous tenure, collected a $15 million parting gift?
43. Newt Gingrich won just two states in the Republican primary battle. One was his home state of Georgia; what was the other?
44. Which news organization deceptively edited George Zimmerman's 9-1-1 call to the police?
45. The Los Angeles Police Department opened a separate prison reserved for whom?
46. ExxonMobil, long the world's leading oil producer, was surpassed by a company from which nation?
47. Which musical became the highest-grossing show in the history of Broadway?
48. Philip Humber, Matt Cain, and Felix Hernandez all accomplished what exceptionally rare baseball feat during the 2012 season?
49. The scandal involving Secret Service agents hiring prostitutes took place in which South American nation?
50. Socialist French President Francois Hollande suggested abolishing what?



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