News Quiz
Week of 01/28
1. Three U.S. Senators have announced they will not seek reelection in 2014. What is the party affiliation of the retirees?
2. After its recent stock market plunge, Apple Computer is no longer the world's most valuable company. What is?
3. 43-year-old Denis McDonough has just assumed what position?
4. After a downgrade by Standard & Poor's Friday, which state is considered the worst credit risk in America?
5. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is hosting a fundraiser for which Republican politician?
6. Which playwright/screenwriter wrote a manifesto mocking gun control zealots and describing the proposed assault weapons ban as a "political appeal to the ignorant?"
7. Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has said they are the "descendents of apes and pigs." Who?
8. President Obama stated that if he had a son, he would be reluctant to let the boy do what?
9. An accused killer declared bankruptcy last week. Who?
10. Which athlete hinted that he might move out of California because of the state's confiscatory tax rates?