Bill O'Reilly: News Quiz

1. Something occurred in January for the first time in five years. What?

The dollar reached parity with the euro

A decline in the unemployment rate

Gold reached $2,000 an ounce

Monthly budget surplus

All of the above

2. Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian charged with murder, specialized in which track and field event?

Pole vault

High jump

400 meters

5,000 meters

Discus throw

3. Which prominent black pundit described cop-killer Christopher Dorner as a "superhero" whose actions were "kind of exciting?"

Al Sharpton

Cornel West

Tavis Smiley

Donna Brazile

Marc Lamont Hill

4. And who referred to President Obama as a "war criminal?"

Al Sharpton

Cornel West

Tavis Smiley

Donna Brazile

Marc Lamont Hill

5. Environmental activists protested in Washington Sunday, hoping to stop what?

Fracking

Nuclear power

Offshore drilling

Keysone XL pipeline

Genetically modified food

6. Jesse Jackson Jr., the disgraced former Congressman, illegally used campaign funds to buy memorabilia that had once belonged to whom?

Bruce Lee

Jimi Hendrix

Michael Jackson

Martin Luther King Jr.

All of the above

7. According to CNN anchor Deborah Feyerick, the asteroid that nearly hit the Earth may have been the result of what?

Space debris

Overpopulation

Global warming

Budget cuts at NASA

North Korea's nuclear test

8. Gallup has conducted a poll asking Americans whether they identify as "lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender." Based on the results, which is the "least gay" state?

District of Columbia

North Dakota

Vermont

Oregon

Hawaii

9. Which company earned a profit of more than a billion dollars last year but didn't pay a penny in federal or state income taxes?

IBM

Apple

Google

Facebook

Microsoft

10. The International Olympic Committee has eliminated which sport from the summer games?

Handball

Wrestling

Table tennis

Modern pentathlon

Synchronized swimming