1. Massey Energy is being fined for leaking pollutants into waterways, often at ten times the legal limit.
1. True
2. False

2. According to the front page article about tax returns, the people in our society who need extra money on their returns this year are:
1. The elderly
2. The poor and middle classes
3. High upper class
4. Teenagers who work few hours a week

3. True or False: Omar Osama Bin Laden admits he knows where his father is likely hiding.
1. True
2. False

4. Under the new system effective January 31, 2008, anyone crossing the border to the U.S. must present what?
1. A Drivers license
2. A passport or birth certificate coupled with another form of ID
3. Any form of state-issued ID
4. A credit card

5. The tiger that attacked three teens at the San Francisco Zoo, killing one, was likely provoked by what?
1. The teens throwing bottles into the area
2. Protection of its cub
3. Water that the teens sprayed on it
4. The teens yelling at it from above the area

6. As it is currently written, the Lexington smoking ban includes all of the following establishments EXCEPT what?
1. Restaurants
2. Bowling alleys
3. Bars
4. Bingo halls

7. True or False: The political cartoon in Friday’s paper by cartoonist Joel Pett seems to be favoring Representative Damron’s gun bill.
1. True
2. False

8. Senate Minority Leader Ed Worley said cigarette taxes should be raised if it means not having to cut what?
1. Secondary Education
2. Social Security
3. State funded Universities
4. State employees’ pay

9. True or False: The troubles in housing and other areas of the economy are expected to push overall economic growth to 1 percent or less, meaning the economy will be very near the stall level of a recession.
1. True
2. False

Answers:
1. A; 2. B; 3. B; 4. B; 5. D; 6. D; 7. B; 8. A; 9. A

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student