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  1. Gary Foreman notes that while housing and transportation bills are hard to cut, what can be easily reduced?
    1. Insurance
    2. Credit card bills
    3. Education bills
    4. Food bills
  1. The building that used to be Millersburg Military Institute is going to be turned into a boarding school, aiming to attract what type of students?
    1. International
    2. Delinquent
    3. Urban
    4. West coast
  1. True or False: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has allowed Geo-TV back on the air without any restrictions on what can be said or broadcast.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Virginia legislation is trying to pass a law that would prohibit criminals and those deemed mentally ill from buying what?
    1. Guns
    2. Prescription medications
    3. Firecrackers
    4. Over-the-counter medications
  1. True or False: It is unlikely that we will see ads for both major presidential candidates during the Super Bowl this year.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. True or False: Tiger Woods has publicly stated that he was very offended by Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman use of the term “lynch” in commentary about him.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Sports Scavenger Hunt: Tennessee basketball player Chris Lofton, a star Mason County alumnus, currently needs to make how many more three pointers to break the SEC career record?
    1. 1
    2. 3
    3. 4
    4. 5
  1. According to “the diet detective” Charles Platkin, what simple activity can burn as many as 350 extra calories a day?
    1. Laughing
    2. Taking the stairs instead of elevator
    3. Gesturing and fidgeting
    4. Smiling
  1. True or False: Tylenol, Motrin, and Aleve work the same way as Aspirin
    1. True
    2. False


Answers:
1. d; 2. a; 3. b; 4. a; 5. a; 6. b; 7. d; 8. c; 9. b.

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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