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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. True or False: The government is hoping people will put their rebates into savings and investment plans.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. What do state officials what to do to help the problem of crowded jails in Kentucky?
    1. Have more intensive treatment centers for victims of addictions
    2. Reduce the sentences of everyone currently serving time
    3. Open more jails
    4. Release everyone serving time for smaller crimes
  1. How did a French bank lose $7.2 billion?
    1. Multiple robberies
    2. Bad bookkeeping
    3. Fraud by a stock trader
    4. Counterfeit money
  1. There is a controversy regarding CIA tapes that were destroyed. What was on these tapes?
    1. Harsh interrogation tactics questioning al-Qaida suspects
    2. A verbal attack on the president
    3. Key information about 9/11
    4. Communication from within the white house
  1. According to an editorial in Friday’s paper, Kentucky is one of 12 states that don’t have a law requiring what?
    1. Seatbelt use
    2. Use of booster seats
    3. Use of turn signals
    4. Car seats being used only in backseats
  1. KCTCS has raised tuition in an attempt to gain money for what?
    1. Remodeling
    2. To offset state budget cuts
    3. New technology
    4. New facilities
  1. True or False: According to Friday’s Business news, the fall of the median price of existing homes every month in 2007 marked the first time this has happened in four decades.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. How old is Mirai Nagasu, the winner of the short program at Thursday’s U.S. Figure Skating Championships?
    1. 13
    2. 14
    3. 15
    4. 16
  1. True or False: The Kentucky women’s basketball team has a winning record in SEC games.
    1. True
    2. False

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

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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