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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. True or False: According to the front-page election news, the battle between Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama is over after Super Tuesday.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Officials are now saying the men serving time for stealing rare books from Transylvania should have their sentences lengthened according to what?
    1. The value of the books they stole
    2. The value of what they intended to steal
    3. The number of people that were hurt during the heist
    4. The fact it was planned
  1. After months of remaining torn between candidates, Republicans now seem to support which candidate?
    1. John McCain
    2. Mitt Romney
    3. Mike Huckabee
    4. Ron Paul
  1. Which of the following is NOT one of the problems listed as occurring while voters cast votes on Super Tuesday?
    1. Voters given styluses with no ink
    2. Long lines
    3. Machine glitches
    4. Loss of votes when power went out
  1. True or False: President Bush is skeptical about extending the surveillance law which allows the government access to private citizen’s conversations when it expires February 15.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. A fire in what country caused two parents to throw their baby daughter out of a fourth story window into a police officer’s arms below?
    1. Turkey
    2. Germany
    3. France
    4. Switzerland
  1. What Lexington apartment complex was fined after a fight at a party got out of control in 2004, leaving one student dead?
    1. Newtown Crossing
    2. Royal Lexington
    3. University Lofts
    4. University Commons
  1. True or False: Lexington’s Urban County Council has asked the city to draft an ordinance that would allow police to immediately charge perpetrators who are in possession of graffiti tools.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. True or False: In 2007 more than half of domestic flights failed to arrive on time.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Scott County’s boys basketball team beat what Lexington team Tuesday night, ending their 21 game winning streak?
    1. Lafayette
    2. Henry Clay
    3. Dunbar
    4. Bryan Station

Answers:
 Answers: 1. B; 2. B; 3. A; 4. D; 5. A;
6. B; 7. B; 8. A; 9. B; 10. D.

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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