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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. According to the map in Thursday’s paper, which state had the most tornado sightings and suffered the most casualties in the storm Tuesday night and Wednesday morning?
    1. Kentucky
    2. Tennessee
    3. Arkansas
    4. Alabama
  1. True or False: Abraham Lincoln never visited Mary Todd’s home in Lexington.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Videos released by the U.S. military have suggested that Iraqi insurgents are now training _______ in terrorism and attack methods.
    1. American captives
    2. Women
    3. The elderly
    4. Children and teenagers
  1. True or False:Heath Ledger’s death has been ruled as an accidental overdose of multiple prescription pills he had obtained illegally.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. What has been one possible explanation for the storms that hit Tuesday night and Wednesday morning?
    1. El Niño
    2. La Niña
    3. Global Warming
    4. There are no possible explanations—it just happened because a cold air mass and warm air mass collided.
  1. True or False: According to an article in Thursday’s Business section, if someone falls victim to a scam and sends funds to a post office box outside of the United States there is very little American authorities can do about it and the victim will likely lose that money.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. As found in Thursday’s Business section, what determines whether living standards can rise because it allows businesses to pay their workers more?
    1. Labor Costs
    2. Cost of Living
    3. Productivity
    4. Fuel Prices
  1. True or False: A new study has shown that the heart shrinks with increasing age, most notably age 50.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Lafayette football player Jake Stephens has turned down a football scholarship at what school to walk on at UK?
    1. Murray State
    2. Western Kentucky University
    3. Georgetown
    4. Tennessee Tech
  1. What Kentucky women’s basketball player, a former “Miss Basketball” from Sacred Heart, may not play the rest of the season due to injuries?
    1. Carly Ormerod
    2. Samantha Mahoney
    3. Chante Bowman
    4. Amber Smith

Answers:
 Answers: 1. b; 2. b; 3. d; 4. b; 5. b;
6. a; 7. c; 8. a; 9. d; 10. a.

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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