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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. True or False: Over half of Kentucky’s named super-delegates have said they are for Hilary Clinton.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Dusty Hicks, a Woodford county senior who took his own life this weekend, excelled in what sport before a freak accident left him paralyzed?
    1. Track and Field
    2. Swimming
    3. Tennis
    4. Baseball
  1. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, one of the four people to receive honorary degrees from the University of Kentucky for outstanding contributions to society, is the former president of what country?
    1. Pakistan
    2. Saudi Arabia
    3. India
    4. Egypt
  1. True or False: Thieves in Switzerland stole the four most expensive paintings from an art museum.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. The price of stamps will rise to 42 cents when?
    1. May
    2. June
    3. July
    4. August
  1. Kentucky American Water wants to build a new treatment plant where?
    1. Frankfort
    2. Louisville
    3. Versailles
    4. Richmond
  1. When the new middle school is built in Jessamine County, the old East Jessamine Middle School building will be used for what?
    1. An elementary school
    2. A preschool
    3. The Board of Education
    4. Nothing, it will be torn down
  1. What has been determined the cause of a fire in Leatherwood that killed a couple who couldn’t escape their home in time?
    1. Lit cigarette left burning
    2. Container of gasoline ignited
    3. Electrical issues
    4. It hasn’t been determined yet
  1. Lori Pope, a Houston entrepreneur and mother of two sons, started a business in which people rent what?
    1. Movies
    2. Furniture
    3. Electronics
    4. Toys
  1. What SEC school has a very different basketball court setup than most other schools?
    1. Vanderbilt
    2. Tennessee
    3. Georgia
    4. Florida

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

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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