1. In Fayette County, for the most part, what is used as a point of reference for which streets are cleared by the state and which are cleared by the city?
1. Man O’ War Boulevard
2. Nicholasville Rd.
3. Broadway
4. New Circle Rd.

2. Former Kentucky basketball player Jeff Sheppard has said he’s fine with the selling of the 1996 championship floor, as long as it lands in the hands of whom?
1. Kentucky alumni
2. Former UK basketball players
3. Any player who had played on that floor
4. Kentucky fans

3. State officials said the reason for the increase in car accidents on the interstate yesterday was due to what?
1. Roads not being clear
2. Low visibility
3. High volume of traffic and increased speed
4. Construction work

4. Billy Ray Cyrus and daughter Miley (“Hannah Montana”) recently got in trouble with Consumer Reports magazine for what?
1. Not wearing seatbelts in a scene in their movie
2. Cursing on live television
3. Condoning underage drinking
4. Copyright infringement

5. A Japanese railway has experimented with mats placed under turnstiles that translate what into usable power?
1. Pressure from people walking
2. Energy from the sun
3. Energy waves emitted from cell phones
4. Dust particles

6. True or False: Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group who lost a top leader to a car bomb Tuesday night, was responsible for killing more Americans than any other terrorist group until al-Qaida.
1. True
2. False
   

7. At least 174 people have died in connection to a counterfeit cold medicine that was sold in what country?
1. Ecuador
2. Guatemala
3. Brazil
4. Panama

8. Which of the following is NOT one of the provisions of House Bill 367, which would help protect Kentucky’s youth from online predators?
1. Prohibits registered sex offenders from using social-networking websites
2. Allows police to use specially trained personnel for online stings
3. Background checks for everyone who signs up for social-networking websites in Kentucky
4. Amending Kentucky’s stalking laws to include online settings
   

9. True or False: Police have identified the skeletal remains of an infant found in an old home in Harrodsburg as a child who went missing over forty years ago.
1. True
2. False
   

10. Matt Herges has publicly stated that he’s glad he was mentioned in the Mitchell Report as testing positive for steroids as it gave him a chance to come clean. What team does he play for?
1. Colorado Rockies
2. Los Angeles Dodgers
3. San Francisco Giants
4. Chicago Cubs
   
   

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

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student

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