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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. Which regional area is NOT listed as one that had to pay even larger fines than Lexington to the EPA because of sewer problems?
    1. Louisville
    2. Cincinnati
    3. Northern Kentucky
    4. Western Kentucky
  1. The funding behind the project to build a new Lexington luxury hotel has increased drastically. Part of the reason why it’ll be so expensive is in hopes of providing more rooms for the 2010 Equestrian games. It started out as a Sheraton hotel, but has been passed on to what luxury hotel brand?
    1. Westin
    2. Hilton
    3. Marriott
    4. Ritz-Carlton
  1. Some lawmakers want to change Kentucky’s state-wide student testing program to what type of format?
    1. Essay
    2. True/False
    3. Multiple choice
    4. Short answer only
  1. True or False: Upon a visit to Rwanda, President Bush criticized himself and the United States Government for allowing the horrors currently going on in Darfur.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. The winning of the democratic primaries in which state gave Barack Obama his ninth straight win over Hillary Clinton?
    1. Kentucky
    2. Texas
    3. Ohio
    4. Wisconsin
  1. True or False: After Fidel Castro’s resignation as president from Cuba it is expected that his brother Raul will be officially named President.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Toshiba has recently ceased production of what?
    1. Blu-Ray discs
    2. VCRs
    3. HD DVDs
    4. Non-HD ready televisions
  1. Council members in Berea have voted to enact a youth curfew. Anyone under the age of 18 will not be allowed to be on public property between the hours of what (during weekdays)?
    1. 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
    2. 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.
    3. 12 a.m. to 6 a.m.
    4. 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
  1. What UK Basketball walk-on player has been kicked off the team by Coach Billy Gillespie?
    1. A. J. Stewart
    2. Dusty Mills
    3. Morakinyo Williams
    4. Jared Carter

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

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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