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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. According to the Pew Forum study on religion in America, which religion has “lost” more followers than any other?
    1. Protestant
    2. Catholic
    3. Judaism
    4. Hinduism
  1. True or False: Under a new policy being designed by the Fayette county school board, schools would be allowed to delay up to three hours late as long as the school dismissal time was extended accordingly.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Governor Beshear has said that any constitutional amendment to allow casinos in Kentucky must contain all of the following components EXCEPT:
    1. allow communities to approve casinos through a citizen vote
    2. list general categories where casino revenue would be spent
    3. specify the total number of casinos
    4. list all casino games that would be allowed
  1. What movie earned this past weekend’s top box office spot?
    1. Vantage Point
    2. Jumper
    3. The Spiderwick Chronicles
    4. Fool’s Gold
  1. A couple from what southern state won a $275 million lottery jackpot, the largest in the state’s history?
    1. Alabama
    2. Arkansas
    3. Georgia
    4. Louisiana
  1. True or False: An Austrian tourist died from an unprovoked, unexplainable shark attack in Florida Monday.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. What is a rain garden?
    1. shallow depression planted with flowers and grass designed to capture run-off water
    2. a greenhouse that uses artificial rain
    3. a flower bed which has flooded due to overflow of rainwater and killed all the plants
    4. a concrete area in which the concrete has cracked and grass and weeds have grown up through the cracks
  1. What major credit card company will soon start offering shares of its stock to consumers?
    1. Visa
    2. Mastercard
    3. American Express
    4. Discover
  1. The Lafayette’s girls’ basketball team won their opening game of the 43rd district tournament Monday night against what other Lexington school?
    1. Henry Clay
    2. Tates Creek
    3. Bryan Station
    4. Dunbar
  1. How many days are in this month?
    1. 28
    2. 29
    3. 30
    4. 31

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

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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