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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. True or False:  A 2006 study found that the average adult pays about $942 each year in hidden fees and surcharges.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Which of the following is NOT one of the options presented in the Wed. front-page article about Lexington’s revenue as a way the city can save some money?
    1. Selling 97 city pool vehicles
    2. Shutting down all day treatment centers
    3. Raising the rates at parking meters and city-owned garages
    4. Reduce ambulance staffing
  1. Senator Robert Byrd, 90, the nation’s longest-serving senator was hospitalized recently for what?
    1. Back pain after a fall
    2. Heart attack
    3. Trouble breathing
    4. Complications from a previous surgery
  1. Martin Waldseemuller, the cartographer of a 1507 map wrote America on what country as we know it today?
    1. Argentina
    2. Canada
    3. Mexico
    4. Brazil
  1. What state experienced wide blackouts Tuesday?
    1. Kentucky
    2. South Carolina
    3. Michigan
    4. Florida
  1. What country has lifted the ban on YouTube?
    1. Egypt
    2. Iran
    3. China
    4. Pakistan
  1. Ceradyne, Inc. is a Lexington plant which is being forced to lay off a number of employees. What does the plant manufacture?
    1. Toyota car parts
    2. Electronics
    3. Ceramic body armor
    4. Military weapons
  1. True or False: Senate Bill 14, if passed, would abolish the office of the Kentucky Attorney General.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Who replaced Jack Nicklaus as the PGA’s Presidents Cup captain?
    1. Tiger Woods
    2. Greg Norman
    3. Fred Couples
    4. Gary Player
  1. A day after moving into the #1 spot Tennessee’s men’s basketball team lost to what SEC team?
    1. Kentucky
    2. Vanderbilt
    3. Georgia
    4. Florida

Answers:
1. A; 2. B; 3. A; 4. A; 5. D; 6. D; 7. C; 8. B; 9. C; 10. B.

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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