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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. True or False: For the third week in a row in Kentucky the flu virus has been classified as “widespread”.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Wednesday afternoon about 70 Lexington residents and city officials gathered downtown to discuss ways to fight what problem in Lexington?
    1. Sewage
    2. Rising gas prices
    3. Gang activity
    4. Traffic problems
  1. The Fayette County Health Department estimates that there are 35,000 people in Fayette County without what?
    1. A job
    2. Heat
    3. Cable television
    4. Health insurance
  1. What city in China is finding ways to increase the water supply in preparation for the 2008 summer Olympics?
    1. Beijing
    2. Shanghai
    3. Taipei
    4. Hong Kong
  1. The Humane Society is suing the federal government for allowing what into the food supply?
    1. Sick/crippled cattle
    2. Chickens dying from unnatural causes
    3. Chickens under two months old
    4. Pregnant cattle
  1. True or False: The use of steroids in horseracing is legal.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Kentucky Senate Bill 50, which has now gone to the House for consideration, would require HIV/AIDS tests for:
    1. Babies born from at-risk mothers
    2. Kentucky inmates
    3. All students entering the school system as part of their physical
    4. Anyone working at a hospital
  1. Which of the following has been proven to be true?
    1. Stretching before a workout prevents injury.
    2. Stretching before exercise reduces soreness in the muscles.
    3. Stretching before any strenuous activity speeds post-activity recovery.
    4. None of the above.
  1. Former UK Basketball Coach Tubby Smith’s son Brian Smith plays basketball for what team?
    1. Ole Miss
    2. Tennessee
    3. Georgia
    4. UCLA
  1. Relay for Life raises funds to support what cause?
    1. American Cancer Society
    2. AIDS research
    3. American Heart Association
    4. Shriner’s Children’s hospital

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

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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