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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. An anonymous tip led animal control officers and the sheriff to seize over seventy malnourished horses from a farm in what Kentucky county?
    1. Jessamine
    2. Floyd
    3. Fleming
    4. Adair
  1. True or False: Gene-silencing drugs shut off genes that cause certain diseases.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Archaeologists have found this to be the oldest human fossil in Spain. At 1.3 million years old, this piece of what human bone has led to the naming of a new species: Homo antecessor, 'pioneer man'?
    1. Femur
    2. Hand
    3. Jawbone
    4. Spine
  1. What is the name of the space shuttle that just landed back on Earth at Kennedy Space Center Wednesday night?
    1. Columbia
    2. Atlantis
    3. Discovery
    4. Endeavor
  1. According to an article in Thursday's Nation section, what state has four metropolitan areas with substantial population gains?
    1. Kentucky
    2. Georgia
    3. Texas
    4. Michigan
  1. The earliest known recording of sound, even pre-dating Thomas Edison, has been found. What was recorded?
    1. A nursery rhyme
    2. 10-second recording of a folk song
    3. Birds chirping
    4. Early presidential speech
  1. When is National Record Store Day?
    1. April 3
    2. April 17
    3. April 19
    4. April 28
  1. What Lexington television station has been sold for $16.5 million?
    1. WLEX-18
    2. WKYT-27
    3. FOX-56
    4. WTVQ-36
  1. Western Kentucky will play what top-seeded team in the NCAA tournament Thursday night?
    1. Duke
    2. Memphis
    3. UCLA
    4. Kansas
  1. True or False: According to Stephanie LaFarge, a psychologist and senior director of counseling services at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, animal hoarders are very aware of what they are doing and often neglect animals on purpose.
    1. True
    2. False

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

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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