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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. No. 1 three years ago, Lexington is again been ranked No. 1 in 2008?
    1. Spring Allergies
    2. Unwanted rainfall
    3. Fall in consumer spending
    4. Housing market
  1. As featured in Tuesday’s front-page story, the new state budget and its proposed changes to education funding may cause what in Kentucky schools?
    1. Less field trips
    2. Elimination of free and reduced lunch programs
    3. Staff and teachers layoffs
    4. Less computers in the classrooms
  1. More than 400 children were removed and taken into custody from a sect in what state?
    1. Alabama
    2. Arkansas
    3. New Mexico
    4. Texas
  1. True or False: A jury in London has determined that Princess Diana’s death over a decade ago was unlawful because her driver and pursuing paparazzi were reckless.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. What Lexington restaurant is for sale online?
    1. Joe Bologna’s
    2. Bella Notte
    3. Portabella’s
    4. Guiseppe’s
  1. Which of the following would the new “robots” in hospitals NOT be able to do?
    1. Allow patients and doctors to converse
    2. Dispense medications
    3. Take a patient's vital readings
    4. Allow a doctor to meet with patients not the hospital
  1. What Louisville-based pizza chain has announced it will open more restaurants in Canada?
    1. Pizza Hut
    2. Papa John's
    3. Domino’s
    4. Donatos
  1. The inventor of basketball, James Naismith, was the first coach of what men’s college basketball team that won this year’s NCAA tournament?
    1. Memphis
    2. UCLA
    3. Kansas
    4. North Carolina
  1. Candace Parker is a star player for what women’s college basketball team?
    1. Tennessee
    2. Stanford
    3. Connecticut
    4. Kentucky
  1. True or False: Nationwide, Native Americans and Alaskans, Hispanics and blacks are twice as likely as white people to be diabetic.
    1. True
    2. False

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

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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