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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. True or False: New regulations set forth by the Lexington Health Department require restaurants to post their health inspection score in a conspicuous place near the entrance only if they score less than 84.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. According to the map on Thursday’s front page, which of the following is the only state to use electrocution instead of lethal injection as the method of administering capital punishment?
    1. Nebraska
    2. Kentucky
    3. Washington
    4. Texas
  1. American Idol contestants received praise and criticism from what famed singer recently on the show?
    1. Britney Spears
    2. Elton John
    3. Mariah Carey
    4. Christina Aguilera
  1. True or False: 2007 was a safe year for air travel as no one died among larger scheduled airlines and deaths in private plane accidents were the lowest they’ve been in 40 years.
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, is vice president of community and external affairs at what university’s medical center?
    1. Northwestern University
    2. University of Chicago
    3. DePaul University
    4. DePauw University
  1. Kentucky House Bill 204, the “volunteer rides bill” would assist what type of people with transportation?
    1. Hearing impaired people
    2. Those who have lost their license because of an offense such as drunk driving
    3. Low-income families who can’t afford a car
    4. People 60 and over and the visually impaired
  1. Transylvania student Lino Nakwa is at the center of a “phone-a-thon” today as fellow students plead to government officials to reconsider his deportation. What country is he from?
    1. Mali
    2. Sudan
    3. Algeria
    4. Somalia
  1. Hallmark, the nation’s largest greeting card seller is releasing a new line of greeting cards for this Mother’s Day. What’s so unique about these cards?
    1. They play a three minute song
    2. The sender can record a 10-second message in the card
    3. They will be available for free to send to mothers deployed overseas
    4. They focus on the difficult tasks of being a step-mother
  1. A new study has shown that premature babies have a better chance of surviving if they exhibit all of the following characteristics EXCEPT what?
    1. Mother having a body mass index of below average
    2. They are female
    3. They have an extra 3.5 ounces of weight
    4. They were a single birth
  1. Kentucky native Travis Ford has left his job as head coach at the University of Massachusetts to accept a coaching position at what school?
    1. UCLA
    2. Indiana
    3. Michigan State
    4. Oklahoma State

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

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student


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