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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. At what rate, compared to the national average, has the Kentucky graduation rate increased?
    1. 6 percent
    2. 6.2 percent
    3. 7.1 percent
    4. 7.3 percent
  1. What racial group of students is facing a high suicide and drug use rate?
    1. White
    2. African-American
    3. Native-American
    4. Hispanic
  1. A truck packed with what exploded in Baghdad on Wednesday?
    1. Rockets
    2. Fertilizer
    3. Plastic explosives
    4. Industrial chemicals
  1. Where is Morgan Tsvangirai is an opposition leader?
    1. Kenya
    2. Mozambique
    3. Zimbabwe
    4. Madagascar
  1. What nation plans on beating the United States back to the moon?
    1. Russia
    2. Japan
    3. India
    4. China
  1. A marriage was annulled because the bride was not a virgin, as she claimed to be, in what nation?
    1. Germany
    2. France
    3. Italy
    4. Poland
  1. Which Capitol project has been cancelled due to limited funding?
    1. Renovation of an office suite
    2. Creation of a new security building
    3. Construction of a monument dedicated to the victims of 9/11
    4. Renovation of the aging subway system
  1. Antoin Rezko was found guilty of corruption charges in a fund raising campaign for what Presidential hopeful?
    1. Barack Obama
    2. Hillary Clinton
    3. John McCain
    4. Ralph Nader
  1. A bill pertaining to what has been halted in the Senate due to intense political infighting?
    1. Allocation of funds towards the war in Iraq
    2. The creation of a new agency to deal with cyber-terrorism
    3. Limitation of green house gases
    4. Creation of a new train system
  1. Name the two challengers to Big Brown for the Belmont Stakes

Answers:
1. B, 2. D, 3. A, 4. C, 5. D, 6. B, 7. A, 8. A, 9. C,
10. June 5, B1

Quiz by NIE summer intern


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