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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. The principal of what school has described resistance to her being there due to her race?
    1. Henry Clay High School
    2. Dunbar High School
    3. Booker T. Washington Academy
    4. Morton Middle School
  1. What local business is asking for more land to expand?
    1. Bluegrass Airport
    2. Lexmark
    3. Herald-Leader
    4. Furlongs
  1. After months of debate, Kentucky House and Senate leaders have come to an agreement on what?
    1. Adding additional airbases in Kentucky
    2. Public employees' retirement system
    3. A cap on college tuition increases
    4. The creation of a new five-star hotel in downtown Lexington
  1. South Korea is facing massive protests over what issue?
    1. The safety of imported American beef
    2. The recent addition of the MiG-23 to the North Korean air force
    3. American soldiers continuing presence on Okinawa
    4. Massive joblessness that has plagued South Korea
  1. The European Union has recently backed President Bush’s call for tighter sanctions against what nation?
    1. North Korea
    2. Iran
    3. Russia
    4. Colombia
  1. A jetliner in what African nation crashed recently causing the deaths of dozens?
    1. Mozambique
    2. Kenya
    3. South Africa
    4. Sudan
  1. The new national farm bill omits what key issues?
    1. The issue of farm equipment safety
    2. The issue of the safety of farm chemicals
    3. The safety of the food made in this nation
    4. The safety of genetically engineered animals used for food
  1. Republicans kept the Senate from imposing a windfall profits tax on what set of companies?
    1. Steel
    2. Coal
    3. Computer
    4. Oil
  1. A massive lake is being purposefully drained in what nation?
    1. Russia
    2. China
    3. North Korea
    4. South Korea
  1. A judge recently found what unconstitutional about Ohio's death penalty?
    1. Electric chair
    2. Execution drugs
    3. Firing squad
    4. Hanging

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

Quiz by NIE summer intern


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