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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. A new UK hospital will be opened by what date?
    1. 2010
    2. 2015
    3. 2020
    4. 2025
  1. What state recently legalized gay marriage, becoming only the second state to do so?
    1. Virginia
    2. West Virginia
    3. New York
    4. California
  1. New Orleans is at risk from flooding and water damage from what category of hurricane or higher?
    1. Category 1
    2. Category 2
    3. Category 3
    4. Category 4
  1. A House committee recently subpoenaed FBI interviews with Bush over what?
    1. The leak of a covert agent’s name
    2. Bush’s involvement with prisoner abuse
    3. The nature of the evidence about Iraq’s nuclear capability
    4. The use of national park land for nuclear dumping
  1. Tariffs with what Latin American nation have been ended in a new trade pact that will bolster the US economy?
    1. Peru
    2. Colombia
    3. Mexico
    4. Cuba
  1. John McCain has spoken for what in relationship to offshore oil drilling?
    1. Limiting offshore oil drilling to the west coast
    2. Limiting off shore oil drilling to the east coast
    3. To prevent any off shore oil drilling whatsoever
    4. Incentives for states to fund exploration for offshore drilling
  1. State Senator Thayer has attacked a federal hearing over what issue in horse racing?
    1. Illegal gambling
    2. Horse abuse
    3. Steroid use
    4. Unlawful use of school funds to pay off jockey’s so they will “take a dive”
  1. The Taliban mounted a massive offensive on what facility near Kandahar?
    1. A prison
    2. A hospital
    3. A military base
    4. A university
  1. The European union has launched the toughest sanctions it has ever mounted against what nation?
    1. Russia
    2. China
    3. Iran
    4. North Korea
  1. Al Gore has been openly, and enthusiastically supporting what candidate for president?
    1. Hillary Clinton
    2. Barack Obama
    3. John McCain
    4. Ralph Nader

Answers:

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

Quiz by NIE summer intern


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