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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. How much has the restoration of the UK Boone Center cost?
    1. $4.6 million
    2. $5.3 million
    3. $6.2 million
    4. $7.1 million
  1. Major General Antonio Taguba has called out the Bush administration on what subject?
    1. The alleged torture of prisoners by the United States military
    2. The use of chemical agents by the U.S. Navy
    3. The shortcomings of recruitment of the military
    4. The poor diet that soldiers eat
  1. Tiger Woods will be taking a break from golfing for what reason?
    1. He wishes to pursue higher education
    2. Because of financial problems
    3. Due to a neck injury
    4. Due to a knee injury
  1. How many Tibetan protestors have gone missing after having protested the Chinese government?
    1. Over a thousand
    2. Over five thousand
    3. Near twenty thousand
    4. Ten thousand
  1. The President of Zimbabwe and South Africa are meeting for what purpose?
    1. To discuss military trading
    2. To discuss their common relationship with Egypt
    3. To discuss the rising political turmoil in the region
    4. To mutually declare war on Mozambique
  1. What nation is having 27 percent of its land dedicated to the growing of coca?
    1. Peru
    2. Colombia
    3. Chile
    4. Cuba
  1. Presidential hopeful John McCain is calling for the construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by what date?
    1. 2010
    2. 2030
    3. 2033
    4. 2040
  1. What odd purpose is the new war funding bill also serving?
    1. The creation of new schools in Alaska for Native Americans
    2. To help with the starvation crisis in China
    3. To help pay off student loans
    4. To aid in the Midwest flood relief
  1. In what county was there a fatal aircraft crash Wed., June 18?
    1. Washington
    2. Perry
    3. Hartford
    4. Wolfe
  1. Governor Steve Beshear’s Chief of Staff is resigning, who is he?
    1. Leroy Jenkins
    2. Steve Caldwell
    3. Jim Cauley
    4. George Baker

Answers:

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

Quiz by NIE summer intern


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