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Daily Current Events Quiz
  1. The United States Supreme Court recently upheld the right to own guns for self defense, what amendment deals firearms?
    1. First
    2. Second
    3. Fourth
    4. Eighth
  1. In what county was a Judge-Executive charged for buying votes?
    1. Fayette
    2. Pike
    3. Floyd
    4. Wolfe
  1. American Idol will be hosting auditions in what Kentucky town?
    1. Louisville
    2. Lexington
    3. Owensboro
    4. Frankfort
  1. President Bush has eased sanctions on what nation?
    1. Cuba
    2. China
    3. North Korea
    4. Iran
  1. What percent of commercial bee colonies have been lost this year?
    1. Nineteen percent
    2. Twenty four percent
    3. Thirty three percent
    4. Thirty six percent
  1. What nation has been removed from President Bush's "axis of evil" list?
    1. North Korea
    2. China
    3. Iran
    4. Russia
  1. The new Kentucky Supreme Court chief justice will honor the use of $13.7 million dollars for what purpose?
    1. Improving schools
    2. Funding park programs
    3. Aiding the homeless
    4. Pay raises for deputy court clerks
  1. What group of Kentucky students have an incredibly high dropout rate, five times higher than normal?
    1. Minority students
    2. Students in Eastern Kentucky
    3. Immigrant students
    4. Students in Western Kentucky
  1. Lexington’s main server has crashed, when are they expected to be back online?
    1. Saturday
    2. Sunday
    3. Next week
    4. Next year
  1. There is a consideration of adding what type of symbols to Internet website names?
    1. Numbers
    2. Currency symbols
    3. Foreign letters
    4. Math related symbols

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

Quiz by NIE summer intern


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