Take today’s Daily Quiz and see if you’re up to speed.
Answer each question correctly:
- U.S. Senate Democrats just reached a healthcare compromise. Did it include a hotly-disputed public (Government-run) option?
- Which former technology company will be spun off form its disastrous 2001 merger with a well-known media giant?
- What award will President Obama soon pick up?
- Which sports star’s commercials have been pulled from TV? Why has this occurred?
- Five Americans were arrested on suspicion of being linked to extremist groups. Where were they arrested?
- Congress just authorized subpoenas for the couple who crashed a recent White House dinner. Is this true or false?
- South Carolina lawmakers decide not to impeach their Governor for his use of state-sponsored travel to visitly his mistress in Argentina. Is this true or false?
- A Chicago resident was charged related to what event that happened about a year ago?
Answers:
- No it did not.
- AOL will no longer be part of Time-Warner.
- The Nobel Peace Prize
- Tiger Woods. The details of Woods’ private life, involving numerous adulterous affairs and possible drug use, have been coming out nearly every day.
- Pakistan
- True. But, the couple has vowed to “take the Fifth” (Amendment or freedom from incriminating themselves) and refuse to answer questions.
- Unbelievably enough, it’s true.
- The Mumbai hotel bombing.
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