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NEWS QUIZ CURRENT EVENTS

QUESTION 1 How many yards did Cam Newton throw for in his second NFL game? A B. 2 C. 300 D. 570

QUESTION 2 What long-standing military policy finally ended this week? A. 18-month international deployment B. Don’t ask don’t tell C. 20-year mandatory retirement D. restriction on number of promotions to General

QUESTION 3 Who won the college football game between the University of Washington and the University of Nebraska? A. Washington Huskies B. Nebraska Cornhuskers

QUESTION 4 What was the age of teenaged boy who died in the car accident in Remsen this past week? A. 14 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17

QUESTION 5 Which country’s economy is in as bad or worse shape than that of the United States? A. Holland B. Germany C. Brazil D. Greece

QUESTION 6 How did the assassin kill former Afghan President Burhanyddin Rannani? A. Explosives in the turban B. Stab with a knife C. Set fire to his home D. Executed by a sniper

QUESTION 7 Students at __________ will have the chance to see the world’s largest chocolate bar. A. Gehlen Catholic B. Hinton C. LCHS D. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn

QUESTION 8 How many people were killed by a suicide attack from the Taliban on a police office in Karachi, Pakistan? A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10

QUESTION 9 The ex-president of which country was assassinated this past week? A. United Kingdom B. Austria C. Iraq D. Afghanistan

QUESTION 10 Troy Davis was denied clemency by the Georgia Board of Pardons and the US Supreme Court and was executed by what method last night? A. lethal injection B. electric chair C. medical overdose D. starvation in prison

QUESTION 11 The United Nations are meeting in General Assembly in New York this week. There are 193 members of the UN. A. TRUE B. FALSE

QUESTION 12 American astronauts had to return to Earth on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the International Space Station. A. TRUE B. FALSE

QUESTION 13 Approximately what percentage of citizens voted in the Sioux City school board election on Sept. 13 th ? A. 3% B. 10% C. 28% D. 52%

QUESTION 14 What local pizza place had their delivery car stolen this past weekend? A. Godfathers B. Pizza Hut C. Pizza Ranch D. Mr. P’s

QUESTION 15 What state had a plane crash during an air show that resulted in 10 people dying? A. Nevada B. Iowa C. Illinois D. Utah

PERSON OF THE WEEK QUESTION 16 CLUES I was one of three people hiking in Iraq I was arrested after accidentally crossing the Iranian border I was just released from prison after a $500,000 bail was posted.

WHO AM I? A. Steve Spurrier B. Oshi Mida C. Josh Fattal D. Sarah Shourd

ANSWERS 1. A9. D 2. B10. A 3. B11. A 4. C12. A 5. D13. B 6. A14. C 7. A15. A 8. B16. C