August 1 2016

1) What city hosted last weekend’s Democratic National Convention?

a) New York, New York

b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

c) San Francisco, California

d) Houston, Texas

 

2) What independent former mayor endorsed Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention?

a) Michael Bloomberg

b) Jan Brewer

c) Raul Emmanuel

d) Laura Sullivan

 

3) What Muslim man criticized Donald Trump during a prime time speech at the Democratic National Convention?

a) Khizr Khan

b) Kai Penn

c) Mohammed Morsi

d) A.A. Rahman

 

4) Last week, Donald Trump challenged Russia to do what?

a) Pulli its forces out of the Ukraine

b) Turn Edward Snowden over to the United States

c) Grant Chechnya its freedom

d) Hack into Hillary Clinton’s email account

 

5) Voter identification laws were judicially invalidated in what state last week?

a) North Carolina

b) Kansas

c) Wisconsin

d) All of the above

 

6) John Hinckley was released from a mental institution last week.  What man did Hinckley shoot in 1981?

a) John Lennon

b) Robert Kennedy

c) Ronald Reagan

d) George Wallace

 

7) Last week, President Obama announced that this presidential library will be located in what city?

a) Honolulu, Hawaii

b) Washington, D.C.

c) New York, New York

d) Chicago, Illinois

 

8) What company purchased Yahoo last week?

a) Verizon

b) Google

c) AOL

d) Tesla

 

9) Last week, Solar Impulse 2 became the first plane to circumnavigate the globe without using fuel.  Where did it land?

a) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

b) Perth, Australia

c) Santiago, Chile

d) San Jose, California

 

10) Money raised during the 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge funded research that led directly to the recent discovery of a gene linked to the onset of what disease?

a) Parkinson’s Disease

b) ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)

c) Alzheimer’s Disease

d) Multiple Sclerosis