1) What man did Hillary Clinton choose to be her vice-presidential running mate?
b) Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine
Before being elected to the Senate, Kaine was the governor of Virginia, the mayor of Richmond, and the head of the Democratic National Committee.
2) What Republican gave a speech at the Republican Convention but pointedly refused to endorse Donald Trump?
c) Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
Cruz told listeners that they should “vote their conscience” and, as a result, was booed by delegates in the convention hall.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/politics/ted-cruz-republican-convention-moment/
3) Melania Trump was accused of plagiarism last week after giving her speech to the Republican National Convention. Specifically, she was accused of stealing lines from a speech previously given by whom?
b) First Lady Michele Obama
Obama’s speech was given at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
4) Private Democratic National Committee emails were leaked to the public last week. Who are government officials accusing of hacking into the DNC email system?
d) The Russian government
Many of the emails appeared to show that the DNC favored Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders during the primary season.
5) Roger Ailes recently resigned after allegations of sexual harassment were leveled against him by female employees of his television network. Ailes was the CEO of what network?
a) Fox News
Ailes had been with Fox News for 20 years.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roger-ailes-resigns-as-fox-913206
6) President Obama vetoed a bill last week. What was the subject matter of the bill?
c) Money given to ex-presidents
The bill would have capped “office allowances” for ex-presidents at $200,000. Currently, those expenses range from $430,000 for Jimmy Carter to $1.1 million for George W. Bush. President Obama expressed concern that the cap would force ex-presidents to lay off some of their staff.
7) A voter identification law passed in this state was struck down by a federal court for violating the federal Voting Rights Act. What state?
c) Texas
The appeals court said that the law, which requires voters to show an ID before voting, was racially discriminatory. The law is generally considered to be one of the strictest voter ID laws in the country, and the appeals court that struck the law down, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, is generally considered to be one of the most conservative in the country.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-texasvoting-idUSKCN1002KJ
8) An article appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association last week that both defended the “Obamacare” law and recommended changes to the next president. What politician wrote it?
d) President Barack Obama
In the article, President Obama recommended adding a “public option” to the law which would allow citizens to buy health insurance from a government-run health insurance company.
https://fortune.com/2016/07/11/obama-jama/
9) Model Qandeel Baloch was murdered by her brother last week after she posted pictures on Facebook that he believed shamed their family. What country was she from?
a) Pakistan
According to CBS News, over 1,000 Pakistani women are killed each year in similar “honor killings.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qandeel-baloch-brother-pakistan-murdered-honor-facebook-photos/
10) What league moved its all-star game out of North Carolina recently?
c) NBA
The league moved the game to protest a North Carolina law that requires transgender citizens to use the public restroom that corresponds with the gender listed on their birth certificate.
https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/17120170/nba-moving-all-star-game-charlotte-north-carolina-bill