Current Events Quiz

1. This person lured a country known for its alliances with harsh dictators and for its opposition to genuine democratic movements in its own and in other countries into spending billions of dollars on fighting a war it should never have fought and on other defense-related issues. He is considered responsible for the county’s eventual economic collapse and is hailed as a hero by millions of people around the world.
1. Ronald Reagan
2. Osama bin Laden
3. Both a & b are correct
4. Neither a nor b are correct

2. As part of the economic stimulus plan proposed by the Bush administration and Congress, a provision stipulates that when the Dow Jones hits 0, it will automatically reset to 12,000.
1. True
2. False

3. A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations finds that in the two years following 9/11, Bush administration officials made 934 false claims about Iraq.
1. True
2. False

4. Barack Hussein Obama’s big ears are actually homing devices that will help his fellow Muslim terrorists zero in on Washington, DC after he is elected President.
1. True
2. False

5. Justice Antonin Scalia, in opposing a condemned man’s claim that lethal injections constitute cruel and unusual punishment, said, “There is nothing in the Constitution that forbids inflicting pain.”
1. True
2. False

6. Justice Antonin Scalia, in an opinion joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, held that torture was not torture with suspects in the war on terror because fanatics are incapable of feeling pain.
1. True
2. False

ANSWERS:

1. C is correct. If you answered d, thinking that the real answer was George Bush, you missed the phrase “hailed as a hero by millions of people around the world
   
   
2. False. This is the one useless idea NOT in the economic stimulus plan.
   
   
3. False. The study finds they made 935 false claims. If you answered False because you believed it was Rudy Giuliani who made 935 false claims about his own role in protecting New York City after 9/11, you receive half a point credit for choosing the right answer for the wrong reason.
   
   
4. False. If you answered True because you heard it on Fox News, subtract an additional point from your total for being so shameless that you admit to watching Fox News.
   
   
5. True. Amazing, isn’t it? Before he was publicly humiliated and forced to resign, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez was reportedly working on a legal brief explaining the difference between pain and cruel and unusual punishment.
   
   
6. False. If you answered True, you probably have this confused with the widespread idea during World War II that Japanese soldiers weren’t afraid to die.