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current affairs plus Current Awareness Quiz
modelNews quiz1. Barack Obama released his tax returns. How much income did he and his wife, Michelle Obama, claim in 2006Almost a million2. According to a report, how many jobs can Wall Street expect to lose in the next two years, due to the crisis in mortgage markets?20,0003. A genealogical study found that Barack Obama is related to Brad Pitt. Who did it find Hillary Clinton related to?Angelina Jolie4. What is the inflation rate in Zimbabwe, which holds elections on Saturday?Over 100,000 percent5. British tabloids compared Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, to which often-photographed British figure?Princess Diana6. Satellite images revealed that a section of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica had started to fall apart. How large was the area of collapse160 square miles7. A study found that a household could save 24 square feet of forest a year by paying bills online and ditching paper statements. How many bills and statements does the average U.S. household receive from credit card companies and banks every month?198. Chris Webber retired, ending a 15-year NBA career. Which team selected Webber with the first overall pick in the 1993 draft?Orlando Magic9. What female singer claimed she would be working with classic rock band Fleetwood Mac in the future, a claim Mac's Stevie Nicks denied?Sheryl Crow10. The popular London Eye ferris wheel was involved in a mishap this week. What happened?The ride stalled for an hour, with some passengers 450 feet high
****1. Barack Obama said he could no more disown his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, than he could disown:The black community2. Reclusive British tycoon Joe Lewis has almost a 10 percent stake in Bear Stearns. How much is he set to lose if JP Morgan takes over the stricken bank?$1 billion3. Visa set a new record with its $17.9 billion dollar initial public offering. Who previously held the record for the largest IPO in the U.S.?AT&T4. The Dalai Lama came under criticism from activists for what they say is his soft stance on China amid violence in Tibet. Where does the Dalai Lama live?Dharamsala, India5. The Federal Reserve extended loans to a variety of Wall Street firms, not just commercial banks. The last time the Fed took such action was:The Great Depression6. N.Y. Governor David Paterson made which startling admission one day after being sworn into officeHe and his wife both had affairs7. A judge ordered former Beatle Paul McCartney to pay his estranged wife, Heather Mills, $48.7 million. How much did Mills seek in the divorce proceedings?Around $250 million8. The Houston Rockets lost for the first time in 23 games last week, ending the second longest winning streak in NBA history. Which team holds the record of 33 straight wins?Los Angeles Lakers9. A California family is trying to sell the remains of which extinct animal on eBay?A mastodon10. "Girls Gone Wild" offered to pay Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the call girl at the center of the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal, $1 million to pose nude in a magazine but backed out after:They found semi-nude videos of her in their archives
News quiz1. Geraldine Ferraro quit Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign after a remark about Barack Obama was interpreted as racist. Ferraro once ran for the White House in a joint ticket with:Walter Mondale
2. Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor of New York after reports tying him to a prostitution ring. What was his code name in court papers?Client 9
3. The Vatican told the faithful they should be aware of some "new" sins, including:Thou shall not pollute the earthThou shall beware genetic manipulationThou shall not engage in drug traffickingAll of the above (Correct Answer)
4. Gas prices are expected to hit $4 a gallon this spring. In the 1970s, when gas prices also skyrocketed, which measure didn't the government implement to ease the pain:Ban the use of big cars
5. AOL Time Warner is buying which popular social networking site?Bebo
6. More than one in four U.S. teen girls is infected with at least one sexually transmitted disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Which STD was most common?
HPV
7. What is the name of the Canadian robotic system the space shuttle Endeavour delivered to the International Space Station on Thursday?Dextre
8. Comedian Billy Crystal lived out a dream of his this week by:Playing for the New York Yankees
9. Two stranded whales off the coast of New Zealand were saved this week by:A dolphin
10. Where was Britney Spears spotted this week?In an animated music video
Check your news knowledge:-
1. Hillary Clinton stumbled over the name of which major foreign policy player
in a debate?
Russia's Dmitri A. Medvedev, likely successor to President Putin
2.Which world leader told a bystander to "get lost"?French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy
3.Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered the central bank's report on the economy
to Congress and signaled more interest rate cuts ahead. How often is this report
delivered?
Semiannually
4. North Korea invited which rock star to play in Pyongyang after the New York
Philharmonic's landmark concert?
Eric Clapton
5. How many Academy Awards did "No Country For Old Men" win?4
6. Millions of seeds were frozen for safekeeping in an Arctic mountainside in case
of disaster. How long can barley seeds live at the storage temperature of minus
4 degrees Fahrenheit?
2,000 years
7. What was blamed for a two-hour outage on YouTube this week?
Pakistani ISPs attempting to block the site in the country
8. A friendly dog can help alleviate loneliness for older people, but according to
researchers this works just as well:
A robot dog
9 According to a 25 year-long study by Detroit's Wayne State University, having
this physical disadvantage can be damaging to your career.
Being overweight
10Which celebrity figure beat Jesus Christ as role model for children in a British
survey?Richard Branson
1. Pitching great Roger Clemens denied taking steroids in testimony before Congress. Which of the following teams did Clemens not play for?Boston Red SoxToronto Blue JaysNew York YankeesTexas Rangers
2. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show crowned Uno "Best in Show", the first for this dog breed in the show's 132 year history. What breed of dog was Uno?Neapolitan MastiffToy PoodleYorkshire TerrierBeagle
3. What U.S. bank announced this week it will set up a banking group focused on promoting conservation and reducing global warming?Bank of AmericaJP Morgan Chase & CoCitigroup IncMorgan Stanley
4. What historic move did the Australian government make towards Aborigines this week?Offered them native title for landApologized for their mistreatmentElected an aboriginal leader as head of the parliamentDeclared the Aboriginal reserve, Arnhem Land, as a World Heritage site
5. What did Toyota sell before it began making cars?Auto partsTextilesAudio
According to scotland yard, what killed former pakistan pm benazir bhutoo?
A bomb blast
What is the name of the lab module that astronauts installed on the international space station?Columbus
Which town, known as the icebox of the nation, reached its record-low temperature of -40 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, Feb 11, 2008?