Week to Week News Quiz for 5/24/13

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If you thought we'd relax after a couple weeks of high-scandal stress, think again. There's lots in the news these days, so take our news quiz and see how much you were paying attention.

Here are some random but real hints: There's gold in them thar fields; he said his company isn't cooking the books; a friend in deed, perhaps; and no, that's from Princess Leia. Press the button below the quiz to get the answers.

And please join us Monday, June 10, at 12 noon for good political discussion, a live news quiz, some wine and snacks, and the fellowship of other interested and interesting people. Our panelists will include Dr. Larry Gerston and more TBA.

-John Zipperer, Week to Week producer

1. President Obama announced a new security policy on Thursday that would limit what?:

a. Free speech

b. FBI snooping on U.S. citizens' private communications

c. Drone strikes

d. American troops in Afghanistan

2. Where will the 50th Super Bowl take place?:

a. Santa Clara, California

b. Miami, Florida

c. Green Bay, Wisconsin

d. Dallas, Texas

3. According to U.S. Senate investigators, how much in international profits did Apple shelter from taxes?:

a. $500 million

b. $3.5 billion

c. $20 bilion

d. $44 billion

4. A mile-wide tornado devastated a suburb of what major American city this week?:

a. Dallas

b. Oklahoma City

c. Kansas City

d. Des Moines

5. A 78-year-old far-right historian killed himself at the altar of what church?:

a. Washington's National Cathedral

b. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

c. Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral

d. San Francisco's Grace Cathedral

6. Guerrilla fighters from what outside group have been fighting to support Syria's beleaguered government of Bashar al-Assad?:

a. al Qaeda

b. Hezbollah

c. The Taliban

d. Hamas

7. Which tech business leader was grilled by Congress this week regarding low overseas tax payments?:

a. Tim Cook

b. Eric Schmidt

c. Steve Ballmer

d. Marissa Mayer

8. Who is Ibragim Todashev?:

a. The leader of the Islamist front in Syria

b. The winner of Dancing with the Stars

c. The candidate tipped to win Iran's election to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

d. A friend of one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers who died after reportedly implicating the Tsarnaev brothers in a 2011 triple murder

9. Who was murdered in a London killing that authorities believe to be a terrorist attack?:

a. An American tourist

b. A British diplomat

c. A British soldier

d. A Russian businessman

10. A BBC international poll found what country to be the most popular nation in the world?:

a. United States

b. Germany

c. Canada

d. North Korea

BONUS. Which of the following is NOT a line from the new film Star Trek Into Darkness?:

a. "Why would Starfleet ask a three-hundred year-old frozen man for help?"

b. "We synthesized a serum from his... super blood. Tell me, are you feeling homicidal, power-mad, despotic?"

c. “Into the garbage chute, flyboy!”

d. "You think your world is safe? It is an illusion. A comforting lie told to protect you."

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W2W June 10
W2W May 17(Griffin, Nevius, Sankin)
W2W April 15, 2013 (Gerston, Saunders, & Marinucci)
W2W March 4, 2013 (Gerston, Griffin, & Schwartz)
W2W February 8, 2013 (Baleria, Saunders, & Vogt)
W2W October 4, 2012 (Christensen, Marshman, Hanson) | Streaming audio
W2W July 30, 2012 (Gerston, Saunders, Marinucci) | Streaming audio
W2W June 29, 2012 (Gerston, Diaz, Dalton) | Streaming audio
W2W May 14, 2012 (Gerston, Schwartz) | Streaming audio
W2W April 27, 2012 (Gerston, Saunders, Marinucci) | Streaming audio
W2W March 30, 2012 (Gerston, Schwartz, Reynolds) | Streaming audio
W2W April 13, 2012 (postponed)
W2W February 24, 2012 (Gerston, Saunders, Fox) | Streaming audio | Buy 99-cent MP3
W2W March 16, 2012 (Gerston, Saunders, Caulfield) | Streaming audio | Buy 99-cent MP3

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