Week to Week News Quiz for 6/7/13

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-John Zipperer, Week to Week producer

1. What was Senate Intelligence Chair Dianne Feinstein defending when she said, "It’s called protecting America"?:

a. Keeping the Guantanamo Bay prison open

b. The U.S. government's collection of daily phone records for millions of Verizon customers

c. The use of 10 military aircraft carriers

d. Adding women to the military draft

2. Susan Rice is switching jobs from UN ambassador to what?:

a. Secretary of State

b. She's running for Congress

c. National Security Adviser

d. Ambassador to the United Kingdom

3. What group did members of the millennial generation tell surveyors was "closed-minded, racist, rigid, old-fashioned"?:

a. The Roman Catholic Church

b. The Tea Party

c. The Republican Party

d. The New York Times

4. As protests spread throughout his country, what did Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan call "the worst menace"?:

a. The protesters

b. Twitter and other social media

c. Syrian military activity along Turkey's borders

d. Kurdish dissidents

5. Racists attacked what online video?:

a. The White House's official Memorial Day video greeting

b. A commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

c. An anti-racism video starring professional athletes

d. A Cheerios cereal ad featuring a multi-racial family

6. Google banned sexually explicit applications from what?:

a. Android

b. Google's search engine

c. Google Glass

d. The Nexus phones

7. What $6.4 billion project might not open as scheduled due to steel rods breaking?:

a. The Brooklyn Bridge

b. Minnesota's Bridge to Terabithia

c. Alaska's Bridge to Nowhere

d. The Bay Bridge

8. After being interrupted by a heckler at a fundraising event Tuesday, what did First Lady Michelle Obama say?:

a. "Listen to me or you can take the mic, but I'm leaving."

b. "I paid for this microphone!"

c. "Oh, I'm sorry, did my speech interrupt your heckling?"

d. "Thank you all very much and I'm sorry for the idiot over there."

9. How much did Florida resident Gloria Mackenzie win in a lottery?:

a. $50 million

b. $590 million

c. $1 billion

d. $225 million

10. Why is Friday, June 7, 2013, a milestone for U.S. Representative John D. Dingell Jr.?:

a. He became the longest-serving member of Congress ever

b. He became the first African-American representative from Alaska since Reconstruction

c. He ended his 22-day hunger strike in opposition to drone strikes

d. He became the oldest member of the U.S. House of Representatives ever

BONUS. What couple announced that they have separated and their marriage is over?:

a. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis and director Christopher Guest

b. Singer Bono and Ali Herson

c. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila Putina

d. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Li Jingtian

Week to Week

The Programs

For tickets and speaker information, see our next program and our archives:

W2W June 10(Gerston, Griffin, Saunders)
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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