WORLD EVENTS 2006-7
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CURRENT EVENTS ROUND QUESTIONS – II
Current Events Questions – Part I
PEOPLE
IN THE NEWS (EASY)
Commissioner Bud Selig asked former U.S. Senator George
Mitchell to head an inquiry into steroid use by players in his sport.
For which sport is he commissioner?
A. Basketball
B. Soccer
C. Baseball
D. Football
SPORTS (EASY)
On August 20, 2006, this golfer won the PGA Championship at the Medinah
Country Club in Medinah, Ill. Who was that golfer?
A. Tiger Woods
B. Arnold Palmer
C. Sergio Garcia
D. Shaun Micheel
POLITICS
(EASY)
On February 1, 2006, the U.S. Senate confirmed Ben Bernanke
to replace Alan Greenspan as the head of which national agency?
A. Federal Reserve
B. Homeland Security
C. Central Intelligence Agency
D. FEMA
DISASTERS (DIFFICULT)
In January and February, 2006, the Bush administration
cited confidentiality, when it refused to turn over storm documents and correspondences
between White House staff that were requested by the Senate committee that
investigated the response to Hurricane Katrina. Both Republican and Democratic
members of the committee were sharply critical of the Homeland Security Chief.
Who was that Homeland Security Chief?
A. Tom DeLay
B. Michael Chertoff
C. William Frist
D. Dennis Hastert
SPORTS (EASY)
On February 5, 2006, Super Bowl XL was played at Ford Field in Detroit.
The Seattle Seahawks lost that Super Bowl by a score of 21
to 10. Which team was victorious?
A. Jacksonville Jaguars
B. Pittsburgh Steelers
C. New England Patriots
D. Oakland Raiders
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS (DIFFICULT)
Senator Robert Byrd had reached a milestone and
a record of eight terms as senator. In January of 2007, he passed Strom
Thurmond of South Carolina as the longest-serving Senator in American
history. Which state does Senator Byrd represent?
A. Iowa
B. West Virginia
C. Kentucky
D. Virginia
HEALTH (DIFFICULT)
Which three U.S. companies, in May 2006, agreed to limit the sale
of sweetened sodas and other drinks from vending machines located on school
campuses by the year 2009?
A. Starbucks, Red Bull and Cott Corporation
B. Suntory, Kraft and Nestle
C. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Cadbury Schweppes
D. Unilever, Danone, and Ocean Spray
POLITICS (EASY)
Tom DeLay, a Republican from Texas, announced his resignation from
Congress after it was disclosed that he had been involved with a lobbyist
who was sentenced to six years in prison by a Florida judge. That lobbyist
was found guilty of fraud and corruption charges related to the 2000 purchase
of a gambling cruise-ship line. Who was that lobbyist?
A. Andrew Card
B. Randy Cunningham
C. Richard Thompson
D. Jack Abramoff
PEOPLE
IN THE NEWS (DIFFICULT)
Upon Tom Delay's resignation from the U.S. House
of Representatives, he was replaced as house majority leader by which of the
following republican representatives?
A. Roy Blunt
B. Nick Rahall
C. George Allen
D. John Boehner
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT (EASY)
The novel The Da Vinci Code sold more than forty million
copies and was one of the best-selling novels of all times. The author was
accused of stealing the theme of that novel from an earlier work, The
Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, by British authors Michael Baigent
and Richard Leigh. Who is the author of The Da Vinci
Code?
A. Dan Brown
B. Clive Cussler
C. Michael Crichton
D. Allan Eckert
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT (DIFFICULT)
On January 30, 2006, the Smithsonian announced that it had selected
a location for a new national museum that will be located on the Mall near
the Washington Monument. To which topic will that museum be dedicated?
A. New England Whaling
B. The Lewis and Clark Expedition
C. Immigration
D. African American History and Culture
Current Events Questions – Part I