Current Event Challenge Exam # 1
ANSWERS ARE DUE BY: JANUARY 25, 2008
1. Who is the President of Pakistan who set off a worldwide controversy in November when he called for a State of Emergency? __________________________
2. Identify the famed author of The Naked and the Dead who died at the age of 84 in November. _____________________________
3. What famous ride at Disneyland in California has been closed, so it can be rebuilt to accommodate new “fatter” American riders?
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4. Popular media in America was crippled in November by a strike by the WGA. What does WGA stand for? ________________________________________
5. Rudy Guiliani’s campaign for President has been hurt by his connection with this former NYC Police Commissioner who has been indicted on corruption charges? ______________________
6. This southern state primary will be the first test for the Presidential candidates in this crucial region of the U.S.? _________________________________
7. Judge Michael Mukasey was confirmed as the U.S. Attorney General although he gave conflicting answers regarding this controversial interrogation technique? _____________________________
8. The College Football surprise of the year was when this team went 10-0 for the first time since 1899? _______________________________
9. This owner of Mesa Group has announced plans to build the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle? _________________________________
10. What major U.S. city is projected to run out of water in 2008 unless new sources can be found or the drought ends? ________________________________
11. O.J. Simpson will be tried for armed robbery and weapons charges in this city? ______________________
12. A major oil spill caused environmental damage when a tanker struck a bridge in this West Coast city? ___________________________
13. This former Governor of Arkansas is rising in the polls in his campaign to win the Republican nomination for President? _____________________________
14. In November Dick Wilson who played “Mr. Whipple” in a series of long running commercials died at the age of 91. What product did Dick Wilson advertise on these commercials? _______________________________
15. What south Asian country was hit by a tropical cyclone (hurricane) with 150 m.p.h. winds that killed at least 3,000 people? ___________________________
16. This former White House Press Secretary has written in an upcoming book that top leaders including the President and Vice President misled him and caused him to lie to the press concerning the “outing” of CIA agent Valerie Plame? _______________________________
17. The Natalie Holloway case has once again come to national attention with arrests in her 2005 disappearance which occurred on this island? _____________________________
18. Presidential candidate Barak Obama has disclosed that he was a “goof-off” in high school in Hawaii. What name did Barak Obama go by in high school before he took on his current name? _____________________________________
19. This former U.S. Speaker of the House announced that he is retiring from the Congress early which has forced the need for a special election in his Illinois district? ___________________________________________
20. A judge in this European country gave a reprieve to a chestnut tree which had been an inspiration to Ann Frank while she was hiding from the Nazis? This 150 year old tree was scheduled to be cut down because it was diseased. _______________________________________________
1. Who is the President of Pakistan who set off a worldwide controversy in November when he called for a State of Emergency? __________________________
2. Identify the famed author of The Naked and the Dead who died at the age of 84 in November. _____________________________
3. What famous ride at Disneyland in California has been closed, so it can be rebuilt to accommodate new “fatter” American riders?
________________________________
4. Popular media in America was crippled in November by a strike by the WGA. What does WGA stand for? ________________________________________
5. Rudy Guiliani’s campaign for President has been hurt by his connection with this former NYC Police Commissioner who has been indicted on corruption charges? ______________________
6. This southern state primary will be the first test for the Presidential candidates in this crucial region of the U.S.? _________________________________
7. Judge Michael Mukasey was confirmed as the U.S. Attorney General although he gave conflicting answers regarding this controversial interrogation technique? _____________________________
8. The College Football surprise of the year was when this team went 10-0 for the first time since 1899? _______________________________
9. This owner of Mesa Group has announced plans to build the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle? _________________________________
10. What major U.S. city is projected to run out of water in 2008 unless new sources can be found or the drought ends? ________________________________
11. O.J. Simpson will be tried for armed robbery and weapons charges in this city? ______________________
12. A major oil spill caused environmental damage when a tanker struck a bridge in this West Coast city? ___________________________
13. This former Governor of Arkansas is rising in the polls in his campaign to win the Republican nomination for President? _____________________________
14. In November Dick Wilson who played “Mr. Whipple” in a series of long running commercials died at the age of 91. What product did Dick Wilson advertise on these commercials? _______________________________
15. What south Asian country was hit by a tropical cyclone (hurricane) with 150 m.p.h. winds that killed at least 3,000 people? ___________________________
16. This former White House Press Secretary has written in an upcoming book that top leaders including the President and Vice President misled him and caused him to lie to the press concerning the “outing” of CIA agent Valerie Plame? _______________________________
17. The Natalie Holloway case has once again come to national attention with arrests in her 2005 disappearance which occurred on this island? _____________________________
18. Presidential candidate Barak Obama has disclosed that he was a “goof-off” in high school in Hawaii. What name did Barak Obama go by in high school before he took on his current name? _____________________________________
19. This former U.S. Speaker of the House announced that he is retiring from the Congress early which has forced the need for a special election in his Illinois district? ___________________________________________
20. A judge in this European country gave a reprieve to a chestnut tree which had been an inspiration to Ann Frank while she was hiding from the Nazis? This 150 year old tree was scheduled to be cut down because it was diseased. _______________________________________________
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