News Quiz
Week of 7/7
1. Speaker John Boehner is recommending that the House of Representatives sue President Obama. What does he accuse the president of doing?
2. Billionaire Tom Steyer, a self-proclaimed radical environmentalist who has pledged $100-million to green candidates, made most of his fortune in which energy source?
3. Speaking of energy, which nation is now the world's number one oil producer?
4. When the Supreme Court ruled that some firms do not have to pay for all contraceptives for female workers, which justice voted with the majority?
5. A former European leader was arrested last week and is under investigation for fraud. Who?
6. Approximately how many U.S. troops have been assigned to help stabilize Iraq?
7. Federal immigration officials have been ordered to stop using what word when referring to children who are flooding into the USA from Central America?
8. Last week Michelle J. Howard became the first female to achieve what rank or position?
9. Richard Mellon Scaife, who died last week at age 82, donated tens of millions of dollars to what cause or concern?
10. What is the best word to describe Joey Chestnut, who was in the news last week?