Bill O'Reilly: News Quiz

1. Bill Cassidy, who defeated Mary Landrieu in a runoff election in Louisiana, will be the fourth of these in the Senate. What?

Farmers

Physicians

Ordained ministers

Former TV anchors

Active duty National Guardsmen

2. U.S. commandos staged a dramatic raid Saturday, hoping to rescue American photographer Luke Somers from terrorists in which nation?

Iraq

Syria

Yemen

Turkey

Lebanon

3. China has overtaken the United States in what measure?

Life expectancy

Defense spending

Per capita income

Total economic output

Energy consumption per person

4. Meanwhile, the total U.S. debt passed a milestone the day after Thanksgiving. How much do we owe?

$12-trillion

$14-trillion

$16-trillion

$18-trillion

$20-trillion

5. A venerable liberal magazine, which just turned 100 years old, is in complete collapse, with its top editors fired and most of its staff quitting. Which?

Harper's

The Nation

Mother Jones

Rolling Stone

The New Republic

6. Which state collects a whopping $4.35 in taxes for every pack of 20 cigarettes?

Georgia

Virginia

Missouri

Louisiana

New York

7. Ron Klain, a "czar" in the Obama administration, will soon return to the private sector. He is in charge of which realm?

Ebola

Science

Terrorism

Green jobs

Immigration

8. Which veteran anchor/host has resigned from CNN?

Wolf Blitzer

Sanjay Gupta

Carol Costello

Candy Crowley

Ashleigh Banfield

9. Sabrina Rubin Erdely played a prominent role in the discredited story of a gang rape at the University of Virginia. Who is she?

UVA Chancellor

Writer of the article

Rolling Stone editor-in-chief

Student who claimed to be the victim

Blogger who first questioned the hoax

10. A playoff will determine the national college football championship. The four finalists were picked by a committee that includes which former cabinet secretary?

James Baker

Colin Powell

Henry Kissinger

Condoleezza Rice

Madeleine Albright