News quiz
How closely have you been reading the news lately? Here’s a chance to test your recall:
1. Money raised at the July 1 Freedom Celebration at Crossroads Church will go to what cause?
a) African missions
b) Vietnam veterans
c) World War II memorial
d) USS Oklahoma memorial
2. Representatives of what government reached a cease-fire with Shiite rebels in a three-year fight that has claimed 4,000 lives this year?
a) Albania
b) Yemen
c) Lebanon
d) Israel
3. A Miami, OK, man was taking pictures of high water on what river when a wave knocked him off a ledge and swept him 15 miles away before his rescue?
a) Oklahoma River
b) Illinois River
c) Grand River
d) Mississippi River
4. Angel Cabrera won his first PGA event with his victory in the U.S. Open. What country does the golfer hail from?
a) Argentina
b) Bolivia
c) Bosnia-Herzegovina
d) Honduras
5. Police said a woman who robbed an Edmond store owner was accompanied by what?
a) Two men
b) Two children
c) Two dogs
d) Two cats
6. A museum devoted to a historical figure received several new items, including a stovepipe hat and bloodstained gloves. The figure in question is:
a) Attila the Hun
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) David Palmer
d) Rich Uncle Pennybags
7. The government in Iran criticized Great Britain for knighting whom?
a) George W. Bush
b) Mick Jagger
c) Keira Knightley
d) Salman Rushdie
8. Nine men were killed here fighting a blaze in a furniture store, the nation’s largest loss of firefighters since Sept. 11, 2001.
a) Charleston, S.C.
b) Charleston, Ill.
c) Charleston, W. Va.
d) Charlestown, R.I.
9. What will be built on the property in Tulsa where the once-fabled Camelot Hotel stood?
a) Dry cleaning store
b) Convenience store
c) Grocery store
d) Liquor store
10. What does China plan to build on Mount Everest?
a) A television antenna
b) A microwave tower
c) A paved highway
d) A theme park
11. Oklahoma City will spend $20 million more on improvements at State Fair arena and horse barns. Where does the money come from?
a) Horse tax
b) Horseshoe tax
c) Horse fly tax
d) Hotel tax
12. What caused Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer to temporarily suspend its rail service?
a) A strike by United Transportation Union members
b) Flooding in northern Texas
c) Passengers demanded to ride on buses
d) Rebuilt EMD F40PH diesels had not arrived
13. What did President Bush receive as Father’s Day presents?
a) Travel books by T. E. Lawrence
b) Two copies of “West Wing” scripts signed by Martin Sheen
c) Ties and a CD
d) The DVD “King of the Hill Season 6” and the book “The History of Austin City Limits”
14. Guthrie’s Carnegie Library has a problem with feeding some longtime tenants. Who are they?
a) Book borrowers eating in the cafeteria.
b) Termites, gnawing on the kitchen walls.
c) Employees, who make too little to pay for groceries.
d) Visitors who come to look at the architecture.
15. JamesOn Curry has decided to leave OSU for:
a) The NBA draft
b) The ESPN draft
c) OU, he’d rather wear crimson
d) Home, he’s tired of school and would rather deliver pizzas than take another algebra course.
16. The Vatican released a “Ten Commandments” dealing with what issue?
a) Rules for motorists on how to behave behind the wheel
b) Rules on when the Mass may be celebrated in Latin
c) A guide on bingo games in parish halls
d) Relationship between Catholics and followers of non-Christian faiths
17. Which country singer was arrested in McClain County on drug possession charges?
a) Garth Brooks
b) Toby Keith
c) Johnny Rodriguez
d) Glen Campbell
18. Two college students, believed to be overexuberant fans of “The Simpsons,” stole a life-sized statue of Homer Simpson from in front of a movie theater in what city on the day before the premiere of the big-screen version of the family comedy.
a) Hollywood, Calif.
b) Austin, Texas
c) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
d) London, England
19. The Federal Drug Administration has approved for public use a device called by its maker the “electronic nurse,” which will do what?
a) Administer high colonics
b) Wake the patient during the night to take pills
c) Administer back rubs
d) Dole out drugs on schedule and in correct doses
20. A British psychologist says he has the formula to prove June 22 was what?
a) The longest day
b) The shortest day
c) The saddest day
d) The happiest day
Answers:
1-d; 2-b; 3-c; 4-a; 5-b; 6-b; 7-d; 8-a; 9-b; 10-c; 11-d; 12-b; 13-c; 14-b; 15-a; 16-a; 17-c; 18-c; 19-d; 20-d; 21-c; 22-d
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