The news quiz
Each week here on the newsroom blog, the weekly quiz tests your news knowledge. Now, you diehard news junkies don’t have to wait a week — study up every weekday by taking our NewsOK.com daily quiz. Go to NewsOK.com and click on the “quiz” icon. Answer five questions on topics in the news to determine your NIQ (news intelligence quotient). Take it every day to prepare for our weekly quiz, which will include some questions featured in the daily quizzes — plus a few extras, just to keep you on your toes. Here’s the latest weekly quiz:
1. A recent study of older people finds less risk of Alzheimer’s among those who:
a) Drink plenty of coffee
b) Eat an apple a day
c) Are more conscientious and self-disciplined
d) Have parents with the disease
2. How did former University of Oklahoma professor Anita Hill react to U.S. Justice Clarence Thomas’ book, “My Grandfather’s Son”?
a) She bought TV air time to tell her side
b) She filed a lawsuit seeking $10 million
c) She called him a big fat liar
d) She rebutted his claims in a New York Times column
3. New rules have gone into effect requiring day care centers to:
a) Serve pizza on Fridays
b) Limit the ratio of boys to girls
c) Make sure bandages and gloves are ready when knees are skinned
d) Have inspection reports available for parents
4. Tulsa-based pop group Hanson canceled several concert appearance because member Isaac Hanson, 26, had to be treated for a blood clot in his lung. The group is best known for what 1997 hit?
a) “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)”
b) “Bye Bye Bye”
c) “MMMBop”
d) “I Want It That Way”
5. Fifty years ago, the Russians kicked off the space race by launching Sputnik, the first manmade satellite. How big was the history-making craft?
a) Roughly the size of a 1957 Volkswagen
b) The same size and shape as a phone booth
c) About the size of a beach ball
d) The size of a football field
6. Besides Chinese-made products being recalled because of high lead levels, what other manufacturer had to pull products off the 6. Which is NOT on the list of how you can go green (environmentally speaking)?
a) Don’t wash clothes in hot water
b) Choose the microwave over the oven
c) Unplug appliances when not in use
d) Don’t shut down computer every day
7. Why did Gov. Brad Henry and a group of mostly attorneys travel to Brazil, according to trip organizer Terry West of Shawnee?
a) They went fishing
b) They wanted to study other methods of jurisprudence
c) They were there for Carnival
d) They wanted to surprise those who thought they were going to Canada
8. How did state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett propose to improve learning?
a) Offer cash for correct answers in class
b) Extend the school year five days and lengthen the school day by an hour
c) Combine biofeedback techniques with high-speed computer interfaces
d) Send poor performers out of state
9. Zac Robinson, Oklahoma State University’s sophomore starting quarterback, went to high school in Littleton, Colo. To which Big 12 Conference program did he originally commit?
a) Texas Tech
b) Texas
c) Kansas State
d) Colorado
10. Jurors in a 2006 drive-by-shooting case were taken out of court and shown how to:
a) Fire a semiautomatic rifle
b) Drive a fast car using one hand and fire a gun with the other hand
c) Drive a manual shift car and fire a pistol
d) Start a car using a rubber band, a shoe lace and a paper clip
11. The presence of remote-control toys on airplanes has raised new concerns. Why?
a) They could interfere with navigation
b) They could be used to detonate bombs
c) They could disturb sleeping passengers
d) They won’t operate at high altitudes
12. Like many people who bought the product early, a New York woman is angry at Apple for cutting the price of a recent gizmo by $200 soon after it was introduced. She’s so mad, she’s seeking $1 million in damages in a lawsuit filed over what Apple product?
a) iPhone
b) iTube
c) iRobot
d) iScream
13. What did Texas A&M football coach Dennis Franchione do that has critics calling for his resignation?
a) Benched his starting quarterback
b) Sold subscriptions to a secret newsletter
c) Yelled at a reporter
d) Installed cameras in the visitors’ lockers
14. What were three people accused of illegally circulating a petition in Oklahoma trying to get onto a state ballot in 2005?
a) Abortion rights
b) Animal rights
c) Taxpayer rights
d) Right to tattoo fish
15. Federal officials are overseeing a cleanup effort in Snyder after what was found in the bleachers of the high school football stadium?
a) Uranium 238
b) Petroleum residue
c) Mercury
d) Lead
16. Los Angeles deputies have caused alarm by doing what during their day-to-day work routine as peace officers?
a) Judging beachfront beauty contests
b) Holding contests for how many arrests each deputy could make
c) Competing in “ultimate fighting” matches
d) Holding target-shooting competitions with seagulls as targets
17. Celebrating his birthday, Barry Switzer attributed his great career at the University of Oklahoma to:
a) Being hired as the Sooners’ offensive coordinator
b) Being turned down for the job of head coach at Michigan State
c) Chuck Fairbanks’ being hired to coach the New England Patriots
d) All of the above
18. Iraq’s foreign minister said Iran is punishing the wrong people for the arrest of an Iranian official. Who did he say they were punishing incorrectly?
a) Kurds
b) O.J. Simpson
c) Sunnis
d) The U.S. military
19. State officials said what rate is down to its lowest point in nearly a decade?
a) Babies named George
b) Drunken driving arrests
c) Inmate paroles
d) New outhouse construction
20. University of Oklahoma football who were heading to the State fair of Texas over the weekend may have had a hard time purchasing:
a) Funnel cakes
b) Fried Twinkies
c) Corn dogs
d) Beer
How did you do on the quiz? Here are the correct answers:
1-C; 2-D; 3-D; 4-C; 5-C; 6-D; 7-A; 8-B; 9-C; 10-A; 11-B; 12-A; 13-B; 14-C; 15-C; 16-B; 17-D; 18-A; 29-C; 20-D
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