The weekly news quiz
It’s time to see how much attention you’ve been paying to the news in the past week or so. From The Oklahoman’s news copy editors and designers, here’s a quiz:
1. A report released last week by a leading adoption institute says adult adoptees:
a) Should have access to their birth records.
b) Should not pursue their birth parents.
c) Should consider adopting.
2. University of Oklahoma receiver Malcolm Kelly says one of his favorite things is:
a) Living in a big city.
b) Waking up to his mother’s cooking.
c) Cleaning fish after a trip to the lake.
3. A new exhibit at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma features:
a) Photographs of infants in Halloween costumes.
b) Articles of clothing representing changes in Oklahoma fashion from 1907 to 2007.
c) American Indian pottery and paintings from the Martinez and Gonzales families.
4. One area of which town was called “the Bucket of Blood” until a lynching in 1909 scared the outlaws out of town?
a) Eufaula.
b) Norman.
c) Ada.
5. Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach was penalized for comments he made about officiating at the Tech-Texas game. What was the penalty?
a) He was fined $10,000.
b) The football team was forced to forfeit two games.
c) Leach was suspended for one game.
6. A new report that ranked individual states against international competitors found that Oklahoma eighth-graders:
a) Are among the world’s least proficient in math and science.
b) Are on par with Sweden and New Zealand in math and Lithuania in science.
c) Are among the world’s most proficient in math and science.
7. For the first time in at least 13 years, people have been infected with AIDS through:
a) Long embraces.
b) Organ transplants.
c) Football injuries.
8. In an effort to improve its image with local shoppers, a retailer recently completed major redesigns of two stores in Oklahoma City. Which retailer is it?
a) Dillards.
b) Home Depot.
c) Macy’s.
9. A national campaign urged people to quit which of the following activities last Thursday?
a) Smoking.
b) Overeating.
c) Watching NASCAR.
10. According to the Air Transport Association, Thanksgiving week is:
a) The least busy travel time of the year.
b) No different from any other travel time of the year.
c) The busiest travel time of the year.
11. The U.S. Mint began rolling out its fourth new $1 presidential coin, bearing the likeness of James Madison, the father of the Constitution. Previous presidential coins included:
a) John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt.
b) Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson and James Monroe.
c) George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
12. Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson asked a federal judge Wednesday to stop the spreading of what in the Illinois River watershed?
a) Cigarette butts.
b) Chicken litter.
c) Plastic bottles.
13. The average price of a turkey dinner for 10 people this Thanksgiving will be:
a) $42.26.
b) $35.45.
c) $62.50.
14. Students at Calera High School did what to learn about the homeless?
a) Spent two days living in cardboard boxes on the school campus.
b) Assisted at a homeless shelter.
c) Visited with people searching for jobs.
15. The Putnam City School District reported Thursday it had stepped up cleanliness efforts after a possible second case of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. This infection is caused by:
a) A fungus.
b) A virus.
c) Bacteria.
16. A former OU professor was among the recipients of what award from President Bush?
a) Nobel Prize.
b) 2007 National Humanities Medal.
c) National Leadership Award.
17. Legislators in how many other states are working on proposals identical to or closely resembling Oklahoma’s immigration reform bill?
a) 46.
b) 12.
c) none.
18. Why will a University of Missouri journalism professor emeritus no longer write a column for a Columbia, Mo., newspaper?
a) His last column cheered the Kansas Jayhawks football team.
b) He admitted plagiarizing material from a Missouri student reporter.
c) He said he was going to start writing for a New York magazine.
19. What Irish paramilitary group has renounced violence?
a) Irish Eyes Are Crying.
b) Lucky Charms Militia.
c) Ulster Defense Association.
20. Police raided 20 government buildings in criminal investigations of what Mideast leader?
a) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
b) Jordan’s King Abdullah.
c) Syrian President Assad.
How did you do on the quiz? Here are the correct answers:
1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-C; 5-A; 6-B; 7-B; 8-C; 9-A; 10-C; 11-C; 12-B; 13-A; 14-A; 15-C; 16-B; 17-B; 18-B; 19-C; 20-A.
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