1. The two big winners in last week’s Super Tuesday primaries were:
a. Bill Bradley, John McCain.
b. Al Gore, George W. Bush.
c. Jerry Seinfeld, George Costanza.
2. The school shooting of Kayla Rolland of Michigan was especially shocking because both the victim and the shooter were:
a. armed.
b. 6 years old.
c. straight-A students.
3. After Kayla’s shooting, President Clinton called for:
a. more police in schools.
b. adult jail terms for kid criminals.
c. trigger locks on guns.
4. Californians last week defeated an initiative to:
a. legalize marijuana.
b. recognize gay marriages.
c. end affirmative action.
5. The government recently has started having people go door to door to:
a. count everyone in the U.S.
for the 2000 Census.
b. sell Avon products.
c. collect goods for the homeless.
6. University computer systems in Illinois and elsewhere have been getting terribly clogged because so many students are:
a. hacking into the student records.
b. buying football tickets on-line.
c. downloading pirated music from the Internet.
7. According to the nun who supervised the Florida meeting between 6-year-old Elian Gonzales and his Cuban grandmothers, one of the grandmothers wanted to:
a. defect to the U.S.
b. take Elian to Disney World.
c. catch an episode of “Barney.”
8. The last member of the Chicago Bulls dynasty recently was traded from the team. Who is he?
a. Ron Harper
b. Jerry Reinsdorf
c. Toni Kukoc
9. What sad event involving the comic strip Peanuts recently occurred?
a. Creator Charles Schulz died.
b. The last new strips ran.
c. Both of the above.
10. When Boston Bruin Marty McSorley slashed a rival player, he got the harshest penalty ever given to a player in the NHL. He was:
a. suspended for the rest of the season.
b. banned forever from the NHL.
c. forced to take an anger-management class.
11. Step aside, young artists. At the recent Grammy Awards, Carlos Santana won:
a. Album of the Year.
b. Record of the Year.
c. Pop Performance by a Duo or Group.
d. Pop Collaboration With Vocals.
e. Pop Instrumental Performance.
f. Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.
g. Rock Instrumental Performance.
h. Rock Album.
i. All of the above.
12. The Chinese government recently warned Taiwan that it won’t wait indefinitely for the island to:
a. reunite with the mainland.
b. improve its baseball teams.
c. pay millions in import taxes.
13. What’s the name of the space shuttle that recently completed a mapping mission of Earth?
a. Endeavor
b. Rand McNally
c. Maputo
14. A hot-air balloonist from Illinois failed in his attempt to be the first person to:
a. circle the globe alone.
b. fly his family around the world.
c. circle the globe in 80 days.
15. Thousands of people were stranded in treetops and on rooftops when flooding struck:
a. North Carolina.
b. the Peruvian rain forest.
c. Mozambique.
14-15 correct:
We fear you! (You could do our jobs!) Give yourself the hugest pat on the back – then go out and get some fresh air, you news junkie!
11-13:
Verrrrrry respectable. You’re finding time to
be in the know, even with all the other stuff you do!
8-10:
Not too shabby. Try spending just a tad more time checking out the morning paper or tuning in to the radio news on the way to school.
5-7:
The world around you isn’t high on your list of things to know about. C’mon, we know you have a rich inner life, but it’s always good to know what’s going on out there…
1-4:
What? There’s news out there and places (news-papers, TV, the Internet, radio…) to find out about it? That’s news to you! But don’t get down – just study up on what’s going on!
Correct answers
1. b, 2. b, 3. c, 4. b, 5. a,
6. c, 7. a, 8. c, 9. c, 10. a, 11. i, 12. a, 13. a, 14. a, 15. c
