Current Events Quiz 3.12.2017

Question 1

Some food aficionados are horrified because Donald Trump does what?

Accepted Answer

Prefers his steak well done

Question 2

ExxonMobil announced plans to invest $20 billion through 2022. What is it doing with the money?

Accepted Answer

Expanding Gulf Coast refineries

Question 3

What country was dropped from the prohibited list in President Trump's new travel ban?

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 4

Some students at Middlebury College protested violently last week and shut down a talk by whom?

Accepted Answer

Charles Murray

Question 5

Secretary John Kelly said his agency was considering what to discourage illegal immigration?

Accepted Answer

Separating families caught crossing the border

Question 6

Eavesdropping on foreigners has to be approved by the FISA court. What does the 'S' stand for?

Accepted Answer

Surveillance

Question 7

Americans: 43% view Trump favorably, 47% negative, giving him a net of -4. Who stands at -25?

Accepted Answer

Nancy Pelosi

Question 8

Scientists recently said that a study found that elephants ...

Accepted Answer

Sleep less than all other mammals.

Question 9

What claim did FBI Director James Comey reportedly ask the Justice Dept to refute this week?

Accepted Answer

President Trump's claim that Obama had him wiretapped

Question 10

What U.S. official's picture appeared on the cover of an issue of an al-Qaeda-linked newspaper?

Accepted Answer

White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon

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