CEQ Hints
Harriet Miers, earthquake aftermath, World Series, gun industry shield, hurricane, Bush meets with Abbas, Syria & Lebanon, Bush-Schwarzeneggar rift?, DeLay case, Saddam Hussein, what Bill Clinton & Sponge Bob have in common, and anything that happens over the weekend...
Current Event Quiz Option Next Week!
You will have two choices next week for your current events quiz. Option one is a a typical current events quiz where you can answer 7 questions for up to 14 points out of 10. Option two, however, will be to summarize THREE current events from the last week: one international, one national, and one local.
As regards option two, please do not use sports or entertainment news unless there is a clear political or economic angle on the story. For example, an article about hearing in Congress over baseball in steroids is okay. The Chargers' victory over the Eagles is not...
Questions? Ask 'em!
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CEQ5
- What is one of the major criticisms that has been levied against the Harriet Miers nomination?
- Tom Delay has been charged with conspiracy and money laundering. What did he allegedly do?
- What did Senator Bill Frist, the Senate Majority Leader, allegedly do?
- The border region of what two countries was hit by a major earthquake? WORLD CULTURES ONLY: What is the name of the region that was hit?
- Who won the Nobel Peace Prize? (Better luck next year, Bono…)
- What unique thing happened to both the defending World Champion Red Sox and the Padres in the first round of the major league playoffs (that did not happen to either the Yankees or the Braves)?
- & 8) Judith Miller was in jail because she refused to identify her source, who by giving Ms. Miller certain information, may have committed a crime. As the story goes, (7a), an aide to the President, and (7b), an aide to the Vice President, allegedly told Ms. Miller that a person named (8a) was an undercover CIA agent. The presidential and vice-presidential aides allegedly told Mrs. Miller this information because they were unhappy that (8b), 8a’s spouse, had proved wrong President Bush’s charge that before the Iraq War, Saddam Hussein had tried to buy nuclear material from an African country. (Possible answers for 7 & 8: Dick Cheney, Ethel Dosik, Rafael Palmeiro, Valerie Plame, Karl Rove, I. Lewis “Scotter” Libby, Kenneth Starr, King Tut, Joseph Wilson.)
CEQ4
- Who is the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
- Who did President Bush nominate to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court?
- What is the name of the House Majority Leader who was indicted on charges of conspiracy and money laundering for his campaign fundraising activities? What does “indicted” mean?
- Why is Senator Bill Frist, the Senate Majority Leader, being investigated?
- In what Indonesian vacation hotspot was there a series of suicide bombings?
- Why was reporter Judith Miller in prison for several months until last week?
- What type of natural disaster has been dogging Southern California in three separate instances since last week?
- TRUE OR FALSE: On Sunday, the Chargers won and the Redskins lost.
