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News quiz for week ending 6/5/09

Questions

Write TRUE or FALSE next to each statement. Rewrite each false statement to make it true.

1. __________________ Older Adults Services and Information Systems (OASIS) runs education and volunteer programs for seniors in cities across the country, including classes on microwave oven use.

2. __________________ The number of senior citizens using cell phones surpasses the number of younger Americans using the same technology.

3. __________________ A North Korean General known to be a confidant of leader Kim Jong Il has been accused of counterfeiting U.S. $10 bills.

4. __________________ U.S. Secret Service officials have said that North Korea has produced more than $45 million in supernotes since 1989.

5. __________________ June 4 commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, China.

6. __________________ Leading up to the Tiananmen Square anniversary, the Chinese government organized candlelight vigils across the country.

7. __________________ President Obama gave a speech this week to Muslims around the world from Cairo, Egypt.

8. __________________ President Obama opened his speech with a traditional greeting of peace used by American Muslims - "assalaamu alaykum."

9. __________________ A recent Harvard study found that 90% of Twitter users account for 10% of all tweets.

10. __________________ The Harvard study also found that a typical Twitter user only tweets once in their Twitter lifetime.