Questions
1. Weijia Jiang, CBS’ Senior White House Correspondent and president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, was sitting next to President Trump at the correspondents’ dinner when the would-be assassin fired one of his weapons outside the ballroom. She said after President Trump was assured that everyone was ok, he:
a) wanted to go home
b) announced the correspondents’ dinner will be cancelled for the foreseeable future due to security risks
c) asked law-enforcement to bring the suspect into the ballroom to discuss his motives for the attack
d) wanted the dinner to continue
2. Ms. Jiang said she was very surprised by the president’s statement at the White House press conference after the dinner was cancelled, when he said “This was an event dedicated to freedom of speech that was supposed to bring together members of both parties with members of the press, and … I saw a room that was _______________.”
a) totally unified
b) in total disagreement
c) in total chaos
d) with totally opposite points of view about the would-be assassin
3. Seventy-three days ago Republican Senate Majority leader John Thune told voters that he could not force Senate Democrats into a talking filibuster because:
a) the Senate had seven more urgent priorities
b) Senate Republicans do not want to pass the Save America Act
c) he is a knucklehead
d) he does not support any of President Trump’s initiatives
4. Ten weeks later, only one of those days were spent on those seven urgent priorities Sen. Thune talked about. During that time, the Senate spent __________ of those days on recess vacation.
a) 40
b) 4
c) 14
d) 0
5. In an interview discussing Iran, what did Secretary of State Marco Rubio see as the main roadblock to an agreement with the Iranian Government?
a) there is a big division between hardliners, which results in the U.S. negotiating with Iranians who have to then negotiate with other hardliners to determine what they can agree to
b) the country is run by radical Shia clerics
c) neither a) nor b)
d) both a) and b)
6. When asked in the interview if he believes the Iranians are serious about making a deal, Secretary Rubio said he thinks:
a) they’re serious about making a deal as quickly as possible
b) they’re serious about figuring out how can they buy themselves more time
c) they’re serious about giving us all of their nuclear material as a way to end the war
d) all of the above
7. The U.S. Geological Survey put out a report this week announcing that several Appalachian states could hold lithium deposits that could last the U.S. hundreds of years. Almost _______________ of the lithium used in U.S. production must currently be imported.
a) 5%
b) 10%
c) 50%
d) 90%
8. The countries that produce most of the world’s lithium and control most of the refining are:
a) Australia and Russia
b) Iran and Venezuela
c) China and Russia
d) Australia and China
9. After 20 years of war, April 30, 1975 marked the collapse of South Vietnam to _______________, and their unconditional surrender to North Vietnamese forces in Saigon.
a) democracy
b) communism
c) a king
d) anarchy
10. Operation Frequent Wind was the largest helicopter airlift in history. About 100 Marine, Air Force and Air America choppers evacuated an estimated __________ Americans and South Vietnamese out of Saigon in less than __________.
a) 700,000 / 24 hours
b) 7,000 / 24 hours
c) 700 / 4 hours
d) 70 / 20 hours
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