Questions

1. Veterans Day, observed officially on November 11, was originally called Armistice Day - a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I. An armistice was signed between the Allied nations and Germany on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of:
a) 1918
b) 1938
c) 1945
d) 1954

2. In 1954, Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, changed Armistice Day to Veterans Day to honor American veterans of all wars.
__________________ issued the first Veterans Day Proclamation in 1954.
a) President Franklin D. Roosevelt
b) President Harry S. Truman
c) President Dwight D. Eisenhower
d) President John F. Kennedy

3. Major James Capers Jr. is a trailblazing U.S. Marine Corps veteran recognized for his heroism and leadership. He is the first enlisted African American to receive a battlefield commission, leading a Force Reconnaissance Company in:
a) the Korean War
b) the Gulf War
c) the Vietnam War
d) the War Between the States

4. Travis Mills, a retired United States Army Staff Sergeant is one of only five quadruple amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive such extensive injuries. Following recovery and rehab, Mills has become all but which one?
a) a critic of the United States military
b) an advocate for wounded veterans
c) a motivational speaker
d) the head of a foundation which provides support and retreats for veterans and their families

5. The U.S. Supreme Court accepted an appeal by Mississippi on Monday to decide whether states may count mail-in ballots received after Election Day. Mississippi first extended the deadline for counting mail-in ballots in 2020 due to:
a) an inept postal service
b) Covid/the "pandemic"
c) irresponsible voters
d) none of the above

6. Mississippi's appeal involves the question: Does federal law permit states to count ballots received after Election Day? Currently __________________ states and DC allow mail-in ballots to be received 5 to 7 days after Election Day if they are postmarked by Election Day.
a) 1
b) 19
c) 9
d) 49

7. The U.S. Treasury is ending production of the penny because it has become “financially untenable” and unnecessary due to:
a) rising production costs
b) technology
c) rapidly changing consumer habits
d) all of the above

8. It currently costs 3.69 cents to make a penny, up from 1.42 cents __________________. Ending penny production will save taxpayers about $56 million a year.
a) a decade ago
b) a century ago
c) last year
d) in 1909 after Abraham Lincoln's image was added to the front of the coin

9. Two New York City restauranteurs say they will not be opening planned new restaurants in for all but which reason:
a) Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's anti-business proposals like taxing the rich and opening publicly-run grocery stores will not improve the economy
b) Mamdani is not pro business
c) Mamdani's "radical changes scare the [heck] out of small business owners”
d) Mamdani is only 34 and has never held a real job

10. Which one of the following did neither entrepreneur say about Mamdani?
a) "Anything is better than a socialist communist with insane, anti-small business policies”
b) "We just don’t feel that this mayor is suitable to supporting small businesses"
c) "I might give the kid a chance"
d) “The hatred of Jews, socialism, the economics – it’s too much”