Questions
1. Citing a recent poll on Americans’ views on requiring photo ID to vote, CNN reported ALL BUT WHICH ONE of the following? (WHICH ONE IS FALSE)?
a) 82% of Latinos support requiring photo ID to vote
b) 75% of Black Americans support requiring photo ID to vote
c) only 7% of Democrats support requiring photo ID to vote
d) 95% of Republicans support requiring photo ID to vote
2. Despite overwhelming support for a photo ID requirement to vote, most/all ________________ are expected to vote against a proposed bill.
a) Democrats in Congress
b) Republicans in Congress
c) Independents in Congress
d) all of the above
3. Seventy-eight year old Jimmy Lai is a billionaire who founded a newspaper in Hong Kong and used his media platforms and personal wealth to support Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, fearlessly criticizing:
a) the Chinese Communist Party
b) the United States
c) the British government
d) Honk Kong’s local business leaders
4. Mr. Lai was convicted in Hong Kong of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security, and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He was sentenced this week to _______________ in prison.
a) 2 years
b) 12 years
c) 20 years
d) 200 years
5. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, renowned for leading the Union through the Civil War, preserving the nation, and abolishing slavery via the Emancipation Proclamation. He was known as _______________, due to his reputation for integrity and fairness, particularly during his time as a lawyer in Illinois.
a) “No lies Lincoln”
b) “Truthful Abe”
c) “Disingenuous Lincoln”
d) “Honest Abe”
6. Abraham Lincoln was known as the “Great Emancipator” primarily for issuing the _______________ in 1863, which declared slaves in Confederate territory free, and for pushing the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery permanently.
a) Gettysburg Address
b) Emancipation Proclamation
c) Declaration of Independence
d) Second Inaugural Address
7. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) abruptly grounded all flights in and out of El Paso International Airport in Texas for _______________ starting Wednesday morning, citing “special security” instructions — and then lifted the order hours later.
a) 10 days
b) 2 weeks
c) a month
d) 24 hours
8. The reason for the closure of the El Paso Airport was said to be:
a) annual airport maintenance
b) Mexican cartel drones had breached U.S. airspace overnight
c) the airport runways were needed for military training
d) all of the above
9. Customs and Border Protection announced this week that they took over more than 134 acres of land in _______________ that was being used by a Mexican drug cartel for smuggling activities.
a) California
b) New Mexico
c) Arizona
d) Texas
10. __________ warned the cartels in a message: “You think this is just about arrests? It’s not. We are dismantling your operations from the ground up. We’re cutting out your safe houses, your staging areas, your corridors.”
a) the CIA
b) ICE
c) the FBI
d) CBP
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