Questions

1. Authorities in rural Maine have been uncovering large-scale marijuana grow operations since 2021 inside ordinary homes that are allegedly tied to _______________.
a) organized Chinese criminal gangs
b) Mexican cartels
c) MS-13
d) La Cosa Nostra

2. In addition to illegally growing cannabis in residential homes, what crimes are these gangs involved in?
a) human trafficking
b) mortgage fraud
c) bringing illegal pesticides into the state
d) money laundering
e) all of the above

3. U.S. Central Command began a maritime operation this week to clear sea mines from the Strait of Hormuz that were placed in the strait by:
a) Russia
b) China
c) Iran
d) Pakistan

4. Three types of military equipment the U.S. has to detect sea mines/explosives are: (CHOOSE 3)
a) Remote controlled jet skies
b) Knifefish Mine Hunters
c) Aircraft carriers
d) Kingfish Drones

5. Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) is _______________ day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany.
a) the United Nations’
b) Germany’s
c) the UK’s
d) Israel’s

6. In addition to a wreath laying ceremony on Yom HaShoah, remembrance ceremonies are held in schools, army bases and government buildings. At 10 a.m., sirens are sounded across the country, and all activity comes to a standstill _______________ to honor the 6 million murdered in the Holocaust.
a) for 2 seconds
b) for 2 minutes
c) for 2 hours
d) all of the above

7. In the first 36 hours of the U.S. blockade of all Iranian ports, CENTCOM stated, "US forces have completely halted all economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea."
An estimated _______________ of Iran’s economy comes from Iranian oil exports by sea.
a) 90%
b) 9%
c) 19%
d) 900%

8. The Strait of Hormuz is recognized under __________________ as a free, international waterway allowing transit passage.
a) Iranian law
b) international law
c) Islamic law
d) U.S. Constitutional law

9. The Doolittle bombing raid on Japan took place on April 18, _______________. The mission provided an important morale boost to the U.S. following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
a) 1941
b) 1942
c) 1945
d) 1947

10. Which one of the following is NOT true about the Doolittle raid?
a) a bomber takeoff from the deck of an aircraft carrier had never been done before
b) none of the men had ever flown a single combat mission
c) they successfully hit Emperor Hirohito's Imperial Palace in Tokyo
d) it was the first time the U.S. hit Japan