News Quiz: Government shutdown; Hunter Biden
1. The U.S. House and Senate are staring down a deadline of which date to fund the government in order to avoid a shutdown?
A. Sept. 28
B. Sept. 30
C. Oct. 1
D. Oct. 3
2. Hunter Biden has sued whom, alleging illegal use of data from his laptop computer at a Delaware repair shop?
A. Merrick Garland
B. Kevin McCarthy
C. Rudy Giuliani
D. Donald Trump
3. Sen. Bob Menendez said he would not resign after the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan unsealed an indictment accusing him of accepting extravagant bribes. Menendez is the senior senator of which state?
A. Pennsylvania
B. New Jersey
C. New York
D. Connecticut
4. Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as chairman of Fox. Who is his replacement?
A. James Murdoch
B. Elisabeth Murdoch
C. Lachlan Murdoch
D. Kendall Roy
5. In a reversal, President Emmanuel Macron said French troops will leave which African country by year’s end, bowing to the demands of a junta in the former colony after a coup?
A. Niger
B. Nigeria
C. Gambia
D. Ivory Coast
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ANSWERS
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. A
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