News Quiz on Some Shocking Events of the Week — What Do You Know?

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1. The worst state to be a poor kid in the United States is:
a) West Virginia, where more people lose their teeth at an earlier age than anywhere else
b) California, where a Stanford University study found that, factoring in the cost of living, the state would have the worst poverty rate in the country
c) Mississippi, where a recent report found that over 61 percent of its residents are financially insecure, with little or no savings
d) New York, where New York City, the largest in the country, also has the highest number of homeless children

2. This week in George Zimmerman:
a) He sent out a press release asking: "If I Admit I Killed Trayvon Martin Because I'm a Knucklehead, Will You Leave Me Alone?"
b) He complained that he is suffering from PTSD from all the negative press he generates
c) Another ex-girlfriend came forward to say he beat her and mooched off her
d) He was sunning himself on a beach in Miami after a round of TV interviews when an angry mob chased him away

3. Legal recreational pot use in Colorado has yielded some surprising results. The Governor this week revealed that pot use is:
a) reducing youthful binge drinking as Generation App finds pot way cooler than booze
b) creating an international tourist industry as would-be stoners book pot vacation packages to Aspen and Boulder
c) generating far more tax revenues than anticipated
d) reducing road rage as the lingering effects of THC mellows out drivers

4. Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka "Joe the Plumber," became famous, and a Conservative/Teaparty favorite when he confronted then-candidate Barack Obama on his plans to raise taxes on the 1 percent--those making over $250,000 a year. This week he revealed that he had made a very anti-teaparty move and joined a union. His explanation?
a) Opp research. He need to go undercover to expose nefarious union ways.
b) He took a job at Chrysler and joining the United Auto Workers is mandatory for all non-management jobs.
c) He lost a bet with Rush Limbaugh.
d) You can't beat the health benefits unions negotiate.

[IdaBriggs]

1. Without looking at the answers...

1 - C
2 - B
3 - C
4 - B

[PADemD]

2. My answers

1.c
2.d
3.c
4.b