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<div class="">July 3, 2013</div>
<h1>Fourth of July Quiz</h1>
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Happy Independence Day, everybody! Halfway through 2013! Now President
Obama only has 3.5 more years of his second term. If you think that
sounds like a long time, imagine how it must feel to Barack Obama.
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Take this quiz to see how much you’ve been paying attention to the
political news over the last six months. Warning: There is one trick
question. What can I tell you? Having independence doesn’t mean life is
always fair. </p>
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1. Just before leaving town for its holiday break, the House of Representatives finished up work on: </p>
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a) The farm bill. </p>
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b) Fixing the Voting Rights Act. </p>
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c) Naming a Mississippi River bridge after Stan Musial. </p>
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***** </p>
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2. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan recently revealed an achievement
that Justice Antonin Scalia said “she could have done in my driveway.”
It was: </p>
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a) Writing a decision on property owners’ right to road access. </p>
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b) Learning to parallel park. </p>
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c) Killing a deer. </p>
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***** </p>
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3. Asked by reporters about the chances of passing immigration reform, House Speaker John Boehner said: </p>
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a) “Absolutely. I’m getting tired of your negativity.” </p>
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b) “The House will work its will. Don’t ask me how, because if I knew
I’d certainly tell you, but the House is going to work its will.”
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c) “Hahahahaha” </p>
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***** </p>
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4. Representative Michele Bachmann made news when she announced she would not run for re-election. Which of the following was <strong>not</strong> among her career highlights: </p>
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a) Mixed up actor John Wayne with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. </p>
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b) Said the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired in New Hampshire. </p>
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c) Said that a nonseasonal blizzard in Minnesota was God’s warning to politicians to reduce the size of government. </p>
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***** </p>
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5. The House recently passed a ban on abortions after the 20th week of a
pregnancy. In a committee meeting, Representative Michael Burgess, a
Republican of Texas, supported the bill by claiming: </p>
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a) A 15-week-old fetus can masturbate. </p>
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b) Pregnant women have to be protected from their hormone-induced bad judgment. </p>
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c) The Republican majority’s work expanding health care, nutrition and
education for poor children makes abortion unnecessary. </p>
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***** </p>
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6. Mississippi has a new law: </p>
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a) Banning localities from requiring restaurants to post calorie counts on menus. </p>
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b) Establishing the nation’s first “Take Your Weapon to Work Day.” </p>
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c) Renaming a large parking facility in Biloxi the Trent Lott Lot. </p>
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***** </p>
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7. In New York, a Democratic state senator was indicted on charges of
trying to bribe political officials into putting him on the ballot for
mayor. Prosecutors said he was aided by: </p>
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a) Agents of the Canadian government. </p>
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b) A leader of a tribe of Theodish pagans. </p>
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c) An undercover investigator disguised as Michael Bloomberg. </p>
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***** </p>
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8. Which of the following is <strong>not</strong> true about the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia? </p>
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a) Believes yoga is an invitation to Satanic possession. </p>
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b) Drank 14 Big Gulps in an hour to demonstrate his opposition to government restrictions on sugary drinks. </p>
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c) Said pro-gay rights liberals have done “more to kill black folks” than slavery or the Ku Klux Klan. </p>
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***** </p>
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9. Anthony Weiner’s campaign for New York City mayor made news on its opening week when its Web site: </p>
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a) Included Weiner’s 100-point plan for a better New York. </p>
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b) Accidentally posted a staffer’s memo on “Successful American
Politicians Who Did Stuff Way Worse Than the Texting Thing.” </p>
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c) Featured a picture of the New York skyline that was actually Pittsburgh. </p>
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***** </p>
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10. Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and possible 2016 presidential
candidate, recently urged Congress to pass immigration reform because
immigrants are: </p>
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a) More patriotic. </p>
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b) More fertile. </p>
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c) More likely to vote Republican. </p>
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***** </p>
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11. Who recently said: “Everybody tells me: ‘Please run for President?’ ” </p>
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a) Hillary Clinton. </p>
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b) Donald Trump. </p>
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c) Mitt Romney after a Romney family reunion. </p>
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ANSWERS: 1-C, 2-C, 3-B, 4-C (Bachmann said <em>Hurricane Irene</em> was God’s warning to politicians to reduce the size of government), 5-A, 6-A, 7-B, 8-B, 9-C, 10-B, 11-B. </p>
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