So far, 31 states have put gay marriage on the ballot. Van Jones, a White House environmental advisor, resigned after it was revealed he once called himself “a communist,” referred to Republicans as “a-holes,” and had signed a petition alleging what?ġ7. Match the person with the beer, and identify which of the four didn’t drink beer because he said he never drinks alcohol.ġ6. James Crowley, Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden talked about race relations over some brews: a Bud Light, a Blue Moon (a wheat beer with orange and coriander flavors), and a Samuel Adams. At President Obama’s White House “Beer Summit,” Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., Sgt.
When Supreme Court Justice David Souter resigned, President Obama sparked months of intense debate when he said he would seek a judge with this quality.ġ5. What did they do with them instead, which eventually led to their rescue?ġ4. When two teenage Australian girls became trapped in a storm drain, they did not use their cell phones to call 911. This warm-weather boom state, which lost 58,000 residents over the past year, is losing population for the first time in a century due to the collapse of its housing and job markets.ġ3. What can you do with the following devices: the Nook, the Que, the Cool-er, and the DR800SG?ġ2. Within five percentage points, what percent of China’s population can read and write?ġ1. From where do “pilots” operate most of the Predator drones that patrol the skies over Afghanistan and Pakistan, firing missiles when suspected terrorists are spotted?ĭ) Creech Air Force base outside Las Vegasġ0. … conducted an affair with a woman on his staff who happened to be the wife of his top assistant and longtime best friend, and then fired them both when the truth was discovered.ĩ. … gave this top congressional aide-now his live-in girlfriend-a $14,000 raise, took her on a “fact-finding” trip to Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates, and arranged for her to meet with his divorce lawyer months before his wife knew he was seeking a divorce.Ĩ. Why didn’t we find each other years ago.”ħ. … texted one of his girlfriends: “I know it’s brutal on you that you can’t be with me all the time. … draped an expensive gold necklace around the neck of a comely model at a party to celebrate her 18th birthday, prompting his wife to leave him, saying he had never remembered his own children’s birthdays.Ħ. … told his aides to say he was off “hiking on the Appalachian Trail,” when he was actually in Argentina conducting-and breaking off-an extramarital affair.ĥ. national debt-accumulated over the previous half-century-was $5.6 trillion.
When Bill Clinton left office in 2001, the total U.S. With unemployment at 10 percent, how long do most economists project it will take to get back to a more normal unemployment rate of 5 percent, even if the recovery is strong and prolonged?ģ. Within 1 million, how many jobs were lost over the 23-month-long recession that ended this year?Ģ.