Does "New York values" include news quizzes? We hope it does. Make it so by taking our latest Week to Week news quiz.
Here are some random but real hints: Mitt Romney popularized the term "self-deportation"; just like catch-and-release fishing; Senator Ron Johnson called her (incorrectly) an immigrant; and he refused to be on the junior varsity team. Answers are below the quiz.
1. After Senator Ted Cruz criticized "New York values" in the latest GOP debate, how did the New York Daily News respond on its front page?
a. "Fuhgeddaboudit"
b. "We value natural-born citizens"
c. "You don't like N.Y. values? Go back to Canada!"
d. "If Texas values Ted Cruz, New York values are higher"
2. Why did the worldwide Anglican Communion suspend the entire U.S. Episcopal Church and reduce it to nonvoting observer status?
a. The Americans' refusal to acknowledge Queen Elizabeth as the God-given head of the church
b. The U.S. church's embrace of same-sex marriage
c. The total number of Episcopalians fell below the cutoff level
d. The U.S. council of Episcopal bishops failed to pay their annual dues
3. Online hackers accessed whose personal accounts?
a. Apple CEO Tim Cook
b. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
c. Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais
d. Pope Francis
4. Why did the United States thank Iran this week?
a. For its official apology for the 1979-1980 hostage crisis
b. For closing its last nuclear centrifuge facility
c. For being a friend
d. For quickly releasing 10 U.S. sailors who had entered its territorial waters
5. Singer David Bowie died of cancer this week at the age of 69. Which one of the following is not a Bowie song?
a. "Suffragette City"
b. "Blue Jean"
c. "Rebel Yell"
d. "Fame"
6. Who gave the Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union speech?
a. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
b. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley
c. House Speaker Paul Ryan
d. Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis
7. ISIS was blamed for a deadly suicide attack in what city this week?
a. Istanbul
b. Cairo
c. Tel Aviv
d. Moscow
8. Who was the target of a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood?
a. The group that released a series of anti-Planned Parenthood videos
b. President Obama
c. The Family Research Council
d. Texas Governor Greg Abbott
9. Whom did Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling mourn in a tweet this week?
a. Boy wizard Harry Potter
b. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch
c. Actor Alan Rickman
d. Leonard Nimoy
10. What did Senator Rand Paul refuse to do this Thursday?
a. Promise to stop criticizing Ted Cruz's loan from Goldman Sachs
b. Promise to stop criticizing Ted Cruz's foreign birth
c. Endorse legalized drugs
d. Take part in the "undercard" GOP presidential candidates debate
BONUS. What advice did The Royal Bank of Scotland give to investors this week?
a. "Sell everything except high quality bonds"
b. "Buy oil while it's cheap"
c. "Buy everything in sight"
d. "Russia is the next world economic superpower"
ANSWERS
1. c.
2. b.
3. b.
4. d.
5. c (that's a Billy Idol song; Bowie did sing "Rebel Rebel").
6. b.
7. a.
8. a.
9. c.
10. d.
BONUS. a.
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Explanations of the hints: Mitt Romney popularized the term "self-deportation": The New York paper basically called for Senator Cruz to self-deport himself to the land where he was born; just like catch-and-release fishing: the Iranians released the sailors who had entered Iranian waters; Senator Ron Johnson called her (incorrectly) an immigrant: Nikki Haley was born in South Carolina; and he refuses to be on the junior varsity team: Senator Ron Paul refused to take part in the GOP debate that included the candidates whose polling numbers were very low.