Current Events Quiz Week of Feb. 17 – 21, 2014

Current Events Quiz Week of Feb. 17 – 21, 2014 Questions: 1. What country had at least 14 reported dead this week in clashes between protesters and police outside its parliament building? Extra Credit: What is the city where this is happening? 2. Of course the Olympics has been in the news spotlight all week. Name one sport where the U.S. is doing very well. 3. But one sport’s participants have done surprisingly poorly. What is that? Extra credit: At least some are blaming what new piece of technology for the problems? 4. What did an Ethiopian pilot do this week that made headlines? 5. What singing/performance duo, who already had been in Russian prison for two years for their actions, were again jailed – this time in Sochi? 6. Who premiered as the Tonight Show host this week? 7. What country was the site of a photo that went viral this week of a 4-year-old boy, temporarily separated from this family while crossing the desert to escape the fighting in his homeland? 8. Some experts say the proposed increase in minimum wage will be good because it will increase the earnings of low-wage Americans, but it will be bad because _______________