Current Events Quiz

Current Events Quiz Week of Feb. 24 – 28, 2014 Questions: 1. What state’s legislature passed a controversial bill that some say discriminates based on sexual orientation and others say promotes religious freedom? Extra Credit: What happens to the bill now? 2. Comedy director, writer and actor Harold Ramis died this week after a long illness. Name one of the classic movies he wrote, directed or acted in. 3. What country’s president has fled to an unknown destination after being ousted from his post and charged with mass murder? 4. Who is the Russian president, recently watching the Olympics in Sochi and now watching what is going on in the neighboring country in Question #4? 5. In another much-hyped change in late-night viewing, who took over Jimmy Fallon’s old job hosting “Late Night” on NBC? 6. What 40-day religious observation begins next week? 7. A man known as the world’s most wanted drug lord was arrested in what country last weekend? 8. What did Dale Earnhardt Jr. win last week?