Questions:
1. What sportscaster was criticized for the statements he made on air during halftime of an NFL game Sunday?Bob Costas

Extra Credit: What was the topic that upset viewers?
Gun control

2. What Royal couple announced they are expecting?
Prince William and Kate are expecting their first child.

3 - 4. Name two leaders who were in the news this week in conjunction with Twitter. (HINTS: One held a town hall meeting about the fiscal cliff and the economy, and the other will be tweeting about issues of faithand, for now, is following no one.)


5. What is the eight-day religious celebration beginning Dec. 8 that includes lighting a candle each day?
Hanukkah

6. What did both President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton warn the Syrian president not to use?
Chemical Weapons

7. The fiscal cliff continues to dominate the news with speakers for both sides on all the weekend news talk shows. One such person was Timothy Geithner. What is his role in the government?
Treasury Secretary

8. One big point of disagreement between the Democrats and Republicans is whether to increase taxes on what segment of the population?
Upper class

Current Events Quiz
October 1-5, 2012

1) What event related to the presidential campaign takes place Wednesday?

Elections

2-3) Who is participating in this?

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney

4) A big topic in the news: polls indicating how the president candidates are doing. One survey released this week showed Barack Obama with a HUGE lead (44 percent points) with what group of voters?

Democratic

5) One voting controversy concerns what item that some states are saying voters need to have with them to be allowed to cast a ballot?

Whether is complies with the requirements of a secret ballot

6) What are some saying officials refused to provide before the fatal attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya last month?

Watergate caught numerous public officials lying, including the president of the United States

7) In a story that's not exactly new, whose remains did police think they may have found last week in Michigan after he has been missing since 1975? (Now they say, no, that's not him.)

Jimmy Hoffa

8) Sales of what item reached the highest level in four years this week? (Hint: Foreign ones did better than domestic.)

 Home prices

Do you like phone games?

Do you like phone games? Jason Vieira does. He has the Iphone 3g and loves action games, but his favorite game is Angry Birds, "because it's really cool and you can sling shot the birds and make them hit stuff." He likes to play them when he's bored or has nothing to do in class. I'm sure the teachers must love that.

There are a lot of fun games to play when you don't have anything to do; Olya Nealy likes puzzle games. She has an HTC Android and likes playing "Temple run, because it's addicting." She enjoys playing other phone games when she has nothing to do.

Robert Gurule also likes to play phone games on his Samsong Slostice 2; but he likes to play Pacman and Tetris. His favorite game is "Uno, because it's fun and challenging."