1. Peter Mayhew was hospitalized with pneumonia. For what is Mayhew best known?
2. The richest one percent of the world’s population is expected to control how much of the world’s total wealth by next year, according to a study released by Oxfam?
a) More than 40%, b) More than 50%, c) More than 60%
3. What did Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman allege in the week before he was found dead?
4. What did Al Gore and Pharrell Williams announce Wednesday?
5. Shazam, the smartphone app, said that its latest round of funding values the company at how much?
a) $500 million, b) $1 billion, c) $2 billion
6. “The protocol would suggest that the leader of one country would contact the leader of another country when he’s traveling there,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters. To what was he referring?
7. Who ascended to the throne in Saudi Arabia following the death of King Abdullah?
8. Which of the following superpowers did President Obama say he would like to have?
a) The ability to fly, b) the ability to control the weather, c) the ability to speak any language
Answers:
1) Playing Chewbacca, the “Star Wars” character; 2) b; 3) That President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and other top officials had conspired with Iran to conceal responsibility for the 1994 suicide bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in return for Iran’s agreeing to supply oil to Argentina; 4) “Live Earth,” a series of concerts to demand action on climate change that will take place June 18 across seven continents; 5) b; 6) A visit to the U.S. next month by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner. Neither the speaker’s office nor the prime minister’s office informed the White House of the prime minister’s plans; 7) Crown Prince Salman; 8) a and c