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Last Updated: December 14, 2008

Quiz

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1 Who won a third term as Quebec's premier in the general election on December 8?

Jean Charest
Mario Dumont
Amir Khadir
Pauline Marois

2

In which U.S. city did a F-18 fighter jet recently crash, killing a family of four?

Houston, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Miami, FL
San Diego, CA

3 Steven Chu, Obama's pick for Secretary of Energy, is director of what research institution?

California Nanosystems Institute
Electric Power Research Institute
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

4

According to a report by Georgia J. Mason, what type of animals live shorter lives in zoos than in the wild?

bears
elephants
giraffes
hippos

5 Israel recently allowed the flow of what into Gaza?

alcohol
cash
firearms
gold