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Last Updated: March 7, 2010

Quiz

1 "Here's what you get, guys, when the kids are out of school." The man who uttered this phrase was suspended from his job last week for allowing his children do what?

	Declare a false tsunami alert in the Indian Ocean over emergency systems
	Drive a passenger train unsupervised
	Control air traffic at a major US airport
	Access editorial controls on the BBC website to insert gibberish on the front page

2 Which major airline recently announced that it would be cutting over a thousand jobs?

	Air Canada
	US Airways
	Aeroflot
	British Airways

3 A NASA scientist has suggested that the recent heavy Chile earthquake may have done what to the Earth?

	Cause it to move closer to the Sun
	Made the day shorter
	Made the day longer
	Cause the globe's shape to be more elongated

4 Russian president Dmitriy Medvedev recently requested for the resignations of some of his country's Olympic coaches, but for what reason?

	Because they did not object to the use of steroids
	Because Russian athletes did not perform as well in terms of medal count in Vancouver as in previous years
	Because he believed their salary demands were too high

5 A heavy 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck which eastern Asian country recently?

	Indonesia
	Japan
	Thailand
	Taiwan