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Last Updated: August 11, 2010

Quiz

1 Which former US senator died in an Alaskan plane crash on Tuesday?

	Robert Byrd
	Ted Stevens
	Hillary Clinton
	Joseph McCarthy

2 A former administrator of NASA was on the plane, but survived. What was his/her name?

	John Kennedy
	Georgia O'Keefe
	Letitia Long
	Sean O'Keefe

3 Which Chilean government official "pledged to do everything possible" to reach miners trapped in a collapsed mine in the country?

	Francisco de la Lastra
	Fidel Castro
	Ricardo Lagos
	Sebastián Piñera

4 JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater alledgedly cursed out a passenger on a airplane intercom. What charges has the 38 year-old man been charged with?

	Mail fraud, wire fraud, and first degree murder
	Criminal mischief, criminal trespassing, and reckless endangerment
	Personal encroachment, violation of the PATRIOT act, violation of the September 11, 2001 act, and reckless endangerment
	Running under the influence of alcohol and violating an employer contract

5 "He [Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari] should be there organising for his own people. Instead he's here [in Birmingham, England] with so many people. The government is paying all the expense for that. That money should be spent on the people of Pakistan, not on himself." Who uttered these words, and where?

	Barack Obama, in Washington, D.C, United States
	Muhammad Ali, in Karachi, Pakistan
	Mushrraf al-Shabaab, in Birmingham, England
	Mohammed Khalil, in Birmingham, England