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Last Updated: February 13, 2011

Quiz

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1 When six people died as the result of an aircraft crash in Cork, Republic of Ireland, what were the weather conditions like at Cork Airport?

Foggy
Rainy
Windy
Icy

2 South Sudan's Cooperatives and Rural Development Minister, Jimmy Lemi Milla, was shot and killed in what type of building?

His house
His office
A hotel
A café

3 When Hosni Mubarak stepped down as Egyptian president, who did he give control of the country to?

Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman
The Egyptian armed forces
Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir
Libyan Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Muammar al-Gaddafi

4 In 1989, fluoride was added to drinking water in the city of Calgary in Canada in an attempt to reduce the risk of contracting what?

Tooth decay
Gingivitis
Mouth disease
Oral cancer

5 Kurt Busch won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2011 Budweiser Shootout that was held at which venue?

Auto Club Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Phoenix International Raceway
Daytona International Speedway