News quiz

1. A massive earthquake struck what country on May 12, killing tens of thousands and trapping thousands more under rubble and debris?

A. Argentina
B. China
C. Ecuador
D. Myanmar

2. President Bush opened a Mideast trip on May 14 with a visit to Jerusalem to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday. Bush also met with Israel's president. Name him.

A. Ehud Olmert
B. Shimon Peres
C. Eli Yishai
D. Mahmoud Zahar

3. Which play or musical dominated the 2008 Tony Award nominations announced on May 13 with 13 nods?

A. 'Cry-Baby'
B. 'In the Heights'
C. 'The Seafarer'
D. 'South Pacific'

4. Citing that it doesn't contradict a faith in God, the Vatican on May 13 said it's okay to actually believe in what?

A. Aliens
B. Evolution
C. Polygamy
D. Satan

5. California overturned a gay marriage ban on May 15 in a ruling that would make the nation's largest state the second one to allow same-sex weddings. Which state currently allows same-sex marriages?

A. Florida
B. Massachusetts
C. Michigan
D. New York

6. What did doctors in Greece remove from a 9-year-old girl's stomach after she went to the hospital suffering from abdominal pains on May 15?

A. Her dad's watch
B. Her embryonic twin
C. Her mother's ring
D. Her toy yo-yo

7. President Bush was a beaming father of the bride as he gave away his daughter, Jenna, to her longtime beau during their wedding ceremony on May 11. Whom did Jenna marry?

A. Ryan Caldwell
B. Larry Hagman
C. Henry Hager
D. Ryan Reynolds

8. "Sex and the City," a movie based on the popular HBO cable series following four New York thirty-something career women, had its world premiere in what city on May 13?

A. London
B. Los Angeles
C. New York City
D. Paris

9. The U.S. Interior Department declared what animal a threatened species on May 14 due to the loss of Arctic sea ice and the effects of global warming?

A. Artic foxes
B. Musk oxen
C. Polar bears
D. Tundra wolves

10. What news was accidentally revealed about Angelina Jolie by her co-star Jack Black during an interview in Cannes, France, on May 14?

A. She's bisexual
B. She's separated from Brad Pitt
C. She's expecting twins
D. She had lip injections