Questions
1. In 1971, Congress switched Washington’s Birthday holiday from his birthdate, Feb. 22, to the third Monday in February. It is now called “Presidents Day” and celebrates both Washington’s birthday and President Lincoln’s birthday, which is Feb. 12. George Washington is known as:
a) A Man of Civility
b) The Great Emancipator
c) Honest George
d) The Father of Our Country
2. George Washington had a personal copy of _______________, in which he had written notes. Next to: “He [the president] shall from time to time give Congress information of the state of the union,” Washington wrote “required,” and it was he who established the address as an annual event.
a) the Gettysburg Address
b) the 14th amendment
c) the Constitution
d) the Magna Carta
3. A __________ DOGE staffer was given access this week to the IRS system that tracks tax returns.
a) 18 year old
b) 21 year old
c) 25 year old
d) 45 year old
4. While reviewing the IRS database, the DOGE staffer will be looking for:
a) ideas on how to end federal income taxes permanently
b) Democrat senators’ personal tax returns
c) ways to shut down the IRS
d) wasteful spending and fraud
5. The _______________ is deploying unmanned drones over Mexico to search for fentanyl labs run by drug cartels.
a) CIA
b) FBI
c) FAA
d) Mexican government
6. The drones collect information on cartel activities, including all but which one?
a) when materials arrive to make fentanyl
b) the amount of money the cartels are making selling the fentanyl in the U.S.
c) who enters and exits drug labs
d) when the final product leaves the respective labs
7. The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman III _______________ from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early Wednesday morning.
a) Space X Dragon
b) intercontinental ballistic missile
c) ballistic missile
d) drone
8. The Air Force said the missile test is intended to:
a) demonstrate the readiness of U.S. nuclear forces
b) provide confidence in the lethality and effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear deterrent
c) neither a) nor b)
d) both a) and b)
9. Two dozen alleged members of the _______________ gang have been arrested in Massachusetts in what the U.S. Attorney said is a great start for “dismantling” the gang’s relentless “bloodshed.”
a) Tren de Aragua
b) Trinitarios
c) Latin Kings
d) Warriors
10. The gang leader and 7 other gang members were arraigned Wednesday in federal court on _______________ charges.
a) racketeering and murder
b) gambling and money laundering
c) burglary and arson
d) embezzlment
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