October, 2008
Not so long ago, in a land not so far away, what the heck happened!?!?
Quiz created by: Bill Graves
1. How much money did the Emergency Economic Stabilization act put in a fund?
(#) $700 trillion
(#) $700 billion
(#) $700 million
(#) $700,000
2. Messenger flew by which planet?
(#) Venus
(#) Earth
(#) Mercury
(#) Neptune
3. Which major milestone did the Dow go below for the first time since 2004?
(#) 1,000 points
(#) 5,000 points
(#) 10,000 points
(#) 20,000 points
4. Which nation was not elected to a 2-year term on the U.N. Security Council?
(#) Austria
(#) Japan
(#) Turkey
(#) Iraq
5. Delta merged with which airline to form the world's largest commercial airline?
(#) Northwest
(#) United
(#) American
(#) Southwest
6. Russia agreed to loan 4 billion euro to which nation?
(#) Iceland
(#) Finland
(#) Luxembourg
(#) Greenland
7. Which nation launched the Chandrayaan-1 lunar exploration spacecraft?
(#) Thailand
(#) India
(#) Pakistan
(#) Nepal
8. Where did meteoroid 2008 TC3 'hit'?
(#) Sudan
(#) Egypt
(#) Indian Ocean
(#) Atlantic Ocean
9. A 6.6 earthquake hit which nation?
(#) Pakistan
(#) Liechtenstein
(#) Kyrgyzstan
(#) Uzbekistan
10. Kaupthing Bank, Landsbanki and Glitnir were taken over by which nation?
(#) Iceland
(#) Poland
(#) Finland
(#) Greenland
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