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Question 1

In the New Delhi Court in India, what happened on 1/7/12?

Answer 1

awaiting for the arrival of 5 of the 6 suspects in the attack of a young physiotherapy student who died after 2 weeks after being beaten and raped last month.

Question 2

Where is the 6th attacker going to be tried?

Answer 2

Juvenile court

Question 3

What does India demand the government?

Answer 3

Justice and better security for women across the country.

Question 4

What date were the victims in India, left for dead on the side of the road?

Answer 4

Dec 16

Question 5

Why doesnt anyone help the victims?

Answer 5

Nobody wants to brush with the law, so they would often look the other way if someone is in distress.

Question 6

What happened when Google interved with China?

Answer 6

In 2010, Google tried to bid to avoid the country’s censors. Google relocated its Chinese operations to Hong Kong.

Question 7

What happened when Google interved with Iran?

Answer 7

The government reacted on Google’s actions of dropping the name “Persian Gulf”, from Google Maps. Now the name is back.

Question 8

What happened when Google interved with UK?

Answer 8

Google was accused of using various haven to avoid paying taxes.

Question 9

What did the Venzuelan declare? What was the date?

Answer 9

Jan 9, gov. confirmed that Chavez’s inauguration would be delayed to allow recovery from cancer surgery.

Question 10

How many surgeries did Chavez have in 18 months?

Answer 10

Now recovering from the 4th.

Question 11

Why did this Chinese newpaper co. protest? What was the name?

Answer 11

The staff of Southern Weekend, a liberal newspaper based in the southern city of Guangzhou, recently staged a protest strike after a propaganda official rewrote an editorial calling for stronger rule of law.

Question 12

What was the name of French actor was planning to move? Where was he planning to move? Why?

Answer 12

Gerard Depardieu. He is considering to move to Russian to avoid a 75% income tax in France.

Question 13

Where did Denis Rich go?

Answer 13

UK

Question 14

Where did Sir John Templeton move?

Answer 14

UK/Bahamas

Question 15

Where did Eduardo Saverin go?

Answer 15

Singapore

Question 16

How old was Jeff Merkley first came to the Senate as an intern in 1976?

Answer 16

19 yrs old

Question 17

What does Merkley say is the root of dysfunction?

Answer 17

widespread abuse of the filibuster.

Question 18

Where was the word “filibuster” derived from?

Answer 18

the Dutch word for pirate.

Question 19

Who and when did the idea of stalling legislation?

Answer 19

Vice President Aaron Burr in 1806

Question 20

What is a cloture? Who created it?

Answer 20

Cloture can overcome filibusters. Woodrow Wilson brought this idea through Senate 22.

Question 21

Since 2007, how many times did Democrats invoked cloture towards breaking Republican filibusters?

Answer 21

400 times. In Dec, Rep. Senate leader Mitch McConnell filibustered on of his own bills.

Question 22

Who does the Senate say is a “graveyard for good ideas”?

Answer 22

Dem. Senator Tom Udall of NM.

Question 23

What is the Senate permitted “silent filibuster”?

Answer 23

Enables members to stall proceeding from the comforts of their own offices and require Senators to hold forth on the floor when delayed.

Question 24

How many votes does Democrats need to force reform?

Answer 24

51 votes.

Question 25

What did recent polls ranked the 112th Congress?

Answer 25

the 112th Congress as less popular than cockroaches,colonoscopies and communism.

Question 26

What is Chris Christie’s approval rating after Sandy?

Answer 26

70%

Question 27

What is Sandy’s damage?

Answer 27

350k homes were destroyed, 116k people were evacuated or displaced and nearly 7 million lost power.

Question 28

Who is Christie a fan of?

Answer 28

Bruce Springsteen

Question 29

WHat is John Boehner’s plan?

Answer 29

$60Billion plan for Sandy affected areas.

Question 30

Where did Christie graduate?

Answer 30

Seyton Hall Law School

Question 31

When did Christie become a US attorney?

Answer 31

2002, dealing in posecuting high-profile public sector corruption cases.

Question 32

How much did Christie raise for his campaign without fundraising?

Answer 32

$2 million

Question 33

Where did Christie fail?

Answer 33

lowering property taxes and relied on reckless borrowing to balance the budget. NJ has a 9.8% unemployment rate, which is two point above than the national avg.

Question 34

Who and how old in is the current Burmese president?

Answer 34

Thein Sein is 67 yrs old.

Question 35

HIs 45 year military career ended as what?

Answer 35

a fourth ranking general, then assumed civillian presidency in March 2011.

Question 36

When was Naypyidaw unveiled?

Answer 36

2005, with the general’s specs, replete with 8-lane avenues and extravagant buildings.

Question 37

What is the Burmese population?

Answer 37

60 million people.

Question 38

When did Obama visit Burma?

Answer 38

November 2012

Question 39

Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?

Answer 39

• elected to parliament along with 42 other members of her National League for Democracy. (NLD)
• Was under house arrest until 2010, 20 years

Question 40

Why cant Suu Kyi become president?

Answer 40

The Burmese constitution reserves powerful positions for those with military backrounds.

Question 41

Who are the Western leaders that Thein Sein devour memoirs of?

Answer 41

Obama, Henry Kissinger and Tony Blair.