Tuesday, January 26, 2010

News Quiz

Question: President Obama will call for a ______ freeze in spending on many domestic programs, and for increases no greater than inflation after that, an initiative intended to signal his seriousness about cutting the budget deficit, administration officials said Monday.

Answer: three-year

Question: As ______ prepares for its primaries, Scott Brown’s election last week has raised Republican hopes of taking the Senate seat once held by Barack Obama.

Answer: illinois

Question: Tishman Speyer Properties and BlackRock Realty announced on Monday that it was turning the keys over to its lenders after it defaulted on its loans of the record-breaking $5.4 billion deal to buy the largest apartment complexes in Manhattan: ______.

Answer: Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village

Question: Ending a yearlong investigation, the Justice Department on Monday announced its conditions for accepting a proposed merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment and ______, a deal that could significantly remake the live entertainment business by combining touring, management and ticketing into one company.

Answer: Live nation

Question: A ______ convention billed as the coming together of the grass-roots groups that began sprouting up around the country a year ago is unraveling as sponsors and participants pull out to protest its expense and express concerns about “profiteering.”

Answer: tea party

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