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Who said this? "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (1 point)

Mitt Romney in 2007, responding to criticism from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals following revelations that he had once put the family dog in a carrier and strapped it to the roof of his car during a 12-hour road trip to Canada.

Who said this? "I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love." (1 point)

Mitt Romney

Who said this? “As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else. It's being drawn to Iraq. You know what? I want to keep it on Iraq. I don't want the eye to come back to the United States.” (1 point)

Rick Santorum in a 2006 interview with the Bucks County Courier Times. Santorum compared the war in Iraq to Lord of the Rings to explain why the United States had not experienced any terrorist attacks for the past five years.

Who said this? “We should replace bilingual education with immersion in English so people learn the common language of the country and they learn the language of prosperity, not the language of living in a ghetto.” (1 point)

Newt Gingrich, two years before starting his own Spanish-language website.

The following five names were suggestions for renaming which city? Where did these suggestions come from? "Welfaria," "Zooville," "Rapetown," "Dirtburg," "Lazyopolis." (2 points max)

Acceptable answers: New York City; Ron Paul’s Political Report; one of Ron Paul’s newsletters
The answer comes from a December 23rd, 2011 article in The New Republic:

i. “An October 1990 edition of Ron Paul's Political Report ridicules black activists, led by Al Sharpton, for demonstrating at the Statue of Liberty in favor of renaming New York City after Martin Luther King. The newsletter suggests that ‘Welfaria,’ ‘Zooville,’ ‘Rapetown,’ ‘Dirtburg,’ and ‘Lazyopolis’ would be better alternatives—and says, ‘Next time, hold that demonstration at a food stamp bureau or a crack house.’”

What is the name of the American-born terrorist who was recently convicted of masterminding the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India? (1 point)

David Headley

What is the name of the radical American-born cleric and leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who was recently killed in a drone strike? (1 point)

Anwar al-Waki

What is the name of the former American ambassador to China who recently ran for president? What is the name of the person who replaced him? (2 points)

Jon Huntsman, Jr; Gary Locke

This former Chinese leader was rumored to be dead until his recent public appearance. Who is he? (1 point)

Jiang Zemin

According to Fareed Zakaria, about how much time cumulatively have people spent playing Angry Birds? (1 point)

200,000 years

About what percentage of the world’s oil supply passes through The Strait of Hormuz? (1 point)

One fifth

Who funded and built the new African Union headquarters in Ethiopia? (1 point)

China

The United States accounted for what percentage of the world’s economy in 2011 in terms of GDP? (1 point)

25%

China accounted for what percentage of the world’s economy in 2011 in terms of GDP? (1 point)

8%

In which year did China surpass Japan to become the world’s second-largest economy? (1 point)

2010

About how many employees does Facebook have? (1 point)

3,200

Google is the world’s most popular search engine. Which one is the second most popular? (1 point)

Youtube

What was the 2011 Song of the Summer according to Billboard? (1 point)

LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem

According to DJ Magazine, who were the top five DJs of 2011? You must answer in order. (5 points)

1) David Guetta; 2) Armin Van Buuren; 3) Tiësto; 4) deadmau5 (pronounced “deadmouse”); 5) Above & Beyond

How many prime ministers has Japan had since Junichiro Koizumi stepped down in 2006? Bonus for each one you can name, but only if they’re in order. (7 points)

Six
1) Shinzo Abe; 2) Yasuo Fukuda; 3) Taro Aso; 4) Yukio Hatoyama; 5) Naoto Kan; 6) Yoshihiko Noda (current)

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