NEWS QUIZ: What president is featured on the latest $1 coin? Print E-mail
Friday, 24 August 2007

By Dale Singer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

1. Dollar coins featuring what president were issued last week?

A. John Adams

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. James Madison

D. James Monroe

2. TV talk show host Merv Griffin created which of these game shows?

A. "Hollywood Squares"

B. "Family Feud"

C. "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?"

D. "Wheel of Fortune"

3. What position did Phil Rizzuto, the Yankee Hall of Famer who died last week, play?

A. First base

B. Second base

C. Shortstop

D. Third base

4. The mayor of what city wants to impose a $50-a-day charge for drivers of SUVs?

A. New York

B. London

C. Hong Kong

D. Mexico City

5. Recently released memos indicate that organized crime may have targeted what public figure in the 1970s?

A. Warren Burger

B. Richard Nixon

C. Spiro Agnew

D. Nelson Rockefeller

 

ANSWERS:

1. B. The Jefferson coins were issued by the U.S. Mint.

2. D. Griffin was the force behind "Wheel of Fortune."

3. C. Rizzuto was a shortstop.

4. B. London Mayor Ken Livingstone wants to impose the SUV tax.

5. A. The memos discuss whether crime figures were considering a hit on Chief Justice Burger.

 

 
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