In the news week ending July 4

1. In a statement from acting CEO John Mulligan, Target shoppers have been urged to leave their what at home?

Checkbooks

Guns

Pets

Germs

Target announced that the presence of firearms is “at odds with the family-friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create.”

Explanation

Target announced that the presence of firearms is “at odds with the family-friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create.”

2. Robert A. McDonald, President Obama's nominee for secretary of Veterans Affairs, formerly held what job?

CEO of Procter & Gamble.

Lead counsel for General Motors.

President of Pepperdine University.

Interim U.S. Secretary of Education.

McDonald retired from P&G in June 2013.

Explanation

McDonald retired from P&G in June 2013.

3. In an effort to reduce litter and landfill waste, Raleigh city leaders are considering what action?

Converting to mandatory electronic billing.

Building drive-thru recycling centers.

Charging shoppers for using plastic bags.

Establishing an “adopt a block” program.

A proposal was made to research the possibility of charging 5 to 10 cents for each ?plastic ?bag distributed in the city, then using the revenue for stream restoration or litter clean-up.

Explanation

A proposal was made to research the possibility of charging 5 to 10 cents for each ?plastic ?bag distributed in the city, then using the revenue for stream restoration or litter clean-up.

4. Some major league baseball players are deciding to quit what, even though it is permitted by their collective bargaining agreement?

Getting married.

Accepting complimentary first-class airline seats.

Appearing in ads for alcoholic beverages.

Spitting tobacco.

Though banned in the minor leagues, spitting tobacco is permitted in the majors by the collective bargaining agreement that extends through 2016.

Explanation

Though banned in the minor leagues, spitting tobacco is permitted in the majors by the collective bargaining agreement that extends through 2016.

5. Some small business owners are concerned about efforts to ban what type of advertising?

Vehicle signs.

Sponsorship of little league teams.

Sign spinners.

Craigslist.

A proposed new rule would force business owners to park the vehicles behind their buildings if parking is available there. If that’s not an option, then the vehicle can’t be within 100 feet of the street.

Explanation

A proposed new rule would force business owners to park the vehicles behind their buildings if parking is available there. If that’s not an option, then the vehicle can’t be within 100 feet of the street.

6. Louis Zamperini, a World War II veteran to survived 47 days on a raft in the Pacific and two years in Japanese prison camps, died at age 97. What did he do before the war?

He was a movie director.

He was a poet.

He was an orphan.

He was an Olympic athlete.

He competed in the 5,000-meter run at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Explanation

He competed in the 5,000-meter run at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

7. Researchers have found that nearly all mammals take the same amount of time (around 21 seconds) to do what?

Feel pain.

Adjust to bright light.

Urinate.

Fall asleep.

Scientists who watched dozens of different mammals from rats to elephants relieve themselves found that most of them seem to ?urinate in the same time frame, although the flow rate varies.

Explanation

Scientists who watched dozens of different mammals from rats to elephants relieve themselves found that most of them seem to ?urinate in the same time frame, although the flow rate varies.

8. Friends Feeding Friends and A Second Helping are two food donation programs that use what as a source for stocking local food pantries during the summer?

Food prepared by students in the local community college culinary classes.

Food collected from visitors to the USS North Carolina Battleship.

Food left behind by beach vacationers.

Food donated by local produce stands.

These programs accept donations of perishable and nonperishable food from visitors at the end of their vacation weeks for use by local food ministries.

Explanation

These programs accept donations of perishable and nonperishable food from visitors at the end of their vacation weeks for use by local food ministries.

9. The National Institutes of Health has picked Duke University and five other medical and research institutions to study what?

Medical mysteries.

Paranormal activity.

Effects of cellphone radiation.

Tick-borne diseases.

Duke will join a federally-sponsored network to fight diseases that have proven unusually difficult to identify.

Explanation

Duke will join a federally-sponsored network to fight diseases that have proven unusually difficult to identify.

10. A new study shows that people would rather receive an electric shock than what?

Be alone with their thoughts.

Spend Thanksgiving with their in-laws.

Sit in rush-hour traffic.

Go to the dentist.

Experiment subjects who were asked to spend 15 minutes alone without cellphones or other distractions, chose to shock themselves.

Explanation

Experiment subjects who were asked to spend 15 minutes alone without cellphones or other distractions, chose to shock themselves.

In The News Week Ending July 4

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