Current Events Quiz Practice

1. Who donated the largest amount of money to the University of Texas during their eight year fund drive which ended Sunday night?
James and Miriam Mulva donated a total of $75 million dollars for engineering, business and the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

2. What is the proposed national minimum wage that President Obama would like to see in place this year? 
$1o.10 an hour for minimum wage. 

3. What do you think the political cartoon on Page A9 means?
The political cartoon makes me think of a terrorist and the skull makes me think of how they want to see certain people be tortured and killed.

4. How many people were killed in accidents over the holiday weekend? 
Three people were killed in accidents over the Labor Day weekend.

5. What happened to UT quarterback David Ash over the weekend that has UT football fans upset?
He had a head injury and he wasn't going to play in Saturday's BYU game. It is unsure if he is gonna play for the Longhorn's ever again. 

6. What is a "hyper lapse video?
"Hyperlapse" is an app that you can upload a video and Hyperlapse steadies the video and smooths out shaky video taking. 


Read one of the obituaries found on page B4. Read one of the longer ones. What elements make up an obituary? What kind of information is available. What thing would you expect to read in an obituary that you rarely find in one (see if you can deduce this one on your own)? Did you know that many new reporters first assignments are to write obituaries? What would you think about having to write one of these?


The elements that make up an obituary are their age of death, hobbies and interests, remaining family members and their death date. Something I would expect to see in one that I don't really see is their cause of death. I did not know that new reporters first assignment is usually an obituary. I wouldn't be thrilled to have that be my first report  because it seems boring but I would still do it because  I would need to get my career started.