This South American leader recently died of cancer.
Hugo Chavez
100
Both of these candidates will be part of a runoff election for the post of Los Angeles mayor.
Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel
100
This actress recently won an academy award for her role as Fantine in "Les Miserables."
Anne Hathway
100
He was just confirmed as the new CIA chief.
John Brennan
100
A new plan was generated to save these animals who face loss of their habitat and extinction due to global warming.
Polar bears
200
Secretary of State John Kerry and other dignitaries recently approved additional aid for the rebels/opposition of this nation.
Syria
200
This school board incumbent was reelected to her position on the board.
Monica Garcia
200
This academy award nominated film received much criticism for its portrayal of the capture of Osama Bin Laden.
Zero Dark Thirty
200
This supreme court judge recently released a book named, "My beloved world."
Sonya Sotomayor
200
This week news broke that a child was the first person to be cured of this disease.
HIV
300
The UN security council recently approved sanctions against this nation for its nuclear weapon testing.
North Korea
300
The Vice President visited China this week. Who is the current VP?
Joe Biden
300
This shapely actress is currently dating rapper Kanye West.
Kim Kardashian
300
The budget cuts scheduled to take place on March 1, 2013 if congress did not come to an agreement.
Sequestration
400
This Islamic militant group based in Lebanon is considered a terrorist group by the United States government.
Hezbolla
400
Republicans and Democrats have been disagreeing about what to about the national debt. How much does the U.S. owe? $15M, $15B, $15T, $15Q?
$15 Trillion
400
This artist's painting, "Woman in Blue," is at exhibition at the J. Paul Getty museum.
Johannes Vermeer
400
Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke
500
The United States army will pullout all troops from this country in 2014
Afghanistan
500
Muammar Gaddafi is/was the dictator of what country?
Libya
500
This film set in Iran recently won the Academy award for best picture.
Argo
500
a type of parliamentary procedure where debate is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a given proposal. This was recently used by senator Paul Rand to delay the vote on the confirmation for CIA chief.