The Friday quiz returns! This time, the subject is general sciencey news stories of the past week. You can thank me if any of this comes up on "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" tomorrow.
1. The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission is taking place this month in Morocco. The IWC will decide whether to overturn a whale-hunting ban that's been in place since 1986. Under the current laws, Japan is allowed to kill:
a. zero whales
b. one whale a month
c. enough whales to provide meat for the restaurants that are licensed to sell it
d. 1,000 whales a year for "scientific research"
2. Japan was recently accused of buying votes from other IWC member nations, in hopes of overturning the whaling ban. Which of the following was among the allegations?
a. Japan pledged aid, or gave cash payments, to officials from other countries in exchange for their ...
