Well, well, well, Dad. Pull up a chair and sharpen the brain, time to impress the kids with how smart you are.

Have you been paying attention?

1) What is the shortest day of the year in Sydney, Australia?

2) The Pentagon let it be known this week that it was considering putting heavy weaponry in what trouble spot of the world?

3) Donald Trump announced his presidential campaign Tuesday. In that announcement he said he would build a fence on the border with Mexico. How would he pay for that fence?

4) The TPP passed the House last week. How many Democrats voted for the TPP?

5) The Catholic arch-bishop and his top deputy resigned amid abuse coverup charges in what state bordering Iowa?

6) Quietly last week what western hemisphere country had marriage equality legalized through its Supreme Court decisions?

7) In SCOTUS news this week putting the confederate flag on Texas license plates was not allowed. Who was the swing vote in this 5 – 4 decision?

8) What is the name of the church in Charleston, SC where 9 people were murdered in a racially motivated attack?

9) What pharmaceutical chain paid $1.9 billion to take over Target’s in store drug business?

10) Even though he is Catholic, Jeb Bush is not going to let what guy tell him anything about climate change?

11) The Treasury Department had what surprise announcement about currency this week?

12) The California Labor commission found that drivers for what cab company were actually employees and not independent contractors?

13) Friday was June 19th. This date is also known as what, especially in Texas?

14) Rachel Dolezal got her 15 minutes of fame last week. Why?

15) Senator Joni Ernst had to defend her vote against a bill that would address what problem in the military?

16) The Iowa Supreme Court in a bit of a surprise ruled what unconstitutional Friday?

17) The FDA has set 2018 (3 years) as the goal to rid foods of what substance?

18) The FCC flexes its muscle. They fined AT&T how much for slowing down the internet to its customers after promising unlimited data?

19) Fox News claimed the shooting in Charleston was aimed at what group, despite the message the shooter left that it was racially driven?

20) Bill did a lot of damage this week. Who or what was Bill?

Sports BONUS: Major League baseball cancelled 60 million online all-star votes after members of what team were leading in 8 of the 9 hitting positions?

OOPS! just read that Father’s Day is the most dangerous day on the roads in Iowa. Be Safe!

Answers:

1) today – the first day of winter in the southern hemisphere

2) The Baltics and Eastern Europe

3) He’d make Mexico pay for it. Yes he would

4) 28 more than enough to have stopped it.

5) Minnesota, specifically the St. Paul diocese

6) Mexico

7) Clarence Thomas joined Breyer, Kagan, Sotomayer and Ginsburg (words that will probably never be written again)

8) Mother Emmanuel AME

9) CVS

10) the Pope. Jeb didn’t cotton to the Climate Change encyclical

11) in 2020 the $10 bill will feature a woman’s image on the face

12) Uber

13) Juneteenth – the date that Texas learned the civil war was over and slaves had been freed.

14) She claimed to be black, though her parents are white. She was the head of the Spokane, Wash. NAACP

15) sexual assault

16) the ban on telemedia abortions

17) trans fats

18) $100 million

19) Christians. Presidential candidate Lyndsey Graham parroted this claim later on The View

20) A tropical storm that dumped huge amounts of rain from Houston to Boston

BONUS: Kansas City Royals. What? No A-Rod?

Happy Father’s day and be careful.