The Current Issues and Events Contest focuses on a basic knowledge of current state, national and world events/issues and consists of 40 multiple-choice questions and one essay.*
The multiple choice test and the essay will cover important domestic and international issues, events, and personalities. Topics tend to (but do not always) fall in to the following categories:
War & Conflict
International
Domestic
Economics
Science/Technology/Environment
Education/Awards/Honors/Media/Deaths
Texas*
*Description from the UIL