Here are the answers to this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. We hope that you did well!
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1. Last week this agency declared six greenhouse gas emissions as a threat to the American people.
a. The Department of Interior
b. The Environmental Protection Agency
c. The Department of Justice
d. The Sierra Club
2. This major American city elected recently elected an openly gay mayor.
a. Boston
b. Atlanta
c. Houston
d. Los Angeles
3. Last week France invited European nations to review what policy?
a. Admission of Turkey into the EU
b. The common agricultural policy
c. Creating a EU defense force
d. Financial regulation of banks in the EU
4. What is the name of the Filipino insurgency group that bases operations on Mindanao?
a. Moro Islamic Liberation Front
b. Aum Shinrikyo
c. New People’s Army
d. The Shining Path
5. This Latin American nation has closed seven banks and accused their owners of fraud.
a. Mexico
b. Bolivia
c. Paraguay
d. Venezuela
6. This European leader was assaulted earlier this week.
a. Nicolas Sarkozy
b. Gordon Brown
c. Silvio Berlusconi
d. Pope Benedict XVI
7. This Democrat has seen calls for their recall because of opposition to the healthcare bill.
a. Joe Lieberman
b. Ben Nelson
c. Blanche Lincoln
d. Mary Landrieu
8. This Democrat has argued that they will not support the healthcare bill without a public option.
a. Jay Rockefeller
b. Charles Schumer
c. Roland Burris
d. Max Baucus
9. This European economy recently received a credit downgrade which has shaken American stocks.
a. Romania
b. Albania
c. Italy
d. Greece
10. This African nation has recently re-established diplomatic relations with France and won entry into the Commonwealth of Nations.
a. Algeria
b. Namibia
c. Rwanda
d. Libya