Here are the answers to this week’s Extemp Central news quiz!
1. A judge recently held that illegal immigrants can continue to pay in-state college tuition rates in this state.
a. Nebraska
b. California
c. Texas
d. Arizona
2. Kwame Kilpatrick is facing a federal indictment for corruption. He was the former mayor of what city?
a. New Orleans
b. Sacramento
c. Chicago
d. Detroit
3. This U.S. bank has suspended payments intended for WikiLeaks.
a. Bank of America
b. Citigroup
c. Farmers National
d. PNC
4. How many electoral votes is Texas expected to gain in the latest Census report?
a. One
b. Four
c. Six
d. Eight
5. The Venezuelan legislature has given Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree for how many months?
a. 7 months
b. 12 months
c. 18 months
d. 24 months
6. Reports indicate that the United Nations offered this African leader a deal to step down from power in 2000.
a. Joseph Kabila
b. Laurent Gbagbo
c. Charles Taylor
d. Robert Mugabe
7. Iran’s government feared riots after it began implementing a plan to slash subsidies for this item.
a. Jeans
b. Movies
c. Water
d. Fuel
8. The leader of this nation is called the “last dictator of Europe.”
a. Serbia
b. Belarus
c. Uzbekistan
d. Turkmenistan
9. WikiLeaks revealed that the Arab League boycotted this director back in 2007.
a. Ingmar Bergman
b. Woody Allen
c. Steven Spielberg
d. Martin Scorsese
10. Which of the following was NOT one of the Republican Senators to vote for the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell”?
a. John McCain
b. Susan Collins
c. George Voinovich
d. Scott Brown