Extemp Central News Quiz Answers for the Week of January 23rd-29th, 2012

Here are the answers to this week’s news quiz.

1. The governor of this U.S. state has been under fire for pardoning a record number of prisoners.
a. Louisiana
b. Georgia
c. Mississippi
d. Kentucky

2. This GOP presidential candidate was Stephen Colbert’s “surrogate” in South Carolina’s primary.
a. Jon Huntsman
b. Herman Cain
c. Rick Santorum
d. Gary Johnson

3. Sunday was the 39 year anniversary of what landmark Supreme Court case?
a. Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
b. Roe v. Wade
c. Muller v. Oregon
d. Griswold v. Connecticut

4. What is the next state that will vote in the GOP primary?
a. Nevada
b. Michigan
c. Texas
d. Florida

5. How many intifadas have the Palestinians had against Israel?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four

6. The owner of this onlyine site was arrested on piracy charges last week.
a. Pirate Bay
b. Napster
c. MegaUpload
d. YouTube

7. This Eastern European country voted to join the EU in a referendum over the weekend.
a. Serbia
b. Macedonia
c. Bosnia
d. Croatia

8. Islamic militants left more than 150 dead in this African country over the weekend.
a. Algeria
b. Namibia
c. Kenya
d. Nigeria

9. Gabrielle Giffords announced this weekend that she will be doing this with her political future.
a. Running for re-election in 2012
b. Running for the Senate in 2012
c. Resigning her seat in Congress
d. Endorsing her husband to run for her seat in 2012

10. Who won this weekend’s South Carolina primary?
a. Mitt Romney
b. Ron Paul
c. Newt Gingrich
d. Rick Santorum

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