Here are your answers for this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. We hope that you did well!
1. Joe Biden announced over the weekend that his son was not interested in seeking a run for this office.
a. DNC Chairman
b. Governor of Delaware
c. House of Representatives
d. U.S. Senate
2. Which Nigerian city has been the home to several violent religious clashes?
a. Lagos
b. Jos
c. Benin-City
d. Aba
3. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that he will be traveling this nation next month. This is the first visit a French president will make to this nation since 1994.
a. Venezuela
b. Rwanda
c. Sri Lanka
d. Democratic Republic of Congo
4. A bill pending before Congress would allow President Obama to nationalize what?
a. The student loan industry
b. The auto industry
c. The steel industry
d. The Internet industry
5. This nation’s suggestion that it could launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against North Korea created a stir over the weekend.
a. Japan
b. Taiwan
c. The United States
d. South Korea
6. Two weeks ago, this nation became the second nation in the world to conduct a successful missile defense test.
a. China
b. France
c. Russia
d. Iran
7. This individual claimed responsibility for the attempted airline bombing on Christmas.
a. Fathi Shaqaqi
b. Osama bin Laden
c. Mullah Omar
d. Nahr al-Bared
8. On Tuesday this nation will be having a presidential election.
a. Bosnia
b. Sri Lanka
c. Croatia
d. Nigeria
9. This state votes on Tuesday for a tax on high income residents so that public education can be paid for.
a. Arizona
b. Colorado
c. California
d. Oregon
10. This state is currently going through a political firestorm after hundreds of potentially violent inmates were given early release incorrectly.
a. Illinois
b. Michigan
c. Ohio
d. New York