The Extemp Central news quiz is back. Here is your first multiple choice news quiz for 2012.
1. Newt Gingrich gained some headlines when he said that he would consider this person for his running mate.
a. Sarah Palin
b. John McCain
c. George W. Bush
d. Condoleeza Rice
2. New York University and this institution are offering courses in Occupy Wall Street this coming semester.
a. Columbia
b. Brown
c. Yale
d. Harvard
3. The euro celebrated its ___ anniversary on Sunday.
a. 9th
b. 10th
c. 11th
d. 12th
4. New Year’s Day saw this state perform its first civil unions.
a. Delaware
b. New Jersey
c. Connecticut
d. Vermont
5. Which state votes fifth in the GOP presidential primary calendar?
a. Florida
b. Kentucky
c. Nevada
d. South Carolina
6. This country is preparing to execute members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult who killed thirteen people in a sarin gas attack in 1995.
a. Thailand
b. Japan
c. South Korea
d. Indonesia
7. The president of this country has recently been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
a. Kenya
b. China
c. Argentina
d. Czech Republic
8. This country recently test-fired a medium range surface-to-air missile in the Persian Gulf.
a. Egypt
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Iran
d. Iraq
9. This city has been hit with a major arson wave.
a. Boston
b. New York
c. Los Angeles
d. Chicago
10. Who is leading the final poll before the Iowa caucuses?
a. Rick Santorum
b. Rick Perry
c. Ron Paul
d. Mitt Romney