Here are the answers to this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. What was the name of the computer worm that attacked Iran’s nuclear program in 2010?
a. XSS
b. Cert
c. Gostev
d. Stuxnet
2. It is reported that the Senate’s “Gang of Six” is looking at trying to find a solution to this issue.
a. Financial regulation
b. The national debt
c. Social Security reform
d. American poverty
3. Rush Limbaugh apologized for remarks made concerning a Georgetown University Law student last week. These remarks happened because of the student’s stance on what issue?
a. Election reform
b. Universal health care
c. Birth control
d. Opposition to oil drilling
4. Iran recently held elections for this over the weekend.
a. Supreme Leader
b. President
c. Parliament
d. Interior Ministry
5. How many current U.S. Senators have chosen not to seek re-election in 2012?
a. Eight
b. Nine
c. Ten
d. Eleven
6. Who won the Russian presidential election?
a. Gennady Zyuganov
b. Vladimir Putin
c. Vladimir Zhirinovsky
d. Mikhail Prokhorov
7. This conservative media voice passed away last week.
a. Matt Drudge
b. Anne Coulter
c. Sean Hannity
d. Andrew Breitbart
8. General Motors halted production of this vehicle last week.
a. Buick Lacrosse
b. Chevy Cruze
c. Chevy Impala
d. Chevy Volt
9. Which GOP Senator announced that they are going to retire, thereby throwing the GOP’s plans to recapture the Senate into disarray?
a. Marco Rubio
b. Susan Collins
c. Scott Brown
d. Olympia Snowe
10. Over the weekend, Mitt Romney scored another victory in this state.
a. Maryland
b. Washington
c. Minnesota
d. Georgia