Here are the answers to this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. We hope that you did well!
1. This state’s voters ousted three state Supreme Court justices who agreed to strike down a ban on gay marriage. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee applauded the move.
a. Massachusetts
b. New York
c. California
d. Iowa
2. Critics have blasted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s latest call that Iranian women should marry at what age?
a. 12
b. 14
c. 15
d. 16
3. This terror suspect was acquitted on 284 or 285 charges last week. The charges were tied to the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa.
a. Ahmed Ghailani
b. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
c. Ephraim Kasozi
d. James Mwakisyala
4. This week’s International Tiger Forum for the 13 nations that still have tiger populations met in what country this week?
a. Russia
b. Bhutan
c. Cambodia
d. Thailand
5. How much money is the Irish government set to receive in loans from the EU?
a. $75 billion
b. $125 billion
c. $150 billion
d. $200 billion
6. How many candidates did a watchdog panel disqualify after investigating fraud in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election?
a. 12
b. 15
c. 19
d. 25
7. This official in Japan’s government resigned after saying how easy his job was.
a. Defense minister
b. Foreign minister
c. Justice minister
d. Finance minister
8. This year has been set by NATO as the deadline for handing over security to local authorities in Afghanistan.
a. 2012
b. 2013
c. 2014
d. 2015
9. Pope Benedict XVI recently made headlines for supporting condom use to prevent this.
a. The common cold
b. Syphilis
c. Teen pregnancy
d. AIDS
10. Who is the head of the Transportation Security Administration?
a. Don Valk
b. John Pistole
c. Winona Varnon
d. Janet Napolitano