Here are the answers to this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. How did the super committee tasked with dealing with the budget deficit deal with the problem?
a. It created a plan that will be submitted with a balanced budget amendment to Congress next year
b. It raised taxes on the wealthiest 1% of Americans
c. It decided to make large cuts to Social Security and Medicare
d. It didn’t and failed to agree on a long-term solution
2. Black Friday online sales jumped by how many percentage points this year?
a. 6%
b. 16%
c. 26%
d. 36%
3. GOP candidate Ron Paul is attracting attention because of his recent rise in the primary polls of which early primary state.
a. South Carolina
b. New Hampshire
c. Iowa
d. Florida
4. This GOP presidential candidate landed the endorsement of New Hampshire’s Union Leader.
a. Newt Gingrich
b. Rick Perry
c. Herman Cain
d. Mitt Romney
5. Prime Minister John Key won the biggest governing mandate in 60 years in elections held in this country this weekend.
a. Spain
b. Croatia
c. New Zealand
d. Canada
6. Iran recently expelled this country’s ambassador this week in light of discussions about banning Iranian oil imports.
a. Israel
b. The United States
c. France
d. Great Britain
7. This organization imposed a travel ban and a freeze on the assets of the Syrian government on Sunday.
a. The Arab League
b. The European Union
c. The UN Security Council
d. The Organization of American States
8. NATO got into a serious public relations problem when it killed over 20 troops from this country over the weekend.
a. Libya
b. Russia
c. Pakistan
d. Syria
9. UN climate talks are convening in this country.
a. Argentina
b. South Africa
c. Brazil
d. Italy
10. This university recently fired its associate basketball coach after accusations of child molestation.
a. Pittsburgh
b. Syracuse
c. Virginia Tech
d. Penn State