Here is the short answer version of this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
1. This European nation claims that it has put together the longest tunnel in the world.
2. Although Social Security recipients are not going to get a cost of living adjustment this year, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing for payments in this amount to Social Security recipients.
3. This nation was where an aluminum plant spilt millions of litres of toxic sludge into the Danube basin.
4. This nation’s bid for a rotating seat on the UN Security Council ended in a humiliating withdrawal last week.
5. This celebrity is calling attention to the possibility of a renewed civil war in Sudan.
6. This issue, which dominated a Brazilian presidential debate between Dilma Rousseff and Jose Serra, has eroded Rousseff’s support.
7. A trial for this murdered Washington intern kicks off this week.
8. This pharmacy chain has agreed to pay $75million for the unlawful sale of pseudoephedrine at stores in California and Nevada. Pseudophedrine is a meth ingredient.
9. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said that this had failed over the weekend.
10. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for Israel’s destruction over the weekend a few kilometers from the Israeli border in this nation.