Here are the answers to this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. Xi Jinping is expected to be China’s next president. What position in the Chinese government does he currently occupy?
a. Vice-President
b. Defense minister
c. Prime minister
d. Commerce minister
2. Who is Great Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer?
a. George Osborne
b. William Hague
c. Liam Fox
d. Gordon Brown
3. American professor Ronald Slye resigned from the Turth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission in this nation, citing a lack of confidence in the organization.
a. South Africa
b. Democratic Republic of Congo
c. Kenya
d. Libya
4. A massive Medcare fraud case was uncovered in this state last week.
a. South Carolina
b. Florida
c. Alabama
d. Missouri
5. This NPR analyst was fired after comments about Muslims on the O’Reilly Factor.
a. Rick Sanchez
b. Vince DeMentri
c. Juan Williams
d. Mara Liasson
6. The U.S. is under fire after Wikileaks revealed that it has been turning over detainees to this Iraqi torture squad.
a. The Martyrs Brigade
b. The Wolf Brigade
c. The Sons of Iraq Brigade
d. The Green brigade
7. This disease has killed 250 people and sickened 3,000 others in Haiti.
a. Swine flu
b. Plague
c. Smallpox
d. Cholera
8. This Italian city has a waste disposal emergy because of organized crime, ineffiency, and political opportunism.
a. Naples
b. Florence
c. Venice
d. Rome
9. As of Sunday, how many bank failures have there been in the United States?
a. 117
b. 124
c. 139
d. 156
10. Next week, President Obama will be taking a two day visit to this nation.
a. South Africa
b. India
c. Pakistan
d. China