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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. Name the two parties in Germany’s grand coalition government.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The Christian Democrats (along with their sister party the Christian Social Union) and the Social Democratic Party. Both parties, which are ideological opposites of each other, formed a grand coalition in 2013 following the results of the German parliamentary elections.[/toggle]
2. Which city in the U.S. has the highest unemployment rate?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Yuma, Arizona. The city has an unemployment rate of 23.1%, which is tied to it having one of the lowest educational attainment rates in the country.[/toggle]
3. Why does Greece say that Germany owes it $303 billion?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Greece argues that Germany owes it for reparations during the Second World War when Nazi forces occupied the country. The figure amounts to 279 billion euros, which would offset all of Greece’s debt to European institutions. Germany argues that it has already paid all of its war debts to Greece, with a lump payment of 115 million Deutsche marks in 1960 and having other debts settled as part of German reunification in 1990.[/toggle]
4. Which ten countries are participating in military operations against the Houthis in Yemen?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Pakistan, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrian, and Yemeni forces loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. All of these are Sunni nations and the coalition began bombing Houthi rebel forces two weeks ago. Saudi Arabia sees the Houthis as an Iranian attempt to dominate the affairs of another Middle Eastern nation and is unwilling to allow a majority Sunni country fall into Shi’ite hands.[/toggle]
5. Kansas recently became the first state to ban this abortion procedure.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The Kansas law outlaws the dilation and evacuation procedure that is used for most second trimester abortions in the United States, which constitutes 9% of the abortions in Kansas. Critics charge that the law will prohibit the termination of a pregnancy beyond fourteen weeks, eight weeks earlier than the state law allows. Supporters of the bill say that it will prevent “dismemberment abortion,” which critics say is inflammatory language as the procedure is the safest for those women seeking a second trimester abortion. Legal analysts say that the bill was passed to provoke a legal challenge that both sides hope will go to the Supreme Court.[/toggle]
6. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recently said that if he were elected president that his first step would be to undo this law.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The Iranian nuclear deal. The declaration caused President Obama to fire back that Walker needs to “bone up” on foreign policy.[/toggle]
7. This country is set to propose a new Palestinian state resolution at the United Nations Security Council.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]France. The reported draft would define pre-1967 borders as the outline of a future Israel and Palestinian state and calls for a fair solution for Palestinian refugees displaced after Israel declared independence in 1948. The proposal also mandates that the Palestinians accept Israel as a “Jewish state.”[/toggle]
8. Which three parties in the upcoming British parliamentary elections have pledged that they will let British voters participate in a referendum concerning the country’s membership in the European Union?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The Conservative Party, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), and the Green Party. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair warned this week that a referendum could destabilize Europe and threaten Britain’s economy.[/toggle]
9. Iraqi forces recaptured this city from the Islamic State last Tuesday.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Tikrit. The operation dealt arguably the biggest blow to the Islamic State since it overtook sizable chunks of Iraqi territory last year. Tikrit has symbolic significance as it was the home of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.[/toggle]
10. Who declared themselves a candidate for president yesterday?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. Paul made his announcement at an event in Louisville. He is the second candidate to officially enter the race. Texas Senator Ted Cruz is the other candidate that has officially declared entry into the 2016 Republican campaign.[/toggle]