Here is this week’s multiple choice version of the Extemp Central news quiz. Pick well and good luck!
1. How long has Gitmo been open?
a. Eight years
b. Nine years
c. Ten years
d. Eleven years
2. What place did Jon Huntsman get in the New Hampshire primary?
a. Second
b. Third
c. Fourth
d. Fifth
3. This country’s biometric scheme that is designed to help the poor is being criticized across the globe.
a. Egypt
b. Brazil
c. India
d. Haiti
4. A space probe from this country crashed into the Pacific Ocean over the weekend.
a. Russia
b. China
c. Iran
d. The United States
5. This U.S. bank says that it may close some of its operations in the United States if its financial problems continue.
a. Well Fargo
b. Chase
c. PNC
d. Bank of America
6. This Republican presidential candidate has criticzed President Obama’s handling of a recent incident where four marines are accused of desecrating the corpses of Afghans.
a. Mitt Romney
b. Rick Perry
c. Newt Gingrich
d. Rick Santorum
7. Protesters are calling for early elections and the ouster of President Traian Basescu in this country.
a. Serbia
b. Romania
c. Turkmenistan
d. Georgia
8. This city school system is going to start monitoring its students health habits via an electronic monitoring system.
a. New York
b. Detroit
c. Los Angeles
d. Chicago
9. A cruise ship ran aground off the coast of this European country, leaving five dead and seventeen missing.
a. France
b. Greece
c. Italy
d. Spain
10. How many nations had their credit ratings cut by S&P last week?
a. Six
b. Seven
c. Eight
d. Nine