The Extemp Central news quiz is back. Here is your first short answer news quiz for 2012.
1. Newt Gingrich gained some headlines when he said that he would consider this person for his running mate.
2. New York University and this institution are offering courses in Occupy Wall Street this coming semester.
3. The euro celebrated its ___ anniversary on Sunday.
4. New Year’s Day saw this state perform its first civil unions.
5. Which state votes fifth in the GOP presidential primary calendar?
6. This country is preparing to execute members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult who killed thirteen people in a sarin gas attack in 1995.
7. The president of this country has recently been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
8. This country recently test-fired a medium range surface-to-air missile in the Persian Gulf.
9. This city has been hit with a major arson wave.
10. Who is leading the final poll before the Iowa caucuses?