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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. Who recently won a poll to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill?
[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”]Harriet Tubman. A campaign Women on 20s argues that American currency is too male and too white and wish to see President Andrew Jackson taken off of the currency. Tubman won a vote against Wilma Mankiller, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Rosa Parks. Roosevelt came in second by seven thousand votes. The vote attracted more than 600,000 participants. A change of the currency does not have to authorized by Congress and Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew can make the change unilaterally.[/toggle]
2. Where will President Obama’s presidential library be located?
[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”]Chicago. The Obama Presidential Library will be built on the South Side of the city, which is where Obama’s political career began. The building will be constructed on park land that Chicago transferred to the University of Chicago, which bid for the library. In selecting Chicago, President Obama turned down rival bids by Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.[/toggle]
3. According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, what percentage of Americans identify as Christian?
[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”]71%. This is down from 78% in 2007. The decrease was attributed to a growing number of Americans that say that they share no systematic religious belief system. The study is also the first in Pew’s history to show that the number of American Christians is declining.[/toggle]
4. Eastern Nepal was recently hit by a new earthquake. What was its magnitude?
[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”]7.3. The earthquake, the second to hit Nepal in two weeks, killed at least thirty-seven people and injured more than 1,000. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on April 25 and killed more than 8,000 people and injured 18,000 others.[/toggle]
5. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush created controversy on Monday when he gave this opinion about the 2003 Iraqi invasion.
[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”]Responding to a question from Fox News host Megyn Kelly, Bush said that he would have approved the invasion of Iraq in 2003 “knowing what we know now.” Bush says that he misheard the question, but the gaffe has fed into a narrative that Bush would continue the controversial foreign policies of his brother, former President George W. Bush.[/toggle]
6. Which British political leader, who resigned from the leadership of his party after last Thursday’s elections, had their resignation rejected by party members?
[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”]Nigel Farage of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). The far-right UKIP captured 12% of the popular vote, the third-highest total of all parties, but they only won one seat in the House of Commons because Great Britain does not use proportional representation. Farage stepped down after failing to win a seat in the House of Commons, but changed his mind when party members rejected his resignation. Farage’s decision will allow the UKIP, a party that opposes British membership in the EU and that favors more immigration controls, to retain its most notable leader.[/toggle]
7. The European Union (EU) is seeking power from the UN Security Council to do this with smugglers.
[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 EU is seeking UN authority to allow it to hunt down human smugglers and destroy their boats. In recent weeks smugglers have brought 10,000 migrants to European shores from North Africa and the Middle East, straining elements of the EU’s immigrant bureaucracy.[/toggle]
8. How long will the Saudi proposed ceasefire in Yemen last?
[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”]Five days. The Saudi government said that it was willing to implement a ceasefire against Yemen’s Houthi rebels so that humanitarian organizations can send in much-needed aid. Reporters have documented how the fighting has damaged the country’s airport and ports, thereby creating a shortage of vital consumer goods.[/toggle]
9. Which company recently agreed to purchase America Online for $4.4 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”]Verizon. The deal will give Verizon access to AOL’s 2.16 million dial-up customers and AOL media arms the Huffington Post and Tech Crunch. Analysts see the deal as helping Verizon broaden its reach into digital content and mobile video.[/toggle]
10. What is the current U.S. 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”]5.4%. This is the lowest unemployment rate since 2008 and is down from the 5.5% number posted in April. However, economists warn that the unemployment number may not be a good indicator since it is not accounting for discouraged workers. Concerns about the accuracy of the unemployment rate are causing the Federal Reserve to question whether it should raise interest rates this summer.[/toggle]