Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of May 14th-20th, 2012 (Short Answer Version)

Here is the short answer version of this week’s news quiz. Good luck!

1. This longtime U.S. Senator lost a primary battle last week to a Tea Party challenger.

2. This U.S. bank is having to explain why it suffered a $2 billion trading loss.

3. What state is this year’s Democratic National Convention supposed to be held in?

4. Which German political party recently won elections in North Rhine-Westphalia?

5. Comments about this issue have caused Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign in Massachusetts to stall.

6. Which former President is Mitt Romney using as a campaign weapon against President Obama?

7. How big is California’s budget deficit?

8. This official in President Obama’s cabinet forced his hand in signaling that he approved of gay marriage.

9. What is the political revolution in Bahrain called?

10. An agreement between which three nations, which is supposed to take place later this year, could create one of the world’s largest free trade zones?

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