Here is this week’s multiple choice Extemp Central news quiz. Pick well and good luck!
1. Under the financial reform package before Congress, the Federal Reserve will need the approval of this cabinet department to use its emergency lending powers.
a. Interior
b. Commerce
c. Treasury
d. Labor
2. This African nation sentenced a gay couple to 14 years in prison for gross indecency last week. This provoked an international outcry from human rights advocates.
a. Zimbabwe
b. Kenya
c. Malawi
d. Uganda
3. A victory in this Democratic representatives district gave Democrats a sign of relief in last week’s elections.
a. Rahm Emanuel
b. Bart Stupak
c. Henry Waxman
d. John Murtha
4. Who did the UN appoint as its new top official on climate change?
a. Christina Figueres
b. Clotilde Reiss
c. Yvo de Boer
d. Christopher Coke
5. Ratings agencies feel that this state has a greater risk of defaulting on its debt more than any other.
a. Florida
b. California
c. New York
d. Illinois
6. Who is Malaysia’s primary opposition leader?
a. Abdul Rahman
b. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
c. Ghafar Baba
d. Anwar Ibrahim
7. Republicans seized on Democratic divisions to score an upset victory in this state’s House election over the weekend.
a. New Jersey
b. Hawaii
c. Connecticut
d. Oregon
8. On Sunday this nation held its general election and President Meles Zenawi was expected to win another term in office.
a. Ethiopia
b. Liberia
c. Madagascar
d. Algeria
9. This former Mexican presidential candidate has disappeared in a suspected kidnapping.
a. Diego Fernandez de Cevalles
b. Roberto Madrazo
c. Cuauhtemoc Cardenas
d. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
10. This European nation introduced a ten month ban on naked short-selling last week.
a. Portugal
b. Spain
c. France
d. Germany