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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. This nation has massed troops on its border with Nigeria to combat Boko Haram.
[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”]Cameroon. Cameroon has reportedly deployed 1,000 troops to deal with the threat posed by Boko Haram.[/toggle]
2. How does Detroit plan to deal with blighted properties and stimulate economic development?
[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 city plans to destroy 85,000 homes (22% of the city’s total) to alleviate some of the problems of urban blight. The plan is expected to cost between $850 million and $2 billion.[/toggle]
3. What is the largest veterans service organization in the United States?
[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 American Legion. It has called for the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki over the recent VA scandal.[/toggle]
4. This state had a struggle with federal authorities over hemp seeds.
[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”]Kentucky. Kentucky is launching a pilot hemp project for research, but a shipment of hemp seeds was stopped by U.S. Customs in Louisville. A lawsuit against the federal government by Kentucky’s agriculture department secured the seeds for use.[/toggle]
5. Explain the Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 ruling concerning the death penalty for inmates with intellectual disabilities.
[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 Supreme Court found that Florida’s IQ threshold of seventy to execute an imate was unconstitutional. The Court said that Florida must use a standard of error and other factors when evaluating an inmate’s intellectual disabalities and determine if they are eligible for execution.[/toggle]
6. In bilateral talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, what two things did India Prime Minister Narendra Modi urge Pakistan to do?
[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”]Modi urged Sharif to crack down on militants and speed up the trail of the 2008 Mumbai attack suspects. Pakistan views Modi with suspicion because his BJP party has historically towed a tough line toward it and Modi oversaw 2002 anti-Muslim riots when he was Gujarat’s chief minister.[/toggle]
7. Hamas and Fatah are the two biggest Palestinian political factions. Which territories do they control?
[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”]Hamas controls the Gaza Strip and Fatah controls the West Bank. The two sides have operated independently from each other since 2007, which has created political deadlock in the Palestinian territories and made it difficult for the Palestinians to secure a peace deal with the Israelis. Negotiations are currently ongoing, with the significant possibility that a unity government being established before new elections are held. Hamas has struggled to administer the Gaza Strip due to an Egyptian and Israeli blockade and a lack of international aid from Western nations, who view it as a terrorist group.[/toggle]
8. Who won Ukraine’s recent presidential election?
[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”]Petro Poroshenko, a moderate billionaire that has links to Russia and Western nations. Poroshenko has promised to go to Eastern Ukraine to speak to pro-Russian crowds as long as they are not affiliated with rebel groups. Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the so-called “Orange Princess,” finished in second place.[/toggle]
9. Which party won European elections in France over the weekend?
[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 National Front. The National Front represents the French far-right and ran on an anti-European Union platform. The victory of the National Front has caused some political observers to wonder whether France’s centre-right UMP party can recover and win over National Front voters in the country’s next presidential election in 2017.[/toggle]
10. President Obama announced yesterday that if the Afghan government signs a bilateral security agreement (BSA) the United States will leave this many troops in Afghanistan.
[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”]9,800. These forces will remain to train Afghan forces, provide security assistance, and protect the U.S. embassy in Kabul.[/toggle]