Here is this week’s multiple choice version of the Extemp Central news quiz. Pick well and good luck and have a great Memorial Day!
1. This NBA basketball franchise has decided to move to San Francisco in the near future.
a. The Oklahoma City Thunder
b. The Golden State Warriors
c. The Dallas Mavericks
d. The Los Angeles Clippers
2. U.S. airlines are under fire over their latest attempt to curry favor with business passengers by doing which of the following?
a. Only providing food and drinks for business passengers when on flights of two hours or more
b. Keeping aisle and window seats available for them and making others pay premium fees if they want to sit there
c. Providing free flights to business passengers to sporting events
d. Allowing regular passengers to check three or more bags for free
3. After Pakistan convicted a doctor for treason and sentenced him to over thirty years in prison, how much aid did the U.S. cut to Pakistan?
a. $11 million
b. $20 million
c. $33 million
d. $48 million
4. In a shocking incident over the weekend, a man was killed after chewing on the face of another man in this American city.
a. Charleston
b. Birmingham
c. Miami
d. Dallas
5. A member of this government supervisory body was forced to resign after leaking information to the Republican Party.
a. The National Labor Relations Board
b. The National Security Committee
c. The Gang of 14
d. The Interstate Commerce Commission
6. This tropical storm, that is nearing hurricane force, is set to hit the Florida and Georgia coastline.
a. Ivan
b. Floyd
c. Beryl
d. Vince
7. Rebel groups in this African state are planning a merger to transform the lands they control into an Islamic state.
a. Senegal
b. Mali
c. Tanzania
d. Nigeria
8. This nation’s inability to create a constitution has placed it on the verge of a civil war.
a. Bangladesh
b. Cambodia
c. Nepal
d. Sri Lanka
9. The Catholic Church is fighting a new scandal that centers around this issue.
a. The funding of right-wing parties in Italian parliamentary elections
b. The theft and leaking of confidental papal documents
c. Bribing cardinals for their votes for the next pope
d. Continuing to cover up the sex abuse scandals of the last decade
10. A massacre in this Syrian town prompted outrage from the international community last week.
a. Daraa
b. Tartus
c. Houla
d. Damascus