Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of May 28th-June 3rd, 2012 (Short Answer Version)

Here is this week’s short answer version of the Extemp Central news quiz.  Good luck and have a great Memorial Day!


1. This NBA basketball franchise has decided to move to San Francisco in the near future.

2. U.S. airlines are under fire over their latest attempt to curry favor with business passengers by doing which of the following?

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?

4. In a shocking incident over the weekend, a man was killed after chewing on the face of another man in this American city.

5. A member of this government supervisory body was forced to resign after leaking information to the Republican Party.

6. This tropical storm, that is nearing hurricane force, is set to hit the Florida and Georgia coastline.

7. Rebel groups in this African state are planning a merger to transform the lands they control into an Islamic state.

8. This nation’s inability to create a constitution has placed it on the verge of a civil war.

9. The Catholic Church is fighting a new scandal that centers around this issue.

10. A massacre in this Syrian town prompted outrage from the international community last week.

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