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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
1. Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, admitted that he did this “about a year ago,” but said that he will not resign over it and will seek re-election next year.
[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”]Mr. Ford, who has a history of heavy drinking, admitted that he smoked crack cocaine.[/toggle]
2. What is the new U.S. unemployment rate?
[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 new unemployment rate is 7.3%, which rose from the 7.2% rate in September. The economy added 204,000 new jobs last month, which was more than expected, but the number of people in the labor force fell to its lowest level in thirty-five years.[/toggle]
3. Headway was made last week in peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the FARC. What concession did the Colombian government grant to the FARC rebels?
[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”]A recent agreement between the two sides will enable the FARC to become a political party once a larger peace process is completed.[/toggle]
4. Last week, President Obama said that he would make a strong pitch for Texas to participate in this part of the Obamacare program.
[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”]President Obama has announced that he wants to press Texas and other states that have Republican governors to expand Medicaid enrollment. Under Obamacare, the federal government agrees to pay 100% of Medicaid costs with the expansion for the first six years and 90% after 2020.[/toggle]
5. A senior leader in this American-designated terrorist organization was gunned down in Pakistan last week.
[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 Haqqani network. The leader assassinated was Nasiruddin Haqqani and he was shot near Islamabad. The United States has argued that the Haqqani network has ties to the Taliban and al-Qaeda.[/toggle]
6. This Southeast Asian nation was devastated by a typhoon last week.
[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 Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan smashed into the country last weekend and experts believe that at least 10,000 people were killed.[/toggle]
7. Reports surfaced last week that this female Democratic senator could challenge Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries.
[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”]Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Reports allege that Clinton’s camp thinks Warren could be its most formidable challenger. Warren has said that she will gladly support Clinton as her party’s nominee.[/toggle]
8. Why did more than 10,000 people demonstrate in Bangkok, Thailand last week?
[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”]Protesters voiced their opposition to an amnesty bill that would cover all of those involved the country’s political unrest between 2004-2010. Protesters fear that it would allow former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return. The amnesty was defeated by the Thai Senate on Monday.[/toggle]
9. This European nation was blamed by the international media for causing the most recent talks over Iran’s nuclear program to fail.
[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”]France. France argued that the proposed nuclear deal, which some say was very close to being finalized, did not do enough to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.[/toggle]
10. Name the winners of last Tuesday’s Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections and the winner of the New York City mayor’s race, while also identifying their party identification.
[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”]Terry McAuliffe (Democrat) won in Virginia, Governor Chris Christie (Republican) won in New Jersey, and Bill de Blasio (Democrat) won in New York City.[/toggle]