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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. Volkswagen was recently forced to recall 500,000 vehicles over this issue.
[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”]Volkswagen stands accused by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of violating the Clean Air Act by installing “defeat devices” to switch engines to a cleaner mode when official emissions testing was done on its vehicles. This enabled Volkswagen cars to emit forty times the legal level of pollutants. Volkswagen faces a class-action lawsuit over its sale of these diesel-powered cars, which it originally claimed were better for the environment.[/toggle]
2. Women currently compromise this percentage of United Nations peacekeepers.
[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”]3%. The United Nations is reportedly looking into ways to raise the number of female peacekeepers, which some experts say could avoid cases of abuse by peacekeepers in areas they have been sent to protect. There is also a theory that more female peacekeepers in an area can produce less violence.[/toggle]
3. This issue could create a government shutdown on October 1.
[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”]Federal funding for Planned Parenthood, a non-profit organization that provides reproductive health services. The group performs hundreds of thousands of abortions annually and conservatives have targeted it for defunding after videos purported to show the group selling aborted fetal tissue. Although Republican Congressional leaders say they wish to avoid a shutdown, conservative Republicans in the House refuse to give in and have vowed to oppose a stop-gap funding bill.[/toggle]
4. Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson came under fire for this comment about who should not be elected to the presidency.
[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”]Carson said last week that a Muslim should never be the President of the United States. The comments were criticized by national media outlets and other Republican candidates such as Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who said the constitution prohibits someone from not being able to be president due to their religious beliefs.[/toggle]
5. What is the composition of the coalition government that will rule Greece after last weekend’s elections?
[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 leftist Syriza and the nationalist Independent Greeks. Syriza won 35%, which was slightly down from its previous election result and not enough to form a government alone. Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, who will resume his duties as prime minister, will be tasked with implementing economic reforms to fix Greece’s debt woes.[/toggle]
6. This African nation witnessed a military coup 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”]Burkina Faso. Coup leaders arrested the transitional president and prime minister and suspended parliament. Burkina Faso saw a popular revolt last year, which ousted long-time President Blaise Compaore. Western nations have expressed concerns over the coup.[/toggle]
7. How many refugees have been generated from Syria’s civil war?
[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”]More than four million. The conflict has strained the resources of regional government such as Jordan and Lebanon and is causing refugees to flood into Europe, something that is threatening the principle of freedom of movement across the European Union (EU).[/toggle]
8. Why are some saying that Nepal’s new constitution discriminates against women?
[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 constitution – the first permanent constitution for Nepal since a ten-year civil war came to an end in 2006 – does not make the children of Nepalese women and foreign men Nepali citizens whereas the children born of Nepali men and foreign women are citizens.[/toggle]
9. This Republican presidential candidate announced that they were suspending their campaign earlier this 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”]Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Citing financial difficulties, Walker was set to announce the end of his presidential candidacy as of the time that this quiz was put together. Walker was once considered a top tier candidate, but his support steadily eroded after Donald Trump entered the race.[/toggle]
10. According to a post-debate CNN poll, this Republican candidate enjoyed the biggest jump after last week’s second GOP presidential debate.
[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”]Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. After maneuvering into the top tier of candidates following a solid performance in the first Republican “consolation debate,” 52% of Republicans told pollsters that they thought Fiorina won the second “main” debate.[/toggle]