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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. This Asian country prohibits children from playing video games between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. if they are under fifteen.
[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”]South Korea. The law is meant to curtail Internet addiction among the country’s youth.[/toggle]
2. Where is the UN Climate Summit taking place?
[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”]New York City. More than 120 world leaders are expected to attend, but India and China, who are big carbon emitters, are not sending top leaders.[/toggle]
3. This radical German party recently fared well in state 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 Alternative for Germany. The party is a populist, far-right outfit that supports leaving the eurzone and tougher immigration controls. It also opposes deficit spending and gay marriage.[/toggle]
4. The Rockefeller family announced on Monday that it was selling its investments in this commodity.
[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”]Fossil feuls. The Rockefellers are joining a coalition of other philanthropists that are seeking to eliminate $50 billion of their investments in fossil fuels. Thus far, 650 individuals and 180 institutions have joined the coalition to divest from fossil fuels and reinvest in clean energy efforts. The Rockefeller divesting announcement was significant because their family earned its wealth from oil.[/toggle]
5. The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that this percentage of Americans are living in poverty.
[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”]14.5%. The data shows a drop in the poverty rate for the first time since 2006. The 2013 poverty rate was 15%.[/toggle]
6. How many military personnel is the U.S. sending to West Africa to fight Ebola?
[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”]3,000. The personnel being sent will help West African government coordinate their response to the region’s Ebola outbreak, which has infected more than 5,000 people.[/toggle]
7. What is Alibaba?
[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 Chinese-based e-commerce business that includes retail and cloud computing services. The Alibaba Group possesses 80% of China’s e-commerce sales. It’s initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S. reached a record $25 billion.[/toggle]
8. The Islamic State released forty-nine hostages from this country on Saturday.
[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”]Turkey. Turkey had justified its refusal to allow the U.S. to use its territory for launching airstrikes against ISIS due to the hostage situation. Observers wonder if the hostages were released with conditions attached.[/toggle]
9. Name both of Spain’s separatist regions.
[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”]Catalonia and the Basque Country. Catalonia has been pushing for an independence referendum, whereas a majority of Basque citizens prefer to remain an autonomous region. Nevertheless, the terrorist organization ETA has violently fought for Basque independence for decades.[/toggle]
10. The Secret Service came under fire last week after an intruder found his way into this government location.
[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 White House. The intruder, Omar J. Gonzalez, was arrested and investigators later found hundreds of round of ammunition in his car. President Obama and his family were reportedly on the way to Camp David when the incident occurred.[/toggle]