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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. This Democrat was urged to seek the presidency after a speech yesterday in Pittsburgh.
[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”]Vice President Joe Biden. Biden spoke to hundreds of union workers and mentioned that he is disappointed with lack of tax reform and the influence of the wealthy in politics. Biden is reportedly considering a late entry into the 2016 presidential race, but there are questions about whether he would be able to unseat Hillary Clinton from the frontrunner position.[/toggle]
2. How much has Colorado reportedly raised from marijuana legalization?
[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”]$150 million. State law may mandate that some of this be returned to state residents as state law mandates that if revenue exceeds projections that taxpayers receive funds back if they vote to do so in a referendum (whch will be held in November). Some analysts believe that the funds Colorado is acquiring through marijuana legalization will lead to other states following suit.[/toggle]
3. Labor Day dates back to what 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”]1882. Unions in New York City proposed the idea of a ‘monster labor festival’ in early September. The first Monday in September was demarcated as Labor Day by the federal government in 1894.[/toggle]
4. Why was Rowan County clerk Kim Davis jailed 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”]Davis was jailed for contempt after she refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds. The Supreme Court said that Davis had to issue licenses and her refusal to comply has landed her in jail.[/toggle]
5. President Obama’s Labor Day executive order dealt with what 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”]President Obama’s executive order mandates that people working for employers with federal contracts have the ability to earn up to seven days of paid sick leave per year. The White House says that 44 million works – 40% of the private sector workforce – does not have the ability to acquire paid sick leave.[/toggle]
6. Why did Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina resign 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”]Molina was resigned last week in the midst of allegations that he was involved in a customs corruption scandal. After his jailing, the nation held a presidential contest, which is headed for a runoff.[/toggle]
7. What vote did David Cameron lose on Monday?
[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”]Cameron lost a vote in the House of Commons over rules for Britain’s referendum on continued membership in the European Union (EU). Anti-EU elements of Cameron’s Conservative Party joined with the opposition to vote down the proposal, which did not bar the government from publishing materials that could influence the outcome.[/toggle]
8. Why did Francois Hollande recently say that international climate talks that are scheduled for Paris this December could 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”]Hollande said that the issue of providing funds to developing nations to better adapt to the problems of climate change could scuttle the talks. Some emerging nations are demanding $100 billion per year after 2020 before they sign onto any carbon cuts.[/toggle]
9. Although developed nations have said that a two degree rise of global temperatures is unacceptable, what is the target that developing nations say should be the measuring point at future climate talks?
[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”]Developing nations favor a tougher ceiling of 1.5 degrees. Adopting a lower target would force industrialized nations to enact tougher policies to reduce climate emissions in the coming years.[/toggle]
10. Why does Russia not want Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to fall from power?
[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”]Russia has a strategic naval base at Tartus in Syria and it believes that Syria is the fulcrum through which it can exercise influence in the Middle East. Also, Russia’s problems in the past with Islamic extremists means that it does not want to see Syria become a safe haven for the Islamic State.[/toggle]