News Quiz for the Week of October 26th-30th, 2009 (Short Answer Version)

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Here is the short answer version of this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.  Answers, as always, will be released on Friday morning so you can see how you did.

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1. What are the names of the two gubernatorial candidates in Virginia?

2. Last week, the Catholic Church created a new way for this religious group to become Catholics.

3. This Latin American country’s Supreme Court ruled last week that term limits were unconstitutional.

4. Who is the White House’s “pay czar”?

5. Last week the Obama administration said that it would tell federal prosecutors not to go after those who are using what substance for medical use?

6. What is the name of Britain’s far-right party that is anti-EU and opposes mass immigration?

7. Which Mexican drug cartel was the subject of U.S. raids last week that saw more than 300 arrested?

8. A town in which U.S. state has said that it might be willing to accept Gitmo detainees?

9. Who is the chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers?

10. Which Latin American nation had an election on Sunday?

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