Here is your Extemp Central short answer news quiz for the third week of December. Good luck!
1. This company is pushing to have its stores placed in New York City.
2. Senator Evan Bayh said that he would not run for this Indiana office in 2012.
3. This senator filibustered President Obama’s tax deal with Republicans last week.
4. This country may ban Terry Jones from visiting. Jones wanted to burn Qur’ans on the anniversary of 9/11.
5. This presidential hopeful visited Haiti over the weekend.
6. Workers in this industry clashed with police in Bangladesh over the weekend. The workers were demanding the implementation of a new minimum wage.
7. This nation held its first parliamentary elections on Sunday.
8. This Latin American nation recently lowered the nation’s retirement age to 58.
9. Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in this European nation over the weekend.
10. This NFL team had to move their game to Detroit after their stadium collapsed because of a snowstorm last weekend.