Here is your short answer Extemp Central news quiz for the first week of 2011.
1. The head of this oil company said gas prices could top $5 a gallon nationwide by 2012.
2. American Airlines and this other airline have decided to pull fares off of some travel sites.
3. The recently elected governor of this state has announced that they will seek a one year salary freeze for state workers.
4. Which Republican will take over the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform?
5. This European country imposed a smoking ban yesterday.
6. Which Pakistani party left the country’s governing coalition yesterday?
7. A bombing during a Coptic Christian mass in this country sparked protests against its government over the weekend.
8. A senator in this state came under fire after writing the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan and getting the soldier’s name wrong.
9. How many airports have switched to private security companies for airport security since 2002?
10. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a “friendly” chat with this Latin American leader at the inauguration of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff despite a recent spat over ambassadors.