Here is your short answer Extemp Central news quiz for this week. Good luck!
1. The National Labor Relations Board is trying to prevent Boeing from moving a plant to this state.
2. This Congressman, who may lose his Congressional seat due to redistricting, is thinking of moving to another state and running for Congress there.
3. Over the weekend, Arab protesters marched on Israel’s borders. From which of the following areas did they NOT march?
a. Lebanon
b. Gaza Strip
c. Jordan
d. Syria
4. This country has hired a company run by the founder of Blackwater Worldwide to set up a foreign army.
5. Iran plans to combine the oil ministry with this ministry and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will take the oil ministry over in the interim as a result.
6. Who became the first high-level American to visit Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden?
7. A region of this country recently voted against plans to restrict assisted suicide for local residents.
8. The head of this international organization was arrested in New York on rape allegations and was considered a contender for the French presidency next year.
9. This GOP presidential hopeful officially said that he would not run for president in 2012.
10. President Obama’s envoy to the Middle East for more than two years has resigned. Who is this envoy?