Here is are this week’s answers for the Extemp Central news quiz.
1. This GOP presidential contender recently said that Mitt Romney was the likely nominee for the Republican Party.
a. Rick Santorum
b. Newt Gingrich
c. Ron Paul
d. Herman Cain
2. Omar Suleiman has entered Egypt’s presidential race. What job did he have under Hosni Mubarak’s administration?
a. Foreign Minister
b. Vice President
c. Defense Minister
d. Interior Minister
3. This phone carries faces a potential strike among it landline employees.
a. Verizon
b. Vonage
c. AT&T
d. Sprint
4. The government of Myanmar recently struck a peace treaty with this ethnic group.
a. Karen
b. Shan
c. Chin
d. Kachin
5. A trip by the Public Buildings Service to this city, where it spent over $800,000 for a conference in 2010 has been criticized by Congressmen on both sides of the aisle.
a. Detroit
b. Las Vegas
c. Orlando
d. Boston
6. This news organization fired a producer for distorting the tape of a 911 call made moments before Trayvon Martin was shot.
a. NBC
b. CBS
c. ABC
d. FOX
7. Shootings in this town last week sparked fear in its African American community.
a. Newark
b. Cincinnati
c. Tulsa
d. Philadelphia
8. This famous newsman died this Sunday at the age of 93.
a. Andy Rooney
b. Mike Wallace
c. Ed Bradley
d. Morley Safer
9. Armed rebels took advantage of the chaos in this African nation and seized control of its northern territory.
a. Zimbabwe
b. Mali
c. Algeria
d. Sierra Leone
10. This Major League Baseball team’s manager got into hot water for saying that he loved Fidel Castro.
a. Cincinnati Reds
b. Miami Marlins
c. Texas Rangers
d. New York Mets