Here are your answers for this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Check back Monday for a new one!
1. Actress Naomi Campbell has become embroiled in this person’s war crimes trial.
a. Mitar Vasiljevic
b. Charles Taylor
c. Dragan Nikolic
d. Omar al-Bashir
2. A Senate candidate in this state was indicted last week for communicating obscene messages to someone without their consent.
a. Kentucky
b. Florida
c. South Carolina
d. California
3. Royal Dutch Shell has said that acts of sabatoge on its pipelines are increasing in this nation.
a. Indonesia
b. Nigeria
c. Brazil
d. Libya
4. This former U.S. Senator died in a plane crash last week.
a. JD Hayworth
b. Dan Rostenkowski
c. Norm Coleman
d. Ted Stevens
5. The Democratic Alliance is going to merge with this South African Party in order to challenge the ANC.
a. Congress of South African Trade Unions
b. African Alliance
c. Congress of the People
d. The Independent Democrat Party
6. Over this many foreign troops have now died in the Afghan war?
a. 1,000
b. 1,500
c. 2,000
d. 3,500
7. How much do international experts believe a reunification of Korea would cost?
a. $250 billion
b. $500 billion
c. $1 trillion
d. $1.5 trillion
8. Next week, this country holds parliamentary elections. Its Labor Party has a narrow lead over its Liberal Party.
a. Australia
b. Malaysia
c. Belgium
d. The Netherlands
9. Democrats are recently arguing that if Republicans win control of Congress they will privatize what federal program?
a. Medicaid
b. Social Security
c. Housing Assitance
d. Medicare
10. What is being built near Ground Zero that is raising the ire of the families of the victims of the September 11th attacks?
a. A new World Trade Center
b. A shopping mall
c. A mosque
d. An air force base
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