Here are the answers for this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. This nation’s monetary board held an emergency meeting Sunday in order to stop a rise in the nations’s currency.
a. Great Britain
b. Brazil
c. Japan
d. India
2. Iran recently called the first lady of this nation a “prostitute” after she criticized the country’s decision to stone a woman to death.
a. Great Britain
b. United States
c. Argentina
d. France
3. Joe Manchin is the governor of this state and is running for the U.S. Senate this November.
a. North Dakota
b. West Virginia
c. New Mexico
d. Iowa
4. France is deporting Roma (Gypsy) migrants back to Bulgaria and this nation.
a. Romania
b. Slovakia
c. Poland
d. Latvia
5. Miners in this nation might be trapped untl Christmas.
a. South Africa
b. Chile
c. Canada
d. Australia
6. Hong Kong’s population is angry at this nation for its botched response to a bus hijacking.
a. The Philippines
b. Japan
c. Sri Lanka
d. China
7. Last weekend was the five year anniversary of what major U.S. event?
a. Hurricane Katrina
b. The last Middle East peace summit
c. Barack Obama’s speech to DNC convention
d. The formation of the tea party
8. The EPA considered a petition to ban this last week before backing off.
a. Farm dust
b. Lead bullets
c. Cigarette smoke
d. Oil based paints
9. This Middle Eastern nation was forced to amend a cyber crimes law after concerns from journalists last week.
a. Jordan
b. Iran
c. Egypt
d. Syria
10. This conservative commentator led the ‘Restoring Honor” rally last week in Washington.
a. Sarah Palin
b. Sean Hannity
c. Glenn Beck
d. Mike Huckabee
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