Here are the answers to this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. How did you do?
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1. What nation was hit with a massive earthquake last week?
a. Cuba
b. Haiti
c. Dominican Republic
d. Jamaica
2. Who is the president of this nation?
a. Rene Preval
b. Marc Bazin
c. Prosper Avril
d. Jean-Bertrand Aristide
3. Which state is having a special election for the U.S. Senate this week?
a. Nebraska
b. North Dakota
c. Massachusetts
d. New York
4. Which 2006 Tennessee Senate candidate has said that he may challenge Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary?
a. Fred Thompson
b. Jerry Lawler
c. Harold Ford Jr.
d. Steve Israel
5. Which Latin American nation has seen a UN investigation into an alleged murder by the nation’s president?
a. Nicaragua
b. Guatemala
c. Belize
d. Panama
6. What company said that it may withdraw from China last week over concerns about China’s crackdown on human rights activists?
a. General Motors
b. Wal-Mart
c. Royal Dutch Shell
d. Google
7. This area has been beset by a political controversy after its first minister temporarily stepped down following an affair his wife had with a younger man.
a. Angola
b. Luxembourg
c. Kosovo
d. Northern Ireland
8. Which nation saw religious violence last week after a controversial court decision that affected the Islamic faith?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Papua New Guinea
c. Malaysia
d. Indonesia
9. Which of these three candidates finished lowest in the first round of the Ukrainian presidential election?
a. Victor Yanukovich
b. Yulia Tymoshenko
c. Victor Yushchenko
10. Israel has recently seen diplomatic damage done to its relations with what nation?
a. Jordan
b. Lebanon
c. Egypt
d. Turkey