Here are the answers to this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. This longtime U.S. Senator lost a primary battle last week to a Tea Party challenger.
a. Olympia Snowe
b. Mitch McConnell
c. Richard Lugar
d. Orrin Hatch
2. This U.S. bank is having to explain why it suffered a $2 billion trading loss.
a. JPMorgan
b. PNC
c. Bank of America
d. U.S. Bank
3. What state is this year’s Democratic National Convention supposed to be held in?
a. Georgia
b. North Carolina
c. Colorado
d. Minnesota
4. Which German political party recently won elections in North Rhine-Westphalia?
a. The Christian Democrats
b. The Social Democrats
c. The Green Party
d. The Free Democratic Party
5. Comments about this issue have caused Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign in Massachusetts to stall.
a. Gay marriage
b. Native American ancestry
c. Campaign finance reform
d. Union rights
6. Which former President is Mitt Romney using as a campaign weapon against President Obama?
a. Richard Nixon
b. Jimmy Carter
b. Bill Clinton
d. George W. Bush
7. How big is California’s budget deficit?
a. $8 billion
c. $12 billion
c. $16 billion
d. $20 billion
8. This official in President Obama’s cabinet forced his hand in signaling that he approved of gay marriage.
a. Hillary Clinton
b. Janet Napolitano
c. Joe Biden
d. Eric Holder
9. What is the political revolution in Bahrain called?
a. The Jade Revolution
b. The Black Revolution
c. The Pearl Revolution
d. The Velvet Revolution
10. An agreement between which three nations, which is supposed to take place later this year, could create one of the world’s largest free trade zones?
a. Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico
b. China, South Korea, and Japan
c. The United States, Great Britain, and Australia
d. India, Pakistan, and Iraq