Here are the answers to this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. This television network is in an impasse with Cablevision.
a. ABC
b. CBS
c. FOX
d. ABC
2. Synagogues in this city were the target of suspicious packages during this week’s terror scare.
a. Chicago
b. Boston
c. New York City
d. Washington D.C.
3. President Obama has received the cold shoulder from the Democratic nominee for governor in this state.
a. Rhode Island
b. Alaska
c. Illinois
d. Florida
4. These two European nations are looking at having troops serve in a single brigade in future conflicts.
a. Germany and Russia
b. France and Great Britain
c. France and Germany
d. Russia and Great Britain
5. Having already concluded a plan to build Venezuela a nuclear power plant, Russia recently concluded an agreement with to build this Asian nation’s first nuclear power plant.
a. Nepal
b. Thailand
c. Vietnam
d. Burma
6. This nation elected its first female president on Sunday.
a. Algeria
b. Brazil
c. Sri Lanka
d. Liberia
7. The cargo plane bomb plot involved packages that were sent from this troubled nation.
a. Yemen
b. Saudi Arabia
c. North Korea
d. Somalia
8. 2,000 people gathered in Moscow on Sunday to demand this freedom.
a. Freedom of the press
b. Freedom of speech
c. Freedom of assembly
d. Freedom of religion
9. This week the U.S. faces a “universal periodic review” by this international body.
a. The UN General Assembly
b. The UN Financial Reform Commission
c. The International Monetary Fund
d. The UN Human Rights Council
10. The former president and husband of the current president of this Latin American nation passed away last week.
a. Chile
b. Paraguay
c. Costa Rica
d. Argentina