Here are the answers to this week”s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. American Online is said to be in talks to buy this online company.
a. Google
b. Yahoo!
c. Amazon
d. E-Bay
2. Republicans may end up winning a special house election in this state on Tuesday.
a. Mississippi
b. New York
c. Rhode Island
d. Wisconsin
3. The U.S. Postal Service has said that it may stop delivering mail on this day.
a. Thursday
b. Friday
c. Saturday
d. Sunday
4. FBI agents have been raiding Solyndra, which was a company that tried to make money from this alternative energy source.
a. Switch grass
b. Biofuels
c. Wind
d. Solar
5. This state recently gave Amazon a one-year reprieve from having to collect a sales tax from its customers.
a. California
b. New York
c. Wisconsin
d. Texas
6. How much is President Obama’s jobs bill worth?
a. $377 billion
b. $477 billion
c. $577 billion
d. $677 billion
7. Where will the Republican presidential debate on Monday night be held?
a. Iowa
b. New Hampshire
c. South Carolina
d. Florida
8. The leader of this country said that the U.S. staged the 9/11 attacks on the ten year anniversary of 9/11.
a. Libya
b. Cuba
c. Venezuela
d. Iran
9. 200 people died when a ferry capsized off the coast of this country last week.
a. Nigeria
b. Sudan
c. Tanzania
d. Mozambique
10. An Israeli embassy came under siege in this country over the weekend.
a. Iraq
b. Egypt
c. Lebanon
d. Syria