Here is this week’s short answer version of the Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
1. It has been reported that British author Richard Dawkins is looking into having this public figure arrested when they visit Britain later this year for crimes against humanity.
2. The governor of this state defended Bob McDonnell’s initial omission of slavery in a proclamation for Virginia’s Confederate History Month last week.
3. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer has said that he will see if the federal government can prohibit airlines from charging for this.
4. This currency saw overseas investors bet on its appreciation last week.
5. An upcoming vote in the Senate on this issue could serve as the flashpoint for Republican and Democratic tensions over the budget.
6. Fidesz, a center-right party, defeated the ruling Socialists in parliamentary elections in this nation over the weekend.
7. This Central Asian nation saw its president forced to flee last week and the establishment of an interim government.
8. President Obama is hosting a summit this week to deal with what issue.
9. This GOP hopeful won the Southern Republican Leadership Conference’s presidential straw poll over the weekend.
10. The president of this nation was killed in a plane crash over the weekend.