Here is this week’s short answer Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
1. This major political figure is facing trial on campaign finance charges.
2. The abduction of Ilias Ali has stirred political tensions in this country.
3. This country is building a copy of a U.S. spy drone that crashed over its territory.
4. Which candidate in the French presidential election won the first round?
5. Secret Service agents were here when they became embroiled in a prostitution scandal.
6. After North Korea launched its rocket this week, the U.S. cut this form of aid assistance.
7. This country recently announced that it will withdraw its combat forces from Afghanistan.
8. Which country is currently responsible for putting U.S. astronauts into space?
9. Why do historians think that the government collects taxes in the spring?
10. Last week marked the fifth year anniversary of the shooting at this U.S. college campus, which took place in 2007.