Here is your short answer Extemp Central news quiz for this week. Good luck!
1. The president of this European country blamed an excess of democracy for causing a deadly bombing in a subway station in his country last week.
2. WikiLeaks latest disclosure concerns this issue.
3. This state recently passed the country’s most extensive school voucher bill that would create scholarships to private schools for families of four that make less than $60,000 per year.
4. This Republican Senator got in a battle with the Club for Growth after he said that he would accept higher taxes if they came from comprehensive tax reform.
5. Australia met with this country today concerning economic relations and said that it would like to have free trade ties established with this country by the end of the year.
6. 100 Taliban militants broke out of a jail in this Afghan city. Analysts are calling this a “security disaster.”
7. This U.S. Senator has called for the bombing of Tripoli to oust Moammar Gaddafi.
8. The IMF has announced that China’s economy will surpass the United States as the world’s largest in this year.
9. Which of the following people WAS invited to Prince William’s wedding this week?
a. Tony Blair
b. Margaret Thatcher
c. Gordon Brown
d. Barack Obama
10. A beating of a transgendered woman at this fast food establishment in Maryland has created an uproar.