Here is this week’s multiple choice Extemp Central news quiz. Pick well and good luck!
1. In a breach of U.S. national security, it is believed that Pakistan let this country see the U.S. stealth chopper that was left behind from the Osama bin Laden raid.
a. Russia
b. China
c. Afghanistan
d. India
2. This weekend marked the fiftieth anniversary of the construction of this European landmark.
a. The Continental Missile Defense System
b. The Berlin Wall
c. The European Central Bank
d. The European Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
3. Who won the Ames Straw Poll?
a. Ron Paul
b. Mitt Romney
c. Michelle Bachmann
d. Rick Perry
4. David Cameron’s cuts to this social service are under attack after the London riots.
a. Welfare
b. Hospitals
c. Medical bills
d. Police
5. An American Jewish man was abducted in this country over the weekend.
a. North Korea
b. Pakistan
c. Venezuela
d. Iraq
6. The 11th federal appeals court in this city ruled that the mandate in President Obama’s healthcare reform law was unconstitutional.
a. Atlanta
b. Baton Rouge
c. Miami
d. San Antonio
7. Conservationists have asked a federal appeals court to stop wolf hunts in Idaho and this other state.
a. Montana
b. Wyoming
c. North Dakota
d. South Dakota
8. This country recently launched a massive operation known as Operation Eagle to squelch al-Qaida and Bedouin terrorists.
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Israel
c. Egypt
d. Yemen
9. The prime minister of this cuntry has resigned after three months on the job, continuing this country’s political stalemate.
a. Costa Rica
b. Peru
c. Belgium
d. Nepal
10. Which GOP presidential hopeful quit after finishing in third in the Ames Straw Poll?
a. Rick Santorum
b. Newt Gingrich
c. Tim Pawlenty
d. Ron Paul