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quiz-01Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.

1. This country is the first Soviet republic to hold the EU’s rotating presidency.

[toggle hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Lithuania. It has been serving as the president of the EU since July. The EU presidency rotates every six months among member status.[/toggle]

2. When was the last time that a Republican was elected to the Senate from New Jersey?

[toggle hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]1972, when Clifford P. Chase was elected.  He was ousted in a primary in 1978.[/toggle]

3. Sri Lanka is largely divided between two religious groups. What are these groups?

[toggle hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Muslims and Buddhists[/toggle]

4. Egypt’s military government is set to release this person by the end of the week, which may disappoint some of the leaders of the 2011 Arab Spring.

[toggle hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.[/toggle]

5. What is the name of Mexico’s state oil company?

[toggle hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Pemex.  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is seeking to deregulate the country’s energy industry.[/toggle]

6. People in Japan were outraged to learn that what environmental disaster has occurred in connection with the earthquake and tsumani the nation suffered in 2011?

[toggle hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The revelation that 300 tons of highly radioactive water has leaked from a storage tank at the Fukushima nuclear plant.[/toggle]

7. On Tuesday, ex-Pakistani President Pervez Musharaff was charged with what?

[toggle hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Musharraff, who returned to Pakistan from a self-imposed exile this year, stands accused of playing a role in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.[/toggle]

8. Potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endured some embarassment last week when the New York Times revealed…

[toggle hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The New York Times revealed that the Clinton Fundation ran a $40 million deficit during 2007 and 2008 despite raising large amounts of money.[/toggle]

9. Experts worry that Egypt’s military coup may result in a civil war like one that plagued this North African nation from 1991-2002.

[toggle hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Algeria.  During the Algeria civil war, 50,000 to 200,000 people were killed in violence between Islamists and the national military.[/toggle]

10. In what state is former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter Liz challenging an incumbent Republican Senator?

[toggle hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Wyoming.  Current polls show her significantly behind incumbent Republican Senator  Mike Enzi.[/toggle]