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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. Senator Rand Paul recently applied this label to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton concerning supposed voter fears that she will get the U.S. involved in another war in the Middle East.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Senator Paul referred to Secretary Clinton as a “war hawk.” Paul told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Hillary’s position as a hawk on defense issues could work against her in 2016 if she were to run against a more isolationist candidate. Paul represents a growing wing of the Republican Party that is wary of foreign entanglements.[/toggle]
2. What is Uber?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Uber is a San Francisco-based startup company that allows mobile phone users to link up with drivers for transportation (either carpooling or paying to ride). The company was founded in March 2009 and has an estimated value of over $18 billion. The service is a competitor to normal taxicab operations.[/toggle]
3. Through what federal program can local police forces acquire surplus military equipment?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The 1033 Program. It was established in 1997 and has transferred an estimated $5.1 billion worth of surplus military equipment from the military to law enforcement agencies. The unrest in Ferguson, Missouri and the police response to it has heightened concerns about the 1033 Program and its potential to “militarize” local police. Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) and Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) have vowed to look into the program and whether modifications should be made to it.[/toggle]
4. Who has the Brazilian Socialist Party chosen to replace Eduardo Campos as its presidential candidate?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Marina Silva. Silva was Mr. Campos’s vice-presidential candidate before he died in a plane crash on August 13. Silva is an environmentalist and was the country’s environmental minister under President Lula da Silva from 2003-2008. She ran as a protest candidate in 2010 and won nearly twenty million votes. The selection of Silva as a presidential candidate increases the chances that the October election will go to a runoff.[/toggle]
5. What is the U.S. Export-Import Bank?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The U.S. Export-Import Bank – also referred to as the Ex-Im bank – is a taxpayer subsidized bank that provides loans, loan guarantees, and credit insurance to foreign buyers of American products. President Obama has urged Congress to renew the bank’s charter before it expires in October.[/toggle]
6. On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that a comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear program must include this significant concession from the P5+1.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Iran is demanding that all sanctions placed against the regime over its nuclear program be dropped. The economic impact of the sanctions is seen as a big reason why Iran entered into serious talks with the P5+1 late last year.[/toggle]
7. This former French prime minister recently threw his hat into the ring for the 2017 French presidential election.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Alain Juppe. Juppe will be seeking the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) presidential nomination, which would make him an opponent to former President Nicholas Sarkozy, who is rumored to be considering another presidential run. Juppe served as prime minister from 1995-1997.[/toggle]
8. China has dismissed a U.S. claim that this incident occurred in international airspace.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Chinese authorities deny a U.S. accusation that a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to a U.S. Navy plane over the South China Sea. China sees the South China Sea as one of its areas of influence.[/toggle]
9. On Sunday, Northern California was rocked by an earthquake. What was the earthquake’s magnitude?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]6.0. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Northern California in twenty-five years, when the 6.9 Loma Prieta quake struck during the 1989 World Series. The disaster injured at least 120 people and caused fires throughout the Bay Area.[/toggle]
10. Pakistani protest leader Imran Khan is a Hall of Fame competitor in this sport.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Cricket. Khan is a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Hall of Fame. He was inducted in July 2010. Khan was the captain of Pakistan’s 1992 cricket team, which won the Cricket World Cup.[/toggle]