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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.  Good luck!

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1. The European Union recently ordered Apple to pay this sum to the Irish government.

[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”]$14.5 billion.  The European Commission said that Apple should pay this sum in taxes to Ireland because the Irish government gave Apple special privileges that other European Union (EU) members did not under an old tax law.[/toggle]

2. When will Colombian voters decide the fate of their government’s agreement with the FARC?

[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”]October 2.  Colombian voters must approve of the peace accord for it to go into effect.  If successful, the agreement aims to end more than fifty years of fighting between government forces and the nation’s biggest insurgent group.[/toggle]

3. This European country was rocked by an earthquake last week.

[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”]Italy.  The quake claimed more than 200 lives in the towns of Amatrice and Accumoli.  Prosecutors are investigating whether corruption hampered the construction of buildings, several of which collapsed despite receiving anti-earthquake funds from the Italian government.[/toggle]

4. The U.S. government recently announced that it is going to work more closely with this nation to fight terrorism.

[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”]India.  The U.S. announced yesterday that it will share more intelligence with India and work for sharing more information about known and suspected terrorists.  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry also called on Pakistan, India’s geopolitical rival, to work more closely with the United States on terrorism issues.[/toggle]

5. This French government official resigned to prepare a presidential bid.

[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”]Emmanuel Macron.  Macron is preparing a centrist bid for the presidency and he was a voice for free market ideas within the French government.  The French presidential election is next year.[/toggle]

6. Which nation is playing host to the G-20?

[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”]China.  The Chinese government wants the G-20 to discuss ways to grow the global economy, but there are concerns that other issues such as territorial disputes and trade protectionism could derail the agenda.[/toggle]

7. This state’s governor recently vetoed a bill that would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $15 over the next five years.

[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”]New Jersey.  Governor Chris Christie justified the decision by saying that it would hurt small business.[/toggle]

8. Reports emerged this week of Russia trying to tamper with this part of American life.

[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 electoral process.  Reports emerged that Russian hackers got into voting systems in Arizona and Illinois, raising fears that hackers could create chaos for local, state, and national elections this fall.[/toggle]

9. What was President Obama’s goal regarding the settlement of Syrian refugees in America?

[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 Obama administration aimed to resettle 10,000 refugees from the Syrian Civil War in the United States.  On Monday, the administration accomplished that goal, but critics have said that the moves have put the U.S. at risk.[/toggle]

10. Islam Karimov is president of which nation?

[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”]Uzbekistan.  Karimov has ruled for more than two decades, but reports of declining health are creating anxieties that the nation may soon devolve into civil war.[/toggle]