Here is this week’s multiple choice Extemp Central news quiz. Pick well and good luck!
1. This university is likely to come under fire from the NCAA for having a booster allegedly give recruits millions of dollars over an eight year period.
a. Alabama
b. Miami
c. USC
d. Oklahoma
2. North Korea told this country last week that it may be ready to halt its nuclear testing.
a. Russia
b. China
c. Great Britain
d. France
3. This former Bush administration official has recently written a controversial book about his tenure.
a. Paul O’Neill
b. Colin Powell
c. Donald Rumsfeld
d. Dick Cheney
4. This historical figure has been given a new memorial in Washington D.C.
a. Ulysses S. Grant
b. Andrew Jackson
c. Robert Kennedy
d. Martin Luther King, Jr.
5. The ruling party of this location won a recent presidential election, but by a narrow margin.
a. Singapore
b. Laos
c. Cambodia
d. Thailand
6. Jack Layton, who passed away last week, was the voice for this Canadian political party.
a. The Bloc Quebecois
b. The New Democratic Party
c. The Liberal Party
d. The Conservative Party
7. A CIA drone killed the #2 operative of this terror cell over the weekend in Pakistan.
a. Hezbollah
b. Al-Qaeda
c. Islamic Jihad
d. Lashkar e-Taiba
8. It is rumored that Moammar Gaddafi has found refuge in this country.
a. Morocco
b. Lebanon
c. Zimbabwe
d. Namibia
9. This state asked the Department of Homeland Security to cover the costs of incarcerating illegal immigrants.
a. Alabama
b. Texas
c. Oklahoma
d. Arizona
10. What was the name of the hurricane that pounded the East Coast last week?
a. Jackson
b. Andrew
c. Wilson
d. Irene