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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. What is the new U.S. unemployment rate?
[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”]6.2%. The new unemployment rate is an increase from last month’s 6.1% number, but the increase is due to more people looking for work.[/toggle]
2. Where did the latest Ebola outbreak begin?
[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”]Guinea. The West African nation reported the first cases of the Ebola strain plaguing West Africa in February. The deadly virus has spread in recent months to Liberia and Sierra Leone.[/toggle]
3. Which nation has held up the WTO Bali accord and why?
[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. India objects to the Bali agreement, which was struck last December and is represents the most important element of the Doha trade talks that began in 2011, due to insufficient attention toward food security policies. Under the Bali agreement, countries who had food stockpiles in excess of WTO guidelines had until 2017 to find a way to reduce them.[/toggle]
4. How many times has Argentina defaulted on its sovereign debt?
[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”]Eight. The Argentinian government technically defaulted on its debt on July 30 after it failed to pay bondholders who had acquired debt from the last Argentinian debt default, which took place in 2001. The Argentinian government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner argues that the default took place because of a U.S. court ruling that demanded Argentina pay those bondholders who refused to take a 65% haircut on their 2001 bonds first.[/toggle]
5. This African nation’s constitutional court found that its anti-homosexuality law was unconstitutional.
[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”]Uganda. The law, called the Anti-Homosexuality Act, punished homosexual acts with long jail terms. The law went into affect in February and Uganda had suffered a withdrawal of some international aid as a result of the legislation.[/toggle]
6. Why is the New York City Police Department under fire from community activists?
[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 NYPD is facing criticism over the use of a chokehold by one of its officers against Eric Garner. Garner died while in police custody and activsts argue that the chokehold applied to him by an officer was against NYPD policy and contributed to his death. A medical examiner has ruled his death a homicide and said that his positioning while being restrained by police, as well as asthma and heart disease played a role in his death. Since Garner is black and the arresting officer was white, it has exacerbated tensions between New York City’s black community and the NYPD.[/toggle]
7. A new Mexican media law in the Sinaloa state has drawn criticism for suppressing press freedom. What does the law do?
[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 legislation prohibits journalists from taking photographs or recording video or audio at a crime scene. The justification for the legislation is that it will better preserve crime scenes in one of Mexico’s more crime ridden states.[/toggle]
8. Within the new Thai legislature, which societal group controls most of the seats?
[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 military. The new legislature, which has 200 seats, has more than 100 military officials. The legislature was appointed by Thailand’s military junta, which took power on May 22, and the interim legislature is tasked with appointing a new prime minister. The large representation of military officials in the interim legislature is feeding criticisms that the Thai military is strengthening, not loosening, its hold on the government.[/toggle]
9. Why is the CIA’s relationship strained with the Senate Intelligence Committee?
[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 relationship between the two bodies is strained because of reports that the CIA spied on the computers used by intelligence committee staffers. The reporters were confirmed by the CIA inspector general last week, prompting some senators to question if CIA Director John Brennan is fit to lead the agency.[/toggle]
10. How long has California’s drought lasted?
[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”]Three years. Last week, 58% of California was declared under exceptional drought and the state has implemented strict water-conservation measures to deal with it. The drought is costing California’s agricultural industry $2.2 billion and is expected to get worse in the short-term.[/toggle]