Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of December 5th-11th, 2011 (Short Answer Version)

Here is your Extemp Central short news quiz for this week. Good luck!

1. This U.S. airline filed for bankruptcy last week.

2. NASA is preparing a mission NASA to find life on this planet.

3. How many hurricanes hit the United States mainland this year?

4. What is the practice of rearranging geographical boundaries so that politicians do not have to worry about re-election?

5. This GOP presidential candidate has suspended their campaign.

6. LSU and this team will play for the BCS national championship next month.

7. How did Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party fair in recent elections?

8. This party won the most votes in the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections.

9. This country ousted its ruling conservatives in elections that were held on Sunday.

10. Australia’s Labor Party recently ended a ban on uranium exports to this country.