Here is this week’s Extemp Central short answer news quiz. Good luck!
1. Pakistan recently destroyed a compound that belonged to this well known figure.
2. Rick Santroum’s statements on this issue have caused his poll numbers to fall over the last week.
3. The former prime minister of this country was acquitted on bribery charges last week.
4. Two reporters died in this country last week after covering some of the recent violence there.
5. Colombia’s FARC has said that it is abandoning this tactic.
6. Surveillance of Muslim students by this city’s policy force has sparked controversy.
7. This GOP presidential contender claimed that President Obama “surrendered” in Afghanistan by apologizing for the burning of Qurans there.
8. The most recent GOP presidential debate was held in this state.
9. Which of the following countries is not a top three oil supplier to the United States?
10. This person is the oldest American that has been in space.