Here is your short answer Extemp Central news quiz for this week. Good luck!
1. Which of the following OPEC members did NOT urge a $100+ price for oil at OPEC’s latest meeting?
a. Libya
b. Iran
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Venezuela
2. The governor of this state received some negative press after getting testy with the NAACP over Martin Luther King Day.
3. What was the only U.S. state that did not see snow last week?
4. The new chairman of the Republican National Committee hails from which state?
5. BP’s recent $16 billion share swap with this oil company has drawn criticsm in Washington because of implications it may have for American national security.
6. Who is the new chairman of the Republican National Committee?
7. The prime minister of this African nation is the African Union’s mediator for the political problems in the Ivory Coast.
8. Marie Le Pen was pegged to head this French political party on Sunday.
9. A cyberworm that attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities was tested in this country.
10. Which North Africa country saw its president ousted last week because of soaring commodity prices and WikiLeaks revelations about the riches of the president and his relatives?