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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.  Good luck!

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1. How has Venezuela’s Supreme Court given a significant victory to President Nicolas Maduro when dealing with opposition forces?

[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 Venezuelan Supreme Court ruled last week that all decisions made by the newly elected national assembly, which is dominated by opposition parties, will be illegal since three deputies have ben sworn in despite a court ruling barring them from being able to do so.  Without those three deputies, opposition parties do not have the two-thirds majority necessary to push for Maduro’s removal.  Maduro has shown little willingness to work with the new assembly, promising to rule unilaterally.[/toggle]

2. How did the U.S. respond to North Korea’s announcement of a recent nuclear test?

[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 U.S. flew a B-52 bomber that could carry nuclear weapons over South Korea to show North Korea that it was not happy about the announcement of a nuclear test.  The U.S. is also planning to send an aircraft-carrier to work with South Korean troops on a joint naval exercise.[/toggle]

3. This American actor may have inadvertently revealed the location of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo.”

[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”]Sean Penn.  Penn reportedly held a secret meeting with “El Chapo” (known also as Joaquin Guzman) in order to better understand him for when he portrayed Guzman in an upcoming motion picture.  Shortly after their meeting Guzman was arrested, leading some online commentators to wonder whether Penn was a CIA agent.[/toggle]

4. It has been rumored that these two companies are collaborating together on making driverless cars.

[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”]Ford and Google.  The deal could pave the way for Ford to continue its dominant position in the American auto market, but no such deal has been publicly announced.[/toggle]

5. Name at least two of China’s five goals for its economy in 2016.

[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”]China’s government has set goals of reducing overcapacity in the economy, shrinking the number of unsold homes, deleveraging the balance sheets of financial institutions and businesses, reducing costs for businesses, and encouraging new technology.[/toggle]

6. Why does Flint, Michigan have a water crisis?

[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 crisis dates back to 2014 when state officials that are in charge of the city’s finances switched the city’s water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River to save money until a new supply line to Lake Huron could be built.  The water proved highly corrosive and transmitted lead from the city’s water pipes to homes.  Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has come under fire for the state’s handling of the water crisis.[/toggle]

7. Last week’s ISIS-inspired terror attack in Jakarta was the first time that Indonesia was hit by a large-scale terror attack in how many years?

[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”]Seven years.  The last large-scale terror attack in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, occurred in 2009 when suicide bombers killed seven people in attacks on the Ritz Carlton and J.W. Marriott hotels in Jakarta.  Those attacks were committed by Jemaah Islamiah (JI), an al-Qaeda aligned organization.[/toggle]

8. What has French President Francois Hollande recently done in an effort to fight unemployment?

[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”]Hollande announced a jobs program worth $2.2 billion on Monday in an attempt to fight rising unemployment, which stands at 10.6%.  This is the highest unemployment rate that France has faced in eighteen years.  The funds Hollande is committing will be spend on training the unemployed.  He will also push for more business-friendly reforms.[/toggle]

9. Why were U.S. sailors captured by Iran last week?

[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”]Ten U.S. sailors were detained last week when they inadvertently entered Iran’s territorial waters.  The U.S. says that the incident took place because the sailors patrol boat encountered mechanical problems.  Iran released the crew without incident after fifteen hours.[/toggle]

10. The British Parliament had a debate on Monday over whether to ban this American from entering the country.

[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”]Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.  The reason for banning Trump was his call to ban future Muslim immigrants from coming to the United States.  The House of Commons was responding to a petition that gained 575,000 signatures.  Trump has said that if he is banned from Britain that he will pull his investments out of the country.[/toggle]