Here is the short answer version of this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. What nation was hit with a massive earthquake last week?
2. Who is the president of this nation?
3. Which state is having a special election for the U.S. Senate this week?
4. Which 2006 Tennessee Senate candidate has said that he may challenge Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary?
5. Which Latin American nation has seen a UN investigation into an alleged murder by the nation’s president?
6. What company said that it may withdraw from China last week over concerns about China’s crackdown on human rights activists?
7. This area has been beset by a political controversy after its first minister temporarily stepped down following an affair his wife had with a younger man.
8. Which nation saw religious violence last week after a controversial court decision that affected the Islamic faith?
9. Which of these three candidates finished lowest in the first round of the Ukrainian presidential election?
10. Israel has recently seen diplomatic damage done to its relations with what nation?