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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. Which city will host the 2016 Republican National Convention?
[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”]Cleveland. The 2016 Republican National Convention will be the first national nominating convention held in Ohio since 1936.[/toggle]
2. Last week, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to this much time in prison for corruption-related offenses.
[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”]Nagin was sentenced to ten years in prison, which shocked some observers, who felt that he would receive twenty years. In February, Nagin became the first New Orleans mayor to be convicted of federal crimes related to his time in office.[/toggle]
3. This country recently handed Ethiopian opposition leader Andargachev Tsige over to the Ethiopian government.
[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”]Yemen. Reports say that while Mr. Tsige was traveling in Yemen on June 23 he was detained by Yemeni officials and flown to Ethiopia. In two trials in 2009 and 2012, which Tsige was not present for, he was found guilty of fomenting terrorism and sentenced to death. Tsige is the creator of Ginbot 7, Ethiopia’s leading opposition movement, which he established after fleeing Ethiopia following the country’s 2005 elections.[/toggle]
4. By using drones, Amazon hopes to deliver packages to customers in this amount of time (in minutes).
[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”]Amazon hopes that using drones will help it deliver packages to customers in less than thirty minutes. Amazon is seeking an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which has banned the commercial use of drones.[/toggle]
5. What attack did Texas Governor Rick Perry hurl toward Kentucky Senator Rand Paul regarding Paul’s foreign policy views?
[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”]Governor Perry recently accused Paul’s foreign policy as being isolationist in an op-ed in the Washington Post. Paul countered by arguing that there were few good options for the U.S. in some foreign policy theatres such as Iraq. Both men are deemed as possible 2016 Republican presidential candidates.[/toggle]
6. Who won this year’s World Cup competition? Who did they defeat in the final?
[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”]Germany won this year’s World Cup on Sunday, defeating Argentina 1-0 in the championship game. Germany became the first European team to win a World Cup on South American soil.[/toggle]
7. How much did Citigroup agree to pay for alleged misdeeds during the 2008 financial 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”]Citigroup has agreed to pay $7 billion to settle a Justice Department investigation into its actions that led up to the 2008 financial crisis. $4 billion will be paid in a civil penalty to the federal government, $300 million to states, $200 million to the FDIC, and $2.5 billion to consumers.[/toggle]
8. Why did the Filipino Supreme Court find that President Benigno Aquino III’s stimulus program was unconstitutional?
[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 Filipino Supreme Court found that Aquino violated the constitution by funding projects outside of the budget approved by the Filipino Congress. Aquino, who was elected in 2010, has seen his popularity fall in light of corruption scandals over the allocation of funds for anti-poverty efforts.[/toggle]
9. What change does Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi want to make to the proposed BRICS Development Bank?
[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”]Modi wants all of the five BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) to have equal shareholding rights to the BRICS Development Banks. The plan calls for the Bank to have $50 billion in funds. Modi’s call for equal shareholding rights is motivated by a desire to avoid richer BRICS members controlling the Bank’s operations, which is what takes place in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.[/toggle]
10. What is the deadline for a deal between the United States and its European allies with Iran over its nuclear program?
[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”]July 20th. The West wants Iran to enact safeguards to ensure that Iran’s nuclear activities are restricted to civilian use, while Iran wants Western sanctions levied against it to be reduced. July 20th is the deadline set by the Geneva interim agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, which was signed in late November. However, the deadline could be extended.[/toggle]