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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. Why did Bahrain recently expel U.S. diplomat Tom Malinowski?
[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”]Bahrain ordered Malinowski to leave the country after it claimed he intervened in their domestic affairs by meeting with leaders of a Shi’ite opposition group. Bahrain’s monarchy is Sunni, although a majority of Bahrain’s population are Shi’ite. In recent years, Shi’ites have protested against their lack of political privileges in the country.[/toggle]
2. El Salvador’s new president, Salvador Sanchez, recently opened the country’s presidential residence as this type of institution.
[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”]An art gallery. Mr. Sanchez will continue living at his private residence during his term as president.[/toggle]
3. Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy as arrested last week for this crime.
[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”]Sarkozy was arrested for allegedly working with his lawyer to create a network of informants in France’s top court and the police. The reason for creating this network was to help Sarkozy could fend off corruption allegations that have followed him after leaving office in 2012. Sarkozy had hoped to run in France’s presidential election in 2017, but the recent charges could derail that.[/toggle]
4. U.S. officials announced on Monday that passengers would not be allowed to board some international flights if they could not meet this condition.
[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”]U.S. officials announced that if passengers had electronic devices that would not power on that they would not be permitted to board international flights. The measure is allegedly due to a new terror threat posed by Islamic militants in Syria and Yemen.[/toggle]
5. The man who is thought to have organized the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi in the fall of 2012 is in U.S. custody. Who is this individual?
[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”]Ahmed Abu Khattala. Khattala was captured by U.S. special forces in mid-June and recently plead not guilty to the charge of organizing the Benghazi attack, which resulted in the death of the American ambassador to Libya, at a federal court in Washington D.C.[/toggle]
6. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie drew criticism last week for vetoing a bill that would have made this reform to the state’s gun laws.
[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”]Christie vetoed a measure that would have limited the size of gun magazines to ten bullets. Christie justified his veto on the grounds that the bill would have failed to reduce gun violence.[/toggle]
7. On Monday, America’s largest teachers’ union demanded the resignation of this Obama cabinet official at its representative assembly in Denver. What is this union and which official do they want fired?
[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 National Education Association (NEA) and Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education. The NEA argues that Duncan has pursued an agenda detrimental to teachers, students, and public schools. Most of this criticism centers around Duncan’s insistence on the use of high-stakes testing.[/toggle]
8. The United States and Germany are trying to resolve a diplomatic problem concerning espionage. What did the Germans do last week that sparked this issue?
[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”]Last week, German police arrested an employee of the German foreign intelligence service, the BND, for allegedly handing over 200 documents over two years to the United States in exchange for $34,000.[/toggle]
9. Some international experts have said the Palestinians might be preparing to stage a third intifada. What is an intifada?
[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”]An intifada in Arabic means “shaking off,” but in international politics, it is often translated into “uprising” and refers to Palestinian rebellions against Israeli authority. The Palestinians launched intifadas against Israel from 1987-1993 and 2000-2005. The intifadas have helped the Palestinians win some political concessions in the past and have caused the international community to pay more attention to Palestinian demands.[/toggle]
10. According to the timetable set by the Afghan Election Commission, when will the results of the Afghan presidential election be finalized?
[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 22nd. Preliminary results, which came out on Monday, indicate that former Afghan Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani has a one million vote lead over Abdullah Abdullah. However, ballots from 7,000 of the country’s 23,000 polling stations will be audited.[/toggle]