Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Pick well and good luck!
1. An internet campaign to bring Joseph Kony to justice took off last week. Where have most of Kony’s crimes taken place?
a. Eritrea
b. Malawi
c. Uganda
d. Mozambique
2. A student in New York is claiming that her constitutional rights were violated because the district punished her for posts to this social networking site.
a. Xanga
b. Facebook
c. Twitter
d. MySpace
3. Nicholas Sarkozy’s move to the right on this issue is seen as an attempt to win voters from the National Front in the upcoming French presidential election.
a. National defense
b. Immigration
c. Pension reform
d. Taxes
4. This international official recently went to Syria in an attempt to solve political violence, but failed.
a. Angela Merkel
b. Kofi Annan
c. Ban Ki-moon
d. Bill Clinton
5. Over the weekend, Mitt Romney won the Wyoming caucus, but Rick Santroum won the caucus in what state?
a. Idaho
b. Kansas
c. Rhode Island
d. Vermont
6. This state’s university system is under fire for a proposal that would require students to declare their sexual orientation.
a. California
b. Massachusetts
c. Oregon
d. Washington
7. We are approaching the one year anniversary of a tsunami that hit this country.
a. Indonesia
b. Thailand
c. Bangladesh
d. Japan
8. Newt Gingrich won this many states on Super Tuesday.
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
9. This Republican presidential candidate won more states on Super Tuesday than any other candidate.
a. Rick Santorum
b. Ron Paul
c. Mitt Romney
d. Newt Gingrich
10. This American state performs the most executions.
a. Alabama
b. Texas
c. Vermont
d. California