Here is your Extemp Central multiple choice news quiz for this week. Good luck!
1. Helicopters from this foreign nation went over U.S. soil and sparked concern last week.
a. Venezuela
b. Canada
c. Cuba
d. Mexico
2. This Southeast Asian nation saw a rally over the weekend that called for new elections to be held.
a. Singapore
b. Vietnam
c. Thailand
d. Burma
3. This country saw a panic over the weekend after a false report that Russia had invaded their territory.
a. Belarus
b. Georgia
c. Ukraine
d. Afghanistan
4. This French political party won the most votes in regional elections over the weekend.
a. National Front
b. Green
c. Socialists
d. UMP
5. This famous American political figure was released from a hospital in South Korea last week.
a. Henry Kissinger
b. Marion Berry
c. Joe Biden
d. Bill Clinton
6. This Middle Eastern nation refused to help the U.S. persuade China to back sanctions on Iran.
a. Turkey
b. Lebanon
c. Iraq
d. Saudi Arabia
7. This country’s foreign minister denounced a parliamentary resolution that their country passed that called the killings of Armenians by Turks at the end of World War I as a genocide.
a. Sweden
b. Norway
c. The Netherlands
d. Finland
8. Due to the healthcare debate, President Obama has delayed his trip to this nation.
a. France
b. Italy
c. Australia
d. Canada
9. This 2012 GOP presidential hopeful has a new book out called No Apology.
a. Ron Paul
b. Mitt Romney
c. Mike Huckabee
d. Sarah Palin
10. This is the name for the new political movement afoot in America that is non-ideological and calls the two party system out dated.
a. Donut Party
b. Progressive Party
c. Coffee Party
d. Dove Party