Here is this week’s short answer Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
1. Osama bin Laden was killed in what country?
2. This former pope was beautified over the weekend.
3. This city is where Palestinian leaders are set to sign a unity deal.
4. A UN report has alleged that this nation is guilty of war crimes during its civil war.
5. Voting got underway today in this country. Experts believe that the party that wins will not be able to form a majority government by itself.
6. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s decision to fire this minister was overruled by Iran’s supreme leader.
7. The Army Corps of Engineers is considering the option of blowing up a levee so that Cairo, Illinois and areas of surrounding states can be saved. However, farmland in this state would be flooded.
8. Michael Bloomberg has provoked a furor by arguing that illegal immigrants should be sent to this city to rejuvenate it.
9. This carmaker recently reported a profit, it’s first in five years.
10. Experts fear that this developing country could grow older before it can become rich and flex its power on the global stage.