Here is this week’s short answer Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
1. Who is going to be the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
2. President Obama’s signature with an autopen on this piece of legislation spurred controversy last week.
3. Planned Parenthood has recently challenged this states new abortion law.
4. The prime minister of this Asian country recently stepped down in order to extend that country’s parliamentary term for three months.
5. This country recently joined the chorus in calling for Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi to step down.
6. War criminal Ratko Mladic was arrested in this country last week.
7. This notable New York Republican is said to be contemplating a presidential bid.
8. A cucumber E. coli bug that originated in this country is sickening people across Europe.
9. The Supreme Court recently held that this state’s law that requires employers to look into the legal status of the workers they hire is constitutional.
10. This state’s attempt at stopping TSA screening procedures was thwarted after the federal government said that it may not allow flights from the state to go to other states.