Up for a challenge? Try the Extemp Central news quiz without choices. This is our short answer news quiz for the week of November
23rd-27th. Good luck!
1. Which U.S. Senator is receiving $300 million in Medicaid benefits for their state for pushing forward with the healthcare bill?
2. President Obama talked at a town hall meeting with young people of which country last week?
3. Fighting is currently taking place in which Middle Eastern nation, which experts argue is a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran?
4. Who have German Social Democrats selected as their new leader?
5. Which former U.S. Congressmen was sentenced to 13 years in jail last week for corruption? (Hint: he stuffed money in his freezer)
6. Who is the Israeli soldier who has been held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2006?
7. Which TV personality is ending their daytime show in 2011?
8. The EU’s new president hails from what country?
9. A government task force recommended that women should wait till the age of 50 to be checked out for what?
10. Name the 3 major parties in the British parliamentary system.