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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
1. A Democratic Congressman from this state, that is also running for governor in 2014, “came out” on Monday. Who is he and what state is he from?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Representative Michael Michaud. He is from Maine.[/toggle]
2. After recent midterm elections in Argentina, this man, who was President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s cabinet chief from 2008-2009, emerged as a potential presidential candidate for 2015.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Sergio Massa, the mayor of Tigre, a northern suburb of Buenos Aires. Analysts see him as an economic moderate.[/toggle]
3. The Supreme Court heard arguments in arguably its most important case of the year Tuesday. What constitutional issue does this case, Bond v. U.S., concern?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The case concerns whether a treaty signed by the federal government with foreign nations can impair state police power. The case revolves around Carol Band on Pennsylvania who used a toxic chemical to go after a woman who had an affair with her husband. She was prosecuted by the federal government for violating the 1997 chemical-weapons convention, but she argues that this treaty does not apply to actions that take place in the states. The Supreme Court granted Ms. Bond the right to appeal her conviction in a 9-0 ruling two years ago.[/toggle]
4. Iran recently commemorated the thirty-fourth year anniversary of this significant event in its nation’s history.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Supporters of hardline forces in Iran staged an anti-American rally to commemorate the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the former American embassy in Tehran. The event is one of the reasons why President Jimmy Carter lost the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan.[/toggle]
5. Last Friday, this American airport witnessed a shooting which killed one TSA officer and wounded two others. Two pedestrians were also injured.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Los Angeles International Airport. The TSA officer that was killed, Gerardo I. Hernandez was the first officer killed in the line of duty in the TSA’s 12-year history.[/toggle]
6. What is the name of the campaign that is pushing for Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The Woman2Drive campaign. It began in 2011.[/toggle]
7. Why has the Kenyan government moved to give government officials more control over its national media?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]International observers believe that the new measures come after the press reported that some government forces looted the Westgate Mall after the mass shooting there by al-Shabab in September.[/toggle]
8. The National Football League and the NFL Players Association are looking into allegations that a member of this NFL team was practicing aggressive hazing.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The Miami Dolphins.[/toggle]
9. In recent attempts at creating a lasting peace agreement, Palestinian negotiators have argued that these two principles be part of an American-led Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Palestinian negotiators argue that any agreement should be permanent and should include a pre-determined timetable for the implementation of all of its stages.[/toggle]
10. The Senate voted on Monday to begin debate on a bill that would outlaw workplace discrimination on these grounds.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Sexual orientation and gender identity. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) overcame a filibuster attempt after seven Republicans, moderate and conservative, voted to debate it. The bill is not expected to pass the House.[/toggle]