Here is your short answer version of the Extemp Central news quiz for this week. Good luck!


1. PETA is suing Sea World and arguing that by keeping animals in captivity they are violating which amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

2. NATO has ended its mission in this country.

3. This country claimed that the world’s seven billionth person was born in one of their hospitals.

4. According to the Passenger Bill of Rights, it is illegal to keep passengers on an airplane that is sitting on the runway for what length of time?

5. Some states are looking at banning this product, which is finding its way into the world’s oceans.

6. The G20, a collection of the twenty most powerful countries in the world, held a meeting in this country last week.

7. Occupy Wall Street protesters clashed with police in this California city last week.

8. This university is reeling after its athletic director was indicted for perjury.

9. This GOP presidential contender came under fire for sexual harrassment charges last week.

10. Mississippi is looking at adding language into its state constitution that would be concerned with this controversial social issue.