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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.  Good luck!

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1. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with this medical condition last week.

[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”]Pneumonia.  Reporters were not informed of Clinton’s illness until she was caught on film losing her balance while trying to get into a vehicle following an early exit from a September 11 memorial service in New York City.  The incident has caused Clinton’s health to become a campaign issue.[/toggle]

2. What are the terms of the recent Syrian ceasefire that was negotiated between the United States and Russia?

[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 ceasefire calls for a cessation of hostilities that will pave the way for a political transition.  Transition negotiations are supposed to follow if the ceasefire holds.  The United States and Russia have also decided to try to work more closely together to fight terrorist groups in the country.[/toggle]

3. A recent package of U.S. military aid to Israel was worth how much?

[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”]$38 billion.  The U.S. has agreed to supply Israel with military aid over the next ten years, thereby making it the largest military aid deal in American history.  The agreement increases the amount that Israel is receiving in aid from $3.1 billion to $3.8 billion.[/toggle]

4. How many nuclear tests has North Korea conducted?

[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”]Five.  The country made its first test of a nuclear weapon in October 2006 when it exploded a test weapon underground.  North Korea tested its fifth such weapon last week, which was also underground.  The device was estimated to be 20 to 30 kilitons.[/toggle]

5. This Brazilian politician was recently expelled from the Brazilian Congress.

[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”]Eduardo Cunha.  Cunha was a former speaker in the Brazilian House who led the impeachment proceedings against former President Dilma Rousseff.  Cunha was expelled for ethics violations.[/toggle]

6. This nation is preparing a plebiscite on same-sex marriage.

[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”]Australia.  The nation’s conservative government plans to hold the vote in February.[/toggle]

7. The Supreme Court recently declined to hear a case involving this state’s electoral practices.

[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”]Ohio.  The Supreme Court decided not to review Ohio’s electoral laws, which reduce the number of days for early voting and eliminated a “Golden Week” where voters could register and cast ballots.[/toggle]

8. Conservatives in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to impeach this government official.

[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”]IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.  Conservatives allege that Koskinen blocked investigations into allegations that the IRS unfairly targeted conservative groups in the run-up to the 2012 presidential elections.  Even if the House impeaches Koskinen, it is unlikely he would be removed by the Senate as conservatives lack a two-thirds majority in that body.[/toggle]

9. Why did Wells Fargo agree to pay a $185 million fine last week?

[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”]Wells Fargo agreed the fine after allegations emerged that it opened millions of unauthorized accounts in customer names in order to meet product sales goals.  Regulators argue that Wells Fargo’s sales staff opened more than two million bank and credit card accounts that customers may not have authorized and that some of their money was transferred to these accounts without their permission.  Also, debit cards and new PIN numbers were created without customers being informed and fake e-mails were sometimes created so that online banking services could be opened for customers.  Wells Fargo has decided to end product sales goals to thwart such behavior in the future.[/toggle]

10. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature asked world leaders to set aside this much of the world’s oceans as marine reserves.

[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”]One-third.  The group made the request at the World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Observers deem it as a shift in tactics from land-based to ocean-based conservation.  However, some nations such as China, Japan, and South Africa oppose the recommendation.[/toggle]