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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
1. What was the name of the international agreement that created the International Criminal Court (ICC)?
[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 Rome Statute, also known as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court or the International Criminal Court Statute. It was adopted in 1988 and came into force on July 1, 2002.[/toggle]
2. This potential 2016 presidential candidate recently visited Iowa to attend Senator Tom Harkin’s annual steak fry.
[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”]Vice-President Joe Biden. Biden has indicated that he would like to seek the Democratic nomination, but his chances are considered a long shot due to Hillary Clinton’s potential candidacy and his two past attempts at the nomination in 1988 and 2008 went nowhere.[/toggle]
3. Recent flooding in this state has left more than 1,000 people unaccounted for.
[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”]Colorado. Nearly 15 inches of rain have fallen onto parts of Colorado since last Monday.[/toggle]
4. What makes the winner of the recent Miss America title notable?
[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 winner, Nina Davuluri (Miss New York), is the first Indian-American winner.[/toggle]
5. The Kaesong Industrial Complex is important for North Korean-South Korean relations. Why?
[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 Complex, which houses factories from more than twenty companies is jointly run by both governments and is located in North Korea. It is a symbol of peaceful cooperation and provides needed revenue to the North Korean government.[/toggle]
6. What is the name of the cruise liner that ran aground off the coast to Italy nearly two years ago?
[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 Costa Concordia. It is now being raised after engineers found a way to do it in an environmentally-friendly way.[/toggle]
7. In order to comply with Russia’s plan to resolve the chemical weapons crisis in Syria, what must the Syrian government do by next 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”]The Syrian government must provide a list of its chemical weapons arsenal and where it is storing them.[/toggle]
8. To go with question #7, when must all chemical weapons material in Syria be destroyed?
[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”]By the middle of next year (2014)[/toggle]
9. Name the order of finish for the top three candidates in the New York City Democratic primary.
[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”]Bill de Blasio (40.3%), Bill Thompson (26.2%), and Christine Quinn (15.5%).[/toggle]
10. A shooting here Monday killed thirteen people.
[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 Washington Navy Yard at its Sea Systems Command headquarters. The Naval Sea Systems Command builds, buys, and maintains submarines and combat systems.[/toggle]