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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Pick well and good luck!
1. On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department would sue this state to overturn its new election law that requires a photo ID.
[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”]North Carolina, who recently passed a law that goes into effect in 2016 that requires a voter ID for voting, eliminates same-day registration during early voting, and reduces the early voting period from 17 to 10 days.[/toggle]
2. Why did Venezuela recently expel three U.S. embassy officials?
[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 American embassy officials, which included America’s top diplomat in Venezuela, were expelled by Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro for allegedly trying to sabatoge the country’s electricity system and economy.[/toggle]
3. Which two networks recently cancelled high-profile television projects about Hillary Clinton?
[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”]CNN and NBC. Both faced the possibility of the Republican Party not holding debates on those networks in 2016.[/toggle]
4. How many times has Amanda Knox faced trial for allegedly killing her roommate in Italy in 2007?
[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”]Knox has stood trial three times. She was first tried and found guity in 2009, but during an appeal trial her conviction was overturned in 2011. Italy’s Court of Cassation overturned that decision this year, so a third trial is beginning.[/toggle]
5. The subsidies in Obamacare go up to what percentage of the poverty line?
[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”]Those that make less than 400% above the poverty line will be able to receive subsidies to get health insurance through Obamacare. Those individuals making a little over $70,000 a year will not receive subsidies.[/toggle]
6. Why is the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Kurdish rebel group, fighting the Turkish government?
[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 PKK desires an ethnic homeland in southeast Turkey. They have clashed with the Turkish government since 1984. The Turkish government of Tayyip Erdogan is attempting to politically integrate the Kurds into Turkish society in an attempt to end violent clashes between the two sides.[/toggle]
7. New recommendations from an FAA panel urge that passengers be allowed to use their mobile devices under what conditions?
[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 report says that passengers should be allowed to use their mobile devices when planes are on the ground or flying below 10,000 feet. However, the activities passengers should be limited to are reading, playing games, watching movies, or listening to music.[/toggle]
8. Why did al-Shabab launch the Westgate Mall attack on Kenya?
[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”]Al-Shabab claims to have attacked the Westgate Mall in an effort to get Kenya to leave Somalia, which it invaded in 2011 to drive al-Shabab away from the port of Kismayo.[/toggle]
9. Which major retailer is facing a potential bankruptcy?
[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”]JCPenny. The retailer is seeking $1 billion in new capital and suffered from a ten percent decline in share value last week. The company is trying to recover from an unsuccessful market shift where it tried to cater to younger and wealthier customers.[/toggle]
10. German political analysts expect Angela Merkel to form a government with, which German political party? What is the name that the press gives to this potential coalition?
[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 Social Democratic Party (SPD), which took 23% of the vote. The press refers to this as a “grand coalition.” Merkel and the SPD worked together in a “grand coalition” from 2005-2009.[/toggle]