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

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1. This foreign leader recently apologized for insulting President Barack Obama.

[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”]Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines.  Duterte said that President Obama was the “son of a whore” and quickly took back his comments, which he said was not intended to be a personal attack.  Analysts note that the spat makes Duterte look like an unsteady leader in a region that is becoming increasingly contentious.[/toggle]

2. This American university was recently ranked as the highest public university in America according to the QS World University Rankings.

[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 University of Michigan.  The university was the only public one in the top twenty-five.[/toggle]

3. Iran recently dropped a $4 billion lawsuit against this country.

[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”]Russia.  Iran was filing suit over a S-300 surface-to-air missile system that was never delivered, but Russia is now sending the system.  As a result, Iran is withdrawing the lawsuit.[/toggle]

4. Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly passed away on Monday at the age of ninety-two. What is she most known 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”]Schlafly was instrumental in blocking the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the 1970s and 1980s.  Her group STOP ERA continues to fight ratification attempts of the amendment.[/toggle]

5. Protesters allege that this Latin American nation’s pension system is inadequate.

[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”]Chile.  Protesters argue that those who do not consistently give contributions receive lower payouts, thereby creating significant inequalities.

6. This for-profit college decided to close its doors after facing federal sanctions.

[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”]ITT Tech.  The university is ceasing operations after the U.S. Department of Education decided to stop providing federal financial aid to students that attended.  The shutdown will affect 35,000 students and 8,000 employees.[/toggle]

7. PayPal recently entered into an agreement with this company.

[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”]MasterCard.  The agreement will allow PayPal to receive lower fees for customers when using credit cards, while also allowing MasterCard’s mobile payments initiatives.  The two sides have fought over control of online and in-store transactions, so this deal is a way to soothe relations.[/toggle]

8. What percentage of U.S. students miss at least fifteen days of school during the school year?

[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”]13%.  This equates to 6.5 million students and missing this much school is termed as “chronic absenteeism” by experts.  Students in poverty, that are racial minorities, and those with disabilities are most at risk of accumulating absences.[/toggle]

9. How long was British Islamic cleric Anjem Choudary sentenced to prison for supporting ISIS?

[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 years.  The British government jailed Choudary for recruiting fighters for the Islamic State. He has long been a controversial figure in Britain, calling for sharia law.[/toggle]

10. How did the governing German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) fare in recently state elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?

[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”]It finished in third behind the Socialist Democratic Party and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).  The election result was one of the worst for the party in its history, but Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she would not make alterations to her refugee policy.  The poor showing has caused observers to doubt whether Merkel can with a fourth term in office in 2017.[/toggle]