Newsquiz: Week of November 3

(CNN Student News) -- November 7, 2008

Fill in the blank - The following sentences relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News. See if you can identify the missing element from each sentence. Write your answers in the space provided.

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1. Rep. Rahm Emanuel has accepted the position of President-elect Barack Obama's ________.

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2. Voters in the U.S. state of ________ decided on a ballot measure to ban affirmative action.

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3. It takes 60 votes in the U.S. Senate to stop a ________, a political speech that is intended to delay or prevent legislation.

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4. Consumer electronics retailer ________ announced that it will be closing 155 of its U.S. stores by the end of 2008.

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5. The word ________ means the amount of money by which a company or government's spending is more than its income.

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6. ________ is the only U.S. state that conducts 100 percent of its voting by mail.

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7. A town in the country of ________ shares its name with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.

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8. New York Congressman ________ is sponsoring legislation that would make U.S. elections a two-day, weekend event in November.

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9. Yousaf Raza Gilani is the prime minister of ________.

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10. According to the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ________ is the day on which a new U.S. president begins his or her term.

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