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(CNN Student News) -- December 19, 2008

Name that noun - Answer the following questions about people, places or things from this week's news. Fill in your answers in the space provided.

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1. During President Bush's surprise visit to Iraq, an Iraqi journalist threw these items at the U.S. leader.

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2. Members of this body met in states across the U.S. to cast their votes for the U.S. president and vice president.

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3. Investment broker and former NASDAQ chairman Bernard Madoff was arrested for allegedly running this type of scam.

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4. A Saturday Night Live skit raised controversy by parodying this U.S. governor.

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5. Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic successfully performed the nation's first, near-total transplant of this part of the human body.

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6. More than a thousand new species have been discovered in the past decade in this region.

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7. This organization is planning to cut oil production by two million barrels a day.

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8. The "Twin Cities" are located in this U.S. state.

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9. Military officials from this African country were convicted of genocide and sentenced to life in prison.

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10. This hormone helps the body react to stress, often by increasing a person's heart rate and nerve action.

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