BBC NEWS Americas Africa Europe Middle East South Asia Asia Pacific
BBCi NEWS   SPORT   WEATHER   WORLD SERVICE   A-Z INDEX     

BBC News World Edition
 You are in: In Depth  
News Front Page
Africa
Americas
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Middle East
South Asia
UK
Business
Entertainment
Science/Nature
Technology
Health
-------------
Talking Point
-------------
Country Profiles
In Depth
-------------
Programmes
-------------
BBC Sport
BBC Weather
SERVICES
-------------
EDITIONS
Thursday, 12 December, 2002, 18:31 GMT
Weekly world news quiz

As the week draws to a close it's time again to test your powers of recollection with our weekly world news quiz.

What items have Germans been sending en masse to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to express their anger with his policies?
A: Hair dye products
B: Dirty underwear
C: Shirts
A woman in Japan was found guilty this week of murdering four people by lacing what type of food with arsenic?
A: Chicken soup
B: Curry
C: Sushi
Serbia failed for a second time this week to elect a new president, and now looks set to hold a third election. This is because:
A: The International War Crimes Tribunal is preventing Slobodan Milosevic from running
B: Too few voters turned out at polling stations
C: Mafia gangs have stolen more than 10% of the ballot boxes
How did a Malawian man escape from the jaws of a crocodile this week?
A: He shouted abusive names at it
B: He bit it on the nose
C: By running in a zig zag line
"All were completely legitimate". Who or what was American lawyer Mark Geragos defending this week?
A: Doctors who issued prescribed drugs to actress Winona Ryder
B: Oscar nominations for animated characters Stuart Little and Lilo and Stitch
C: A consignment of Scud missiles intercepted en route for Yemen
Who or what caused more than 26,000 schools and colleges in mountainous Nepal to close for two days this week?
A: Inspections which revealed that many school buildings are suffering from serious subsidence
B: A cold spell that sent temperatures plunging way below zero
C: A Maoist student protest against the "commercialisation" of education
One of the world's oldest known prostheses went on display this week. What is it, and who was its owner?
A: A false leg suspected of belonging to notorious 18th Century pirate Blackbeard
B: A wooden toe found still attached to the foot of a mummy in a Cairo museum
C: A ceremonial golden finger belonging to Roman emperor Caligula
See also:

05 Dec 02 | In Depth
28 Nov 02 | In Depth
21 Nov 02 | In Depth
15 Nov 02 | In Depth

E-mail this story to a friend

© BBC ^^ Back to top

News Front Page | Africa | Americas | Asia-Pacific | Europe | Middle East |
South Asia | UK | Business | Entertainment | Science/Nature |
Technology | Health | Talking Point | Country Profiles | In Depth |
Programmes