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Last Updated: Thursday, 23 October, 2003, 16:16 GMT 17:16 UK
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Weekly world news quiz

It's the end of another week, so take the world news quiz to see how much you remember.

Who says he has been left with an "unrelenting pain in his head"?
A: Magician David Blaine talking about the effects of his 44 days in a box suspended above the River Thames in London
B: President Bush commenting on the amount of travel he has had to endure during a swift six-country tour of Asia
C: Singer Liza Minnelli's estranged husband David Gest, who is suing his ex for $10m (£5.9m) in damages for spousal abuse
Why has the number 46664 been in the news this week?
A: It's Nelson Mandela's former prison number - being used to promote an Aids concert
B: It was the number of gallons a second rushing over the Niagara Falls when a man plunged over the edge on impulse
C: It's the number of trips Concorde made between London and New York in 27 years of service
In France, tobacconists staged their first national strike in protest against planned rises in cigarette prices. Where in Europe does a pack of cigarettes cost the least?
A: Norway
B: Spain
C: Italy
Which building has just overtaken the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur as the world's tallest?
A: Burj Dubai - the tiny emirate's futuristic needle-shaped building
B: Taiwan's Taipei 101 building
C: China's Shanghai World Financial Centre
This week it was revealed that Rwanda now holds the record for:
A: The highest voter turnout in parliamentary elections in any African nation in a decade
B: Having the world's highest proportion of female members of parliament
C: The wealthiest government officials in any African nation
Archaeologists this week discovered the oldest-known version of which Atkins diet no-no?
A: A handful of 15,000-year-old burnt rice grains, found in South Korea
B: A fragment of noodle believed to date back to the 14th Century, found in China
C: A fossilised piece of bread in the Jordan Valley, which radioactive dating shows was made 9,000 years ago
According to researchers, walruses are mainly:
A: Right-flippered
B: Left-flippered
C: Ambidextrous

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