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Last Updated: Thursday, 27 November, 2003, 17:50 GMT
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Weekly world news quiz

It's the end of another week... Just how much do you remember about the headlines from the past seven days?

Test your knowledge of world news events in the BBCNews.com quiz.

When you've got your result, why not e-mail the quiz to a friend to see how they measure up?

An Indian hermit has claimed that he has not eaten or drunk anything for several decades, yet remains in perfect health. How does he say he survives?
A: The air in his cave is especially rich in minerals and nutrients
B: Drops of water filter through a hole in his palate
C: A special yoga exercise which has shrunk the size of his stomach, and stops him feeling hunger
Female Kenyan MPs walked out in protest at what this week?
A: A ban on handbags in the debating chamber
B: A lack of state-funded childcare in the country
C: A copy of Titian's Venus Rising from the Sea hanging in the lobby
Construction work was halted this week in Taipei on the world's tallest building. Why?
A: Steel plates have been falling off the higher floors
B: It emerged that the building may be on the site of an ancient burial ground
C: A light aircraft flew into the top, sparking a security alert
A Russian ballerina has successfully sued the Bolshoi ballet after she was allegedly sacked for being overweight. What has a court ordered the company to do?
A: Increase the average weight of its ballerinas by seven lbs
B: Find a new male lead capable of lifting the sacked ballerina
C: Pay the equivalent of $6,400 in damages
Which traditional dish was on the menu for US President George W Bush at the end of his visit to the UK?
A: Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding
B: Jellied eels
C: Fish, chips and mushy peas
What substance covers the mountains of Venus, according to planetary scientists?
A: Heavy metal
B: Ice
C: Molten lava
"It's gross." Who said this, and of what?
A: School students in the US state of Illinois who are suing over mould in their classrooms
B: The creator of a turkey and gravy flavoured soft drink which has proved a hit in the run-up to Thanksgiving
C: A US tourist after being confronted with the Scottish speciality, the haggis. A survey showed that one-third of American tourists came to Scotland believing that the dish, a sheep's stomach bag stuffed with liver, heart and lung, was in fact a creature

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