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Last Updated: Thursday, 10 February 2005, 15:33 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 our quiz.

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

Question 1
"The world has given them a way out and we hope they will take that way out." Who was US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice referring to this week?
A: Israel and the Palestinians
B: Iran
C: North Korea
Question 2
Scientists are to establish a giant catalogue of life - to, in effect, "barcode" every species on Earth. How many species are currently known?
A: About 7 million
B: About 1.7 million
C: About 17 million
Question 3
Voters in Riyadh went to the polls this week in the first stage of the country's historic first elections. But what criteria do Saudi citizens have to meet to qualify to vote?
A: Male, owner of property, born in Saudi Arabia
B: Male, over 21, not in the military
C: Married, over 26, not in the military
Question 4
Leonardo da Vinci's painting The Last Supper was associated with what fresh controversy this week?
A: A fashion poster in which the painting was reworked to feature a female Christ was banned in Milan
B: The decision to allow filming of the Da Vinci Code movie in the Louvre in Paris attracted protests from the French branch of the Opus Dei Catholic organisation
C: A weight-loss company promoted a low-carbohydrate diet with a slogan and logo playing on The Last Supper
Question 5
Officials in Delhi are having problems finding a new home for what "threat"?
A: Working elephants who had been causing motor accidents due to the fact that they couldn't be seen in the dark
B: A batch of 100 captured monkeys that had set up home in residential areas and near government offices
C: Female Bengal tigers in Delhi zoo who are becoming increasingly bad tempered because no mates can be found for them
Question 6
What crime of fashion had the US state of Virginia threatened its citizens with fines for this week?
A: The trend of wearing trousers so low that underwear hangs over the top
B: Wearing boxer shorts for swimming in municipal pools
C: Not wearing underwear at all
Question 7
One country took on its former colonial master in a game of football this week. Who played whom?
A: Bolivia v Spain
B: Chad v France
C: North Korea v Japan

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