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

In Sarah Palin's Republican conference speech, she spoke with pride of son Track's deployment to Iraq next week. Where did his name come from?

	A: Sarah and husband Todd met while tracking moose

	B: She gave birth during the track and field season

	C: Family name from Palin's side - her husband Todd has Yup'ik Eskimo ancestry

Question 2

New macho-man photos of Vladimir Putin were published in the Russian press this week. What was he doing while he was in Siberia?

	A: Tranquilizing a tiger

	B: Flying a Russian jet

	C: Swimming the width of River Lena

Question 3

Italy agreed to pay Libya $5bn in compensation for misdeeds during its colonial rule. What is it also returning as part of a goodwill gesture?

	A: A tiny island it annexed off Libya's coast

	B: A giant obelisk

	C: An ancient statue of Venus

Question 4

A row has broken out in which country over government plans to offer free English lessons to youngsters during the school holidays?

	A: France

	B: Japan

	C: Finland

Question 5

Zimbabwe's top Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry was given a financial reward by the government for her Beijing performance. What was she given?

	A: A single Zimbabwean note worth the equivalent of $10,000

	B: $100,000 in US currency packed in a suitcase

	C: Gold bars worth $100,000

Question 6

Australian census figures reveal that the country is suffering from an unprecedented "man drought". Where did one demographer say a specific age demographic were heading, contributing to the problem?

	A: Dubai

	B: Italy

	C: Brazil

Question 7

Scientists in Canada made a surprising discovery that wild wolves were just as happy to eat what, as an alternative to hunting deer?

	A: Nuts

	B: Fish

	C: Fruit

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