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

All of these were in the news this week, but which was the largest figure?

	A: The budget deficit of California?

	B: The assets that Berni Madoff forfeited rights to before being sentenced

	C: Michael Jackson's total assets?

Question 2

The 40th anniversay of the Stonewall riots was marked this week - how did they get their name?

	A: After a bar

	B: After an area of New York

	C: After the name of lead demonstrator

Question 3

What is unusual about the body of a dinosaur - a duck-billed hadrosaurus called Dakota - described this week in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B?

	A: Its soft tissue has been well-preserved as well as the skeleton

	B: The decay of its teeth suggests it liked sweet food

	C: Analysis of the tail indicates it jumped like a kangaroo

Question 4

Greece became the latest country to impose public smoking bans this week, although the government stopped shy of imposing a blanket ban. Which of the following is NOT true?

	A: Greece is Europe's most nicotine-addicted nation

	B: It is the first time the government has tried to wean the country off cigarettes

	C: Stressed gamblers will still be able to indulge at the gaming table

Question 5

A US judge this week banned the publication of a book by a Swedish author promoted as a sequel to JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger's classic has sold more than 35 million copies. Another of his most popular works is...

	A: Bunny and Claude

	B: Franny and Zooey

	C: Chimp and Zee

Question 6

An annual auction for lunch with investor Warren Buffett ended with a winning bid of $1.68m, 20% less than last year. Where will the winners go for lunch?

	A: To Buffett's house

	B: To the New York restaurant where the Obamas went for their recent night out

	C: To a steakhouse

Question 7

Australian officials warned the public to stay away from a rare whale named Migaloo, which made an appearance off the east coast during the annual migration. Migaloo is named after the Aboriginal word for...

	A: White fella

	B: Bumpy back

	C: The singing one

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