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Last Updated: Thursday, 24 November 2005, 15:43 GMT
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Weekly world news quiz
The week in questions

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
What thwarted President George Bush's attempt to make a quick exit from a news conference in Beijing after only answering a handful of questions from reporters?
A: His jacket caught on the arm of a chair as he strode off and he got stuck
B: A guard stopped him as he tried to enter another room and asked him for his identification
C: The door he tried to leave by was locked
Question 2
Which hit movie was recently screened to the crew of the International Space Station?
A: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the latest of the boy wizard's adventures
B: Alien, made by Ridley Scott in 1979
C: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the final part in the fantasy trilogy
Question 3
Irish prawn catchers fishing off the coast of England hauled in an unusual catch, which had come in on the tide from the Bay of Biscay. What was it?
A: Old Spanish coins
B: Kalashnikov rifles
C: Bottles of liqueur
Question 4
Whose poems, sold at auction this week, showed his "witty and sometimes coarse sense of humour", his desire to stop smoking and his relationships with various women, according to auctioneers?
A: Bob Dylan
B: Kurt Cobain
C: John Lennon
Question 5
A court in the Indian state of Punjab ruled this week that teachers no longer have to:
A: Cook meals for their students
B: Be able to read or write
C: Sing the national anthem every morning before classses begin
Question 6
How did a Nigerian state governor suspected of money laundering manage to skip bail in the UK?
A: He got a job as a cleaner on a cross-Channel ferry and fled when he reached France
B: He posed as a "roadie" for a Nigerian band which had been playing a concert in London and left in their van bound for Europe
C: He disguised himself as a woman and boarded a train to Europe
Question 7
Who pleaded guilty and was given a good behaviour bond by a court this week after an "air incident"?
A: A passenger who asked a flight attendant for her phone number
B: An Israeli who strayed across the border between Israel and Lebanon in a paraglider, prompting a clash between Israeli troops and Hezbollah guerrillas
C: A woman on an international flight who tried to open the plane door so she could have a cigarette

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