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

What was Queen Elizabeth II asked to show during a state visit to Canada this week?

	A: Her teeth

	B: Photos of her grandchildren

	C: Her passport

Question 2

How did a Catholic bishop in the Philippines become caught up in a hostage drama this week?

	A: He agreed to hear the confession of the hostage-takers before they fled

	B: He agreed to pass on a message to one of the hostage-takers' mothers who was a member of his congregation

	C: He agreed to drive the getaway vehicle in exchange for the hostages being released unharmed

Question 3

Which prominent American woman made an unexpected appearance on a popular Egyptian TV show this week?

	A: Laura Bush - on Alam Simsim, the Egyptian version of Sesame Street

	B: Joan Rivers - in an Oprah-style phone-in programme on cosmetic surgery

	C: Martha Stewart - in a cookery segment on the country's newly-relaunched Breakfast Show

Question 4

Why did hundreds of white South Africans demonstrate in the capital Pretoria this week?

	A: Against the redesign of an Afrikaans newspaper masthead

	B: Against the city council's decision to change the capital’s name

	C: Against government plans to allow school children to opt out of learning Afrikaans

Question 5

What were fishermen in the Russian village of Bolotnikovo surprised to find one morning?

	A: A once lifeless nearby river was suddenly teeming with fish

	B: Their nets and lines had been destroyed by fishermen from the next village

	C: Their local lake had disappeared

Question 6

Who or what was branded a "crazy old coot" this week by a harassed pizza parlour in North Carolina, USA?

	A: A man who filed a lawsuit in the state capital, Raleigh, claiming his family invented the pizza - and should be paid royalties

	B: A visiting Mississippi river eagle with a taste for ham and pineapple - who has taken to divebombing customers

	C: An elderly woman who rang emergency services 20 times in 38 minutes to complain about the shop

Question 7

Who has just had a makeover?

	A: Cartoon character Homer Simpson, who temporarily lost his trademark belly in an episode mocking a fad diet

	B: Lara Croft, star of the Tomb Raider computer games, whose figure reverted to its original, more natural contours

	C: Madonna, who changed her hair colour and style of dress in another of the singer’s famed self-transformations

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