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Last Updated: Thursday, 5 August, 2004, 13:54 GMT 14:54 UK
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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
What material are American architects considering using for reconstruction in Afghanistan?
A: Horse manure
B: Sand
C: Polystyrene
Question 2
Why did a Hong Kong teenager get a nasty shock this week when he trailed his hand in a fountain?
A: He was bitten by a piranha, apparently an abandoned household pet
B: The water was boiling due to a shifting tectonic plate beneath the fountain
C: Acid rain had made the water so corrosive it dissolved the skin on his hand
Question 3
Geheimratsecken was one of the words submitted in a contest to find the most beautiful German word. It literally means "privy councillor's corners" - but what's the standard translation?
A: Cloud cuckoo land
B: Receding hairline
C: Old boy network
Question 4
A state position which was abolished in Britain after the Civil War of the 17th Century is to be reintroduced. What is it?
A: Executioner
B: Jester
C: Groom of the Stool
Question 5
Why is the Indian city of Varanasi getting through hundreds of thousands of condoms a day?
A: Schoolchildren have been practising putting them on bananas as a new sex education course recommends
B: Weavers are using them to help lubricate their looms
C: Drug runners are smuggling opium by stuffing it into condoms and swallowing them
Question 6
The Statue of Liberty reopened in New York with new security measures this week. Which one is NOT among them?
A: Blowing air through visitors' clothes to test for explosives
B: Keeping the statue's crown closed to visitors
C: Examining visitors' shoes with scanners in the floor
Question 7
Where was Michael Moore's controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 banned this week?
A: Kuwait
B: Cuba
C: Crawford, Texas

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