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Last Updated: Thursday, 30 September, 2004, 18:33 GMT 19:33 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.

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Question 1
Efforts are afoot in Nigeria to prevent its footballers from:
A: Appearing in magazines and advertisements
B: Having elaborate hairdos
C: Wearing baggy shorts
Question 2
Why have China's mooncakes - the sweet pastries traditionally eaten at the mid-Autumn festival - become so controversial?
A: There are fears they are being used to pass bribes on to officials
B: A man has launched a lawsuit against their manufacturers, arguing that they have made him obese
C: Bakeries have renamed them Rockcakes to enable them to sell pastries left over from last year
Question 3
Why has a physics lecturer in Bangladesh been banned from class?
A: He had no knowledge of the subject - he thought he had applied to teach physical education
B: He demanded that all female students wear burqas to his classes
C: He refused to use the white board provided, arguing that he was allergic to the marker pens needed
Question 4
A new artist is wowing New York's art world with paintings that are drawing comparisons with Jackson Pollock. Who is the unlikely talent?
A: A robot
B: A labrador dog
C: A four-year-old girl
Question 5
What was this week declared by a Taiwanese minister to be the "size of a piece of snot"?
A: Taipei's baseball pitch
B: His new office
C: Singapore
Question 6
What will inmates in California's prisons soon no longer be allowed to do?
A: Take exercise
B: Smoke
C: Sing
Question 7
It's the size of 35 football pitches and centuries old. What did scientists discover this week?
A: A huge mushroom - in Switzerland
B: A well-preserved Aztec settlement - in Mexico
C: A massive jellyfish - in the Pacific Ocean

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