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Last Updated: Thursday, 21 October, 2004, 15:44 GMT 16:44 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
If you fancy the part of Elvis in a new US television mini-series, what should you be prepared to do at the audition?
A: Do the Elvis Pelvis dance
B: Sing 10 bars of any Elvis song
C: Blast a TV set with a gun
Question 2
An Italian criminal famed for his multiple prison escapes has done it once again. What did he leave in his cell?
A: A cloth puppet - strategically placed in his bed
B: A note apologising but adding that he "just couldn't cope" with being inside
C: His cell mate
Question 3
A Sydney billboard has recently been carrying what rather unusual advertisement?
A: A woman trying to find a husband - preferably non-smoking
B: A search for the owner of a diary found on the City Circle Line bus
C: Someone offering to sell an antique table for $1,000, less than a third of what the advertising cost
Question 4
"It's good to feel the power of being united." Who said this?
A: A flash-mobber at a car show room in Mumbai
B: A member of a Guatemalan prostitutes' football team
C: A European MEP after a controversial commissioner said he regretted saying homosexuality was a sin
Question 5
The Taj Mahal is reportedly starting to tilt. What is being blamed?
A: Too many loveless people visiting the monument, which is a symbol of love
B: Ageing camel droppings within its foundations
C: The drying-out of the Yamuna River
Question 6
Why is the famous Parisian nightclub The Crazy Horse being asked to change its name?
A: The French league of horsemeat traders have complained it associates their product with BSE - or mad cow disease
B: New city rules require all venue names to be in French
C: The Sioux tribe of North America wants it changed out of respect for former chief Crazy Horse
Question 7
An electronics expert has invented a tiny remote-control device which can secretly switch off any television in the vicinity at the push of a button. What's it called?
A: TV-B-Gone
B: Over and Out
C: Sanity Saver

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