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Last Updated: Thursday, 27 January 2005, 16:12 GMT
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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
How did the government of Malawi get judges to end a strike this week?
A: It threatened to arrest them
B: It bought them four-wheel drive vehicles
C: It started trying to recruit judges from neighbouring Tanzania
Question 2
Leroy Chiao and Salizan Sharipov went for a walk in extreme conditions this week. Where?
A: To the top of Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in the US, after scaling the highest peak in Russia, Mt Elbrus
B: Across the Bering Strait to prove Asians took this route to America thousands of years ago
C: In space
Question 3
To whom did flamboyant German designer Rudolph Moshammer leave his Munich villa?
A: The Las Vegas-based magicians Siegfried and Roy
B: His Yorkshire terrier Daisy
C: The German people
Question 4
What is the US military planning to deploy in Iraq?
A: Sniffer dogs to help detect roadside insurgent bombs
B: Robots armed with machine-guns
C: Disc jockeys trained as comedians to cheer up the troops
Question 5
"He has heavily damaged the reputation of the republic." Who was talking about whom?
A: An Austrian politician, calling for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to be stripped of his Austrian nationality for allowing an execution to go ahead
B: An Iranian politician, angered by the US Vice-President Dick Cheney's description of Iran as the world's top "potential trouble-spot"
C: A Polish judge who has fined a leading newspaper editor, Jerzy Urban, $6,500 for ridiculing Pope John Paul II
Question 6
A 12-year-old boy pointed out mistakes in a prestigious publication this week. Which one was it?
A: The Guinness Book of Records - the global authority on unbeaten achievements
B: A new edition of the Gideon Bible, found in hotel rooms around the world
C: The Encyclopaedia Britannica - regarded as an authority on everything
Question 7
What event was described this week as "a spontaneous combustion of love"?
A: The preliminary round of Brazil's "kissathon" a nationwide, cash-prize event held every year to mark Valentine's Day
B: US billionaire Donald Trump's wedding to a Slovenian model, which was attended by top celebrities
C: A mass wedding at Seoul's Olympic Stadium celebrated by the Reverend Moon from the Unification Church

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