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Last Updated: Thursday, 31 March 2005, 18:27 GMT 19:27 UK
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Weekly world news quiz
The week in questions

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
What is a zeptogram?
A: A small microchip installed in the human brain that can read the mind
B: A tiny measurement of weight - a billionth of a trillionth of a gram
C: An alien being in the cult British sci-fi Television series Dr Who, which has now resumed after a 16-year hiatus
Question 2
Who admitted being a "mildly controversial figure" this week?
A: US deputy defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz, who is set to take charge of the World Bank
B: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who accused the opposition of being a stooge for UK Prime Minister Tony Blair
C: Madonna, whose firm is being sued by an ex-employee for sexual harassment
Question 3
Which of the following is the US military Central Command hoping to recruit to help "achieve long-term peace and stability in the Middle East"?
A: Chefs who will devise nutritious free meals that will be given to Iraqi teenagers to improve their health and behaviour?
B: Anthropologists who will work on an updated edition of Raphael Patai's controversial cultural 1983 study The Arab Mind?
C: Writers who will produce a series of Arabic comic books featuring characters and plots devised by the Army?
Question 4
With whom did the actor Richard Gere share a surprise dance this week?
A: The Dalai Lama
B: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
C: Actress Julia Roberts, his co-star in the film Pretty Woman
Question 5
Who was the first person to be convicted under a US law introduced in 2003 to curb sex tourism?
A: A 41-year-old investment banker from Maryland returning from a "business trip" in Thailand
B: A wheelchair-bound, 87-year-old former country singer from California planning to visit the Philippines
C: An evangelical preacher from New Jersey caught with damning pictures on his digital camera, after a trip to Brazil
Question 6
Authorities in the Indian city of Rajahmundry have been employing drummers for the past few weeks to beat outside the homes of tax defaulters, in an attempt to get them to pay up. What has happened to the scheme?
A: Authorities have wound it up, declaring it an unprecedented success. Other states are now thinking about following suit.
B: The drummers were run out of town by angry residents, who had been kept awake at night
C: The drummers have gone on strike claiming that city officials subtracted too much tax from their pay cheques
Question 7
Dentists warned this week that lip piercing could be bad for you. What problem did they identify as a possible side-effect?
A: Oral herpes
B: Receding gums
C: Magnetised tooth fillings

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