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Last Updated: Thursday, 18 January 2007, 17:47 GMT
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Weekly world news quiz
The week in questions graphic

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
Thirty thousand people gathered in the US city of Las Vegas for a convention featuring pioneering new technology. Which $57bn sector was holding its annual convention?
A: The pornography industry
B: The gambling industry
C: Personal security industry
Question 2
Why is China facing a shortage of wives within a couple of decades, according to a new report?
A: Parents only allowed one child prefer to have a boy
B: Marriageable women are migrating abroad
C: Professional women are increasingly reluctant to wed
Question 3
The new UN secretary general has made an appeal to diplomats to obey local laws in New York. What offences have the diplomats been committing?
A: Chewing-gum offences
B: Smoking offences
C: Parking offences
Question 4
Rocky and Rambo star Sylvester Stallone got a rousing reception when he attended an event in England. What was the event?
A: A boxing match
B: A football match
C: A war veterans' convention
Question 5
"A reign of terror." What was Ramesh Kallidai of the Hindu Forum of Britain referring to?
A: The atmosphere inside the Big Brother house
B: The Nazi era in Germany amid a new row over the swastika symbol
C: Indian parents pushing their children to break dancing and signing records
Question 6
The "Doomsday Clock" - a barometer of nuclear danger for the past 55 years - was reset closer to midnight - or Armageddon. How close is it to midnight now?
A: Three minutes to midnight
B: Five minutes to midnight
C: Seven minutes to midnight
Question 7
A conservation programme for some of the world's most bizarre and unusual creatures has been launched by the Zoological Society of London. One of the following is NOT a real creature - which one?
A: The bumblebee bat
B: The golden-rumped elephant shrew
C: The red-eared dwarf bear

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