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Last Updated: Friday, 6 April 2007, 07:59 GMT 08:59 UK
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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?

Question 1
Cuban leader Fidel Castro poured scorn on the US for promoting the international use of biofuels, arguing that the developing world would suffer. The ailing revolutionary's broadside took the form of a newspaper article, not a speech. What was it headlined?
A: Ethanol and Imperialism
B: Reflections of The Commander-in-Chief
C: Back In Business
Question 2
Greece is banning some 300 fan clubs after violence ahead of a game caused one death and serious injuries to others. What was the sporting event?
A: Basketball
B: Football
C: Volleyball
Question 3
A German court denied a woman's unusual request for the disposal of her late father's ashes. What had she wanted to do?
A: Scatter them on the turf of Berlin's Olympic Stadium
B: Sweep them into the grate of his favourite pub
C: Turn them into an artificial diamond
Question 4
A life-size milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ being crucified outraged US Roman Catholics. What was the sculpture named?
A: My Sweet Lord
B: Consumer Christ
C: Chocolate Crucifixion
Question 5
In which country did Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler still enjoy a town's honorary citizenship until recently?
A: Germany
B: Paraguay
C: Spain
Question 6
A French architect claimed to have solved the mystery of how the blocks of Egypt's Great Pyramid were laid. What was the trick?
A: An inner ramp
B: Teams of elephants
C: A cog of stone
Question 7
There have been angry protests in Ukraine over the country's Eurovision Contest entry, sung by a controversial drag queen. What did they hate about it?
A: Serdyuchka is singing in Russian rather than Ukrainian
B: She is seen as a grotesque stereotype of a stupid villager
C: They say the lyrics are too political

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