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Last Updated: Thursday, 9 August 2007, 15:59 GMT 16:59 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
How did French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on holiday in the US, reportedly respond to snapping paparazzi?
A: He posed for the cameras and invited the snappers to lunch
B: He boarded their boat wearing only his swimming trunks and shouted angrily at them
C: He avoided them by jumping into Lake Winnipesaukee and swimming away
Question 2
A man on a flight from Peru to New York stunned fellow passengers after what fell out from under his hat?
A: Packs of cocaine
B: A pile of indigenous potato varieties
C: A monkey
Question 3
What are zodiacal dust clouds?
A: A weather system which delayed the launch of the Phoenix Mars probe
B: The scientific name for Saturn's famous rings
C: The subject of Queen guitarist Brian May's astronomy thesis
Question 4
Republican presidential hopeful Rudolph Giuliani's daughter is apparently backing Democrat Barack Obama, it was revealed this week. How did her father respond?
A: He said he loved her very much
B: He said he understood how such a young, handsome man could win over the ladies
C: He said it could have been worse - she could have backed Hillary Clinton
Question 5
Government officials in Spain have been forced to take drastic action to control the behaviour of a certain creature. What and why?
A: Farmers have been asked to leave carcasses in the open to satisfy hungry, aggressive vultures
B: Fields are being burnt due to an unexplained surge in the vole population
C: Beaches have been closed after a surge in the jellyfish population due to the hot weather
Question 6
A suspected thief was forced by Indian police to swallow large quantities of food in a bid to loosen his bowels and retrieve a stolen gold necklace. What finally did the trick?
A: Tamarind fruit
B: Bananas
C: A chicken dinner
Question 7
Why did the world's tallest living man, Leonid Stadnyk of Ukraine, have to leave his job as a vet six years ago?
A: He had developed frostbite in his feet for want of proper shoes
B: He had grown so tall he intimidated livestock
C: His hands had become so big he could no longer handle medical equipment

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