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

Japan's finance minister resigned this week amid allegations that he turned up at a G7 news conference in Rome drunk. What did he blame his performance on?

	A: Jet lag

	B: A cold remedy

	C: A strong reaction against Italian coffee

Question 2

What was described as a "one-in-a-million chance"?

	A: The collision of French and British nuclear subs

	B: The discovery of French battleship Danton, sunk in 1917 by a German submarine

	C: A pilot's success in landing a stricken helicopter in the North Sea

Question 3

A survey for the Vatican revealed that men and women sin in different ways. What is the most common sin that women confess to?

	A: Pride

	B: Sloth

	C: Avarice

Question 4

It was reported this week that Nasa and the European Space Agency have decided to forge ahead with an ambitious plan to send a probe to the Jupiter system and its icy moon. What's the moon called?

	A: Erato

	B: Erkeios

	C: Europa

Question 5

UK trade minister Peter Mandelson launched a tirade against coffee chain Starbucks after its chairman commented on the state of the UK's economic health. Lord Mandelson reacted angrily to suggestions that the economy was in...

	A: "hot water"

	B: the "doldrums"

	C: a "spiral"

Question 6

The European Space Agency's new freight-carrying space vehicle is named after an astronomer who gave his name to the "laws of planetary motion". Which one?

	A: Johannes Kepler

	B: Nicolaus Copernicus

	C: Isaac Newton

Question 7

What did 1,000 snake charmers protest against in eastern India this week?

	A: A law that has outlawed their profession

	B: An attempt by the government to disband the snake charmers' trade union

	C: A law prohibiting them from playing their flutes after 10pm

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