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

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has been named the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes magazine, knocking talk show host Oprah Winfrey into second place. Who was the only man to make it into the top five?

	A: Angelina's hubby Brad Pitt

	B: Golfer Tiger Woods

	C: Entertainment guru Simon Cowell

Question 2

The Chinese authorities banned a number of websites in the run-up to the anniversary of the suppression of the Tiananmen protests? Which survived the censors?

	A: The social networking service Twitter

	B: The photo-sharing service Flickr

	C: The BBC News website

Question 3

A 13-year-old American girl was crowned US spelling champion this week. The clincher was a word meaning lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics. What is the correct spelling of that word?

	A: Laodecian

	B: Lyodicean

	C: Laodicean

Question 4

Neil Armstrong did not say "one small step for a man" - rather "one small step for man" - when he set foot on the Moon in 1969, a linguistic analysis has confirmed. What has Armstrong maintained about the utterance of those immortal words?

	A: That he was certain he did not drop the letter "a"

	B: That he can't remember because it was all a blur

	C: That it didn't matter either way

Question 5

President Obama took his wife on a long-promised night out in the Big Apple last weekend. How many aircraft were needed to make the trip possible?

	A: One

	B: Three

	C: Five

Question 6

A senior member of the military government in the African state of Guinea came up with an unusual way of treating thieves, in an attempt to alleviate the problem of overcrowding in jails. What was it?

	A: Sell them as slaves

	B: Burn them alive

	C: Send them to the country's salt mines

Question 7

Kim Jong Un, 25, the youngest son of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, has been formally declared as his successor. Being a fan of which British singer apparently ruled out his older brother, Kim Jong Chul?

	A: Eric Clapton

	B: Rod Stewart

	C: Elton John

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