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

Footage of President Obama swatting a fly during a television interview has been played repeatedly on the news networks. What did he say after he sent it tumbling to the floor?

	A: "My kids will kill me"

	B: "I got the sucker"

	C: "That made my day"

Question 2

I spy...The UK's Secret Intelligence Service is getting a new boss. When Britain's ambassador to the United Nations Sir John Sawers takes over in November, he will be known as "C". What does it stand for?

	A: Chief

	B: Charlie

	C: Condor

Question 3

We learnt this week that American comic strip character Captain America is to be resurrected, more than a year after he was killed off. How did the shield-wielding hero die?

	A: From natural causes

	B: He was shot by a sniper

	C: He died in a chemical attack

Question 4

Mexican drug gangs are dreaming up new methods to overcome the country's war on drugs. Where did the country's navy find more than a tonne of cocaine this week?

	A: Inside fishermen's buoys

	B: Inside a mini-submarine

	C: Inside shark carcasses

Question 5

The anti-cancer properties of carrots are more potent if the vegetable is not cut up before cooking, research shows. What was the anti-cancer compound in question?

	A: Limonoids

	B: Folic acid

	C: Falcarinol

Question 6

A man rumoured to be the model for Sacha Baron Cohen's new character, Bruno, told the BBC he thought the idea was "wonderful". Who is he?

	A: Austrian TV presenter Alfons Haider

	B: California governor Arnold Schwarzenneger

	C: Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld

Question 7

Paris's Quai Branly Museum, dedicated to indigenous art from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, opened an exhibition this week on one of the following. Which?

	A: Sinbad

	B: Tarzan

	C: Indiana Jones

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