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

Why were crowds gathered in the Indian village of Taregna, Bihar state, to watch a solar eclipse disappointed this week?

	A: Instead of the predicted total eclipse, only a partial eclipse was visible in Bihar

	B: Cloudy skies obscured the view

	C: The sun was barely visible through glasses provided for watching the spectacle

Question 2

"Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable _____ childhood". What is the missing word in this quotation, attributed to a well-known writer who died this week?

	A: Immigrant

	B: Itinerant

	C: Irish

Question 3

New Zealand recently suffered its biggest earthquake in 78 years, but what unexpected effect did it have?

	A: It exposed the remains of a rare ancient settlement

	B: It shifted New Zealand a little closer to its western neighbour, Australia

	C: It demolished an empty concrete building in Wellington long deemed an eyesore by locals

Question 4

What were astronauts on the International Space Station doing as the 40th anniversary of man's first step on the Moon's surface was celebrated back down on earth?

	A: Arm wrestling with crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour

	B: Trying out a new moonwalking device, modelled on the jet ski

	C: Fixing a blocked toilet

Question 5

Which British sports star was given an angry reception by his team's supporters this week?

	A: LA Galaxy's David Beckham

	B: Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard

	C: England cricketer Freddy Flintoff

Question 6

What did an Egyptian civil servant do, which led to him being jailed for insulting President Hosni Mubarak? (He was acquitted on appeal this week.)

	A: He pinned a cartoon of the president to the wall of his office

	B: He wrote a satirical poem to amuse his workmates

	C: He refused to allow the presidential motorcade to use parking places reserved for government ministers

Question 7

Veteran US journalist and anchorman Walter Cronkite died this week. Among the many big stories he announced to millions of homes across the US was the news that Apollo 11 had landed on the Moon. Cronkite admitted that on this occasion he found himself, for the first time on air...

	A: Speechless

	B: In tears

	C: Without a tie

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