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

"This year the numbers have exceeded anything we could have imagined." What is being referred to in this story from France?

	A: Salmon

	B: Bees

	C: British tourists

Question 2

A student at a university in the Democratic Republic of Congo got a sharp response from US secretary of state Hillary Clinton when he apparently asked what her husband thought of an issue. What was the issue?

	A: Peacekeeping in Africa

	B: Aid to Africa

	C: China's role in Africa

Question 3

Staying with Mrs Clinton, while the secretary of state was in Kenya, a local man renewed an offer that he had made to her in a letter almost a decade ago. What was he offering for her daughter Chelsea's hand in marriage?

	A: Goats and cows

	B: Mining rights

	C: The chance to become a tribal chief

Question 4

Scientists in the US believe they have solved one of the most enigmatic mysteries of nature: why flamingoes like to stand on one leg. The answer is?

	A: To regulate their body temperature

	B: To give their other leg a rest

	C: Because they are anatomically lopsided

Question 5

The Australian government has set aside $16m (£9.7m) to contain a problem. What is it?

	A: Camels

	B: Cane toads

	C: Locusts

Question 6

"There have been so many crises in his life: he'll pull through" - was the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver's response to what family emergency?

	A: Brother Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick incident

	B: The shooting of brother John F Kennedy

	C: John F Kennedy's negotiation of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 7

Forty years ago, the photo of the front of the Beatles' Abbey Road album was shot. It was one of the pop world's most famous covers. What was the original name put forward for the album?

	A: Everest, after a brand of cigarettes

	B: Moondog, after the band's previous name Johnny and the Moondogs

	C: Karma, after their interest in meditation

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