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

What was described this week by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as "truly one of the most famous Russian words"?

	A: Perestroika

	B: Sputnik

	C: Kalashnikov

Question 2

Former foes France and Germany held a joint World War I Armistice Day ceremony for the first time, with Angela Merkel becoming the first German leader to attended the event in Paris. Who had controversially turned down an offer to attend in the past?

	A: Gerhard Schroeder

	B: Helmut Kohl

	C: Willy Brandt

Question 3

A gold mining firm is being investigated after a section of the Great Wall of China was damaged during prospecting. This section dates from the Qin Dynasty, while the better-known section in Beijing is from the Ming Dynasty. Which is older?

	A: Ming

	B: Qin

Question 4

A judge in the US has banned certain types of car number plates from being sold. What kind of imagery do they feature?

	A: Religious imagery

	B: Imagery deemed unpatriotic

	C: Sexual imagery

Question 5

A public outcry in Brazil prompted a university who had expelled a student for wearing a short dress to readmit her. What was one of the things the university accused her of doing to attract attention in the dress?

	A: Taking the longest route to class

	B: Constantly crossing and uncrossing her legs

	C: Dancing on a canteen table

Question 6

World leaders and dignitaries attended the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall this week. Who declared: "We are brothers, we are Berliners" during the event?

	A: US President Barack Obama, in a video address

	B: French President Nicolas Sarkozy

	C: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 7

A Canadian teenager was rescued from a 15m (40ft) ice floe drifting in the Arctic sea this week. What was on the floe with him when he was rescued?

	A: Polar bears

	B: Penguins

	C: Seals

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