Global energy quiz

Just how much do you know about the world and its energy sources and how they are used?

As part of the BBC's special coverage looking at energy sources for the future, test your knowledge in our quiz!

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Question 1

Space officials in which country recently announced they were exploring the possibility of mining helium on the Moon?

	A: China

	B: Russia

	C: India

	D: Japan

Question 2

Western Europe has the most developed windpower sector in the world, but which country in the region already gets about 19% of its power demand from the wind and aims to increase this to 25% in 2008?

	A: Spain

	B: Germany

	C: UK

	D: Denmark

Question 3

How many commercial nuclear reactors are there worldwide?

	A: 95

	B: 769

	C: 440

	D: 912

Question 4

Biomass can be processed to produce which of the following form/s of fuel?

	A: only solid and liquid

	B: only solid and gas

	C: only solid

	D: solid, liquid and gas

Question 5

The world's biggest hydroelectric station has dams five miles wide and 12,600 megawatt capacity - enough to power most of California. Where is it?

	A: The Hoover Dam, in the US

	B: Kvilldal, in Norway

	C: The Itaipu Dam on the Brazil-Paraguay border

	D: The Three Gorges project in China

Question 6

India is already the seventh largest market for petroleum products - where is it expected to be by 2010?

	A: Ranked fourth largest

	B: Fifth largest

	C: Ninth largest

	D: Third largest

Question 7

Although nuclear power accounts for around 80% of electricity generated in France, it does not actually have the biggest nuclear capacity in the world. Who does?

	A: Australia

	B: Russia

	C: Japan

	D: USA

Question 8

President Bush recently pledged to cut oil imports from the Middle East by 75% in two decades, but which country is aiming to wean itself off oil completely by 2020?

	A: Indonesia

	B: Sweden

	C: North Korea

	D: The Netherlands

Question 9

Which country consumes more electricity per capita than any other?

	A: Saudi Arabia

	B: Iceland

	C: Canada

	D: USA

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