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Last Updated: Thursday, 20 February, 2003, 16:34 GMT
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Weekly world news quiz

Which of our headlines caught your eye this week? Test your powers of recollection once more with our world news quiz.

What did an English tabloid call the French President Jacques Chirac – in French - this week?
A: A ripe old cheese
B: A worm
C: A snail
What caused delegates to threaten to leave peace talks in Somalia this week?
A: A ban on guns
B: A herd of wild pigs
C: A suspicious spate of food poisoning
According to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, what costs the city $1m?
A: Every 100 cases of smoking-related lung cancer
B: Every day's rubbish disposal
C: Every inch of snow that falls
Who was this week described as "a great personality who possesses the gift of a prophet"?
A: Michael Jackson
B: Pope John Paul II
C: The president of Turkmenistan
What did the UK start exporting an Arabic version of this week?
A: Top of the Pops
B: The Harry Potter books
C: The Complete Works of Shakespeare
What has the Bangladeshi air force been deployed against for the first time this week?
A: Floods
B: Drug traffickers
C: Mosquitoes
"Mungo" Man has been in the news this week. Who or what is he?
A: A character used in health education
B: An ancient skeleton
C: A cricketer





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