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

President elect Barack Obama got together with President Bush and three former presidents for lunch this week. During a group photograph in the Oval office, Bill Clinton complimented Mr Bush's choice of what?

A: Rug B: Books C: Tie

Question 2

Chairman Mao's grandson has just come top of a poll in China's People's Daily newspaper. He is now the most popular...

A: Footballer B: Blogger C: Singer

Question 3

A six-year-old in the US crashed his parents' car while driving it to school after he missed the bus. He told police he learned to drive from...

A: Video games B: His dad C: A car manual

Question 4

Cuba has opened up electronic access to thousands of documents from writer Ernest Hemingway's former home on the island. Among them are coded messages, which detail what?

A: His love affairs B: Material gathered for his books C: His exploits during World War II

Question 5

Whose daughter has written and performed a rap song paying tribute to her deceased parent's "crazy courage"?

A: Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn B: Pakistan's assassinated former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto C: South African singing legend Miriam 'Mama Africa' Makeba

Question 6

Tests concluded on the first-ever live specimen of the odd-looking "spookfish" to have been retrieved from the ocean's depths reveal it has what?

A: Mirrors for eyes B: A tongue that can extend almost a metre C: An eerie green glow when immersed in water

Question 7

Brrr! Record winter chills have gripped Europe this week. As much of Europe shivered on Tuesday, it was warmer in Antarctica (where it's summer), with a high of…

A: -5C B: 0C C: 5C

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