Nickatilynx
03-25-2005, 11:13 AM
Test your knowledge of world news events in our quiz.
Question 1
Peru's former President, Alberto Fujimori, who was driven into exile by a corruption scandal in 2000, has given his backing to a product that he hopes will help him make a political comeback. What is it?
A: A washing powder
B: A cola drink
C: An accounting software package
Question 2
Ugandans marched through the streets of Kampala in protest against which Western pop star?
A: Reggae star Sizzla, who was forced to cancel a planned tour after being arrested for gun-running
B: Sir Bob Geldof, who urged Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to step down
C: Bono, who demanded the government do more to combat HIV/Aids
Question 3
Pope John Paul II is to get what named after him in honour of his 85th birthday?
A: A mountain peak in central Italy - the Pope has enjoyed hiking
B: A new, national football stadium in his native Poland - the Pope enjoyed football as a young man
C: A new, national theatre in Rome - the Pope once considered becoming an actor
Question 4
How did Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi liven up the Arab League summit in Algiers?
A: He offered political asylum in Libya to the US singer Michael Jackson
B: He walked out because another delegate lit a cigarette during the opening ceremony
C: He dubbed both the Israelis and the Palestinians idiots
Question 5
"It was a kidnapping cooked up by [President] Bush" - who said this, this week?
A: The former head of the Colombia's Cali drug cartel who is about to go on trial in the US
B: Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer on his detention in Japan
C: Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide - in his first television interview in South Africa
Question 6
What else is so remarkable about Lucky, the red-eared slider turtle which survived a pet shop fire in Indiana that killed 150 other animals?
A: The heat of the fire marked his shell with the face of Satan
B: The heat of the fire marked his shell with a smiley face
C: The heat of the fire changed the colour of his shell to bright pink
Question 7
Which Malaysian professionals were awarded a massive pay rise this week?
A: School teachers
B: Rubber tappers
C: Floggers and executioners
Question 1
Peru's former President, Alberto Fujimori, who was driven into exile by a corruption scandal in 2000, has given his backing to a product that he hopes will help him make a political comeback. What is it?
A: A washing powder
B: A cola drink
C: An accounting software package
Question 2
Ugandans marched through the streets of Kampala in protest against which Western pop star?
A: Reggae star Sizzla, who was forced to cancel a planned tour after being arrested for gun-running
B: Sir Bob Geldof, who urged Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to step down
C: Bono, who demanded the government do more to combat HIV/Aids
Question 3
Pope John Paul II is to get what named after him in honour of his 85th birthday?
A: A mountain peak in central Italy - the Pope has enjoyed hiking
B: A new, national football stadium in his native Poland - the Pope enjoyed football as a young man
C: A new, national theatre in Rome - the Pope once considered becoming an actor
Question 4
How did Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi liven up the Arab League summit in Algiers?
A: He offered political asylum in Libya to the US singer Michael Jackson
B: He walked out because another delegate lit a cigarette during the opening ceremony
C: He dubbed both the Israelis and the Palestinians idiots
Question 5
"It was a kidnapping cooked up by [President] Bush" - who said this, this week?
A: The former head of the Colombia's Cali drug cartel who is about to go on trial in the US
B: Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer on his detention in Japan
C: Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide - in his first television interview in South Africa
Question 6
What else is so remarkable about Lucky, the red-eared slider turtle which survived a pet shop fire in Indiana that killed 150 other animals?
A: The heat of the fire marked his shell with the face of Satan
B: The heat of the fire marked his shell with a smiley face
C: The heat of the fire changed the colour of his shell to bright pink
Question 7
Which Malaysian professionals were awarded a massive pay rise this week?
A: School teachers
B: Rubber tappers
C: Floggers and executioners