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

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Oh lordy, now that Nick has quit smoking, he needs something to do with his hands. :rolleyes:

http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/index...howtopic=17437

Fuck that!!!

Pussy fever is THE hardest thing to quit and THE most destructive.

And the two on the right would be just too tempting....

LOL

Something other than Terri Schiavo happened in the world last week ?

I guess I missed it :(

am I right?

I only knew about Lucky the turtle...fire burned the face of Satan on his shell...LOL Have to admit it does look like the pics you see of what he is suppose to look like.

:)

Seeing there is no Satan does the image burned on the shell look more like Nick
or more like me?

Hmmm, I would have to say you :)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/21/evil.turtle.ap/