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Old 03-25-2005   #1
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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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