Wikinews:Dynamic quiz/quiz/2007/37

1

The hurricane.

Which hurricane became Category 5 this week?

	Dean
	Harry
	Felix
	Lincoln

2 Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti died this week. How old was he?

	48
	59
	65
	71

3 Which of the following persons went missing this week?

	Bill Gates
	Richard Branson
	Steve Fossett
	Daniel Biechele

4 Which US state was hit by an earthquake?

	North Carolina
	Florida
	California
	Miami

5 Which Asian country promised to identify and dismantle its nuclear activities by the end of 2007?

	North Korea
	South Korea
	Japan
	China

6 19 aid workers were released from Taliban captivity this week. What was there nationality?

	North Korean
	South Korean
	Japanese
	Chinese

7

Fence surrounding the restricted areas during APEC Australia 2007.

Which TV show breached APEC security this week?

	BBC News
	Barney and Friends
	The Chaser
	Tonight Show

8 What is the suspected cause of the recent foot and mouth outbreak in the U.K.?

	Terrorism
	Workers accidentally taking home wrong bottle
	Pipes damaged by tree roots
	Foreign feed contaminated after being in same plane as a leaking container of the virus

9 Which congressman died in their apartment?

	Larry Craig
	George W. Bush
	Paul Gillmor
	Oprah Winfrey

10

Location of DRC within Africa.
Image: Rei-artur..

The WHO was investigating an outbreak of an unidentified illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week. Which of the following statements about that event is not true?

	Symptoms are fever, headache, diarrhoea or colicky abdominal pain, and vomiting
	The disease vector is thought to be an insect, possibly mosquitos
	Most victims were under the age of 10
	The time between onset and death is between 5 and 7 days, and the mortality rate was around 50%