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Welcome to the Wikinews World News Quiz, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this week's news.

Last Updated: October 7, 2007

Quiz

1

General Petraeus speaking at the Pentagon in 2007.

The U.S. Chief Commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, on Saturday accused Iran's ambassador of being a member of what organisation?

	Hamas
	Hezbollah
	Iran's Republican Guard
	Al-Qaeda

2 A fire on a bus killed 27 in China this week, how many were on the bus in total?

	38
	40
	42
	48

3 Dan Keating, patron of Republican Sinn Féin died this week, what year was he born in?

	1902
	1905
	1908
	1911

4 An African burial ground was declared a national monument this week, where is it?

	Soweto
	New York
	Haskanita
	Kinsasha

5 One of the rebel groups in Darfur threatened to pull out of scheduled peace talks. Which of the following statements about the Darfur conflict is not true?

	Darfur is a region in Sudan
	The Janjaweed militia are fighting on the side of the government
	The conflict has been going on since 2003
	The United Nations and the African Union currently have 26,000 troops in Darfur

6 U.S. President George W. Bush defended interrogation tactics used by the C.I.A., which techniques were not mentioned in recent reports?

	electroshocks
	head-slapping
	simulated drowning
	frigid temperatures

7 The new survey into the world's greenest and most livable countries was released this week. Which following country placed first?

	Finland
	United States
	Canada
	China

8 Who won the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix?

	Lewis Hamilton
	Fernando Alonso
	Vitantonio Liuzzi
	Kimi Räikkönen

9 How many people were killed this week in a Congo plane crash?

	6
	8
	23
	51

10 In Spain, 22 leaders of the political wing of ETA have been arrested. What is the name of that organisation?

	Batasuna
	PKK
	Batallón Vasco Español
	Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación