Wikinews:Dynamic quiz/quiz/2008/1

Welcome to the Wikinews Quiz of 2007, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this year's news. This is the short version of the extended quiz and this contains selected news events of the past year. This will replace the regular World News Quiz for this week only.

December 31, 2007

Quiz

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1 Where did Madeline McCann go missing?

Portugal
Spain
Germany
The USA

2 What is the Bank of England known as?

Lender of last choice
The final lender
Borrower of final resort
Lender of last resort

3 How many people died in the Virginia Tech shooting?

31
32
33
34

4 How many troops were brought to Iraq in the Surge?

20,000
21,500
40,000
41,500

5 Who was named Time's Man of The Year?

Vladamir Putin
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Everyone

6 In what month was it announced that Afghan opium production reached record highs?

May
June
July
August

7 What role did Nicholas Sarkozy win in the French elections this year?

Chancellor
Prime Minister
President
Army Chief

8 Benazir Bhutto died from how many gun shots?

1
2
3
4

9 On March 23, Iran captured how many British hostages?

15
20
25
30

10 Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated in which month?

January
February
March
April

11 Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the UK on which day?

5 May
24 May
5 June
27 June

12 Politicians in Northern Ireland agreed to share power after how many years of central rule from London, England?

4
5
6
7

13 When did Kevin Rudd become Australian Prime Minister?

December 1
December 2
December 3
December 4

14 Why, originally, did Buddhist monks protest in Burma?

Government Oppression
Bread prices
Oil prices
Destruction of Property

15 Who was the favourite to win the election in Argentina?

Néstor Kirchner
Cristina Kirchner
Elisa Carrió
George Bush

16 When did Pavarotti die?

September 6
September 16
October 6
October 16

17 The RCMP received bad press this year. What does RCMP stand for?

Regimental Christmas Mounted Police
Royal Canada Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Monetary Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

18 How long did it take to form a government in Belgium?

172 days
182 days
192 days
202 days

19 What daily publication is Howard Tayler known for?

Penny Arcade
Fetus-X
Shlock Mercenary
PartiallyClips