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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: September 13, 2009

Quiz

1 The US children's show "Reading Rainbow" ended its run this week. How many years had it been running?

	16
	18
	26
	27

2 Japan recently pledged a 25% cut in greenhouse emissions by what year?

	2013
	2015
	2020
	2025

3 The world's oldest person died at age 115 last week. What was her name?

	Kama Chinen
	Gertrude Baines
	Maria de Jesus
	Edna Parker

4 Vietnam and the US began talks to decontaminate areas affected by the Agent Orange chemical this past week. How much money did the US pledge towards cleanup, and how much did the Vietnam government say it would take to completely decontaminate the area?

	$10 million and $13 million
	$8 million and $58 million
	$20 million and $19 million
	$38 million and $40 million

5 What did NOT happen last week?

	A Japanese cyclist rode through 37 countries with just US$2
	A man was prohibited from taking care of animals after forcing a cat to inhale cannabis
	A woman died after falling from the roof of a building, apparently chasing ghosts
	Twitter became more popular than MySpace in the UK