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Last Updated: April 11, 2010

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1 UK prime minster Gordon Brown described what as being the "least well-kept secret of recent years"?

The date of the next planned UK elections
That he would be retiring in the near future
That the UK would soon withdraw forces from Afghanistan completely

2 "They knowingly hid a dangerous defect for months from U.S. officials and did not take action [...]." A US official recently said this about what company which was fined for having defective products?

Toothpaste maker Pepsodent for adding material to its mouth gels which could potentially cause cavities
Toy manufacturer FisherPrice, for creating toys with dangerous amounts of lead
Toyota, the automobile company, for making defective parts in its cars

3 Search and rescue operations at a West Virgina mine were suspended earlier this week to recover trapped miners, but for what reason?

The walls were in immediate danger of caving in
Levels of methane gas were too high in the mine
It was feared the mine would blow up due to ignited explosives

4 According to official statistics, what happened to the overall economy of the eurozone in the last three quarters of 2009?

It contracted
It remained even
It expanded

5 A diplomat from which Middle Eastern country was detained earlier this week, on fears that he was going to blow up a plane?

United Arab Emirates
Bahrain
Qatar