Wikinews talk:World News Quiz/Archive

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Mar 15, 2009

Quiz set by user:Anonymous101.

• 4/5 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 11:56, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
• i got 5 out of 5 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.65.232 (talk) 06:54, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Mar 8, 2009

Quiz set by user:Anonymous101.

• 4/5 - couldn't remember the day of the assassination. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 11:54, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
• 4/5- same as Brianmc. R.T. 16:52, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
• 4/5 - No trouble with the murder, it was the unemployment figure I didn't have a clue about. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 17:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
• 5/5 easy - I wrote most of the articles the questions were about. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 17:58, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Mar 1, 2009

Quiz set by user:Anonymous101.

• 5/5 I don't quite get why Q3 links to an article suggested by a wrong answer. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 13:41, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2/5 Bawolff ☺☻ 04:46, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Feb 19, 2009

Quiz set by user:Anonymous101.

• 3/5 --Omega933 (talk) 19:10, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Feb 15, 2009

Quiz set by user:Anonymous101.

• 2/6 - thats rather pathetic - I haven't read anything this week. The white house question made me laugh. Thanks for setting quiz. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
• 4/6 Omega933 (talk) 10:42, 15 February 2009 (UTC) that was difficult question about crash in Brazil.
• 5/6 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:21, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
• just 3/6 mostly guessed, only know the sattelite-crash Kai Burghardt (talk) 23:13, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
• 6/6 - got lucky on the Brazil question. --SVTCobra 02:48, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3/6 - I doh'ed on a few that I later realized were wrong answers. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 13:37, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Feb 6, 2009

Quiz set by user:Bawolff.

• 3/5 - The three month sentence really threw me. The world has gone mad. --InfantGorilla (talk) 09:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

January 22, 2009

Quiz set by King of Hearts.

• 3/5 So I corrected one of the articles to increase my score to 4. InfantGorilla (talk) 10:08, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
• 4/5 - missed the percentage on the RBS question. --SVTCobra 12:19, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
• 3/5 R.T. 01:37, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
• 1/5 RedXII (talk) 14:41, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

January 4, 2009

Quiz set by King of Hearts.

• 3/5, guessed somewhat. Deathgleaner (talk) 18:57, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
• 1/5, although most of this I would've been interested in, most of this was guesswork as I had never read the stories myself. 76.105.229.100 21:48, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
• 2/5 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.47.136.159 (talk • contribs)
• 2/5 These events were mostly while I was out of town. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 07:41, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
• 5/5, i'm not even quite sure how i got them all! lol =) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.197.52.225 (talk • contribs)

2/5 i never payed attention to any of these storys and thought my best guess was compton:) it wasn't.24.132.170.97 22:46, 5 January 2009 (UTC) hey i got 5/5 . hurrah

• 3/5 I answered bit in hurry, but this is also not a bad score either. Yipee.
• 4/5 The only answer I really knew was the first one :D 67.175.235.76 20:38, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
• 4/5 Who cares about Cricket?
• 2/5 I am getting worse at this --InfantGorilla (talk) 18:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

New Year's Quiz

• 6/15 Don't stay on top of news. Guessed. Deathgleaner (talk) 19:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
• ../15 Good idea...could use some spice though :)
• 14/15 ... Who put two stupid American Football questions in there? --Brian McNeil / ^talk 18:36, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
• 13/15 King of Hearts (talk) 20:04, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
• 14/15 - I'm with Brian - what's with the American Football stuff half of us don't give a stuff about? Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 20:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

• 15/15...the Football questions were to determine if you are a well rounded individual rather than an elitist snob...J/K, but seriously, not caring about a topic is not a good reason to exclude that topic, some people don't care about names of storms for example. Sarasota Slammer

• I see, I'm an elitist snob if I don't give a shit about a sport limited to one nation (albeit a large one) on a different continent from me. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 21:23, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
• My dear chap! Your comment made my monocle fall out, eh what? --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:01, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

• 11/15 Next time do one (american) football question and one football (real football (which some people insist on calling soccer)) question? Ose (talk) 16:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
• 6/15. Ose: No! American football ones were the only ones I got! ;) American Eagle (talk) 20:29, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
• 11/15, not bad! 82.37.147.15 23:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
• 12/15 I actually thought I did really bad. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:13, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
• 11/15 American Football? What's the world coming to? 86.155.178.66 18:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
• 8/15 I just didn't know enough. --InfantGorilla (talk) 18:25, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
• 14/15. I'm surprised my guesses were spot on! I must protest having 2 American football questions, however. --Seav (talk) 02:55, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

December 31, 2008

Quiz set by King of Hearts.

• 2/5 no comment. Deathgleaner (talk) 19:04, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
• 2/5 I feel don't know because it's difficult.

December 19, 2008

Quiz set by King of Hearts.

• 0/5 I admit I did not know anything about any of the questions. Although I am embarassed, I have had a long week and weekend :-P DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 05:48, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
• 2/5 lol havnt even edited wikinews this month properly. Danger^Mouse (talk) 05:52, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
• 3/5 I guessed the Somali one, knew the climber began with a K and had read a lot of media on the bus disaster. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 11:49, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

1/5 71.104.92.159 19:32, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

December 14, 2008

Quiz set by King of Hearts.

• 0/5 quite scary. NAME UNDISCLOSED.
• 3/5... again. Anonymous101^talk 10:07, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
• 5/5 Third week in a row I think. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:10, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
• 5/5 First time ever! :-P DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 10:11, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
• 4/5 with two guesses (and a more or less guess on Chu... we had been debating his nomination at the Climate Conference in Poznan). Sean Heron (talk) 16:09, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
• 0/5 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.56.18.94 (talk • contribs)
• 3/5 114.76.158.164 10:55, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

December 7, 2008

Quiz set by King of Hearts.

• 5/5 again :-D --Brian McNeil / ^talk 17:41, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• 3/5 :( Anonymous101^talk 17:48, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• 3/5 I'm not improving. :) --InfantGorilla (talk) 18:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• 3/5 first one i've done :) RockerballAustralia (talk) 04:48, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

November 30, 2008

Quiz set by Anonymous101.

• 5/5 I did the Youtube one by a process of elimination. (i) I knew Satriani performed (this left three possible answers); (ii) I didn't perform (but thanks for the mention); (iii) Freddie Mercury is dead. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:03, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
• 2/5 hmm, sad. --Gppande (talk) 20:39, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
• 3/5 - Fun quiz. --InfantGorilla (talk) 18:37, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

November 23, 2008

Quiz set by Mike Halterman

This is my first quiz! Place your scores here.

• 8/10 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:17, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
• 5/10 --DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:53, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
• 8/10 last two were guesses and I got them both wrong --SVTCobra 20:30, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
• 6/10 - tholly ^--Talk-- 14:44, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
• 10/10 all the answers were correct.... (28 November 2008)
• 5/10 I am so ashamed. --InfantGorilla (talk) 20:08, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
• 10/10 - Damn good quiz! Iceflow (talk) 21:21, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
• 5/10 - I do virtually no news reading - two of my correct answers were guesses - two were stuff I knew from writing articles - and one I knew from watching the news. Anonymous101^talk 14:21, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
• 5/10 Thanks for the quiz. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:44, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

November 16, 2008

Quiz set by Brian McNeil

• 3/5 - Gak! I filed one of the stories, and another right answer was a lucky guess, so I only deserve 1 point. I will pay more attention next week. --InfantGorilla (talk) 15:49, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

November 9, 2008

Quiz set by Bawolff and Brian McNeil

• 2/5 :-( Maybe next time. --Gppande (talk) 04:24, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
• 2/5 -- Danger^Mouse (talk) 09:11, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
• 3/5 [but i made up one of the questions]. Thank you Brianmc for making the quiz. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:34, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
• 3/5 - hard quiz this week. Anonymous101^talk 20:13, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
• 4/5 - not bad considering usually I get around 2! M4tth3wg (talk) 11:24, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

October 31, 2008

Quiz set By Bawolff

• 2/5 long time no see Deathgleaner (talk) 04:38, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
• 4/5 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:43, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

October 26, 2008

Quiz set by Bawolff, sorry its short and sucky.

• 4/4 Hah! --Brian McNeil / ^talk 17:58, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
• 0/4 :'( DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:27, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

So much for noone should get 100% and no one should get 0%... Bawolff ☺☻ 06:16, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

• 1/4 :-( Tharikrish^Talk 18:43, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

October 18, 2008

Quiz set by bawolff (talk · contribs). This one is a bit on the easier side. I am experimenting with new quiz syntax - {{quiz}}. Any and all comments appreciated. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:47, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

• 5/6 I didn't know what the barbarians in Iran were up to. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:39, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

July 31, 2008

Quiz set by Thor Malmjursson at 22:01 (UTC), 31st July 2008

Hi, I am Thor and I am your quizmaster for the week. Please feel free to post your scores here from this week's quiz. This is my first quiz, so suggestions will be welcomed! Be nice, y'all! Thor Malmjursson (talk) 22:51, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

5/7 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 14:04, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

4/7 :( Anonymous101^talk 14:06, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

• 5/7 What happened to bullets? 80.176.249.239 14:19, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

July 13, 2008

Quiz set by Anonymous101 at 09:36, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

• 6/10 - pretty poor. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:15, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
• 7/10 - wrote one of the articles involved, too Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 17:01, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
• 8/10 - some were pretty hard, so I forgive myself for a less than perfect score --SVTCobra 23:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

June 9, 2008

Quiz set by Anonymous101.

• 2/7 long time no see. Deathgleaner (talk) 04:37, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
• 6/7 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
• 5/7 --SVTCobra 22:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
• 5/7 --Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 06:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
• 4/7 Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 06:31, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

I GOT 10/10!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.185.196.206 (talk) 03:13, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

May 11 2008

Quiz set by Chris Mann.

• 6/8 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 18:37, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
• 4/8 But I wrote two of the articles involved and the one that inspired a wrong answer for a third, so not a great score. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 18:48, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

• Don't worry. I just took the quiz a couple of days after writing it and got 7/8 (forgot which way around the Pres. primaries went). Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 04:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

• 7/8 ADMINISTRATORS, TO FIX The question about presidential primaries is wrong: This week the contest was in Indiana, not Illinois. tcp-ip (talk) 15:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
• 4/8 as well...but i'm not much of a reader here so, the most reading I do is looking for errors/issues to fix or tag.--Ryan524 (talk) 16:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

May 4 2008

Quiz set by Anonymous101.

5/6 And I thought Indians were healthy. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 13:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

6/6 Woo-hoo! Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 14:08, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

6/6 Hurrah! First time I got a decent score on one of these things. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 05:32, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

4/6 tcp-ip (talk) 15:33, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

April 6, 2008

Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.

• 6/10 (→Zachary) 19:48, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
• 10/10 ...uhh, wow! --Skenmy^(t•c•w) 19:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
• 5/10 or, to make myself sound smarter, 1/2 ;) --Nzgabriel | Talk 04:19, 8 April 2008 (UTC).
• 9/10 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 06:14, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
• 7/10 FIX link to question 1's right answer tcp-ip - (talk) 22:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
• 7/10 - --SVTCobra 22:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

March 23, 2008

Quiz set by Blood Red Sandman

• 10/10 --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 15:13, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
• 9/10 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:23, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
• 7/10 --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:28, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• 7/10 tcp-ip - (talk) 13:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• 9/10 --SVTCobra 14:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

March 16, 2008

Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.

• 10/10, which means I need to be reading less and writing more. ;) ~Planoneck~ 02:24, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
• 4/10, so I guess I need to be doing the opposite of Planoneck :) --JamesHarrison - (talk) 18:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
• 8/10 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:02, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
• 5/10 although I wrote the article question nine is based on. --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
• 8/10 --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 07:45, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
• 7/10 Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 11:31, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
• 6/10 tcp-ip - (talk) 13:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

March 9, 2008

Quiz set by FellowWikiNews and Steven Fruitsmaak.

• 5/10 Oh dear ;-) Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 17:23, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
• 6/10, not as bad as the last quiz I took (→Zachary) 17:47, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
• 7/10, not good - obviously not reading enough full articles as compared to diffs. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 17:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
• 4/10 - not very good. --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:52, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
• 4/10 tcp-ip - (talk) 16:10, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

February 17, 2008

Quiz set by Anonymous101 on February 17, 2008.

• 6/7 —FellowWiki Newsie 01:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Which question did you get wrong? --Anonymous101 Talk 06:04, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
• 4/7 - rarely I am guessing so much, I only knew one for certain. --SVTCobra 22:32, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
• 3/7 I dislike having to choose more than one answer. --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:43, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
• I got a 7/7 after 6 tries:D Spockezri
• 4/7 tcp-ip - (talk) 21:06, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
• 5/7 I flunked.drdilong- (talk) 6:36, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

4/7 on the first try it said i got 6/7 but then i went back with the one it said was right and it said i was still wrong.

• 0/7 for me. 208.100.195.115 17:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

February 13, 2008

Quiz set by Planoneck on February 13, 2008.

• 6/10 Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 20:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
• 7/10 The correct answer of the forth question should be 50000, not 5000. tcp-ip - (talk) 23:05, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
• 6/10 --Nzgabriel | Talk 10:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• 7/10 —FellowWiki Newsie 16:21, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

February 3, 2008

Quiz set by FellowWikiNews on February 3, 2008.

• 6/8 ~Planoneck~ 19:30, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
• 8/9 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 19:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
• 9/9 —FellowWiki Newsie 19:48, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
• 8/9 or 7/8 as I wrote about the earthquakes. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 19:55, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
• 7/9 --Anonymous101 18:23, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
• 6/9 - I answered New Zealand to the third question because I thought it might have meant suicide rates (The Lowdown article). I got #2, #3 and #8 wrong. --Nzgabriel | Talk 01:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• 4/9 - pretty poor, though at least one, I felt, was misleading ... and I wrote the story on which it was based. --SVTCobra 01:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• 6/9 --Boricuæddie 01:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• 6/9--75.84.1.36 02:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• 3/9 I fail. (→Zachary) 03:22, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• 3/9 I fail. (→Zachary) 03:22, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• 6/9 tcp-ip 23:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

January 27, 2008

Quiz set by Anonymous101 on January 27, 2008.

• 6/8 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:43, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• 5/8 Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 12:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• 3/8 —FellowWiki Newsie 21:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• 6/8 — that was cool ;-) --Boricuæddie 22:15, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Don't you have a quiz over on es: ? --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, we do. Actually, I wrote the last one myself ;-) Why do you ask? --Boricuæddie 22:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Because I was too lazy to check for interwiki. :-P In case you missed discussion here, Cormac Lawler from Wikiversity was delighted to see us using the Quiz extension. It gives them a great example to point at. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

• 5/8, but I wrote 3 of the articles. ~Planoneck~ 22:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • That doesn't really matter; I created the Spanish version of George Bush announces trip to Africa and still got the question wrong ;-) --Boricuæddie 22:33, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• 8/8! Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 07:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Well done. Despite writing about 3 of the events for Wikinews and writing the quiz I still only got 7/8. (I did the quiz the day after I set it).--User:Anonymous101 Talk 18:06, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

• 6/8 tcp-ip 22:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
• 6/8 --SVTCobra 22:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
• 8/8 --Spockezri- Took five tries

8/8 in 2 tries!! wow! 4/4 200.82.111.218 11:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

• 5/8 --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
• 5/8 --Reader 781 09:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

6/8: Though at least 3 of them were semi-educated guesses.

January 13, 2008

Quiz set by FellowWikiNews on January 13, 2008.

• 7/9 And not a turkey in sight. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 17:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• 9/9 —FellowWiki Newsie 18:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• 9/9 I have no idea how that happened. ~Planoneck~ 18:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• 7/9 --Jcart1534 19:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• 8/9 or 7/8 as I wrote the Iraq story. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 19:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• 7/9 --User:Anonymous101 Talk 17:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
• 7/9 - isn't A and D both true in question 6? Or did I misread that article? --SVTCobra 02:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
• 4/9 -- Spiderpig0001 07:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
• 7/9 I got number four and number six wrong. Although I was annoyed at the sixth question because of the way the question was written and three of the four answers were technically correct regarding the article as a whole. --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
• 6/9 tcp-ip 19:52, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

December 31, 2007

Quiz set by User:Anonymous101 on 31 December 2007 (UTC)

• 8/18 Hard quiz Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 15:14, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
• 7/18 —FellowWiki Newsie 16:56, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
• I'm pleased to hear User:The wub made a new better quiz but if you want to try out the old 18 question quiz, I posted at my talk page. --User:Anonymous101 18:19, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
• 18/18 :) -ComputerGuy890100 22:27, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
• 9/19 tough ... very tough --SVTCobra 22:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Extended quiz (50 questions)

Quiz set by the wub on 31 December 2007 (UTC)

• 27/52. Good quiz (quite hard). --User:Anonymous101 18:27, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
• 37/51 Pass the beer I'm thirsty after that Guantanamoesque interrogation. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 18:59, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
• 24/51 —FellowWiki Newsie 19:11, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
• 38/51, good quiz, and nice touch at the end!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:08, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
• 25/51 Had to guess on a lot of them, but a very good quiz nonetheless. ~Planoneck~ 19:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

The rest of us are trying to sleep off dinner. We kidnapped the two turkeys President Bush pardoned and had one for Christmas, and the other for New Year. IIRC Dick Cheney called them "lunch" and "dinner". --Brian McNeil / ^talk 19:51, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

• 32/51 Good quiz, I liked doing that one! Surprised that there was no New Zealand content though... :P. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:41, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
• 26/51 Fantastic. News Bug 21:28, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
• 27/51 Great year for Wikinewstcp-ip 22:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
• 39/51 Great quiz! Took some thought, good mix of topics, but not too hard. How it should be! Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 20:16, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
• 17/51 Great quiz! I am so bad at quizzes. I need to read up to prepare for 2008's quiz. -ComputerGuy890100 22:23, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
• 36/51 --SVTCobra 22:15, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
• 36/51 --Jcart1534 04:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

December 24, 2007

Quiz set by Bawolff ☺☻ on 21:08, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

• 4/7 --SVTCobra 21:26, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
• 5/7 or 3/5 as I wrote two articles involved. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 12:54, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
• 4/7 - Althought I wrote the article the first question is based on; so really should be 3/6. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:40, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
• 4/7, thanks for doing the quiz bawolff! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:41, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
• 5/7 - some lucky guesses there too. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 21:49, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks and thanks

• 0/7 - test — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
• 0/7 - I really hope this works properly — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
• 7/7 - Of course i actually made the quiz...(Spam: try new (beta) score poster in special:preferences → gadgets) — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
• 3/7 --User:Anonymous101 17:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
• 5/7 —FellowWiki Newsie 17:51, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
• 5/7 tcp-ip 18:09, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
• 0/7 - testing the new quiz feature — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
• 0/7 - testing the new quiz feature — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
• 1/7 - testing — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
• 2/7 - test — Bawolff ☺☻ 19:32, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
• 1/7 - — —FellowWiki Newsie 19:35, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

December 18, 2007

Quiz set by Anonymous101 on December 18, 2007.

• 4/7 Please, fix question 3 and the link to the right answer of question 5. tcp-ip 21:28, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
• 3/7 and all of them prior knowledge or educated guesses. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 12:37, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
• 4/7 —FellowWiki Newsie 17:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
• 7/7 but then I did create the quiz :) --User:Anonymous101 19:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
• 4/7 --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

December 9, 2007

Quiz set by Celticfan383 on December 9, 2007.

• 6/8 - 4 and 8 wrong, I paid no attention to either at the time. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 14:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
• 5/8, thanks for doing the quiz Celticfan!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
• 7/8 - —FellowWiki Newsie 18:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
• 6/8 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 18:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
• 3/8 --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:15, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
• 8/8 - the football transfer was a total guess. --SVTCobra 18:18, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
• 5/8 tcp-ip 21:44, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

December 2, 2007

Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak on December 4, 2007.

• 5/10 : not read much news this week, and it shows Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 07:29, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 tcp-ip 19:45, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 --Anonymous101 19:11, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• 3/10 —FellowWiki Newsie 18:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Something wrong with the first two questions. First one in the answers says she was sentenced to 40 lashes, she wasn't. Second one lists an unrelated article with the answers and I think the answer is wrong anyway. (checked photo) --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:15, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Done--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

It says she did NOT recieve 40 lashes (although it might have changed since you said that) --Anonymous101 19:11, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

November 25, 2007

Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.

• 4/10 ! —FellowWiki Newsie 22:39, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 I was rolling on the floor laughing at the options on the first question. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 20:45, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I try to get the quiz to be funny and tricky, I'm glad you enjoyed.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

• 5/10. But since I wrote the article number nine is based on, it really is 4/9. Also, I thought that number eight was quite unfair, I knew what he said in English!! --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC) Liked question number three's possible answers!!! --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:21, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
• 9/10 - missed the town in UK where the data was lost. Guessed right on the spacestation. --SVTCobra 09:31, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
• 5/10
• 6/10tcp-ip 19:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 --Jcart1534 19:58, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
• 5/10 Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 21:24, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

November 18, 2007

Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.

Post scores as * x/10 <optional comment> --~~~~

• 8/10 --Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:56, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 12:37, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Which questions did you get wrong?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:29, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Me? Pakistani elections because I wasn't paying close enough attention to the upcoming elections, and Oil tanker which I don't think I actually read. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 14:31, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Or, if you mean me, the Iranian nuclear material and and the Dalai Lama, same as Jurock. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 18:57, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

• 6/10 —FellowWiki Newsie 14:44, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 - got wrong Iran's and the Dalai Lama's – Jurock ^(reply) 18:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• A mere 3/10 - didn't get a good result this week. The only questions I got right were three, five, and ten. --Nzgabriel | Talk 04:15, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 tcp-ip 19:43, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

November 11, 2007

Quiz set by FellowWikiNews and Stevenfruitsmaak.

Post scores as * x/10 <optional comment> --~~~~

• 6/10 from FWN's version. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:58, 10 November 2007
• 8/10 Got the Finnish shooter wrong, remembered the law allowed guns at 15. Also got the last one wrong, was thinking of the drug contamination story. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 but I guessed most of them. Also, was involved with covering the Finnish shooting. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 11:58, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 —FellowWiki Newsie 14:54, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 on my version! —FellowWiki Newsie 15:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 I also answered 'contamination' on the recall question, thinking of lead paint as a form of contamination. --SVTCobra 15:12, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 - Nice quiz this week! 80.229.38.167 18:00, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 tcp-ip 23:11, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 --Nzgabriel | Talk 07:11, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
• 5/10 haven't been paying much attention to news lately, guessed on a lot of them —Zachary ^talk 23:43, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

November 4, 2007

Quiz set by Auroranorth

Not much happening this week, sorry it's so short. I'll try to make it longer next time when something actually happens (that's covered by Wikinews, anyway). If I get time I'll extend it. Problem solved. Auroranorth 12:28, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

• 8 / 10 - And I forgot to answer one. --SVTCobra 14:17, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
• 9 / 10, or 8 / 9 not counting the Alice Cooper question as I wrote the article - I only screwed up on the Stephen Colbert question, I haven't followed that story. The speeding story is old news though! Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 14:48, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 —FellowWiki Newsie 15:57, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
• 9/10 - but there was something wrong with the quiz when I did it. Some questions had radio buttons and some had check boxes. Jcart1534 16:05, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

I fixed that. The coding was changed. —FellowWiki Newsie 16:10, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that was my mistake. Auroranorth 23:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

• 10/10 . --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:41, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Quiz reset, there was a question about a news article from August, so I replaced it. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

• 9 / 10 still (it wouldn't be fair to put the right answehr on the Colbeert question this time around now I know it!) Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 07:23, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 with the mice question. —FellowWiki Newsie 16:58, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 - Surprise, surprise! I guessed on German soccer, mice and Canadian province. --David Shankbone 17:03, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 I missed last weeks, when was it put up? 80.229.38.167 17:33, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 This week it was easy.tcp-ip 21:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
• 9/10 My knowledge of russian dance is sadly lacking... 71.61.64.113 20:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
• 5/10 My knowledge of the current events was quite poor and I am sadly disapointedKrayz-one 22:02, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

October 28, 2007

Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.

• Bonus question that didn't get covered by Wikinews this week: where is Lewis Hamilton moving to next season? If you know, then you can do next week's quiz, if you don't, guess here!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:16, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Eh... Eddie Stobart? ;-). No offense intended to him by that, he's actually a good driver. No idea. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 21:47, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 —FellowWiki Newsie 00:04, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
• 4/10 Thanks for finally putting up this weeks quiz, albeit late. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:47, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 tcp-ip 09:31, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 Jurock ^(reply) 21:45, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.76.139.12 (talk • contribs) 18:24, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 19:54, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 Chinese astronauts, U.N. global warming report and, embarrassingly, Somalia-Ethiopian war (said Djibouti, second guess was Eritrea). David Shankbone 20:08, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 Didn't notice it was up until today, I'm going to try and get the OLPC article knocked into shape rather than set this week's quiz. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:36, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
• 5/10, embarrassingly. Auroranorth 11:34, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

October 21, 2007

Quiz set by Brian McNeil

List scores as * x/10 <comment> --~~~~

• 5/10 --—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.81.200.33 (talk • contribs) October 21, 2007
• 3/10 , not been doing a lot of reading this week. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:12, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

But you did a tracheotomy with a steak knife... Right? ;) --Brian McNeil / ^talk 12:38, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

• 7/10 or 5/8 on what I didn't write - Improving, although I already knew the A380 one before Wikinews covered it. Feels like forever since I got that full marks... Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 14:42, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
• 3/10 not been doing a lot of reading this week. —FellowWiki Newsie 18:08, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 Rugby one was EASY! I expect a Lewis Hamilton one next week...! Celticfan383 20:30, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

When did you last read the nukes one, that was a trick question. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 21:58, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

• 4/10 - I only actually knew two of the answers, the other two were good guesses. Jeez those were hard! --Nzgabriel | Talk 21:49, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
• 3/10 My worst result ever. This week's quiz is hard: many questions are about details of the news. tcp-ip 21:11, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
• 4/10 This quiz was hard, i also cannot believe that i gat the same score as nzgabriel when it was my first time Krayz-one 21:14, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 - I'm pretty surprised I only got one right - the first one was the only one I got right, all the others had no correct answers! 202.124.104.19 21:21, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

They all have correct answers, your comment prompted me to check the quiz syntax, it is valid and there are answers to all questions. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

• 10/10 I owned (UTC)
• 2/10 -- Nathannoblet 05:40, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
• 2/10. I haven't been doing well! Auroranorth 23:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

October 14, 2007

Quiz set by Brian McNeil and FellowWikiNews

• 9/10 Got the first question wrong! —FellowWiki Newsie 19:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10, or 4/6 on the questions I didn't set. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 19:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

While drunk and wearing an eyepatch (arrrr!) so it wasn't 20 questions. ;-) --Brian McNeil / ^talk 21:25, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

<FWN speaks in royal accent> I now dub you with the title "O'Lord brianmc of doing quizes with only an eye patch"! —FellowWiki Newsie 21:27, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Trust me, I was wearing more than the eye patch. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:20, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

• 6/10 without reading any Wikinews articles this week. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:38, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Same as above. Sahmeditor 00:57, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

• 9/10 - Got the third question wrong. --Nzgabriel | Talk 06:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
• 5/10, or 4/9 without one I wrote - it shows that I haven't been on much over the last week, doesn't it? Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 06:38, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 - I'm the quiz champion... =P. Actually there were some lucky guesses... - Jurock ^{(reply here)} 14:03, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
• 5/5 tcp-ip 18:52, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

10/10 - I don't actually remember how many weeks i've got this running... Nathan (Celticfan383) 19:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

• 7/10 Auroranorth 12:26, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

October 7, 2007

Quiz set by Brian McNeil, FellowWikiNews and Steven Fruitsmaak.

• 5/10 on the questions I didn't write. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:44, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• 9/10 on the first version that Brianmc and I set up. —FellowWiki Newsie 20:06, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 on Steven's version. Steven, stop making the quiz so freaking hard! LOL. —FellowWiki Newsie 21:56, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• 4/10 That was the hardest one yet! --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:54, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
• 3/10 , but i havn't been reading that much recently. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:24, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 for some reason I did better this time when it gets hard - but I did write three of the articles invovled. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 06:31, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
• 4/10 - Darn, was gonna put Finland! 203.160.125.1 08:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

(FellowWikiNews waits for someone to answer China as the world's greenest and most livable country.) lol. —FellowWiki Newsie 15:28, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I put Canada because Canada is clean, green and better than America in every way. :) 202.180.108.159 06:26, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Finland, it was quite obvious really... Celticfan383

• 3/10 - Bah! These quizzes are stacked against me! --David Shankbone 17:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 - Jurock ^{(reply here)} 21:32, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
• 9/10!! Yay! 202.180.108.159 06:26, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 I got wrong the first three questions. tcp-ip 21:40, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• 5/10 But I was out of touch last week. --SVTCobra 21:50, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 - Full marks again Celticfan383

September 30, 2007

Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak and DragonFire1024

• 10/10 Yay!!!! --Brian McNeil / ^talk 19:29, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:32, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
• 9/10 - Missed #5 only. —Zachary ^talk 20:17, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 Did it again! Celticfan383 20:20, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
• 5/10 - ha! I'm an idiot! If we dip below five we get kicked off the project, right? --David Shankbone 20:54, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 – Jurock ^{(reply here)} 21:32, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
• 9/10 - I missed the last one (pounds confused me), and I also wrote the article number eight is based on (Halo record breaking). --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:23, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 06:27, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 I had to do less guessing than last time :D (but most of them turned out wrong...) Sean Heron 20:29, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 - The ones I missed are a secret. Shh! —FellowWiki Newsie 22:31, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 I missed the Marcel Marceau and Jackie Selebi ones --Cspurrier 18:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
• 5/10 What a shame!tcp-ip 07:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 YAY! Sahmeditor 23:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

September 23, 2007

Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.

• 7/10 Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 22:37, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10; not an easy one, that score includes quite a few lucky guesses. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:44, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10; I agree with you Brian... Though the cyclist one was easy to guess - Jurock ^{(reply here)} 04:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 My wrong answers were to 3, 7, and 9. And, of course, I made some lucky guesses :-) —FellowWiki Newsie 01:51, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
• 5/10 Gotta start paying more attention! —Zachary ^talk 06:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 Muni from India
• 7/10 - I felt the Floyd Landis question was misleading. --SVTCobra 22:51, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 - HAH! I Win! Lol... Celticfan383 16:15, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 - I got the troops in Afghanistan and Floyd Landis wrong. --David Shankbone 16:42, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes Landis was a trick question... --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:07, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

• 6/10 This week I read Wikinews in a very shallow way tcp-ip 21:09, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

9/10 I dont understand how anything can be on the northen side of the artic tho, isnt it the name of the passage or is my geography wrong13:43, 29 September 2007 (UTC) Xbehave

September 16, 2007

Quiz set by Brian McNeil and Steven Fruitsmaak.

• 10/10 Lucky I watch CNN Headline News 99.9% of the time or the results would be horrible! [Anime] #1 =^_^=--Saikano 14:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 (I missed #3, 6, 8 and 9) TheCustomOfLife 14:05, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 08:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

7/10 from StevenFruitsmaak's revision. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 09:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

• 5/10 not read many of them this time. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 11:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 (I missed 9 & 10)--Cspurrier 15:39, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 My wrong answers were to 1, 3, 6, and 7. Made some good guesses. —FellowWiki Newsie 19:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10... - Jurock ^{(reply here)} 20:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• 4/10 :( ST47 21:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 Hégésippe | ±Θ± 21:31, 16 September 2007 (UTC) – true: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10 – false: 3 (b --> "a"), 4 (d --> "a"), 7 (a --> "b"), 9 (c --> "b")
• 9/10 - missed UK bank one. Jcart1534 23:38, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 - Nzgabriel
• 6/10 - missed 3, 5, 6, and 9. —Zachary ^talk 04:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
• 4/10 :-( --Angela H. 18:48, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 Missed 5 and 9 --SonicR 20:47, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
• 4/10 Wow, I watch news every night... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Flubeca (talk • contribs)
• 8/10 (fell down on 7 and 9) the wub "?!" 11:29, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
• 1/10 Yup, i'm rubbish! 88.111.111.124 19:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Better luck this week ;) --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:47, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

• 7/10 tcp-ip 12:12, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

September 9, 2007

Quiz set by TheFearow and Steven Fruitsmaak.

• 5/10 haven't read the news much in the last week
• 8/10; Most of it was easy. Some were lucky guesses. Benkenobi151 22:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10; some of the questions were really easy (particularly #9). —Zachary ^talk 07:18, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • I meant to say #9 here, weird. All the incorrect answers were quite too obviously incorrect to me. —Zachary ^talk 16:28, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10; hurricane and DR Congo mystery disease got me. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 07:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10; good quiz, just difficult in many places! But then again. I haven't been as active as last week! Celticfan383 08:28, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10; Some easy questions, and some really tough ones (I got 2 (shame on me, I really liked him, too), 6 & 10 wrong). Blood Red Sandman.
• 8/10; the one of which congressman died was pretty obvious... just missed 7 and 8 - Jurock ^{(reply here)} 16:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10; didn't know answers to questions 8 and 10. -- FellowWikiNews
• 8/10; got the African illness wrong and the foot and mouth outbreak. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• 6/10 --Nzgabriel | Talk 21:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 (- the two ilnesses) --TheFEARgod 16:14, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 Guessed wrong on disease details and Pavarotti's age, d'oh. :) --brion 17:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 though I guessed on the disease details one --Cspurrier 23:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
• 10/10 somehow! I guessed on the last question too. the wub "?!" 23:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 But that was with quite a few guesses that turned out right. Nice Quiz :D. Sean Heron 10:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 without having read the English wikinews. Should go and read the stories more regularly here. ;-) --Angela H. 15:20, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• 9/10 - hurricane name got me Jcart1534 19:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• 7/10 Lots of good guessing. :) Stupid Corn 22:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 - Got last two wrong :( -Meekel 23:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• 8/10 tcp-ip 19:43, 14 September 2007 (UTC)User:Tcp-ip
• 7/10 Hégésippe | ±Θ± 21:37, 16 September 2007 (UTC) – true: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 – false: 3 (d --> "c"), 8(b --> "c"), 10 (d --> "b"),

September 1, 2007

Quiz set by Celticfan383 and Steven Fruitsmaak.

• Blood Red Sandman 8/10 but I wrote three of the stories, so 5/7.
• Mark 8/10 but wrote 1 so 7/9.
• Meekel 7/10
• Nzgabriel 5/10.
• ACBest 5/10.
• Brian McNeil 8/10, couldn't remember which scando country was the helicopters and didn't know the football draw.
• Skenmy 9/10
• Zachary 6/10
• FellowWikiNews 5/10, couldn't answer questions 5, 6, and 9.
• Eric Wester 10/10 with the cheating help of Sherurcij for question 8.
• 72.196.226.14 7/9-I started the one on Larry Craig, and didn't know the fire-assistance country, or the obesity rate
• TheFearow 7/10, great quiz!
• User:jgoodwin 6/10 :(
• Confusing Manifestation 8/10 - missed the sports one and the Iraq meeting one
• Isis 5/10.
• Jurock 7/10... 7, 8 and 9 are tricky!
• TheFEARgod: 6/10 - I didn't knew about obesity, UEFA (who cares), Sunni-Shia talks and Canada
• 213.123.178.171 20:14, 3 September 2007 (UTC)This is awesome! Is it weekly and can it be got by RSS? Thanks to whoever wrote it.

Normally there will be a weekly quiz updated on Sunday, no RSS for now so best to come looking Sunday evening (Universal central time) or Monday. The first questions were ment to be easier than the last ones.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:37, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

• 4/10 and I hadn't even read the articles here on Wikinews. (Zach) 202.124.104.19 21:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
• Hégésippe 6/10 – true: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10 – false: 5 (a --> "b"), 6 (a --> "b"), 8 (a --> "b") and 9 (d --> "c")
• Martinp23 6/10!
• perseus101 9/10!
• Flubeca 5/10 :P
• RockMFR 7/10
• 8/10 wrong on missle and UEFAtcp-ip 19:47, 14 September 2007 (UTC)User:Tcp-ip

August 26, 2007

Quiz set by Brian McNeil

• Linu Conil 7/7.
• Meekel 4/7.
• Thunderhead 4/7.
• Blood Red Sandman 7/7, but I wrote two of the articles involved, so really 5/5.
• Messedrocker 4/7.
• DragonFire1024 4/7.
• Steven Fruitsmaak 5/7.
• Jurock 6/7, but translated/wrote some for Spanish Wikinews...
• Nzgabriel 4/7.
• ACBest 3/7, only just started!
• SVTCobra 6/7 - missed the one on flowers.
• RockMFR 1/7, but I haven't been reading Wikinews this week :(
• 150.101.174.182 8/7.
• 211.28.78.74 15:25, 28 August 2007 (UTC) 1/7 Hard but nice quiz!
• User:Tcp-ip 5/7 I would add the possibility of answering "I don't know" and give one negative point for any wrong answer.
• User:Celticfan383 7/7 It was quite good. I knew 6 of them and guessed 1.
• 4/7 hard. --TheFEARgod 21:17, 3 September 2007 (UTC)