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1. In which California city did a pipe bomb explode outside a courthouse this week?

San Francisco
San Diego
→ See Pipe bomb explodes outside California courthouse.
Los Angeles
San Jose

2. The official search for a plane carrying two Brazilians and four UK citizens was called off after 7 days. What model plane were they flying?

Cessna 310
→ See Search for Brazilian plane with four UK passengers called off after seven days.
Eclipse 500
Cirrus SR20
Piper Cherokee

3. This week, the price of crude oil reached record prices. Which of the following is believed to have been a major contributor to this?

Low OECD commercial oil stocks.
A fire in a Scotland oil refinery.
A large drop in U.S. crude inventories.
The weak U.S. dollar.
→ See Price of crude oil reaches new record high.

4. For how many consecutive days did a Brette Favre fan wear his No. 4 jersey?

2,815
2,506
1,581
→ See Boy stops wearing Brett Favre jersey after four years.
1,461

5. Which of the following statements about the 2008 Formula One Turkish Grand Prix is not true?

Felipe Massa's win puts him in the lead in the championship.
→ See Felipe Massa wins 2008 Turkish Grand Prix.
Ferrari currently holds the lead over BMW Sauber and McLaren Mercedes in the championship.
Rubens Barichello became the most experienced Formula One driver of all time.
Felipe Massa won for the third year in a row.

6. Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar (also known as Burma) this week. According to Uma Charan Mohanty, from the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre, which of the following statements is true?

Asian cyclones are more intense than hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
Coastal villages in Asia can be easily evacuated given several days' warning.
Most deaths due to cyclones are due to 'storm surges' caused when the cyclone churns up sea water.
→ See Ignored warnings 'worsened' situation in Myanmar.
Cyclone Sidr, which hit Bangladesh in 2007, caused more than 5,000 deaths.

7. In recent U.S. Democratic Party Presidential primaries, which of the following outcomes occurred?

Hillary Clinton won Indiana, while Barack Obama won North Carolina
→ See Obama projected winner in North Carolina primary, Clinton wins Indiana by narrow margin.
Clinton took both North Carolina and Indiana
Clinton won North Carolina, and Obama won Indiana
Obama took both North Carolina and Indiana

8. An ex-employee of which airline was sentenced this week for his involvement in a price-fixing scheme?

Virgin Atlantic
United Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Qantas
→ See Ex-head of Qantas freight operations in US jailed for price fixing.
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