Wikinews:Dynamic quiz/quiz/2007/37

1.

The hurricane.

Which hurricane became Category 5 this week?

	Dean
	Harry
	Felix
→	See Hurricane Felix now Category 5.
	Lincoln

2. Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti died this week. How old was he?

	48
	59
	65
	71
→	See Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti dies at age 71

3. Which of the following persons went missing this week?

	Bill Gates
	Richard Branson
	Steve Fossett
→	See Adventurer Steve Fossett missing.
	Daniel Biechele

4. Which US state was hit by an earthquake?

	North Carolina
	Florida
	California
→	See Minor earthquake strikes California.
	Miami

5. Which Asian country promised to identify and dismantle its nuclear activities by the end of 2007?

	North Korea
→	See North Korea to dismantle nuclear facilities this year
	South Korea
	Japan
	China

6. 19 aid workers were released from Taliban captivity this week. What was there nationality?

	North Korean
	South Korean
→	See 19 South Koreans return home after release from Taliban captivity
	Japanese
	Chinese

7.

Fence surrounding the restricted areas during APEC Australia 2007.

Which TV show breached APEC security this week?

	BBC News
	Barney and Friends
	The Chaser
→	See Australian TV show The Chaser breaches APEC security; 11 charged.
	Tonight Show

8. What is the suspected cause of the recent foot and mouth outbreak in the U.K.?

	Terrorism
	Workers accidentally taking home wrong bottle
	Pipes damaged by tree roots
→	See Source of UK foot-and-mouth outbreak discovered.
	Foreign feed contaminated after being in same plane as a leaking container of the virus

9. Which congressman died in their apartment?

	Larry Craig
	George W. Bush
	Paul Gillmor
→	See Ohio congressman dies in apartment.
	Oprah Winfrey

10.

Location of DRC within Africa.
Image: Rei-artur..

The WHO was investigating an outbreak of an unidentified illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week. Which of the following statements about that event is not true?

	Symptoms are fever, headache, diarrhoea or colicky abdominal pain, and vomiting
	The disease vector is thought to be an insect, possibly mosquitos
→	See WHO investigates outbreak of unidentified illness in Democratic Republic of the Congo
	Most victims were under the age of 10
	The time between onset and death is between 5 and 7 days, and the mortality rate was around 50%
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