Wikinews:Dynamic quiz/quiz/2008/1

Welcome to the Wikinews Quiz of 2007, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this year's news. This is the short version of the extended quiz and this contains selected news events of the past year. This will replace the regular World News Quiz for this week only.

December 31, 2007

Quiz

1 Where did Madeline McCann go missing?

	Portugal
	Spain
	Germany
	The USA

2 What is the Bank of England known as?

	Lender of last choice
	The final lender
	Borrower of final resort
	Lender of last resort

3 How many people died in the Virginia Tech shooting?

	31
	32
	33
	34

4 How many troops were brought to Iraq in the Surge?

	20,000
	21,500
	40,000
	41,500

5 Who was named Time's Man of The Year?

	Vladamir Putin
	Bill Clinton
	George Bush
	Everyone

6 In what month was it announced that Afghan opium production reached record highs?

	May
	June
	July
	August

7 What role did Nicholas Sarkozy win in the French elections this year?

	Chancellor
	Prime Minister
	President
	Army Chief

8 Benazir Bhutto died from how many gun shots?

	1
	2
	3
	4

9 On March 23, Iran captured how many British hostages?

	15
	20
	25
	30

10 Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated in which month?

	January
	February
	March
	April

11 Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the UK on which day?

	5 May
	24 May
	5 June
	27 June

12 Politicians in Northern Ireland agreed to share power after how many years of central rule from London, England?

	4
	5
	6
	7

13 When did Kevin Rudd become Australian Prime Minister?

	December 1
	December 2
	December 3
	December 4

14 Why, originally, did Buddhist monks protest in Burma?

	Government Oppression
	Bread prices
	Oil prices
	Destruction of Property

15 Who was the favourite to win the election in Argentina?

	Néstor Kirchner
	Cristina Kirchner
	Elisa Carrió
	George Bush

16 When did Pavarotti die?

	September 6
	September 16
	October 6
	October 16

17 The RCMP received bad press this year. What does RCMP stand for?

	Regimental Christmas Mounted Police
	Royal Canada Mounted Police
	Royal Canadian Monetary Police
	Royal Canadian Mounted Police

18 How long did it take to form a government in Belgium?

	172 days
	182 days
	192 days
	202 days

19 What daily publication is Howard Tayler known for?

	Penny Arcade
	Fetus-X
	Shlock Mercenary
	PartiallyClips