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Welcome to the Wikinews World News Quiz, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this week's news.

Last Updated: April 12, 2009

Quiz[edit]

1 The president of Algeria was reelected this week in a landslide. What was his margin of victory?

66%
88%
90%
98%

2 A six-year-old child contracted bird flu this week, but in what country?

Brazil
Indonesia
Vietnam
Egypt

3 A heavy earthquake hit Italy. What was its magnitude?

5.5
5.8
6.3
7.1

4 The president of which country abrogated the country's constitution this week?

Madagascar
Fiji
Nepal
Ecuador

5 Which of the following did NOT happen this week?

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons died
A town in Missouri elected a dead man to be its mayor
20% of US residents preferred socialism to capitalism in a poll
Italian police found two dozen children living in Rome's sewers