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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 26, 2009

Quiz[edit]

1 The United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, announced the 2009 budget last Wednesday. By how much did he predict that the 2011 British GDP would rise?

0.1%
1.1%
3.5%
4.5%

2 A flu outbreak recently struck Mexico, infecting over a thousand people. What type of flu was it?

Swine flu
Bird flu
Horse flu
Dog flu

3 A United Nations report released earlier this week said that close to 6,500 civilians were killed in what country as a result of heavy fighting?

Burundi
Sri Lanka
Nepal
East Timor

4 Which European country's unemployment rate recently climbed past seventeen percent?

Denmark
Ireland
Portugal
Spain

5 Two ships from what two countries were attacked by Somali pirates this week?

Kenya and the United States
Belgium and Ethiopia
Belgium and Norway
Russia and South Africa