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Last Updated: April 11, 2010

Quiz

1. UK prime minster Gordon Brown described what as being the "least well-kept secret of recent years"?

	The date of the next planned UK elections
→	See UK Prime Minister announces date for general election
	That he would be retiring in the near future
	That the UK would soon withdraw forces from Afghanistan completely

2. "They knowingly hid a dangerous defect for months from U.S. officials and did not take action [...]." A US official recently said this about what company which was fined for having defective products?

	Toothpaste maker Pepsodent for adding material to its mouth gels which could potentially cause cavities
	Toy manufacturer FisherPrice, for creating toys with dangerous amounts of lead
	Toyota, the automobile company, for making defective parts in its cars
→	See Toyota fined $16 million by US government over recalls

3. Search and rescue operations at a West Virgina mine were suspended earlier this week to recover trapped miners, but for what reason?

	The walls were in immediate danger of caving in
	Levels of methane gas were too high in the mine
→	See 25 dead after mine explosion in West Virginia
	It was feared the mine would blow up due to ignited explosives

4. According to official statistics, what happened to the overall economy of the eurozone in the last three quarters of 2009?

	It contracted
	It remained even
→	See Eurozone economy did not grow at all in last quarter of 2009
	It expanded

5. A diplomat from which Middle Eastern country was detained earlier this week, on fears that he was going to blow up a plane?

	United Arab Emirates
	Bahrain
	Qatar
→	See Qatari diplomat detained on Las Vegas bound flight
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