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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: November 4, 2007

Quiz[edit]

1

Location of Mexico.
Which Mexican state was flooded on November 3?

Tabasco
Quetzacoatl
Tenochtitlan
Tlaxcala

2 The President of Pakistan declared a state of emergency on November 3. What is his name?

Benazir Bhutto
Pervez Musharraf
Tariq Azim Khan
Salman Masood

3

U.S. satirist Stephen Colbert
Which American political party declined Stephen Colbert a place on Thursday's primary ballot for South Carolina?

Republican Party
Constitution Party
Democrats
Libertarian Party

4 Which Russian choreographer died age 101 this week?

Vyacheslav Molotov
Igor Moiseyev
Balshlevike Teniyev
Ivan Barigov

5

Genetically altered mice.
Genetically engineered mice were dubbed supermice this week and likened to which athlete by the popular press?

Paula Radcliffe
Kimi Räikkönen
Michael Phelps
Lance Armstrong

6 Which Canadian province had a city flooded after a water main broke?

Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec

7 Eintracht Frankfurt played which German team this week at Football (Soccer)?

Real Madrid
Bayern Munich
Ich Bin Berliner
Hamburg Zilche

8 Recent research showed Vitamin D is more helpful then previously thought. Which of these conditions may not be prevented by taking more of the vitamin?

Cancer
Multiple Sclerosis
Hepatitis C
Diabetes

9

Alice Cooper in 2006.
Alice Cooper thinks a reality show ruined whose career, according to a comment made earlier this week?

Sarah Jessica Parker
Brad Pitt
Nicole Kidman
Ozzy Osbourne

10 Doritos revealed its favourite internet quote in which country/region on November 2?

Taiwan
Hong Kong
Macau
Tibet