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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: February 17, 2008

Quiz

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1 The 2007 rate of employment in Brazil was 2.2% higher than the figures for 2006. Which of the below industries accounted for more Brazilian jobs than in 2006? (select two)

Food and Drink
Footwear
Metal
Clothing

2 Adventurer Steve Fosset was declared dead on February 15, when did he go missing?

July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007

3

US President George W. Bush and Amadou Touré meet in the United States Oval Office
George Bush recently met with Amadou Touré. What is Touré's job?

UN representative for Mali
Malian ambassador to Washington
US Secretary for African Affairs
Malian President

4 A recent report has found that 28% of broiler chickens struggle to do what?

Walk
Fly
Be eaten
Catch the H6N2 strain of Avian Flu.

5 Which of these presidential candidates has Wikinews interviewed in the last week? (select more than one)

Brad Lord-Leutwyler
Steve Kissing
Frank McEnulty
Bob Jackson

6 Which UK bank is to be nationalised?

Northern Rock
HSBC
NatWest
Other

7 Which of these teams have qualified for the fifth round of the English FA Cup? (select 2)

Arsenal
Bristol Rovers
Manchester United
Liverpool