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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: May 4, 2008

Quiz

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1 Wikinews recently reported that heart disease was more severe in which country, when compared to the western world?

China
Japan
South Africa
India

2 Where did the Olympic torch travel through on May 2?

Hong Kong
London
Germany
Spain

3 It was recently discovered that a Hitler doll story was found to be a hoax. Which of one of these is part of the text on Wikinews' retraciton?

"This article has been retracted. This article has been deemed a hoax."
"Wikinews has learnt that the text in the below article is inaccurate"
"Wikinews apologizes for any confusion caused"
Wikinews did not issue a retraciton

4 A politician from which country made headlines after converting to Islam?

Germany
Malaysia
Ghana
Spain

5 People from Which US government department were blocked from Wikipedia for vandalism?

Department of Justice
Department of Defense
Department of Transportation
Department of Education

6 Wikinews recently reported on a major restructure of the board of which organisation?

YouTube
Microsoft
Wikimedia Foundation
Google