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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: March 8, 2009

Quiz[edit]

1 Microsoft recently announced Windows 7 will allow users to do what?

Install it on multiple computers without requiring multiple licenses.
Disable Internet Explorer
Buy copies of Windows 7 with Mozilla Firefox instead of Internet Explorer built in
Install a theme to make Windows 7 look like Windows XP

2 The US unemployment rate recently increased to what level?

7.9%
8%
8.1%
8.2%

3

When was this man assassinated?
Image: Roosewelt Pinheiro/PR.
The President of Guinea-Bissau was assassinated last week, but on which day?

Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday

4 An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 struck which major city last week?

Mumbai
Washington
London
Melbourne

5 Who recently launched the Kepler Space Telescope?

NASA
European Space Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency
Brazilian Space Agency