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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 30, 2009

Quiz[edit]

1 A 108-storey building being built in New York City, the central component of the new World Trade Center was recently renamed from its previous name of the "Freedom Tower". What is its name now?

Exosphere Center
Library Tower
The Bloomberg Building
1 World Trade Center

2 A dam in which country burst this week, killing dozens of people?

Kyrgyzstan
Indonesia
Nepal
Australia

3 Several kangaroos escaped from a zoo in France this week, but in what city?

Carcassonne
Nice
Paris
Montpellier

4 How many people were killed after a recent gun attack in a North Carolina nursing home?

Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten

5 Which country reported this week that its economy had shrunk by 7.5% in the last quarter of 2008?

South Africa
Russia
Ireland
Peru