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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: June 7, 2009

Quiz[edit]

1 An Airbus A330 operated by Air France crashed in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this week. What was its flight number?

Flight 747
Flight 447
Flight 477
Flight 474

2 The unemployment rate in the United States increased last month. How many people are out of jobs in the country now?

10.8 million
11.2 million
14.5 million
19 million

3 A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) remotely operated submarine recently reached the deepest point of one of the world's oceans, but which one?

Pacific
Indian
Arctic
Atlantic

4 David Caradine, the American actor, was found dead in his hotel room last week in what city?

Hong Kong
Bangkok, Thailand
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Yangon, Burma

5 A woman was recently run over by a train after trying to commit suicide in what country?

Egypt
Jordan
Lebanon
Israel