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Last Updated: December 13, 2009

Quiz

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1 35 million people worldwide were cured of what illness in the past fifteen years, according to the WHO?

Leprosy
Polio
Tuberculosis
Malaria

2 Which country/territory recently reported its first swine flu cases?

Gaza Strip
Jordan
Western Sahara
Syria

3 4.8 million people in what African country are in need of food aid, according to the UN?

Eritrea
Zambia
Ethiopia
Zimbabwe

4 Which of the following did NOT occur in the past week?

The corpse of a former Cyprus president was stolen out of a grave
A Japanese tourist visited several dozen countries on just US$2
The longest-running US soap opera was cancelled
The Hubble Telescope saw some of the oldest galaxies in the known universe

5 Guinea arrested how many soldiers recently for their suspected connection with the attempted assassination of leader Captain Camara?

50
60
90
100