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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: February 28, 2010

Quiz

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1 A landslide that occurred on Tuesday killed at least fifteen people. In which country did the landslide occur?

Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
Indonesia

2 On Saturday, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck which South American country?

Chile
Brazil
Argentina
Peru

3 In which of the four UK countries did a car bomb explode outside a court last week?

Scotland
England
Wales
Northern Ireland

4 The pilots' union of which German airline began and then suspended a four-day strike over pay and job security?

Cirrus Airlines
Blue Wings
Lufthansa
Air Berlin

5 Which language version of Wikipedia reached a total 500,000 articles last week?

Swedish
Spanish
Chinese
Russian

6 Up to 270,000 civil servants in the United Kingdom are expected to go on strike in which month this year?

March
April
May
June

7 Which of the following events did not occur within the last week?

The ten billionth song was downloaded from Apple's iTunes Store
The USA upset Canada in an Olympic game of ice hockey
At least one person was killed and eighteen were injured after grenade attacks in Rwanda
Toyota were accused of misleading the public and investigators over their recent recalls