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Last Updated: April 18, 2010

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1 The US Library of Congress recently decided to make a full archive of what?

Every "tweet" broadcast on Twitter
Every edit made on Wikipedia
Every photo uploaded to Flickr

2 What did a recent survey conducted by the UN say about India?

That more people in the country had access to cell phones than a proper toilet
That there were twice as many cellphones in the country as residents
That more people had an Internet connection than access to clean water

3 The burial site for the deceased Polish president who died in a plane crash drew objections and protests from some residents, but why?

Because it was immediately next to a large monument to Coca-Cola
Because those grounds were typically used only for Polish kings and heroes
Because it is adjacent to a busy, noisy highway in the centre of the city

4 The Eurozone offered Greece how much money in loans recently, due to the latter's struggling economy?

20 billion euros
30 billion euros
40 billion euros

5 Helena Guergis, a Junior Canadian cabinet minister, recently quit her post partially due to what scandal?

She had been accused of having an extramarital affair
She was arrested on charges of embezzlement
Her husband had been accused of cocaine possession and impaired driving