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Last Updated: September 13, 2010

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1 What is the name of the Imam that Florida pastor Terry Jones claimed to strike a deal with? The imam denied that he had come to any agreement with the pastor, who planned to burn copies of the Qur'an on September 11.

Muhammad Ali
Abdul Rauf
Abdullah Meera
Osama bin Laden
Shah Mulaika

2 What is the name of Stephen Hawking's new book, which claims that God was not necessary to create the universe?

An Autobiography of a British Scientist
The Big Bang Theory
The Grand Design
A Brief History of Time
God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History

3 What is the mane of the company that owns a gas line that exploded in Iran?

Citgo
The Grand National Mahmoud Ahmadinejad National Energy Corporation
National Iranian Oil Company
National Iranian Oil and Gas Corporation
Oil Iran

4 "My father is a huge hero figure for me, because he's an amazingly brave man.... To have a disability in the 1930s and 1940s, a different age, was really tough, but he never let it affect him in any way." UK prime minister David Cameron uttered these words, but who did he tell them to?

Princess Diana
Sir Trevor McDonald
Sir Brady McClatchy
Adrian Wooldridge

5 How much has an Air Zimbabwe pilot strike cost the company?

$679,000
$800,000
$3,500,000
$275,000
$500,000