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Last Updated: February 5, 2011

Quiz

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1 Amidst the Egypt anti-government protests, six journalists were released from custody after being detained by police. Which organisation did the journalists work for?

BBC
Al Jazeera
ITN
RT

2 Chilean policeman Germán Hugo Ulloa Valdivia died after falling from a seven meter high roof during a foot pursuit of criminals who had attempted to rob what kind of building?

Computer store
Bank
Supermarket
Jewellery store

3 A massive snowstorm that struck the United States recently stretched from New Mexico to which other U.S. state?

Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Wisconsin
Maine

4 After receiving a public uprising against him, what did Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak say he would do on state television?

He would resign immediately
He would resign when the protesting ceased
He would not seek re-election in September 2011
He would not resign

5 The BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms have been cancelled due to financial reasons, meaning that the 2010 festival was the final one. When did the first of the Electric Proms take place?

November 2005
October 2006
September 2007
August 2008