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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 20, 2011

Quiz[edit]

1 In what country was rapper Bad News Brown born?

Jamaica
Cuba
United States
Haiti

2 When non-citizens of Kuwait were demostrating, demanding for rights to be given to Kuwaiti citizens, what did police use to disperse the protest?

Truncheons and shields
Tear gas
Water cannons
Handguns

3 In the United Kingdom, the Consumer Price Index reached 4%, the highest that the CPI has been since when?

December 2007
January 2008
November 2008
December 2008

4 To try and improve safe driving on rurals, a small Australian town has changed its name from Speed to what?

SpeedKills
KillYourSpeed
SpeedLow
LowSpeed

5 A team at Yale University in the US built the world's first anti-laser. What material is the device made from?

Boron
Silicon
Germanium
Carbon