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Last Updated: January 29, 2012

Quiz

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1 Which of this statements about Egypt is false?

Emergency rule of the country was partially lifted recently
More seats of the Egyptian parliament are currently held by Salafis than by the Muslim Brotherhood
Capital punishment is still used in the country
The country is still under military rule

2 27-year-old law graduate Abdelouahab Zaidoun died in Morocco after setting himself on fire in protest of what in the country?

Student fees
Graduate unemployment
Income tax costs
Cuts to university funding

3 In a Australian state of Queensland, local government elections have been rescheduled from March of this year to when?

April
May
June
July

4 Indian MP Asaduddin Owaisi recently demanded the arrest of writers at the Jaipur Literature Festival who read lines from which of these books?

Lajja
The Jewel of Medina
The Cartoons that Shook the World
The Satanic Verses

5 After being surrounded by protesters, which of these Australian politicans reportedly had to be rescued during an Australia Day function?

Warren Truss
John Faulkner
Julia Gillard
Wayne Swan