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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: July 30, 2016

Quiz[edit]

1 The Real Federación Española de Fútbol (Royal Spanish Football Federation) announced Julen Lopetegui would manage the Spanish men's national football team. His first match as the manager is scheduled in September. Against which team is his first match scheduled?

Scotland
Belgium
Mexico
Greece

2 Italian football club Juventus F.C. announced signing Gonzalo Higuaín from S.S.C. Napoli for Italian record fee transfer of €90million. When did he make his professional debut?

2005
2008
2003
2007

3 Yahoo! announced acquisition by Verizon, an American telecom company. Being one of the early emerging companies in the Silicon Valley, California, in which year did Yahoo! provide e-mail service?

1994
1998
2000
1997

4 By the acquisition of Yahoo!, Verizon would own photo sharing website Flickr as well as micro-blogging website Tumblr. Yahoo! acquired Tumblr in 2013. Who created Tumblr?

Steve Chen
David Karp
David Felo
Javed Karim

5 Where is Hadramaout province located?

Iran
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Kuwait

6 German footballer Mario Götze is to join his boyhood club Borussia Dortmund. He scored the 2014 FIFA World Cup winning goal against Argentina. How many international games has he played?

48
53
45
56

7 Who is Michael Zorc?

Borussia Dortmund's CEO
Borussia Dortmund's Sporting Director
Borussia Dortmund's chairman
Borussia Dortmund's president

8 Gunfire at the Olympia shopping centre in Munich killed at least nine people. German Interior Minister had to return from the United States to meet security officials. Who is the German Interior Minister?

Thomas de Maiziere
Peter Altmaier
Angela Merkel
Hans-Joachim Watzke

9 The English appointed Sam Allardyce manager of the English men's football team, who is the fourth most experienced manager in the English Premier League. How many Manager of the Month awards has he won?

14
6
9
12

10 David Moyes was appointed manager of English football club Sunderland A.F.C. after Sam Allardyce vacanted the spot. Which was the first club he managed?

Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Swansea City
Preston North End