At the end of the year, test your powers of recollection with our world news quiz

What became legal in 12 countries on 1 January 2002 and has had its highs and lows since then?

A: Private consumption of cannabis B: Sale of condoms to under 16s C: The euro

Which world leader said to another: "You are very rude and I have never been spoken to like this before"?

A: Gerhard Schroeder to George W Bush B: Jacques Chirac to Tony Blair C: Yasser Arafat to Ariel Sharon

Which actor who played Napoleon, Mussolini and Al Capone in films and won an Oscar for his portrayal of a bigoted town sheriff died in July 2002?

A: James Coburn B: Leo McKern C: Rod Steiger

There was little common ground between Israel and its Arab neighbours this year, but Israel and Jordan agreed on a joint project to save something this year - what was it?

A: The desert leopard of Negev B: The Dead Sea C: Biblical sites in the Jordan valley

Who is Lula, and why was he or she in the headlines in 2002?

A: A 1960s Scottish singing star who revived her career with a global hit B: A cloned calf which offered new ways of breeding dairy cattle C: A trades union leader who became president of Brazil

What is the Malaysian island of Penang doing to attract more tourists?

A: Offering cosmetic surgery B: Offering free flights to and from the mainland C: Allowing tourists to shoot wild elephants

Which unfortunate animal was involved in a murder mystery in a Kenyan game reserve, and ended up dying after being drugged?

A: A lion B: A giraffe C: An elephant

The US likes to have the biggest and best of everything, but a tiny organism is threatening the future of which of these national icons?

A: The Grand Canyon B: The Everglades alligator C: California's Giant Redwood trees

Which high profile American said in a speech: "The glass ceiling was broken and I hope that this ceiling is shattered forever."

A: Colin Powell, recalling his feelings on becoming the first black secretary of state B: Halle Berry, on becoming the first black woman to win a best actress Oscar C: Hillary Clinton, looking back on her first year as a senator

South African Mark Shuttleworth became the first of his countrymen to do what?

A: Walk from Cape Town to Cairo B: Reach the South Pole C: Travel into space

Who did Indian authorities call to account for breaking strict conservation laws in the Himalayas this year?

A: More than 1,000 Western mountaineers, whose rubbish litters large areas of protected land B: The Indian air force, after reports that it had used remote areas to test missiles C: Soft drinks companies Coca Cola and Pepsi, after unauthorised adverts appeared painted onto rock faces

Which sports team known as the Lions beat their old colonial rulers, whose symbol is a cockerel, only to lose to Turkey?

A: Senegal B: British Lions C: Brazil