Weekly world news quiz

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It's the World News 7 days 7 questions weekly quiz - a chance to find out how much global news from the past week you've read, heard and watched... and how much has stayed lodged in the old grey matter.

1.) Multiple Choice Question

Politicians in Brazil are considering a constitutional amendment to help ensure what becomes a social right of all citizens?

1. Pursuit of happiness
   
2. Internet access
   
3. Time to enjoy sport
   

2.) Multiple Choice Question

Which country revealed that it had decided on the date of its general election to avoid a clash with a sporting event?

1. Nigeria
   
2. Ireland
   
3. New Zealand
   

3.) Multiple Choice Question

Thousands of police cleared the biggest squat in a European city. The building, known as No 14, had been occupied for two decades and was inhabited by a mix of people, including punks and militants in their 50s. Where is it?

1. Berlin
   
2. Paris
   
3. Prague
   

4.) Multiple Choice Question

It was revealed this week that Chinese state television had broadcast a news report, which appeared to include footage taken from a Hollywood film. Which one?

1. Top Gun
   
2. The Matrix
   
3. The Social Network
   

5.) Multiple Choice Question

City councillors in New York have approved some of the toughest measures to be adopted in a major metropolis. Against what?

1. Noise pollution
   
2. Congestion
   
3. Smoking
   

6.) Multiple Choice Question

Protests in Egypt against the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak have focused on Cairo's Tahrir Square, or Midan Tahrir. Translated, it is known as...

1. The People's Square
   
2. Victory Square
   
3. Liberation Square
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

Excerpts from the autobiography of ex-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have been leaked. In it, he admits having chosen some words badly. Which of the following is NOT by Mr Rumsfeld?

1. "Stuff happens"
   
2. "Old Europe"
   
3. "Extremist group of folks"
   

Answers

1. It's happiness. A bill to amend Brazil's constitution to make the search for happiness an inalienable right is widely expected to be approved soon by the Senate.
2. It's New Zealand. Prime Minister John Key said on Wednesday that the date was designed to avoid any distractions during the Rugby World Cup, which starts in September.
3. It's Berlin. More than 2,000 police were deployed to clear the squatters out of the apartment building, Liebig 14, in the eastern Berlin district of Friedrichshain, a former working class area that has become fashionable since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.
4. It was Top Gun. The footage showcasing China's new J-10 fighter and including an air-to-air missile destroying another jet, was published by The Wall Street Journal, alongside film sequences from the 1986 movie. It noted many similarities.
5. It's smoking. A smoking ban has been extended to municipal parks, beaches and other pedestrian zones. The ban, which will take effect three months after it has been signed by mayor Michael Bloomberg, will make it an offence to smoke in any of the city's 1,700 parks and more than 20km of coastline.
6. It's Liberation Square. The square was originally called Midan Ismailia after a 19th Century ruler. It was renamed after the Egyptian revolution in 1952, which established the country as a republic.
7. It was "extremist group of folks" - which was said by George W Bush. The title of the forthcoming memoir Known and Unknown, is taken from a famous Rumfeld-ism. He said "stuff happens" about the early looting in postwar Iraq. His quip about "old Europe" was directed at Germany and France.

Your Score

0 - 2 : Unknown unknown

3 - 5 : Known unknown

6 - 7 : Known known