World Weekly Quiz
It’s nearly the end of another week… Just how much do you remember about the headlines from the past seven days?
1.) Multiple Choice Question
Scrabble’s rules are changing to allow proper nouns, such as celebrities’ names, according to the maker Mattel. Excluding double or triple scores, which would score the highest?
Beatles
Beckham
Beyonce
2.) Multiple Choice Question
The two biggest nuclear powers, the United States and Russia, have signed a treaty to cut the number of strategic nuclear warheads. But which country officially has the third biggest stockpile?
Israel
France
UK
China
3.) Multiple Choice Question
Social networking site Bebo is facing an uncertain future with owner AOL saying it will either be sold or shut down. But what, according to AOL, does Bebo stand for?
Blog early, blog often
Be extrovert, be over-the-top
Become engaged, become open
4.) Multiple Choice Question
China and Nepal have ended a dispute over the height of Mount Everest. Why was there a 4m difference between their measurements?
Use of different measuring equipment
Only one side counted snow depth
They started from different heights
5.) Multiple Choice Question
In Japan, a local government official has taken an unusual step in an attempt to change social attitudes. What did he do?
Took paternity leave
Applied to work part-time to enhance his work-life balance
Quit work to become a house-husband
6.) Multiple Choice Question
The European Space Agency successfully launched a sophisticated satellite, Cryosat-2 on Thursday. What is its mission?
To measure the temperature of Earth from space
To study the Earth’s interior
To map Earth’s ice cover
7.) Multiple Choice Question
What aspect of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Il has apparently sparked a “global trend” according toPyongyang’s official website this week?
His fashion sense
His appreciation of a particular genre of film
His love of cognac
Answers
It’s Beckham, which racks up 20 points. Beyonce gets 14 and Beatles 9. Until now a few proper nouns had been allowed which were determined by a word list based on the Collins dictionary.It’s France, with an estimated 300 strategic nuclear warheads. China has 180, the UK 160 and Israel 80. All numbers are estimates because exact numbers are top secret.It is “blog early, blog often”, according to AOL.It’s the snow. The broadly accepted height of 8,848m (29,029-feet) was first recorded by an Indian survey in 1955. It measured the mountain’s snow cap, rather than the rock beneath it. Nepal had continued with this practice.It’s the paternity leave - Japanese workers are famously reluctant to take time off after the birth of a child even though Japanese law allows either parent to have up to a year off. No other local government leader, male or female, has taken time off after the birth of a child.CryoSat 2 is designed to pinpoint the effects of climate change on Earth’s polar ice sheets. Using radar technology, it is to measure tiny variations in the thickness of ice.It’s the trademark suit sported by the leader that is now in fashion worldwide, Pyongyang’s official website said on Wednesday. The suits consist of an overall-style zipped-up tunic and matching trousers, usually in khaki or blueish-grey.Your Score
0 - 3 : Out of vogue
4 - 6 : In vogue
7 - 7 : Fashionista
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