Weekly News Quiz

                   

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1. Which of the following charges was OJ Simpson NOT found guilty of in a court in Las Vegas?
Armed robbery
Kidnapping
Murder

2. How much did a £1,000,000 UK treasury note fetch at auction in London this week?
£783,000
£78,300
£7,830,000

3. The wreckage of whose plane was found this week near the town of Mammoth Lakes?
Steve Fossett
Glen Miller
Richard Branson

4. Which country was revealed to be monitoring and censoring skype messages over the internet?
Canada
China
Chile

5. Which institution rejected the $700 billion bailout plan aimed at rescuing the U.S. financial system this week?
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Senate

6. Where did Kim Jong-il show up this week - for the first time since rumours that he had suffered a stroke?
Table tennis competition
Beach volleyball game
Soccer match

7. Who accused Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists"?
Sarah Palin
George W Bush
John McCain

8. Which guitarist announced he wanted to set up a church in Hawaii when he reaches the age of 67?
Carlos Santana
Eddie Van Halen
Slash

9. Which U.S. state did John McCain pull his staff out of - effectively conceding defeat there in the Presidential race?
Minnesota
Michigan
Missouri

10. How much was it revealed this week that Harry Potter author JK Rowling is now earning?
$9 an hour
$9 a minute
$9 every second