'Weekly News Quiz'
12th Oct '08
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1. The banking system in which country almost completely collapsed this week?
Iceland
Sweden
Norway
2. A probe found which politician guilty of an abuse of power?
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Sarah Palin
3.What happened to the National Debt Clock in New York?
It was replaced by a giant cuckoo clock
It ran out of noughts
It's total began shrinking
4. The New York Times reported there was a 50-50 possibility of a merger between which 2 major U.S. companies?
Hewlett-Packard and Dell
General Motors and Chrysler
Home Depot and Wal-Mart Stores
5. Which country announced a 13% drop in month on month exports?
China
Japan
Germany
6. How much did U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott pay for his 10-day trip to the International Space Station?
$30m
$40m
$50m
7. The "deepest ever" living fish have been discovered in the Japan Trench in the Pacific - how far down are they?
2.8 miles
4.8 miles
6.8 miles
8.Who became the 2,371st celebrity to be immortalized on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?
Tim Robbins
Bill Murray
Robert Downey Jr
9. Which artist opened a fake pet shop in New York this week?
Damien Hirst
Banksy
Richard Prince
10. Daniel Craig needed plastic surgery after what kind of accident on the set of the new James Bond film?
He was cut by flying glass
He was kicked
He was burned
Answers:
1.Iceland 2. Sarah Palin 3. It ran out of noughts 4. General Motors and Chrysler 5. Germany 6. $30m 7. 4.8 miles 8. Tim Robbins 9. Banksy 10. He was kicked
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