Take HuffPost's World News Quiz

Americans are often chastised for knowing little to nothing about world affairs. Time to prove that you can do more than pick out your country on a blank map. Step right up and take HuffPost's World News Quiz. Show us your global-news prowess, compete with your friends and come back every Monday for a new edition.
And remember, you won't be able to look yourself in the mirror if your good friend Google helps you out...enjoy!


Americans are often chastised for knowing little to nothing about world affairs. Time to prove that you can do more than pick out your country on a blank map. Step right up and take HuffPost's World News Quiz. Show us your global-news prowess, compete with your friends and come back every Monday for a new edition.

And remember, you won't be able to look yourself in the mirror if your good friend Google helps you out...enjoy!


1) President Joao Bernardo Vieira of what country was assassinated Monday morning?
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Equatorial Guinea
Papua New Guinea

2) Admiral Mike Mullen, head of the U.S. military Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert Gates offered conflicting opinions on what over the weekend?
North Korea's long-range missile capabilities
number of nuclear weapons Pakistan holds
Iran's nuclear capabilities
solution to the Arab/Israeli conflict

3) Tens of thousands of _______________ attended a state funeral on Monday for dozens of army officers killed in a mutiny last week, as a think-tank warned there was still a significant risk of conflict in the country.
Bangladeshis
Iraqis
Sri Lankans
Burmese

4) The man who successfully bid almost 40 million euros for two bronze sculptures - auctioned in Paris last week- says he will not pay for them as they already belong to __________.
Italy
Egypt
Mexico
China

5) North Korea recently held a half hour meeting for the first time in seven years with which organization?
International Atomic Energy Association
United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
none of the above

6) For the first time since ___________'s transition to democracy following the death of General Franco in 1975, non-nationalist parties have been elected the majority force in the Basque regional parliament.
Spain
Portugal
Philippines
Iraq

7) Pope Benedict XVI has formally rescinded the promotion of an ultraconservative priest who came under fire for suggesting that
the Holocaust did not occur
Creationism should be taught in all schools
God punished New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina
contraceptives are the devil's doing

8) China has published a paper praising its rule in Tibet and accusing the West of trying to inflame tensions there on the 50th anniversary of what event?
Tianamen Square
assuming control of Tibet
The Dalai Lama's exile
formation of the United Nations

9) Ali Hasan al-Majeed, better known as "Chemical Ali," just received what this week?
a life sentence
a death sentence
a double death sentence
his third death sentence

10) _______ lobbied ________ authorities on Monday for state aid, arguing the struggling car maker could stand on its own feet despite the problems of its US parent company General Motors.
Peugot / French
Alfa Romeo / Italian
Opel / German
Daewoo / South Korean