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 brand new World News Quiz. Show us your global-news prowess, compete with your friends and come back every Monday for a new edition.

1) Israeli soldiers are facing accusations of committing what during their 22 day offensive in Gaza?

arson

looting

war crimes

all of the above

2) The International Criminal Court in The Hague began its first trial since opening six years ago. Who is on trial?

Thomas Lubanga

Slobodan Milošević

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

all of the above

3) Which European country is facing total economic collapse in the face of the global financial crisis?

Denmark

Iceland

Cyprus

Portugal

4) German Jews are upset with The Vatican for what recent action?

making statements that suggest the Holocaust did not occur

supporting a bishop who made derogatory statements about the Jewish faith

not promoting Jewish/Catholic tolerance through the Pope's scheduled appearances in 2009

supporting a bishop who made statements which deny the full extent of the Holocaust

5) The United Nations said Monday at least 30 civilians had been killed in fighting between government forces and rebels in _____________ amid a drive to root out the last pockets of Tamil Tiger resistance.

Thailand

Sri Lanka

Cambodia

Vietnam

6) After a prolonged debate that has split the country, unofficial results indicate that Bolivians voted to do what on Sunday?

elect a Socialist president

re-elect Evo Morales, the nation's first indigenous president

ratify a new constitution

approve new anti-drug trafficking legislation meant to indict neighoring Colombia

7) Islamist insurgents have captured most of _____________'s central city of _________ - one of the last strongholds of the fragile transitional government.

Somalia / Baidoa

Nigeria / Lagos

Pakistan / Lahore

Afghanistan / Bagram

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Comments

[so76]

Love this feature. Der Spiegel and BBC News do this weekly. Hope HuffPo follows suit.

[UnknownSoldier]

Who ever came up with the idea for a World News Quiz needs to be given a raise this is a great idea.

[ejbSF]

6/7. I thought the Israelis have been accused of everything (surprised global warming and rogue asteroids weren't on the list).

[sportwarrior]

7/7 although I was very unsure on the Bolivian question. Keep the quizzes coming, HuffPo. Love the World News page.

[111]

liked the quiz. love the world news page

[kbella]

7 out of 7 for me, even though I guessed on the sri lanka question. As for the Vatican one (which it seems like many missed), I live right down the street from St. Peter's, and Italy reports almost everything the pope does (I'd say he gets equal screen time to PM Berlusconi).

[Joel Inwood]

This quiz was fun, but I owe all my correct answers to the BBC. I really wish HuffPo would expand their World section, but I guess that's not their primary mission. Still, how long had the Bolivia story been out before I saw it here?

[DAdvocate123]

7 out of 7, but these questions have a liberal bias....oh well, I guess I know what I get when I come to huffpo.

[TovSquirrel]

Liberal bias... LOL

[sportwarrior]

Come on, you two. It's obvious the questions suffer from a severe liberal bias. I mean, Liberals are the only ones to believe Iceland is collapsing financially. And a Global Economic Crisis? Sheesh! Only Liberals would ever believe such a thing.

[111]

facts are facts. You are joking, correct?

[DDK]

To paraphrase Colbert, "The facts have a well-known liberal bias."

[brynnrose thorn]

I was going to direct some others to this quiz, but the questions are missing now. Is it just me?

[jmoore79]

I couldn't find it either, so I took some of the other quizzes. AOL's was the hardest.

[ObjectiveReality]

Love the quizzes idea but more questions & more often! I got a 5 out of 7. (I actually missed no. 5 & 7!) I'll have to catch up on news on Sri Lanka & Somalia...

[ArcEnCiel]

Didn't know the one related to the Vatican support of the Bishop but guessed the right answer, so it's 7/7 for me!

[Discipulus04]

7 out of 7 but then again I'm a news junkie

[Geesi]

7 out of 7. The last question was easy for me since Somalia is my country of origin!!

[brynnrose thorn]

Missed #2. I can't believe I didn't know about Lubanga. Now I do though. :)

[SunshineDaydream]

that was the only one i missed as well. lol

[000Jade000]

missed 2 and 7.

:-(

[Tom Joad]

That was my only miss, too. Guess I really don't know everything (tr011s rejoice). LOL

[brynnrose thorn]

I think most of them are on other threads whining about Geithner and Obama's appearance on Arabic TV. Don't worry, I won't tell them about your miss (If you don't tell them about mine). ;)

[minimalist syntax]

7 out of 7, but only because I knew Tamil languages were spoken in Sri Lanka, not because I knew the news from that country.

[LeftLeanWing]

6 out 7 got #5 wrong ....