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

[Annieke]

6 out of 7. I should start following the news from South-America more closely :)

[JadedAggie]

Hmmm....I think this is a good idea, but the problem is most of these stories ran as major headlines on this HP. So for those who fully read the front page on HP the quiz was ridiculously simple. The only question that seemed confusing to me was the first and it is because I've seen accusations of both war crimes and looting, although never seen arson.

[SemperVeritas]

More pop quizzes, please!

Also cartoons! Huffpost needs cartoons!!!

[softwoodslumber]

I likes it too,,,,but only 7 questions? More plz.

[brynnrose thorn]

Agreed, more than seven and more often than once a week. I'd go with daily myself.

[LegalMomma]

Great way for us smart asses to test ourselves! Thanks!

[dems08]

5 out of 7, I guess I haven't been paying enough attn to Bolivia and the Vatican...­.

[ljkcan]

6 out of 7 not too bad. I saw the bolivian president on the BBC this evening but I was not listening.
I agree I love these tests. Send more

[tres tragique]

yeah, a huffpo quiz would be the best - please make this a regular thing!

one suggestion though - once the right answer is selected, make the answer a link to a source for the info.

[ObamaSheeple]

I aced it too! I'm smart enough to get them all right, but too stupid to figure out how to hit the submit button (It took 5 mins. to figure out there isn't one) to grade my test.

[PollyTics]

LOVE these types of tests...Mo­re please!

[Ugonna]

I got everything right!!!! HA!!!

[ecotopian]

I got one wrong. Not bad considering my internet connection has been intermittent for three days.

[robertny49]

I kniew I should have read that article about the Bolivian election, damn. I got the first question wrong but also dispute the answer. All of the above seems more accurate.

[Ronju01]

I got them right in 2 min. A HP regular.

[rbarthjr]

Meh, 1 wrong. And no one can tell me that the Israelis haven't been accused -- by anyone -- of looting and arson. I'm stickin' with "all of the above."

[piul05]

Yep, I'd agree with you there - it's a badly structured question.

[woodsywizz]

I put 'all above' too.

[brynnrose thorn]

Israelis have been accused of just about everything you can think of at one time or another.