2007 in Review: World Events
Month by month, answer these questions about what happened in this world of ours in the year that was, 2007.
Quiz created by: Bill Graves
1. Who became the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
(#) Nancy Pelosi
(#) Diane Feinstein
(#) Hillary Clinton
(#) Barbara Boxer
2. In what nation did the 'cash for peerages' scandal take place?
(#) United States
(#) Venezuela
(#) England
(#) Turkey
3. Which nation captured members of the Royal Navy?
(#) Cuba
(#) China
(#) Iran
(#) Iraq
4. Which chess legend was detained for participating in a banned march?
(#) Garry Kasparov
(#) Vladimir Kramnik
(#) Anatoly Karpov
(#) Bobby Fischer
5. Nicolas Sarkozy is president of which republic?
(#) Poland
(#) Zimbabwe
(#) France
(#) Ukraine
6. In which nation did the 33rd G8 summit take place?
(#) Egypt
(#) Singapore
(#) Austria
(#) Germany
7. Which nation executed their head of State Food and Drug Administration?
(#) Cuba
(#) Venezuela
(#) Sudan
(#) China
8. Which nations celebrated their 60th anniversaries of independence from the British Empire?
(#) Canada & United States
(#) South Africa & Pakistan
(#) Inda & Pakistan
(#) India & South Africa
9. Which nation cracked down on Buddhist monks?
(#) China
(#) Vietnam
(#) Myanmar
(#) Indonesia
10. Where is Benazir Bhutto's homeland?
(#) Tibet
(#) Pakistan
(#) Nepal
(#) India
11. Pervez Musharraf stands down as the head of which nation's army?
(#) Iran
(#) Afghanistan
(#) Pakistan
(#) Iraq
12. Hugo Chavez is the president of which country?
(#) Peru
(#) Nicaragua
(#) El Salvador
(#) Venezuela
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