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In the news
1) Om Prakash, an Indian boy, has been awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize for leading a campaign against child labour and child slavery. Om was awarded the $100,000 prize organised by a Netherlands-based group at a ceremony in The Hague. How old is he?
2) Which animated comedy about a penguin with a talent for tap-dancing has beaten James Bond’s Casino Royale at the US box office?
3) Who is currently ranked as the world number one tennis player? Take a hint: he is a 25-year-old Swiss, and recently won the Masters Cup.
4) Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe announced his retirement earlier this week at the young age of 24. He won three gold medals at the 2000 Games in Sydney and added two titles in Athens four years later. What’s his nationality?
5) Mauritanians finally voted in national and municipal elections following 21 years of autocratic rule that ended in a bloodless coup last year. In which continent is Mauritania?
6) Name the British man who, after spending 18 years in a Pakistani jail for murdering a taxi driver, a crime he denies, has been granted clemency by President Musharraf.
7) Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes finally got married last weekend in Italy. The bride and the groom’s dresses for the lavish wedding were designed by which famous designer?
8) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a leftist leader, recently lost elections but has announced that he will launch a parallel government and even swear himself in as the president to keep protests alive. Which country does he belong to?
9) When are the first special Haj flights carrying pilgrims from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia starting?
10) What is the name of the Chinese president who is currently on a three-nation regional tour of this part of the world?
Answers:
1) 14
2) Happy Feet
3) Roger Federer
4) Australian
5) Africa
6) Mirza Tahir Hussain
7) Giorgio Armani
8) Mexico
9) Today, November 25
10) Hu Jintao
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