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Wikinews talk:World News Quiz/Archive

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Mar 15, 2009
Quiz set by user:Anonymous101.

 * 4/5 --Brian McNeil / talk 11:56, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * i got 5 out of 5 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.65.232 (talk) 06:54, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Mar 8, 2009
Quiz set by user:Anonymous101.
 * 4/5 - couldn't remember the day of the assassination. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:54, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5- same as Brianmc. R .T . 16:52, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - No trouble with the murder, it was the unemployment figure I didn't have a clue about. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/5 easy - I wrote most of the articles the questions were about. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 17:58, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Mar 1, 2009
Quiz set by user:Anonymous101.
 * 5/5 I don't quite get why Q3 links to an article suggested by a wrong answer. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:41, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2/5 Bawolff ☺☻ 04:46, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Feb 19, 2009
Quiz set by user:Anonymous101.

 * 3/5 --Omega933 (talk) 19:10, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Feb 15, 2009
Quiz set by user:Anonymous101.
 * 2/6 - thats rather pathetic - I haven't read anything this week. The white house question made me laugh. Thanks for setting quiz. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/6 Omega933 (talk) 10:42, 15 February 2009 (UTC) that was difficult question about crash in Brazil.
 * 5/6 --Brian McNeil / talk 10:21, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * just 3/6 mostly guessed, only know the sattelite-crash Kai Burghardt (talk) 23:13, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 6/6 - got lucky on the Brazil question. --SVTCobra 02:48, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3/6 - I doh'ed on a few that I later realized were wrong answers. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 13:37, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Feb 6, 2009
Quiz set by user:Bawolff.
 * 3/5 - The three month sentence really threw me. The world has gone mad. --InfantGorilla (talk) 09:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

January 22, 2009
Quiz set by King of Hearts.
 * 3/5 So I corrected one of the articles to increase my score to 4. InfantGorilla (talk) 10:08, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - missed the percentage on the RBS question. --SVTCobra 12:19, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 3/5 R .T . 01:37, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 1/5 RedXII (talk) 14:41, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

January 4, 2009
Quiz set by King of Hearts.

2/5 i never payed attention to any of these storys and thought my best guess was compton:) it wasn't.24.132.170.97 22:46, 5 January 2009 (UTC) hey i got 5/5 . hurrah
 * 3/5, guessed somewhat. Deathgleaner (talk) 18:57, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 1/5, although most of this I would've been interested in, most of this was guesswork as I had never read the stories myself. 76.105.229.100 21:48, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2/5
 * 2/5 These events were mostly while I was out of town. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 07:41, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/5, i'm not even quite sure how i got them all! lol =)
 * 3/5 I answered bit in hurry, but this is also not a bad score either. Yipee.
 * 4/5 The only answer I really knew was the first one :D 67.175.235.76 20:38, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Who cares about Cricket?
 * 2/5 I am getting worse at this --InfantGorilla (talk) 18:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

New Year's Quiz

 * 6/15 Don't stay on top of news. Guessed. Deathgleaner (talk) 19:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * ../15 Good idea...could use some spice though :)
 * 14/15 ... Who put two stupid American Football questions in there? --Brian McNeil / talk 18:36, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 13/15 King of Hearts (talk) 20:04, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 14/15 - I'm with Brian - what's with the American Football stuff half of us don't give a stuff about? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

 * 15/15...the Football questions were to determine if you are a well rounded individual rather than an elitist snob...J/K, but seriously, not caring about a topic is not a good reason to exclude that topic, some people don't care about names of storms for example. Sarasota Slammer

 * I see, I'm an elitist snob if I don't give a shit about a sport limited to one nation (albeit a large one) on a different continent from me. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:23, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * My dear chap! Your comment made my monocle fall out, eh what? --Brian McNeil / talk 22:01, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

 * 11/15 Next time do one (american) football question and one football (real football (which some people insist on calling soccer)) question? Ose (talk) 16:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 6/15. Ose: No! American football ones were the only ones I got! ;) American Eagle (talk) 20:29, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 11/15, not bad! 82.37.147.15 23:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 12/15 I actually thought I did really bad. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:13, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 11/15 American Football? What's the world coming to? 86.155.178.66 18:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 8/15 I just didn't know enough. --InfantGorilla (talk) 18:25, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 14/15. I'm surprised my guesses were spot on! I must protest having 2 American football questions, however. --Seav (talk) 02:55, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

December 31, 2008
Quiz set by King of Hearts.
 * 2/5 no comment. Deathgleaner (talk) 19:04, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2/5 I feel don't know because it's difficult.

December 19, 2008
Quiz set by King of Hearts.
 * 0/5 I admit I did not know anything about any of the questions. Although I am embarassed, I have had a long week and weekend :-P DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 05:48, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2/5 lol havnt even edited wikinews this month properly. Danger^Mouse (talk) 05:52, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/5 I guessed the Somali one, knew the climber began with a K and had read a lot of media on the bus disaster. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:49, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

1/5 71.104.92.159 19:32, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

December 14, 2008
Quiz set by King of Hearts.
 * 0/5 quite scary. NAME UNDISCLOSED.
 * 3/5... again. Anonymous101talk 10:07, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Third week in a row I think. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:10, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/5 First time ever! :-P DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 10:11, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/5 with two guesses (and a more or less guess on Chu... we had been debating his nomination at the Climate Conference in Poznan). Sean Heron (talk) 16:09, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 0/5
 * 3/5 114.76.158.164 10:55, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

December 7, 2008
Quiz set by King of Hearts.

 * 5/5 again :-D --Brian McNeil / talk 17:41, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/5 :( Anonymous101talk 17:48, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/5 I'm not improving. :) --InfantGorilla (talk) 18:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/5 first one i've done :) RockerballAustralia (talk) 04:48, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

November 30, 2008
Quiz set by Anonymous101.

 * 5/5 I did the Youtube one by a process of elimination. (i) I knew Satriani performed (this left three possible answers); (ii) I didn't perform (but thanks for the mention); (iii) Freddie Mercury is dead. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:03, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2/5 hmm, sad. --Gppande (talk) 20:39, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/5 - Fun quiz. --InfantGorilla (talk) 18:37, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

November 23, 2008
Quiz set by Mike Halterman

This is my first quiz! Place your scores here.

 * 8/10 --Brian McNeil / talk 09:17, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/10 --DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:53, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 8/10 last two were guesses and I got them both wrong --SVTCobra 20:30, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/10 - tholly  --Talk-- 14:44, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 10/10 all the answers were correct.... (28 November 2008)
 * 5/10 I am so ashamed. --InfantGorilla (talk) 20:08, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 10/10 - Damn good quiz! Iceflow (talk) 21:21, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/10 - I do virtually no news reading - two of my correct answers were guesses - two were stuff I knew from writing articles - and one I knew from watching the news. Anonymous101talk 14:21, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/10 Thanks for the quiz. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:44, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

November 16, 2008
Quiz set by Brian McNeil
 * 3/5 - Gak! I filed one of the stories, and another right answer was a lucky guess, so I only deserve 1 point.  I will pay more attention next week. --InfantGorilla (talk) 15:49, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

November 9, 2008
Quiz set by Bawolff and Brian McNeil
 * 2/5 :-( Maybe next time. --Gppande (talk) 04:24, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2/5 -- Danger^Mouse (talk) 09:11, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/5 [but i made up one of the questions]. Thank you Brianmc for making the quiz. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:34, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/5 - hard quiz this week. Anonymous101talk 20:13, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - not bad considering usually I get around 2! M4tth3wg (talk) 11:24, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

October 31, 2008
Quiz set By Bawolff

 * 2/5 long time no see Deathgleaner (talk) 04:38, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 --Brian McNeil / talk 08:43, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

October 26, 2008
Quiz set by Bawolff, sorry its short and sucky.

 * 4/4 Hah! --Brian McNeil / talk 17:58, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0/4 :'( DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:27, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * So much for noone should get 100% and no one should get 0%... Bawolff ☺☻ 06:16, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

 * 1/4 :-(  T harikrish  Talk 18:43, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

October 18, 2008
Quiz set by. This one is a bit on the easier side. I am experimenting with new quiz syntax - quiz. Any and all comments appreciated. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:47, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

 * 5/6 I didn't know what the barbarians in Iran were up to. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:39, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

July 31, 2008
Quiz set by Thor Malmjursson at 22:01 (UTC), 31st July 2008

Hi, I am Thor and I am your quizmaster for the week. Please feel free to post your scores here from this week's quiz. This is my first quiz, so suggestions will be welcomed! Be nice, y'all! Thor Malmjursson (talk) 22:51, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/7 --Brian McNeil / talk 14:04, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/7 :( Anonymous101talk 14:06, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

 * 5/7 What happened to bullets? 80.176.249.239 14:19, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

July 13, 2008
Quiz set by Anonymous101 at 09:36, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

 * 6/10 - pretty poor. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:15, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/10 - wrote one of the articles involved, too Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:01, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 8/10 - some were pretty hard, so I forgive myself for a less than perfect score --SVTCobra 23:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

June 9, 2008
Quiz set by Anonymous101.

I GOT 10/10!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.185.196.206 (talk) 03:13, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2/7 long time no see. Deathgleaner (talk) 04:37, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 6/7 --Brian McNeil / talk 09:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/7 --SVTCobra 22:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/7 --Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 06:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/7 Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 06:31, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

May 11 2008
Quiz set by Chris Mann.

 * 6/8 --Brian McNeil / talk 18:37, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/8 But I wrote two of the articles involved and the one that inspired a wrong answer for a third, so not a great score. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:48, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't worry. I just took the quiz a couple of days after writing it and got 7/8 (forgot which way around the Pres. primaries went). Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 04:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

 * 7/8 ADMINISTRATORS, TO FIX The question about presidential primaries is wrong: This week the contest was in Indiana, not Illinois. tcp-ip (talk) 15:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/8 as well...but i'm not much of a reader here so, the most reading I do is looking for errors/issues to fix or tag.--Ryan524 (talk) 16:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

May 4 2008
Quiz set by Anonymous101.
 * 5/6 And I thought Indians were healthy. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/6 Woo-hoo! Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:08, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/6 Hurrah! First time I got a decent score on one of these things. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 05:32, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/6 tcp-ip (talk) 15:33, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

April 6, 2008
Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.
 * 6/10 (→ Zachary ) 19:48, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 10/10 ...uhh, wow! --Skenmy(t•c•w) 19:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/10 or, to make myself sound smarter, 1/2 ;) --Nzgabriel | Talk 04:19, 8 April 2008 (UTC).
 * 9/10 --Brian McNeil / talk 06:14, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/10 FIX link to question 1's right answer tcp-ip - (talk) 22:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/10 - --SVTCobra 22:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

March 23, 2008
Quiz set by Blood Red Sandman
 * 10/10 --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 15:13, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 9/10 --Brian McNeil / talk 08:23, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/10 --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:28, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/10 tcp-ip - (talk) 13:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 9/10 --SVTCobra 14:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

March 16, 2008
Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.

 * 10/10, which means I need to be reading less and writing more. ;) ~Planoneck~ 02:24, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/10, so I guess I need to be doing the opposite of Planoneck :) --JamesHarrison - (talk) 18:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 8/10 --Brian McNeil / talk 22:02, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/10 although I wrote the article question nine is based on. --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 8/10 --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 07:45, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/10 Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:31, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/10 tcp-ip - (talk) 13:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

March 9, 2008
Quiz set by FellowWikiNews and Steven Fruitsmaak.
 * 5/10 Oh dear ;-) Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:23, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/10, not as bad as the last quiz I took (→ Zachary ) 17:47, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/10, not good - obviously not reading enough full articles as compared to diffs. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/10 - not very good. --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:52, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/10 tcp-ip - (talk) 16:10, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

February 17, 2008
Quiz set by Anonymous101 on February 17, 2008. 4/7 on the first try it said i got 6/7 but then i went back with the one it said was right and it said i was still wrong.
 * 6/7  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 01:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Which question did you get wrong? --Anonymous101 Talk 06:04, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/7 - rarely I am guessing so much, I only knew one for certain. --SVTCobra 22:32, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/7 I dislike having to choose more than one answer. --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:43, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I got a 7/7 after 6 tries:D Spockezri
 * 4/7 tcp-ip - (talk) 21:06, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/7 I flunked.drdilong- (talk) 6:36, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 0/7 for me. 208.100.195.115 17:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

February 13, 2008
Quiz set by Planoneck on February 13, 2008.
 * 6/10 Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/10 The correct answer of the forth question should be 50000, not 5000. tcp-ip - (talk) 23:05, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/10 --Nzgabriel | Talk 10:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/10  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:21, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

February 3, 2008
Quiz set by FellowWikiNews on February 3, 2008.
 * 6/8 ~Planoneck~ 19:30, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 8/9 --Brian McNeil / talk 19:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 9/9  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:48, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 8/9 or 7/8 as I wrote about the earthquakes. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:55, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/9 --Anony mous 101  18:23, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/9 - I answered New Zealand to the third question because I thought it might have meant suicide rates (The Lowdown article). I got #2, #3 and #8 wrong. --Nzgabriel | Talk 01:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/9 - pretty poor, though at least one, I felt, was misleading ... and I wrote the story on which it was based. --SVTCobra 01:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/9 --Boricu æ ddie  01:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/9--75.84.1.36 02:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/9 I fail. (→ Zachary ) 03:22, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/9 I fail. (→ Zachary ) 03:22, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/9 tcp-ip 23:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

January 27, 2008
Quiz set by Anonymous101 on January 27, 2008.
 * 6/8 --Brian McNeil / talk 10:43, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/8 Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 3/8  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/8 — that was cool ;-) --Boricu æ ddie  22:15, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't you have a quiz over on es: ? --Brian McNeil / talk 22:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, we do. Actually, I wrote the last one myself ;-) Why do you ask? --Boricu æ ddie  22:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Because I was too lazy to check for interwiki. :-P In case you missed discussion here, Cormac Lawler from Wikiversity was delighted to see us using the Quiz extension. It gives them a great example to point at. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

 * 5/8, but I wrote 3 of the articles. ~Planoneck~ 22:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That doesn't really matter; I created the Spanish version of George Bush announces trip to Africa and still got the question wrong ;-) --Boricu æ <font color="Green">ddie  22:33, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 8/8! Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 07:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well done. Despite writing about 3 of the events for Wikinews and writing the quiz I still only got 7/8. (I did the quiz the day after I set it).--User:Anonymous101 Talk 18:06, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

 * 6/8 tcp-ip 22:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/8 --SVTCobra 22:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 8/8 --Spockezri- Took five tries

8/8 in 2 tries!! wow! 4/4 200.82.111.218 11:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC) 6/8: Though at least 3 of them were semi-educated guesses.
 * 5/8 --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 5/8 --Reader 781 09:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

January 13, 2008
Quiz set by FellowWikiNews on January 13, 2008.

 * 7/9 And not a turkey in sight. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 9/9  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 18:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 9/9 I have no idea how that happened. ~Planoneck~ 18:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/9 --Jcart1534 19:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 8/9 or 7/8 as I wrote the Iraq story. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/9 --User:Anonymous101 Talk 17:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/9 - isn't A and D both true in question 6? Or did I misread that article? --SVTCobra 02:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 4/9 -- Spiderpig0001 07:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 7/9 I got number four and number six wrong. Although I was annoyed at the sixth question because of the way the question was written and three of the four answers were technically correct regarding the article as a whole. --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 6/9 tcp-ip 19:52, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

December 31, 2007
Quiz set by User:Anonymous101 on 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/18 Hard quiz Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:14, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/18  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:56, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm pleased to hear User:The wub made a new better quiz but if you want to try out the old 18 question quiz, I posted at my talk page. --User:Anonymous101 18:19, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 18/18 :) -ComputerGuy890100 22:27, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 9/19 tough ... very tough --SVTCobra 22:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Extended quiz (50 questions)
Quiz set by the wub on 31 December 2007 (UTC)

 * 27/52. Good quiz (quite hard). --User:Anonymous101 18:27, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 37/51 Pass the beer I'm thirsty after that Guantanamoesque interrogation. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:59, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 24/51  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:11, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 38/51, good quiz, and nice touch at the end!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:08, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 25/51 Had to guess on a lot of them, but a very good quiz nonetheless. ~Planoneck~ 19:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The rest of us are trying to sleep off dinner. We kidnapped the two turkeys President Bush pardoned and had one for Christmas, and the other for New Year. IIRC Dick Cheney called them "lunch" and "dinner". --Brian McNeil / talk 19:51, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

 * 32/51 Good quiz, I liked doing that one! Surprised that there was no New Zealand content though... :P. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:41, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 26/51 Fantastic. News Bug 21:28, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 27/51 Great year for Wikinewstcp-ip 22:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 39/51 Great quiz! Took some thought, good mix of topics, but not too hard. How it should be! Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:16, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 17/51 Great quiz! I am so bad at quizzes. I need to read up to prepare for 2008's quiz. -ComputerGuy890100 22:23, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 36/51 --SVTCobra 22:15, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 36/51 --Jcart1534 04:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

December 24, 2007
Quiz set by Bawolff ☺☻ on 21:08, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 * 4/7 --SVTCobra 21:26, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/7 or 3/5 as I wrote two articles involved. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:54, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/7 - Althought I wrote the article the first question is based on; so really should be 3/6. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:40, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/7, thanks for doing the quiz bawolff! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:41, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/7 - some lucky guesses there too. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:49, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks and thanks
 * 0/7 - test — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 0/7 - I really hope this works properly — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/7 - Of course i actually made the quiz...(Spam: try new (beta) score poster in special:preferences → gadgets) — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3/7 --User:Anonymous101 17:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/7  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:51, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/7 tcp-ip 18:09, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 0/7 - testing the new quiz feature — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 0/7 - testing the new quiz feature — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1/7 - testing — Bawolff ☺☻ 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 2/7 - test — Bawolff ☺☻ 19:32, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1/7 - —  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:35, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

December 18, 2007
Quiz set by Anonymous101 on December 18, 2007.

 * 4/7 Please, fix question 3 and the link to the right answer of question 5. tcp-ip 21:28, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3/7 and all of them prior knowledge or educated guesses. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:37, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/7  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/7 but then I did create the quiz :) --User:Anonymous101 19:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/7 --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

December 9, 2007
Quiz set by Celticfan383 on December 9, 2007.

 * 6/8 - 4 and 8 wrong, I paid no attention to either at the time. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/8, thanks for doing the quiz Celticfan!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/8 -  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 18:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/8 --Brian McNeil / talk 18:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3/8 --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:15, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/8 - the football transfer was a total guess. --SVTCobra 18:18, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/8 tcp-ip 21:44, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

December 2, 2007
Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak on December 4, 2007.

 * 5/10 : not read much news this week, and it shows Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:29, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 tcp-ip 19:45, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 --Anonymous101 19:11, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3/10  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 18:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Something wrong with the first two questions. First one in the answers says she was sentenced to 40 lashes, she wasn't. Second one lists an unrelated article with the answers and I think the answer is wrong anyway. (checked photo) --Brian McNeil / talk 09:15, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It says she did NOT recieve 40 lashes (although it might have changed since you said that) --Anonymous101 19:11, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

November 25, 2007
Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.

 * 4/10 !  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 22:39, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 I was rolling on the floor laughing at the options on the first question. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:45, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I try to get the quiz to be funny and tricky, I'm glad you enjoyed.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

 * 5/10. But since I wrote the article number nine is based on, it really is 4/9. Also, I thought that number eight was quite unfair, I knew what he said in English!! --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC) Liked question number three's possible answers!!! --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:21, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 9/10 - missed the town in UK where the data was lost. Guessed right on the spacestation. --SVTCobra 09:31, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/10
 * 6/10tcp-ip 19:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 --Jcart1534 19:58, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/10 Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:24, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

November 18, 2007
Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.

Post scores as * x/10 <optional comment> --~

 * 8/10 --Brian McNeil / talk 10:56, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:37, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Which questions did you get wrong?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:29, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Me? Pakistani elections because I wasn't paying close enough attention to the upcoming elections, and Oil tanker which I don't think I actually read. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:31, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Or, if you mean me, the Iranian nuclear material and and the Dalai Lama, same as Jurock. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:57, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

 * 6/10  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 14:44, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 - got wrong Iran's and the Dalai Lama's – Jurock (reply) 18:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * A mere 3/10 - didn't get a good result this week. The only questions I got right were three, five, and ten. --Nzgabriel | Talk 04:15, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 tcp-ip 19:43, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

November 11, 2007
Quiz set by FellowWikiNews and Stevenfruitsmaak.

Post scores as * x/10 <optional comment> --~

 * 6/10 from FWN's version. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:58, 10 November 2007
 * 8/10 Got the Finnish shooter wrong, remembered the law allowed guns at 15. Also got the last one wrong, was thinking of the drug contamination story. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 but I guessed most of them. Also, was involved with covering the Finnish shooting. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:58, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 14:54, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 on my version!  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 I also answered 'contamination' on the recall question, thinking of lead paint as a form of contamination. --SVTCobra 15:12, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 - Nice quiz this week! 80.229.38.167 18:00, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 tcp-ip 23:11, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 --Nzgabriel | Talk 07:11, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/10 haven't been paying much attention to news lately, guessed on a lot of them —<b style="color:#1780bb">Za</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">ry</b> talk 23:43, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

November 4, 2007
Quiz set by Auroranorth<BR>
 * Not much happening this week, sorry it's so short. I'll try to make it longer next time when something actually happens (that's covered by Wikinews, anyway). If I get time I'll extend it. Problem solved. Auroranorth 12:28, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

 * 8 / 10 - And I forgot to answer one. --SVTCobra 14:17, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 9 / 10, or 8 / 9 not counting the Alice Cooper question as I wrote the article - I only screwed up on the Stephen Colbert question, I haven't followed that story. The speeding story is old news though! Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:48, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:57, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 9/10 - but there was something wrong with the quiz when I did it. Some questions had radio buttons and some had check boxes. Jcart1534 16:05, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I fixed that. The coding was changed.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:10, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, that was my mistake. Auroranorth 23:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

 * 10/10 . --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:41, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Quiz reset, there was a question about a news article from August, so I replaced it. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

 * 9 / 10 still (it wouldn't be fair to put the right answehr on the Colbeert question this time around now I know it!) Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:23, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 with the mice question.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:58, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 - Surprise, surprise! I guessed on German soccer, mice and Canadian province. --David Shankbone 17:03, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 I missed last weeks, when was it put up? 80.229.38.167 17:33, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 This week it was easy.tcp-ip 21:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 9/10 My knowledge of russian dance is sadly lacking... 71.61.64.113 20:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/10 My knowledge of the current events was quite poor and I am sadly disapointedKrayz-one 22:02, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

October 28, 2007
Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.
 * Bonus question that didn't get covered by Wikinews this week: where is Lewis Hamilton moving to next season? If you know, then you can do next week's quiz, if you don't, guess here!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:16, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Eh... Eddie Stobart? ;-). No offense intended to him by that, he's actually a good driver. No idea. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:47, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 00:04, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/10 Thanks for finally putting up this weeks quiz, albeit late. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:47, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 tcp-ip 09:31, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 Jurock (reply) 21:45, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10
 * 8/10 Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:54, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 Chinese astronauts, U.N. global warming report and, embarrassingly, Somalia-Ethiopian war (said Djibouti, second guess was Eritrea). David Shankbone 20:08, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 Didn't notice it was up until today, I'm going to try and get the OLPC article knocked into shape rather than set this week's quiz. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:36, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/10, embarrassingly. Auroranorth 11:34, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

October 21, 2007
Quiz set by Brian McNeil
 * List scores as * x/10 <comment> --~

 * 5/10 --
 * 3/10, not been doing a lot of reading this week. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:12, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * But you did a tracheotomy with a steak knife... Right? ;) --Brian McNeil / talk 12:38, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

 * 7/10 or 5/8 on what I didn't write - Improving, although I already knew the A380 one before Wikinews covered it. Feels like forever since I got that full marks... Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:42, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 3/10 not been doing a lot of reading this week.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 18:08, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 Rugby one was EASY! I expect a Lewis Hamilton one next week...! Celticfan383 20:30, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * When did you last read the nukes one, that was a trick question. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:58, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

 * 4/10 - I only actually knew two of the answers, the other two were good guesses. Jeez those were hard! --Nzgabriel | Talk 21:49, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 3/10 My worst result ever. This week's quiz is hard: many questions are about details of the news. tcp-ip 21:11, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/10 This quiz was hard, i also cannot believe that i gat the same score as nzgabriel when it was my first time Krayz-one 21:14, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 - I'm pretty surprised I only got one right - the first one was the only one I got right, all the others had no correct answers! 202.124.104.19 21:21, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * They all have correct answers, your comment prompted me to check the quiz syntax, it is valid and there are answers to all questions. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

 * 10/10 I owned (UTC)
 * 2/10 -- Nathannoblet 05:40, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 2/10. I haven't been doing well! Auroranorth 23:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

October 14, 2007
Quiz set by Brian McNeil and FellowWikiNews
 * 9/10 Got the first question wrong!  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10, or 4/6 on the questions I didn't set. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * While drunk and wearing an eyepatch (arrrr!) so it wasn't 20 questions. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 21:25, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * <FWN speaks in royal accent> I now dub you with the title "O'Lord brianmc of doing quizes with only an eye patch"!  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:27, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Trust me, I was wearing more than the eye patch. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:20, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

 * 6/10 without reading any Wikinews articles this week. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:38, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Same as above. Sahmeditor 00:57, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

 * 9/10 - Got the third question wrong. --Nzgabriel | Talk 06:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/10, or 4/9 without one I wrote - it shows that I haven't been on much over the last week, doesn't it? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 06:38, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 - I'm the quiz champion... =P. Actually there were some lucky guesses... - Jurock (reply here) 14:03, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/5 tcp-ip 18:52, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 - I don't actually remember how many weeks i've got this running... Nathan (Celticfan383) 19:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

 * 7/10 Auroranorth 12:26, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

October 7, 2007
Quiz set by Brian McNeil, FellowWikiNews and Steven Fruitsmaak.
 * 5/10 on the questions I didn't write. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:44, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 9/10 on the first version that Brianmc and I set up.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 20:06, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 on Steven's version. Steven, stop making the quiz so freaking hard! LOL.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:56, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/10 That was the hardest one yet! --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:54, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 3/10, but i havn't been reading that much recently. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:24, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 for some reason I did better this time when it gets hard - but I did write three of the articles invovled. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 06:31, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/10 - Darn, was gonna put Finland! 203.160.125.1 08:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * (FellowWikiNews waits for someone to answer China as the world's greenest and most livable country.) lol.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:28, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I put Canada because Canada is clean, green and better than America in every way. :) 202.180.108.159 06:26, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Finland, it was quite obvious really... Celticfan383

 * 3/10 - Bah! These quizzes are stacked against me!  --David Shankbone 17:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 - Jurock (reply here) 21:32, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 9/10!! Yay! 202.180.108.159 06:26, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 I got wrong the first three questions. tcp-ip 21:40, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/10 But I was out of touch last week. --SVTCobra 21:50, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 - Full marks again Celticfan383

September 30, 2007
Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak and DragonFire1024
 * 10/10 Yay!!!! --Brian McNeil / talk 19:29, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:32, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 9/10 - Missed #5 only. —<b style="color:#1780bb">Za</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">ry</b> talk 20:17, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 Did it again! Celticfan383 20:20, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/10 - ha! I'm an idiot!  If we dip below five we get kicked off the project, right?  --David Shankbone 20:54, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 – Jurock (reply here) 21:32, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 9/10 - I missed the last one (pounds confused me), and I also wrote the article number eight is based on (Halo record breaking). --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:23, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 06:27, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 I had to do less guessing than last time :D (but most of them turned out wrong...) Sean Heron 20:29, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 - The ones I missed are a secret. Shh!  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 22:31, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 I missed the Marcel Marceau and Jackie Selebi ones --Cspurrier 18:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/10 What a shame!tcp-ip 07:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 YAY! Sahmeditor 23:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

September 23, 2007
Quiz set by Steven Fruitsmaak.
 * 7/10 Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:37, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10; not an easy one, that score includes quite a few lucky guesses. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:44, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10; I agree with you Brian... Though the cyclist one was easy to guess - Jurock (reply here) 04:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 My wrong answers were to 3, 7, and 9. And, of course, I made some lucky guesses :-)  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 01:51, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 5/10 Gotta start paying more attention! —<b style="color:#1780bb">Za</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">ry</b> talk 06:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 Muni from India
 * 7/10 - I felt the Floyd Landis question was misleading. --SVTCobra 22:51, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 - HAH! I Win! Lol... Celticfan383 16:15, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 - I got the troops in Afghanistan and Floyd Landis wrong. --David Shankbone 16:42, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes Landis was a trick question... --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:07, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

9/10 I dont understand how anything can be on the northen side of the artic tho, isnt it the name of the passage or is my geography wrong13:43, 29 September 2007 (UTC) Xbehave
 * 6/10 This week I read Wikinews in a very shallow way tcp-ip 21:09, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

September 16, 2007
Quiz set by Brian McNeil and Steven Fruitsmaak.
 * 10/10 Lucky I watch CNN Headline News 99.9% of the time or the results would be horrible! [Anime] #1 =^_^=--Saikano 14:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 (I missed #3, 6, 8 and 9) TheCustomOfLife 14:05, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 08:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 from StevenFruitsmaak's revision. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 09:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

 * 5/10 not read many of them this time. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 (I missed 9 & 10)--Cspurrier 15:39, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 My wrong answers were to 1, 3, 6, and 7. Made some good guesses.  —FellowWiki Newsie 19:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10... - Jurock (reply here) 20:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/10 :( ST47 21:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 Hégésippe | ±Θ± 21:31, 16 September 2007 (UTC) – true: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10 – false: 3 ( b --> "a"), 4 ( d --> "a"), 7 ( a --> "b"), 9 ( c --> "b")
 * 9/10 - missed UK bank one. Jcart1534 23:38, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 - Nzgabriel
 * 6/10 - missed 3, 5, 6, and 9. —<b style="color:#1780bb">Za</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">ry</b> talk 04:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/10 :-( --Angela H. 18:48, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 Missed 5 and 9 --SonicR 20:47, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4/10 Wow, I watch news every night...
 * 8/10 (fell down on 7 and 9) the wub "?!"  11:29, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1/10 Yup, i'm rubbish! 88.111.111.124 19:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Better luck this week ;) --Brian McNeil / talk 22:47, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

 * 7/10 tcp-ip 12:12, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

September 9, 2007
Quiz set by TheFearow and Steven Fruitsmaak.
 * 5/10 haven't read the news much in the last week
 * 8/10; Most of it was easy. Some were lucky guesses. Benkenobi151 22:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10; some of the questions were really easy (particularly #9). —<b style="color:#1780bb">Za</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">ry</b> talk 07:18, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I meant to say #9 here, weird. All the incorrect answers were quite too obviously incorrect to me. —<b style="color:#1780bb">Za</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">ry</b> talk 16:28, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10; hurricane and DR Congo mystery disease got me. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10; good quiz, just difficult in many places! But then again. I haven't been as active as last week! Celticfan383 08:28, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10; Some easy questions, and some really tough ones (I got 2 (shame on me, I really liked him, too), 6 & 10 wrong). Blood Red Sandman.
 * 8/10; the one of which congressman died was pretty obvious... just missed 7 and 8 - Jurock (reply here) 16:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10; didn't know answers to questions 8 and 10. -- FellowWikiNews
 * 8/10; got the African illness wrong and the foot and mouth outbreak. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6/10 --Nzgabriel | Talk 21:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 (- the two ilnesses) --TheFEARgod 16:14, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 Guessed wrong on disease details and Pavarotti's age, d'oh. :) --brion 17:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 though I guessed on the disease details one --Cspurrier 23:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 10/10 somehow! I guessed on the last question too. the wub "?!"  23:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 But that was with quite a few guesses that turned out right. Nice Quiz :D. Sean Heron 10:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 without having read the English wikinews. Should go and read the stories more regularly here. ;-) --Angela H. 15:20, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 9/10 - hurricane name got me Jcart1534 19:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7/10 Lots of good guessing. :) Stupid Corn 22:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 - Got last two wrong :( -Meekel 23:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8/10 tcp-ip 19:43, 14 September 2007 (UTC)User:Tcp-ip
 * 7/10 Hégésippe | ±Θ± 21:37, 16 September 2007 (UTC) – true: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 – false: 3 ( d --> "c"), 8( b --> "c"), 10 ( d --> "b"),

September 1, 2007
Quiz set by Celticfan383 and Steven Fruitsmaak.

 * Blood Red Sandman 8/10 but I wrote three of the stories, so 5/7.
 * Mark 8/10 but wrote 1 so 7/9.
 * Meekel 7/10
 * Nzgabriel 5/10.
 * ACBest 5/10.
 * Brian McNeil 8/10, couldn't remember which scando country was the helicopters and didn't know the football draw.
 * Skenmy 9/10
 * Zachary 6/10
 * FellowWikiNews 5/10, couldn't answer questions 5, 6, and 9.
 * Eric Wester 10/10 with the cheating help of Sherurcij for question 8.
 * 72.196.226.14 7/9-I started the one on Larry Craig, and didn't know the fire-assistance country, or the obesity rate
 * TheFearow 7/10, great quiz!
 * User:jgoodwin 6/10 :(
 * Confusing Manifestation 8/10 - missed the sports one and the Iraq meeting one
 * Isis 5/10.
 * Jurock 7/10... 7, 8 and 9 are tricky!
 * TheFEARgod: 6/10 - I didn't knew about obesity, UEFA (who cares), Sunni-Shia talks and Canada
 * 213.123.178.171 20:14, 3 September 2007 (UTC)This is awesome! Is it weekly and can it be got by RSS? Thanks to whoever wrote it.
 * Normally there will be a weekly quiz updated on Sunday, no RSS for now so best to come looking Sunday evening (Universal central time) or Monday. The first questions were ment to be easier than the last ones.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:37, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

 * 4/10 and I hadn't even read the articles here on Wikinews. (Zach) 202.124.104.19 21:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hégésippe 6/10 – true: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10 – false: 5 ( a --> "b"), 6 ( a --> "b"), 8 ( a --> "b") and 9 ( d --> "c")
 * Martinp23 6/10!
 * perseus101 9/10!
 * Flubeca 5/10 :P
 * RockMFR 7/10
 * 8/10 wrong on missle and UEFAtcp-ip 19:47, 14 September 2007 (UTC)User:Tcp-ip

August 26, 2007
Quiz set by Brian McNeil

 * Linu Conil 7/7.
 * Meekel 4/7.
 * Thunderhead 4/7.
 * Blood Red Sandman 7/7, but I wrote two of the articles involved, so really 5/5.
 * Messedrocker 4/7.
 * DragonFire1024 4/7.
 * Steven Fruitsmaak 5/7.
 * Jurock 6/7, but translated/wrote some for Spanish Wikinews...
 * Nzgabriel 4/7.
 * ACBest 3/7, only just started!
 * SVTCobra 6/7 - missed the one on flowers.
 * RockMFR 1/7, but I haven't been reading Wikinews this week :(
 * 150.101.174.182 8/7.
 * 211.28.78.74 15:25, 28 August 2007 (UTC) 1/7 Hard but nice quiz!
 * User:Tcp-ip 5/7 I would add the possibility of answering "I don't know" and give one negative point for any wrong answer.
 * User:Celticfan383 7/7 It was quite good. I knew 6 of them and guessed 1.
 * 4/7 hard. --TheFEARgod 21:17, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Spanish King's 'shut up' to Chávez becomes ringtone

'''Chavez is an utter moron. The people of Venezuela need to oust him immediately.'''

Pannick63.240.166.66 21:00, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Lack of diplomacy
This seems to me a poor example of lack of diplomacy to the world. Watch out for this type of events which doesn´t help any to fruitful and peaceful relationships among nations. Jaime Saldarriaga. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaime Saldarriaga (talk • contribs) 12:28, 26 November 2007 (UTC) Wouldn't that mean it was a good example of a lack of diplomacy? —165.138.56.132 14:15, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

President for life
Stop reporting false news. Chavez wants to eliminate presidential term limits. If he becomes President "for life" then thats because THE PEOPLE are the ones voting for him, not because "he" just wants it. This is not like Fidel Castro kind of power, ok. This news article indicates that he wants to become automatic President for life. Get it right, guys.

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Stockton on teees —86.21.142.177 (talk) 13:52, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

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Welcome
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Talk:King of Spain tells Hugo Chavez to 'shut up' during summit

I belive it should be mentioned that the Kings remark was not "At random" or undeserving, as it may appear after reading the article. Chavez was promptly interrupting the Spanish president who was triyng to speak, and this was what sparked the comment by the king.


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UK government loses personal information of 25 million people

November 20, 2007 British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced to a shocked House of Commons today that two password-protected — but not encrypted — computer disks containing the entire Child Benefit database have been lost in transit between the offices of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in Washington, Tyne & Wear and the National Audit Office (NAO) in London, in what has been described as "one of the world’s biggest ID protection failures".

The database contains details of all families in the UK who receive Child Benefit — all families with children up to 16 years of age, plus those with children up to 20 years old if they are in full-time education or training — estimated to contain 25 million individuals in 7.25 million families. Among other items of information, the database contains names, addresses, dates of birth, child benefit and National Insurance numbers, and where appropriate, bank or building society account details.

The discs were created by a junior official at the HMRC in response to a request for information by the NAO, and were sent unregistered and unrecorded on 18 October using the courier company TNT — which operates the HMRC's internal mail system. When it was found that the discs had not arrived for audit at the NAO, a further copy of this data was made and sent — this time by registered mail — and this package did arrive. HMRC were not informed that the original discs had been lost until 8 November, and Darling himself was informed on 10 November.

The violation of data protection laws involved in the creation of the discs has led to strong attacks on the government's competence to establish the proposed National Identity Register, when all UK residents will have an identity card. Conservative Shadow Chancellor George Osborne described the loss of data as "catastrophic" and said "They [the government] simply cannot be trusted with people's personal information".

The Chairman of HMRC, Paul Gray, has resigned over the affair, and critics are calling for Darling to do likewise.

This is the third data embarrassment for HMRC in recent weeks — earlier this month it was reported that the details of over 15,000 Standard Life customers had been put on disk, and then lost en route from HMRC in Newcastle to Standard Life in Edinburgh — and last month a laptop containing the data of 400 people with high-value ISAs was stolen from the boot of a car belonging to a HMRC official who had been carrying out a routine audit.


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US to host Middle East summit on November 27

November 21, 2007 On November 27, the United States will host Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, along with the Members of the Quartet, the Members of the Arab League Follow-on Committee, the G-8, the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and other key international actors for a conference at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Secretary Condoleezza Rice will host a dinner the preceding evening in Washington, D.C., where President George W. Bush will deliver remarks. President Bush and the Israeli and Palestinian leaders will deliver speeches to open the formal conference in Annapolis.


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Don't think I would want these families information if they are on government assistance!!
 * Glad to hear you don't want to steal from them because you think they are poor! However perhaps the article is not clear for non-uk readers. All families with children in the UK, rich and poor are on the database as it is a non-means tested benefit, effectively just a negative tax for parents.Billlion 12:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

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Shouldn't thier contract be reviewed? Loosing something this important on what they knew was Govt data is a fairly serious matter, I wonder if the Royal Mail (which used to handle this sort of things) would have treated such items so casually? 62.56.76.71 17:04, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

It's about time we all realized, that world is changing. If you want to be protected, protect yourself, or live in a cave —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.235.44.146 (talk) 23:28, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

not just a coincidence?
3 major losses of data since last month can't just be coincidence can it? sounds like someone might be targeting this information. Wikidsoup 20:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Encryption v. password protected.
Can anyone explain how the disks, or possibly files, were "password protected" without being encrypted? Is it likely that files were created by a database program that just uses weak encryption, or obscurification?Billlion 12:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:International Space Station astronauts complete spacewalk

We have so much need in the world and we are wasting taxpayers dollars!! We could save money by going to King's Island.

Space Station Development
I have been looking for a site which would give a clear account, with pictures and names of the various components, of the construction of the space station, from its first components. Even the NASA site doesn't provide an account of this which is easily comprehensible. There is a video, but it runs too fast for me to keep up with. This would make a wonderful Wikipedia article, which could be linked to news stories about the station. Thank you, and please forward this comment, as a request, to the appropriate sites. Janice Vian Jvian 18:00, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


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Anne Frank tree saved from being chopped down

November 21, 2007 A tree known as the Anne Frank Tree, a 150 year-old chestnut tree that was made famous in the writings of Anne Frank's diary, has been saved from being chopped down by a Dutch court.

Frank was a Jewish girl who was hiding from the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II and often referred to the tree as being "comforting" as she looked out the hidden apartment skylight.

Officials for the city of Amsterdam and the Anne Frank Museum state that the tree is infected with a fungus and poses a public health hazard as they argue that it was in imminent danger of falling over. It had been scheduled to be cut down on Tuesday, but was saved after an emergency court ruling.

Judge Jurjen Bade said the tree did not pose an "acute danger" and ruled out what he called "extreme measures," such as cutting it down immediately because conservationists claimed that it could be saved, and the city did not consider other alternatives to cutting it down.

According to the city the tree would have been replaced with an offspring of the original tree.

"We would rather have a young living tree that will be ten meters tall in ten years," said the director of the museum, Hans Westra.

People have even begun to sell the tree's chestnuts on auction websites like eBay where one of the nuts reportedly reached a bid of US$10,000.


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Comments:LTTE carry out airstrike on air force base in Sri Lanka

How come this old news is printed on November 20, 2007 headlines, this is March 26, 2007 news.
 * it's got something to do with how the dynamic page lists work. it feeds off date of last edit. --SVTCobra 12:02, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


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LTTE carry out airstrike on air force base in Sri Lanka

March 26, 2007

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels bombed an Sri Lankan air force base in Katunayake in their first ever aerial attack on government forces.

At least two aircraft attacked the base on Monday at 00:45 hours local time. As many as 3 members of the air force were killed, and 17 injured during the attack when at least 2 bombs were dropped on the base. There are no reports of any air force jets being damaged or destroyed.

"The situation was brought under total control. The government vehemently condemns the cowardly attempt to attack the Katunayake air force camp in the aftermath of the major defeats suffered by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the north and east," said a statement by the Media Center for National Security.

No casualties or damage have been reported from the neighbouring Bandaranaike International Airport, which is Sri Lanka's only international airport.

"No security threat prevailed to the commercial flights and passengers," added the statement.

Rebels released a statement following the attack warning of more bombings.

"It is a measure to protect Tamil civilians from the genocidal aerial bombardments by Sri Lankan armed forces. More attacks of the same nature will follow," said Rasiah Ilanthiraiyan, a spokesman for the rebel group.

In 2001, a ground attack by the LTTE on Bandaranaike International Airport left nearly half of national carrier SriLankan Airlines' fleet destroyed.


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Court finds South Yorkshire Chief Constable guilty of speeding

December 5, 2007 The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police in England, Meredydd Hughes, was found guilty of speeding at Wrexham Magistrates Court today and banned from driving. He was caught driving at 90 mph where the speed limit was 60 mph. Wrexham Magistrates court disqualified Hughes from driving for 42 days and fined him £350.

The Chief Constable did not appear in court in person, but was represented by his solicitor, Huw Edwards. Mr Edwards said:

"He doesn't seek to make any excuse about this matter. He totally accepts that the police have a duty to do. He is no exception and he accepts that he must be punished for the offence."

"He asks me to apologise for the offence. He recognises that the matter is a serious matter."

Hughes had already received six penalty points on his license from previous speeding convictions and a conviction for failing to identify the speeding driver of one of his force's vehicles in 2006, although his driving licence was free of points at the time he went to court. Wrexham Magistrates Court had adjourned the case to today from a date in late November, as Meredydd Hughes initially claimed that he has still not yet found a solicitor to represent him.

Matthew Elliot, the Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, criticized Hughes for wasting Court time at the taxpayer's expense. "Meredydd Hughes has shown breathtaking hypocrisy in this case," said Elliot. "Not only has he been caught preaching one thing and doing another in the past, but he has also wasted court time and therefore taxpayers’ money."

Jools Townsend, speaking for the Road Safety Campaign group Brake, said the offence was "Shocking" and the sentence "lenient" - and that the Chief Constable should "Seriously consider his position as a result".

The incident is embarrassing for South Yorkshire Police, as Hughes was the Chair of ACPO's road policing enforcement committee, with responsibility for developing police policies about how speed cameras are used. Hughes is a supporter of mobile speed cameras and believes that all speed cameras should be deliberately hidden from motorists, and has given interviews on the importance of road safety management in businesses.


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Until there is actually news from the courts this is just a rehash of the old story, so it should be kept in development, not tagged as ready. Also, I removed the Roadsafe Magazine source, which was not being used as a source and irony is not a reason to keep it. --SVTCobra 13:46, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Adjourned
The fact that the case was adjourned simply means that there is nothing to report until December 5. Unless there is new information, this story ought not move forward until then. We are not court recorders afterall. --SVTCobra 03:07, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

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Reasons for the adjournment have been added from sources and will eventually form part of the body of the article on December 5/6th when the case appears before court again and news emerges. I'd rather not see this tagged as abandoned until the case has come to court again. He can only drag it out so long and if it gets dragged out for too long that could be a story in its own right (although possibly with a different title). --87.194.104.72 00:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

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Please replace the image if you find a better one. I created the basic diagram as illustrations add to te article and I couldn't find any useful images on wikimedia commons.

 * When I worked on the related article, I added this Speed Camera photo, which is of an English speed camera. Of course it is pretty dull to use the same image in a follow-up article. --SVTCobra 16:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the image but as you say it would be boring to use the same image but you are welcome to change it ti that

The speed limit image is not accurate for most sections of road in the United Kingdom. It is much more likely the real sign in force where he was caught would look like this:

The exception is if the road has a higher national speed limit, which only includes some sections of dual carriageway (Which I don't think this section of the A5 was, although I could be wrong here). Can someone with a bit more time than me change the image (it doesn't like wikipedia image links and I don't have time to learn the new syntax right now). 87.194.104.72 07:23, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, do not know how to put images from wikipedia on wikinews but the 60mph sign is pottentially misleading so I have put on a map of the area he was Caught

 * The image was created by Anonymous101. All I know is that the speed limit was 60 mph where he was caught, I don't know if that speed corresponds to the default limit or if it is higher. --SVTCobra 07:30, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

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The article doesn't mention what country at all. Keep in mind an international audience when writing. --SVTCobra 19:33, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
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Branding professionals in Taiwan promoted on the "Smiling Curve" in the "2007 Taiwan Brands' Trend Forum"

November 21, 2007 As "Brand International Promotion Association" and "Taiwan Excellent Manufacturers' Association" merged to "Taiwan Excellent Brand Association" (TEBA), "2007 Taiwan Brands' Trend Forum", with the slogan of "Winning Global Economic with Taiwan Brands", held yesterday and invited professionals from governmental, financial, and IT industries to share experiences on marketing MIT (Made in Taiwan) brands and encourage MIT brands market to the world by innovations.

Newly-elected Chairman of TEBA Andy Tzu-jen Hsieh remarked in the opening: "A product with MIT brand didn't mean 'cheap' but 'value' of its good quality." With Hsieh's words, Minister of Economic Affairs of Taiwan Steve Ruey-long Chen echoed and said: "Self-made (MIT) brands were progressively refined with its innovations, R&D, and new ideas. Lots of good MIT brands became notable world-wide in the presence. But it's uncertain to determine success or failure when a company manages its brand because companies with small-business scale were grown up. A brand needs a long-period management to keep it in a good image." Many participants and local media focused on the keynote speech by the founder of Multitech Stan Shih. He compared brands trend between Taiwan and other world-wide countries with "The World Is Flat" and proved the trend of optimization on global companies with his "Smiling Curve" theory. "We (the public) should determine a brand good or failure by its quality, nature, and notability but not its scale." Shih said and stressed, "Companies with MIT brands (OBMs) can't always be ODMs or OEMs because some (people) often confused on conceptions and basis of 'Branding Taiwan' and 'Taiwan Brands'. If a company need a good brand, it (a brand) should has its (brand owner's) creations and management strategies to mark it into the world in a good position."

"The brand trends in Taiwan is from ODM in the past to OEM commonly in the presence. But after some products by MIT companies were presented to the public, lots of MIT brands became world-class brands such as BenQ, Giant, Acer so that Taiwan can enter into the OBMs' era. If Taiwan can still be in the OBMs' era, the global market competitiveness and world-wide media exposure of MIT brands will be improved. 'OBMs in Taiwan' will help companies from several industries keep their headquarters retain in Taiwan." Tracy Chun-fang Hsu (Vice Director-general of the Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs of R.O.C.) mentioned in the forum.

Before the Panel Discussion, Jerry Wang (Vice Chairman of BenQ) corrected the difference between "Values" and "Value" with some quotes from Wikipedia. He said: "Value of a brand include values and consumers' value. A factor who determine consumers to buy a product or not is emotion or self-need. A brand's or a product's nature can be known with differences on consumers' population. Of course, in Taiwan or other world-wide countries, every self-made brand or product has its style, nature, and characteristics."

In the final of Panel Discussion, 3 main speakers think that "Smiling Curve" theory is a key factor to determine a company pursue its "brand value" success or failure. If a MIT brands wants to become world-class and notable, a company (brand owner) should not only have its creations, images, and innovations but also consider feelings from consumers.


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Former White House press secretary says Bush had role in Plame coverup

November 21, 2007 Scott McClellan, a former White House Press Secretary, says in a new book that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Karl Rove, misled McClellan about the Plame leak, leading him to publicly exonerate Rove and Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

"There was one problem. It was not true. I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice president, the president's chief of staff, and the president himself," says McClellan in a excerpt of the book that was released to the public. In an interview with CNN, earlier this year, McClellan said his statements were what he "believed to be true at the time based on assurances that we were both given." At that time he gave no indication that Bush was involved with or even knew that Rove or Libby were involved with the leak.

The current White House Press Secretary, Dana Perino, said, when asked about it today, that it is not clear what McClellan means in the excerpt. "The President has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information," she said.

"Just when you think the credibility of this White House can't get any lower, another shoe drops," said Senator Chuck Schumer, of New York. "If the Bush administration won't even tell the truth to its official spokesman, how can the American people expect to be told the truth either?"


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Sabotage strikes French railways

November 21, 2007 France's state-owned railway operator, SNCF, said the four main TGV lines serving Paris were sabotaged in what appeared to coordinated pre-dawn attacks. The acts of sabotage included a very large fire, said SNCF. TGV service faced extensive delays on Wednesday, which was exacerbated by the ongoing November 2007 strikes in France. SNCF says that 23% of its workers remain on strike.

"These actions are the work of hardliners and show total irresponsibility," said the SNCF, blaming militant strikers. Several smaller fires were started by stuffing a burning rag into cable storage boxes, disrupting the rail signals and forcing authorities to reroute service. The large fire damaged some 30 km (18.6 miles) of cable along the TGV Atlantic line.

Union leaders immediately distanced themselves from the sabotage and said the acts were "committed by cowards." Bernard Thibault, head of the Confédération générale du travail (CGT), said it was possible the acts were committed to discredit the unions.

According to Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau, who was speaking to France 2, said that President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered an investigation with the aim to punish the culprits "with the utmost severity."

Prime Minister François Fillon said, "Those responsible for these acts of sabotage no doubt believed they could interrupt the negotiations and the return to work that is under way at the SNCF," in a speech to the Parliament of France. "Well, I'm telling them they are very much mistaken," he continued.

Negotiations with the unions began at 3:00 p.m. CET (UTC+1) on Wednesday. "There have been a number of advances, of announcements," said Didier Le Reste, who heads up CGT's rail division. "I trust railway workers to take decisions that are appropriate."

President Sarkozy said that while he will not back down on the issue of early retirements, he is willing to make other concessions to the unions. He also encouraged workers to return to work as negotiations have begun. "Everyone must ask whether it is right to continue a strike which has already cost users—and strikers—so dear," he said.

Meanwhile, teachers and other civil servants, who yesterday started a 24-hour work stoppage in their own protests against government reforms, returned to work. University students, however, continued disruptions in a protest against education reform. New today, was a street demonstration by tobacco shop owners, who are protesting a proposed smoking-ban in bars.

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Shouldn't this category be redirected to Category:Paris, France. There are Paris' around the world.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 20:03, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps, but same could be said for Category:London but I don't want to open that can of worms. I just don't want to see broken links in my story (that's why I reverted your redirect) but if you want to go ahead and change the Cat for the other Paris stories etc, go ahead. There is just more to it than creating the redirect because of the past use of Category:Paris --SVTCobra 20:13, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

But you could easily argue that there is the Paris and the London, and that only the smaller cities that share the name need the country mentioned. For example, Wikipedia doesn't use redirects for Paris and London. --SVTCobra 20:31, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Former White House press secretary says Bush had role in Plame coverup

Just saying, the title acts like it is something that he vocalized, rather than wrote in a book. Contralya 20:54, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


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Why are there November 21 sources for a November 20 story? --SVTCobra 23:23, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Because the story was reported on the 20th and the UK is many hours ahead. That happens to me when I use UK sources.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 00:01, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * But Wikinews is supposed to be on UTC, no? And so is the UK. As far as I understand it this could only apply to sources that are East of the UK (like Japan and Australia) and the Times Online doesn't seem located in such a region. --SVTCobra 00:11, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The times online source was added today by a user who is in the UK. That is the only source from Nov. 21. The other one is from October 21.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 00:14, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I shouldn't have used the plural, but even if there is just one it upsets the entire space-time continuum. --SVTCobra 01:44, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It's alright now, it's gone! Markie decided that as it was a comment piece, that it should go. In my defence I'd mention that even though the story broke on the afternoon of 20th, most of the juicy bits (discs not encrypted, etc.) only came out on late night tv and the next morning's papers. I've just upset the purists even more by tweaking the second para at this late stage .... better lock it away quick ... Zir 14:39, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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... here  If anyone thinks them relevant, could they add a link at the bottom of the page? I would except i'm not confident enough to edit public-facing pages yet. thanks 81.157.24.173 04:17, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

 * a link to another newspaper's commentary section would not be appropriate in our article. Do you The Register would host a link to our commentary? --SVTCobra 13:48, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

 * The commentary is little of The Register (to which I have no link or affiliation BTW), instead mostly some very revealing comments by ex or current civil servants, some actually working in HMRC, discussing working practices which suggest how this mess came about. And why it's not likely to be the last.    So yes, I think the reg would link to wiki if it had that level of insight on a story. Read it yourself and judge; it's not long. I certainly think it's worth it. thanks 81.157.24.102 14:14, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Ok, it is set up as an article with an author (John Oates). But these are just anonymous e-mails from the readers, right? I wish we knew how John Oates verified—if at all—that these people in fact work for the HMRC. Another problem is that our article is from November 20 and it is now already November 22. However, there seems to be plenty of new developments (like Gordon Brown apologising, etc). Perhaps it is time to start a new article to follow developments. --SVTCobra 14:31, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Regarding your first point, verification, I think that is crucial. That they 'look genuine' isn't exactly rigorous enough to justify their linking to from here. So unless and until they can be verified, I withdraw my suggestion. Thanks for picking that up.81.157.24.102 14:49, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

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Fake

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Euro 2008 Qualification: England vs. Croatia

November 22, 2007

England failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008 after a 2-3 defeat to Croatia at Wembley Stadium, London.

Needing to avoid defeat to secure qualification, England got off to a bad start as Niko Kranjčar's shot came off goalkeeper Scott Carson to give Croatia the lead after just eight minutes. Soon afterwards Ivica Olić doubled Croatia's lead.

England scored when Josip Šimunić pulled back Jermaine Defoe, with Frank Lampard converting the resulting penalty. David Beckham, winning his 99th cap for England, set up Peter Crouch who equalised with a volley. However Croatia continued to push England back, and substitute Mladen Petrić scored the winner from 25 metres with just under fifteen minutes remaining.

Croatia finished at the top in Group E, while Russia also qualified after their 1-0 victory over Andorra. England finished third in the group, missing out on their first major tournament since the 1994 World Cup. Manager Steve McClaren's job is in doubt, having been criticised during the qualification campaign and dropping regular goalkeeper Paul Robinson in favour of newcomer Scott Carson for the vital final match.


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Please don't delete comments by other people. --SVTCobra 02:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

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Oral Roberts University accountant claims he was ordered to "cook the books"

November 21, 2007

A former accountant for Oral Roberts University (ORU) has filed a lawsuit against ORU and its Board of Regents claiming he was told by and his wife Lindsay to "", hiding financial wrongdoing from authorities and the public. Trent Huddleston, the accountant, has filed suit against the school and the Robertses claiming he "was improperly and unlawfully directed to perform functions and duties in violation of state and federal law in an effort by the defendants to 'cook the books' and hide from the appropriate authorities and the public the continued wrongdoing, improper and illegal conduct of the defendants, and in particular, of Richard and Lindsay Roberts."

Huddleston said that nearly $123,000 in remodeling fees for their home was paid by Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Ministries. In addition the lawsuit alleges $4,000 was spent on a pool table for the Robertses. Previously the Roberts were accused of illegal political and financial wrongdoing, which forced the president to step down from his positison.

Last week at a meeting called by, founder of the University and former , a majority of the faculty voted against allowing Richard to serve as president.

An ORU spokesman declined to comment on latest lawsuit and the faculty meeting.

In other news, released emails between Richard and his political adviser and sister-in-law, Stephanie Cantees. The emails given by an anonymous source, show the two plan to gain political influence using ORU students.


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Australian Liberal Party criticised over fake pamphlets

November 22, 2007

Liberal campaigners have been accused of a smear campaign against the Labor Party after pamphlets were distributed in the federal electorate of Lindsay that implied Labor supported Islamic terrorists. The pamphlets claimed to be from the non-existent "Islamic Australia Federation" and praised "Labors support to forgive our Muslim brothers who have been unjustly sentenced to death for the Bali bombings".

A "stake-out" by Labor party members revealed the distributors of the pamphlet to include Greg Chijoff, husband of Liberal candidate Kate Chijoff, and Gary Clark, husband of the Liberal Lindsay MP Jackie Kelly, who will retire from her seat at the election. In an interview on ABC radio Kelly said she was "upset" at her husband, but tried to dismiss the pamphlet as a joke. "Pretty much everyone who's read it chuckles," she said. The incident was described as a "disgraceful act" by the Labor candidate for Lindsay, David Bradbury, and "deceitful" by Ikebal Patel, chairman of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils.

The Australian Electoral Commission are investigating the distribution of the pamphlets, and have forwarded the Labor Party's complaint to the Federal Police. The Liberal party has expelled two members in connection with the matter.

In interviews with press and at his major speech to the National Press Club, Prime Minister John Howard has condemned the makers of the pamphlet. "It's no part of my campaign and the party has acted promptly to deal with it," he said.


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This is my first article, so all suggestions are welcome. Confusing Manifestation (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 05:18, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Added details on Feds with source. Sorry about the lack of account details. 58.166.139.207 02:25, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


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U.S. warships temporarily denied entry to Hong Kong

November 22, 2007 The United States aircraft-carrier USS Kitty Hawk CV-63, along with the other ships that comprise the carrier-group, were scheduled to make a port visit to Hong Kong on the November 21 for the Thanksgiving holiday. However, China initially denied entry to Hong Kong. After some publicity, China reversed its position and allowed the Kitty Hawk to dock.

According to the Financial Times, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a reversal of the decision on Thursday. The Ministry gave no explanation for the initial refusal but said that "We have decided to allow the Kitty Hawk strike group to stay in Hong Kong during Thanksgiving, and it is a decision out of humanitarian consideration only."

The decision had led to some chaos, as American families had arrived in Hong Kong only to be informed that they would not be able to meet with their family members serving on the Kitty Hawk and then needed to again be informed when the decision was reversed.

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English Football Association sacks national team manager Steve McClaren

November 22, 2007 Steve McClaren and his deputy Terry Venables have both been sacked by the English Football Association after a unanimous decision by board members during an emergency meeting held earlier today.

The decision was announced by the FA chief executive Brian Barwick in a press conference held this morning after widespread speculation due to the poor performance of the English national team which last night failed to qualify for the UEFA Euro 2008 competition. The cost of removing him from his post is thought to cost £2.6 million.

According to a study by the Centre for Economic and Business Research, missing out on Euro 2008 could cost the British economy as much as £1 billion.

The recruiting process has already started to find the next manager for the team, only 18 months after 46-year-old McClaren was given the role. During the press conference the FA admitted that not qualifying for the competition was "embarrassing".


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Watched conference live on BBC TV. --Mark Talk to me 10:13, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

It should be possible to put some sources together for transparency's sake. --SVTCobra 10:27, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * More sources, from Google News: odder 10:42, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
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My name's Arthur Miur. I was born 17 march 1983, actually study psychology. I like internet, TV, computers and geography. I am from England, but I I live with my parents in Poland(Warsaw). I speak polish(pl-4), and I speak english, deutch and portuges. I please writing to me in english.

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Comments:Australian Liberal Party criticised over fake pamphlets

LIberals at it again
The laugh is not due the idiotic and desperate attempt to discredit both Muslims and the Australian Labour Party.

The laugh is on the whole of the Liberal Party and their arrogance. Unfortunately, this laughter is followed by a gut-wrenching wake-up for most Australians (at least I hope so) as they finally recognise the Liberal Party is not about integrity, honesty, doing what's right for our interest. The Liberal Party is only interested in themselves and in looking after their supporters. Thanks for nothing Liberal Party.

—Educer 12:02, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

citation needed
this wouldn't have been a problem if all leaflets required proper citation, such vandalism, er i mean deceit, would be eliminated —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.45.210.78 (talk) 05:37, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


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Comments:Former White House press secretary says Bush had role in Plame coverup

Corrupt Bush Administration. What will happen.
Well, well well.

No comment is required. It is clear the Bush Administration is corrupt.

All that is required is for action to occur to remove this Administration before it does anymore damage.

Then the good people of USA can restore their pride and decency by divesting themselves of many of the actions taken by the Bush Adminsitration.

—Educer 12:07, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

 * or maybe scott mcclellan is just trying to boost sales of his book. just a thought. --SVTCobra 13:27, 22 November 2007 (UTC)


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So do you (the English) wish they hadn't forced the Swede out? --SVTCobra 13:40, 22 November 2007 (UTC)


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Political scandal in Italy: reported interference on major media

November 22, 2007

Wiretaps disclosed by Italian daily La Repubblica have upset Italian politics. The conversations suggest that state-run RAI and private rival Mediaset, which is owned by Silvio Berlusconi, made arrangements to favour Berlusconi himself when he was Prime Minister of Italy.

In these conversations, RAI and Mediaset managers discussed how to present Berlusconi's defeat at the last elections in news programmes and talk shows and the decision to delay announcement of the bad results. This is not the first time Berlusconi has been accused of controlling the Italian media.

Berlusconi did not comment the allegations but one of his close associates, Renato Schifani, said that "This is a media operation [... with a] precise objective of destroying Mr Berlusconi's companies". Mediaset said it would sue La Repubblica for these allegations.

Walter Veltroni, the leader-elect of the opposition Democratic Party, said, "What has emerged is extremely serious" and requested an internal investigation within the RAI.