Newsquiz: Week of November 12

(CNN Student News) -- November 16, 2007

Name that noun -- Answer the following questions about the people, places or things from this week's news. Fill in your answers in the space provided.

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1. A group of stagehands went on strike in what famous theater district?

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2. What NBA All-Star center for the Houston Rockets hails from China?

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3. What type of environmental disaster took place in the Kerch Strait near Russia?

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4. What U.S. governor held a prayer vigil on the steps of his state's Capitol for rain?

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5. What Egyptian king's treasures are on display in London?

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6. What U.S. state's governor dropped his plan to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants?

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7. What technology company settled a lawsuit brought by the families of two Chinese dissidents?

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8. What country was struck by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on Wednesday?

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9. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, who is the tallest man in the United States?

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10. What record-breaking athlete was charged by a federal grand jury with perjury and obstruction of justice?

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