1. "Unlike pigs and dogs, homosexuals and lesbians are incapable of telling the difference between males and females." These were the words this year of which African leader?
2. Who represented the Liberal Democrats in this year's election for London mayor?
3. Which EU member decided in a referendum in September not to adopt the euro?
4. And which EU member will adopt it in January 2001?
5. In March several hundred members of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God died in a fire. In which country?
6. Which country was named in 2000 as being the best in the world for overall human development?
7. This man was his country's prime minister during its presidency of the EU in the first half of this year. Who is he?
8. Which country assumes the presidency of the EU on January 1st, 2000?
9. And which follows after that?
10. Which country, with 5 per cent of the world's population, has 25 per cent of its prisoners?
11. Prime Minister Jean Chretien defeated the leader of the Canadian Alliance in a general election in late November. What was his name?
12. In Zimbabwe, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change fought a vigorous but unsuccessful campaign against Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party. Who was the MDC leader?
13. The French anti-globalism campaigner Jose Bove hit the headlines when he was sentenced to a prison term for an attack on property. What property?
14. This man became his country's president last year when he broke the monopoly on power of the PRI party. Who is he?
15. Venezuela's radical president won a renewed mandate in July. Who is he?
16. The new president of this east Asian country, Chen Shui-bian, has had difficulty governing effectively this year in the face of the nationalist Kuomintang party's control of the legislature? Which country?
17. "Political correctness is tyranny with manners," the president of the US's National Rifle Association said. Who is he?
18. Who told the Cairo Summit on EU-African Relations: "Africa needs food and medicines; it does not need lessons in democracy"?
19. Japan's Prime Minister, Yoshiro Mori, has had a difficult first nine months in office. Whom did he succeed?
20. The Universal Exhibition was inaugurated in June, in which German city?
21. This man fought Al Gore for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Who is he?
22. "Finally we've found an immigrant Pat Buchanan wants to keep in America," said Bill Clinton. Who was the immigrant?
23. Which South American country has guerrilla forces called FARC and ELN?
24. The two major Indian political parties are the Congress Party and BJP. What does BJP stand for?
25. Jens Stoltenberg of the Labour Party is prime minister of one of Europe's richest countries. Which country?
Answers
1. Robert Mugabe. 2. Susan Kramer. 3. Denmark. 4. Greece. 5. Uganda. 6. Canada. 7. Antonio Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal. 8. Sweden. 9. Belgium. 10. The US. 11. Stockwell Day. 12. Morgan Tsvangirai. 13. A McDonald's restaurant. 14. Vicente Fox. 15. Hugo Chavez. 16. Taiwan. 17. Charlton Heston. 18. Col Muamar Gadafy. 19. Keizo Obuchi. 20. Hannover. 21. Bill Bradley. 22. Elian Gonzalez. 23. Colombia. 24. Bharatiya Janata Party. 25. Norway.