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Take the quiz December 11, 2012 -- Updated 1107 GMT (1907 HKT)(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/all.js#xfbml=1";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));cnnQuiz.init({'title': 'Are you a 2012 newshound?','title_image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121210055015-2012-quiz-0-five-split-story-top.jpg','questions': [{'question': 'Who made an unusual entrance at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games?','question_image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130122820-2012-quiz-1-parachute.jpg','question_image_blur': true,'answers': ['Queen Elizabeth II and James Bond', 'David Beckham and Harry Potter', 'The Spice Girls', 'Danny Boyle and Mr Bean'],'answer_index': 1,'answer_summary': 'To mark the arrival of the UK monarch at the spectacular opening ceremony, director Danny Boyle created a scene where she and James Bond (played by Daniel Craig) appeared to parachute out of a helicopter.','layout_type': 'portrait'}, {'question': 'Which of these cities was not affected by Hurricane Sandy?','answers': [{'text': 'New York City', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130122756-2012-quiz-2-new-york.jpg'},{'text': 'Havana', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130122753-2012-quiz-2-havana.jpg'},{'text': 'Kingston', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130122751-2012-quiz-2-kingston.jpg'},{'text': 'Mexico City', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130122748-2012-quiz-2-mexico-city.jpg'}],'answer_index': 4,'answer_summary': 'In late October, Sandy devastated parts of the Caribbean before slamming into the U.S. Eastern seaboard causing up to $50 billion in damage. New York City was hit hard by the storm -- but Mexico City is inland and was unaffected.','layout_type': 'landscape'}, {'question': 'In the U.S. election, by what margin did Barack Obama win in Florida?','question_image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130124538-2012-quiz-3-obama.jpg','answers': ['44%', '11%', '3%', 'less than 1%'],'answer_index': 4,'answer_summary': 'President Obama beat off the challenge from Republican rival Mitt Romney to win the election with 51% of the national popular vote. In Florida, which is a key swing state, it was a close call: Obama won by a little under 0.9%.','layout_type': 'portrait'}, {'question': 'Which of these countries has not received bailout money?','question_image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130124530-2012-quiz-5-monti.jpg','question_image_blur': true,'answers': ['Portugal', 'Greece', 'Ireland', 'Italy'],'answer_index': 4,'answer_summary': 'Europe\'s continuing sovereign debt crisis has seen some Eurozone countries struggling to repay government debt. To date, Greece, Portugal, Ireland -- and Spain\'s banks -- have received loans.','layout_type': 'portrait'}, {'question': 'Members of Russian band, Pussy Riot, were convicted of hooliganism after performing where?','question_image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130124527-2012-quiz-6-cathedral.jpg','question_image_blur': true,'answers': ['The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow', 'The Winter Palace, St Petersburg', 'The Kremlin, Moscow', 'Grozny Central Mosque, Chechnya'],'answer_index': 1,'answer_summary': 'Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich were convicted of hooliganism and sentenced to two years each in prison after they staged an anti-Putin protest in Moscow\'s main cathedral. Samutsevich was later released on probation.','layout_type': 'portrait'}, {'question': 'Who was elected as Egypt\'s first post-revolution president?','answers': [{'text': 'Khaled Ali', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130010157-2012-quiz-7-khaled-ali.jpg'},{'text': 'Mohamed Morsy', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130010212-2012-quiz-mohamed-morsy.jpg'},{'text': 'Amr Moussa', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130010215-2012-quiz-7-amr-moussa.jpg'},{'text': 'Omar Suleiman', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130010218-2012-quiz-7-omar-suleiman.jpg'}],'answer_index': 2,'answer_summary': 'Mohamed Morsy of the Freedom and Justice Party, backed by the country\'s oldest Islamist organization The Muslim Brotherhood, claimed victory in a presidential runoff against Ahmed Shafik.','layout_type': 'portrait'}, {'question': '"Gangnam Style" became the most-viewed video ever on YouTube this year. Who is Korean rapper PSY?','answers': [{'text': '1', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130011155-2012-quiz-8-py.jpg'},{'text': '2', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130011149-2012-quiz-8-pwh.jpg'},{'text': '3', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130011158-2012-quiz-8-man.jpg'},{'text': '4', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130011152-2012-quiz-8-sc.jpg'}],'answer_index': 1,'answer_summary': '"Gangnam Style" was watched more than 804 million times and its trademark horse dance has been performed by everyone from Novak Djokovic to Ai Wei Wei.','layout_type': 'portrait'}, {'question': 'In July, CERN scientists announced they believed they\'d found the "God particle." What\'s its official name?','question_image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130010229-2012-quiz-9-particle.jpg','answers': ['The hadron particle', 'Higgs boson', 'An atom of kryptonite', 'Fernions'],'answer_index': 2,'answer_summary': 'The existence of the Higgs boson -- a particle that gives matter mass and holds the fabric of the universe together -- was proposed by physicist Peter Higgs in 1964.','layout_type': 'portrait'}, {'question': 'What did Malala Yousafzai campaign about that made her a Taliban target?','question_image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130010232-2012-quiz-10-malala.jpg','answers': ['Drug-related crime', 'Education for girls', 'Government corruption', 'Women\'s fashion'],'answer_index': 2,'answer_summary': 'The 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl became a symbol of courage after being shot in the head by the Taliban for demanding education for girls.','layout_type': 'portrait'}, {'question': 'Who was killed when the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya was attacked?','answers': [{'text': 'Author Ray Bradbury', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130011221-2012-quiz-11-bradbury.jpg'},{'text': 'Astronaut Neil Armstrong', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130011223-2012-quiz-11-armstrong.jpg'},{'text': 'Ambassador Chris Stevens', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130011226-2012-quiz-11-stevens.jpg'},{'text': 'Former senator George McGovern', 'image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130011236-2012-quiz-11-mcgovern.jpg'}],'answer_index': 3,'answer_summary': 'Debate over the handling of the September 11 attack became a major political controversy in the U.S. ahead of the presidential elections -- and led to criticisms of President Obama.','layout_type': 'landscape'}, {'question': 'From what height did daredevil Felix Baumgartner jump to set new skydiving world record?','question_image': 'http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121130011239-2012-quiz-12-felix.jpg','question_image_blur': true,'answers': ['3,594 metres', '39,045 metres', '340,905 metres', '3,090,504 metres'],'answer_index': 2,'answer_summary': 'Baumgartner hit a speed of 834 mph while falling from a hot air balloon nearly 39 kilometers above New Mexico. 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