U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reacts while reading the China Daily at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, Feb. 22, 2009. (China Daily/Reuters)

The 2009 GlobalPost News Quiz

Were you paying attention?

By Thomas Mucha
Published: December 31, 2009 06:41 ET

BOSTON — It’s been quite a year — from the worst global economic crisis in generations, to piracy on the high seas, to the worsening war in Afghanistan — to say nothing of lighter matters like the emergence of India’s first porn star and what explorer Ernest Shackleton left buried in Antarctica a century ago.

How closely were you paying attention? Here’s our first annual GlobalPost News Quiz: 20 questions that mix the serious with the silly.

Good luck, and see you in 2010.
 

 

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