Hungary fights fatal flood of toxic red ooze

Q: Hungary's prime minister has played down the threat of widespread water pollution after the spill of a large amount of toxic red sludge from an industrial plant killed seven people and injured many more. Where is Hungary?

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Q: Up to 35 million cubic feet of the sludge burst from a reservoir at an aluminium plant, destroying homes and pouring into rivers that feed Europe's second largest river. What is the name of that eastern European river which runs through Hungary and nine other nations?

A. Tiber

B. Thames

C. Seine

D. Danube

Q: The red ooze, which can cause severe chemical burns, has reached the Danube upstream from Hungary's capital of . . .

A. Bucharest

B. Budapest

C. Belgrade

D. Bratislava

Q: What body of water does the Danube empty into through its delta in Romania and the Ukraine?

A. Aegean Sea

B. Black Sea

C. Caspian Sea

D. Dardanelles

Q: The greatest portion of the world's land drains into which ocean?

A. Atlantic

B. Pacific

C. Indian

D. Arctic


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