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The world water day quiz

Thirsty for knowledge about water, or are you already a fount of wisdom about the world's most vital resource? Dive into our quiz to discover how much you know about H2O

MDG : world water day quiz

A South African child collects water from a communal tap in Soweto. How much of the world's fresh water is available to drink? Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

  1. Planet Earth 1. What proportion of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

  2. MDG : Cracked earth is seen at Wivenhoe dam in Brisbane, Australian 2. What proportion of the world's population lives on the driest half of the planet?

  3. MDG : World Water Day Quiz : Q3 : Most expensive bottle of water 3. How much did the world's most expensive bottle of water, the gold-encrusted Acqua Di Cristallo Tributo a Modigliani, fetch at auction?

  4. MDG : World Water Day quiz : Q1 : people die from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes 4. On average, how many children die each day from diarrhoea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation?

  5. Two Somali girls watch water fill their jerry cans 5. How many hours a year, in total, do women in sub-Saharan Africa spend collecting water?

  6. MDG : Stack of bottled water aft 6. The daily drinking water requirement per person is 2-4 litres. According to the UN, how many litres of water, on average, does it take to produce one person's daily food?

  7. MDG : Sanitation in Southern Africa : A toilet pit latrine in the village of Khoswe, Malawi 7. How many people worldwide are forced to defecate outdoors due to inadequate sanitation?

  8. MDG World Water Day quiz : Q8 : drinking water 8. How much of the world's fresh water is available to drink?

  9. africa hospital bed 9. What proportion of hospital patients in developing countries are being treated for diseases caused by poor water and sanitation?

  10. Parched corn field with sunflower 10. The duration and intensity of droughts have generally increased. Since 1900 how many people have died as a result?

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