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Quiz - Special on Roma children


1. Where do Roma originate?

A:  Romania
B:  India
C:  Ukraine


2. In August last year, where was a child prostitution ring discovered in which immigrant Roma children as young as nine were being sexually exploited?

A:  Ireland
B:  Scotland
C:  Denmark


3. What percentage of European Roma are thought to lead a nomadic lifestyle?

A:  20
B:  30
C:  40


4. What did a recent survey suggest was wanted by 68 per cent of Italians?

A:  The exclusion of all Italy's Roma
B:  All Roma children to be schooled in separate schools
C:  A new Prime Minister


5. What has Poland recently put a stop to?

A:  Employment which discriminates against Roma
B:  Roma-only school classes
C:  Cartoons with Roma characters


6. According to a report from UNICEF, what proportion of Roma households in South East Europe did not have enough food to eat?

A:  Two thirds
B:  One quarter
C:  One half


7. What is the name for the set of guidelines about teaching of religions and beliefs in public schools?

A:  The Toledo Guiding Principles
B:  The Beijing Rules
C:  The Sydney Framework


8. What does the Romani word "dosta" mean in English?

A:  Rights
B:  Justice
C:  Enough


9. Under which of the following instruments have their been complaints to international mechanisms relating specifically to Roma rights?

A:  The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
B:  The African Charter on Human and People's Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
C:  The European Social Charter and the European Convention on Human Rights


10. Who said: "Today’s rhetoric against the Roma is very similar to the one used by Nazis and fascists before the mass killings started in the thirties and forties"?

A:  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
B:  French President Nicolas Sarkozy
C:  Council of Europe Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg