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Friday, 28 June, 2002, 11:12 GMT 12:12 UK
Quiz of the week's news
Thousands of news events happen every week. But in BBC News Online's quiz, there are just seven questions on seven days' news.

If you don't do very well this week, try again next Friday - this quiz is here every week.

Film star and “airline geek” John Travolta is to fly his family around the world in an old 707 in what he calls a "Spirit of Friendship" tour. What’s his son called?
A: Grease
B: Jett
C: Quantas
“I have noticed that there are now more people than before who find difficulty in walking along the corridors in a straight line.” Where is drinking a problem?
A: In the Houses of Parliament, according to teetotaller MP Sir Teddy Taylor
B: In the state secondary schools Education Secretary Estelle Morris “wouldn't touch with a bargepole”.
C: In France, where TV execs have aired the nation’s first “shocking” health awareness adverts
Who has announced the exact date of their retirement - 12 October, 2005?
A: Tennis star Anna Kournikova, who’ll give up the game when her lucrative contract with Berlei sports bras expires
B: Operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti, planning to take his last bow on his 70th birthday
C: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, only partially yielding to White House pressure to bow out
The difference between first and second equals £714,000. What's the sum?
A: The cash bonus Turkey’s World Cup team would have won had they beaten Brazil
B: The fine imposed on Ferrari and its Formula One drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello for fixing the Austrian Grand Prix
C: The amount Norman Kyte spent on a dream holiday when diagnosed with terminal cancer, The second test gave him a clean bill of health
“I don't want to take Beckham's place.” Who claims not to envy the England captain’s lot?
A: Prime Minister Tony Blair, saying he won’t “muscle in” on Beck’s World Cup homecoming
B: Dancer and former husband of Mel B Jimmy Gulzar, saying he wouldn’t want to become a Spice spouse ever again
C: Brazilian striker Ronaldo, saying his bizarre new haircut is not an attempt to upstage Becks' Mohawk
Women in Swaziland have been warned by a royal official against wearing what?
A: Senegal football shirts, celebrating the rival African team’s World Cup success
B: Trousers
C: Berlei “Kournikova” sports bras
Which of the following did the Queen spend most public money on last year?
A: Books
B: Horse shoes
C: Flowers


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