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Friday, 2 August, 2002, 11:04 GMT 12:04 UK
Quiz of the week's news
It's the end of the week, but there's no need to let your attention flag. Test yourself in BBC News Online's quick quiz.

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

What are the "bows and arrows" that are fast disappearing?
A: Archery, which the Commonwealth Games organisers chose not to include despite protests
B: It's cockney rhyming slang for sparrows, which are deserting London gardens
C: One of the hunting methods being banned in Scotland
"It casts a slur on the Scottish tourist industry." What has annoyed Scottish National Party MSP Bruce Crawford?
A: That PM Tony Blair is to holiday in Cumbria, not in the Highlands
B: That nothing north of Hadrian’s Wall featured in a new list of the "Seven Wonders of Britain"
C: That the heavy rain and flooding in Scotland received a deluge of media coverage
"I put myself in the danger area." Who admitted to being the architect of their own pain?
A: Legendary footballer (and drinker) George Best, who has undergone a liver transplant
B: The woman who German politician Edmund Stoiber hit “full in the face” with a football while trying to show off his sporting skills
C: Big Brother loser Jade Goody, explaining that baring her exuberant personality caused her to be voted off the TV show
"Are you gay?" Whose answer was: "Well, since you ask, the answer is, of course, yes."
A: Tory front bencher Alan Duncan, as the party tries to show its inclusivity
B: Coronation Street ruffian Les Battersby, as the TV soap takes a bizarre plot twist
C: Stalin, answering Khrushchev in the novel "Gay Lard" which has seen author Vladimir Sorokin facing porn charges
Harry Potter author JK Rowling, stage and screen director Sam Mendes and Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) all celebrated birthdays this week. Put them in order, youngest first.
A: Mendes, JK, Fatboy
B: Fatboy, Mendes, JK
C: JK, Fatboy, Mendes
"He's definitely the youngest guy I’ve ever been out with." Who admitted cradle-snatching?
A: Newly-wed Heather Mills, 34, on Sir Paul McCartney, 60
B: Newly-divorced Jennifer Lopez, 32, on Ben Affleck, 29
C: Newly-gay Corrie character Les Battersby, 49, on live-in lover Kirk Sutherland, 20
"Which way is Mecca?" Who was seeking some direction?
A: HM The Queen, becoming the first reigning monarch to visit a UK mosque
B: Lost British soldiers, who suffered a series of woeful equipment failures while on desert manoeuvres
C: President George Bush, meeting King Abdullah of Jordan to discuss Middle Eastern affairs


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