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Quiz of the week's news

It's time for BBC News Online's weekly news quiz - especially early this week because of the Easter holidays.

This quiz is here every week - or you can reach it by bookmarking the address www.bbc.co.uk/sevendaysquiz


An unlikely bunch. But who is the odd one out?
A: Tony Blair
B: Billy Joel
C: Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf
D: J Lo
"You are smiling too much. Stop smiling so much." Who was smiling too much, exactly?
A: Jockeys at a posh dinner, who found themselves at eye-level with Zara Phillips' royal cleavage (she soon covered up)
B: Marathon girl Paula Radcliffe, told by her husband after winning the race in super record time
C: Prince Philip to the Queen, as she broke down into giggles when a swarm of bees took over Windsor Castle
Phew, what a scorcher it's been this week! Put these islands in order, hottest first:
A: Cyprus, Mallorca, Great Britain
B: Great Britain, Cyprus, Mallorca
C: Mallorca, Great Britain, Cyprus
A piece of paper, blank but for the words: "Something on the left, just as you come in not too high or low." What?
A: A handwritten tip-off delivered to US Marines searching one of Saddam's palaces
B: Rough plans for where Mars lander Beagle 2 is to put down when it reaches the Red Planet
C: Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed's work inspired by Margaret Thatcher
"The action was inappropriate and lacked consideration." Said who?
A: Defence secretary Geoff Hoon to Gulf war widow Lianne Seymour, after MoD staff told her to repay part of her dead husband's salary
B: Sony, as it withdrew plans to trademark "shock and awe" as a title for a future video game
C: The MoD, forced to pay a couple £950,000 in compensation for noise nuisance as RAF Harrier jets flew low over their 17th Century listed manor
Who was told they "shouldn't talk like that, even if they're feeling like that"?
A: Quiz cheat Charles Ingram, told off by his father retired Wing Commander John Ingram for talking about suicide
B: Cherie Blair, after telling women at a human rights conference that her husband did no household chores
C: Martha Crouch, the great-great-niece of the Wright Brothers, who revealed she was terrified of flying
Easter question: Who was told to avoid making fun of the crucifixion?
A: Curates who don't know their Bible well enough and have "a clear deficit" in theological knowledge
B: Sister Rosario Stanton, a nun who did a parachute jump in Kent, complete with swinging cross
C: Advertisers who were warned against offending religions




And here is the Seven Days, Seven Questions bonus question. (Entries are now closed.)

The rules are simple. We give you the answer, you write the question. Marks are deducted for predictability.

The bonus answer is: "A great wheeze."

Wrong questions included:

What is the name for a weasel's father's father?
Jonathan Phillips, Scotland

What animal, famed for its shortness of breath, originally featured in Peter Benchley's book "Jaws", before he thought of using the shark?
Jonathan Phillips, Scotland

How *pant* would you *pant* describe *pant* groucho running?
Jonathan Phillips, Scotland

What clue did Tecwen Whittock give Charles Ingram to convince him it had to be a googol, not a nanomol?
Leo Hickey, UK

What would the world's oldest living person need to blow out the candles on their birthday cake?
Graham Triggs, UK

What was Boris Johnson's in depth analysis of the Iraq War?
Nigel Hale, UK

What is your take on Marella Frostrup?
David Connor,

So what souvenir did you bring back from Hong Kong?
PJM, UK

What happens when a great gets over-excited?
Catherine O, UK

All wrong. The correct question, identified by Dave Love, UK, was: "After a miracle survival when his combat helmet was hit by four Iraqi bullets, British Commando Eric Walderman has now revealed it was a hoax. How did a senior officer describe it?"

Thanks to all who took part. Seven Days Seven Questions and the Caption Competition return to their normal days next week (Friday and Thursday respectively).





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