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Last Updated: Friday, 16 May, 2003, 13:39 GMT 14:39 UK

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Quiz of the week's news

It's the end of the week, so it's time for BBC News Online's weekly news quiz.

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

The motto behind one of these stunts was "Do not be side-tracked by buildings". But which one?


	A: The real-life Spider-Man who didn't let Lloyds of London get in his way


	B: The inflatable church


	C: The Base jumper who parachuted off Nelson's Column

What is to get subtle green, peach and blue tints?


	A: Stamps to mark Prince William's 21st birthday - they show pictures of his face on coloured backgrounds


	B: The new US $20 bill - new colours are being introduced to foil counterfeiters


	C: The London Underground map - they will be new lines built to support the city's Olympic bid

Injuries accounted for a tenth of global deaths in 2000, according new World Health Organisation figures. War, falls and suicide were among the big killers. Rank them, the one causing most deaths first.


	A: War, falls, suicide


	B: Falls, suicide, war


	C: Suicide, war, falls

"I was thinking about the German military, which was the finest fighting machine in the 20th century, but lost two world wars because the officers weren't allowed to think for themselves." Whose chain of thought?


	A: Tory frontbencher Oliver Letwin, explaining why he broke ranks to admit his party would need a miracle to win the next election


	B: Clare Short, who resigned because cabinet members were not given sufficient independence


	C: Gameshow host Jeremy Beadle, enraged because airline staff would not let him on a domestic flight because he had no ID even though they recognised him from the TV

Who is being threatened with a £14,000 fine for every day they continue to display a controversial work of art?


	A: Artist James Peterson, who has painted "Caution, low flying planes" on a New York building close to the site of the World Trade Center


	B: The UK Government, for allowing the outline of a horse to be carved onto a Kent hillside that European law has deemed a conservation area


	C: Danish gallery owner Peter Meyer, on trial for an exhibit showing live goldfish in a working food blender. Visitors flicked the switch on two of the pets

"They are poor people and we have to give them a second chance." Who was remarkably forgiving of a rather unfortunate incident?


	A: Prince Andrew, who was 10 feet from a bullet accidentally fired by one of his police bodyguards


	B: Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe, whose wallet was pinched during a walkabout despite being heavily guarded


	C: Sir Paul McCartney, whose stolen diary was returned to him after 23 years by two remorseful Beatles fans

Something was dubbed "as arousing as a wet weekend in West Wittering with your maiden aunt". Was it:


	A: Clare Short's resignation speech, according to one Blair loyalist


	B: Matthew Perry and Minnie Driver in Sexual Perversity in Chicago


	C: A posh Westminster Indian restaurant, according to Mick Jagger, after he was turned away

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: "Smiley faces and hugs."

Wrong questions included:

What will Clare Short most miss now she is no longer part of the Cabinet?
Neil, Brum, UK

What isn't 'Stakeknife' expecting every time his doorbell rings?
Rob, UK

What was the Dyslexia Society's answer to the question "What would you expect to find in the London sewers?"
B H Davies, UK

What do you get if you cross Changing Rooms, the A-Team and Starsky and Hutch?
Ed, UK

What is The Matrix Reloaded surprisingly full of?
Mark, UK

The presence of what caused the cancellation of this year's annual Manic Depressive convention?
Sam, UK

What stops more people attending church services?
Steve Elliott, UK

What don't you get on a wet weekend in West Wittering with your maiden aunt?
Don, UK

Fill in the blanks. "Carol ------ ----- --- ---- MDF inventor."
Vern, UK

This week was the national week for...
Dave, UK

What words have never appeared in the script of the Christmas Day edition of EastEnders?
Toby Cooley, UK

All wrong. The correct question, thanks to Jan Ciepkiewicz and Rachel Wilkinson, is what are some of the symbols, including ":o)", ";p", and "@@@" that people are being taught to use in a publicly-funded mobile phone course.

Thanks to everyone who entered. Seven Days Seven Questions returns next week.

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