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Last Updated: Friday, 19 September, 2003, 09:52 GMT 10:52 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.

"Motorists were whizzing past, without taking any notice of it." What was it the drivers were ignoring?


	A: Anglegrinder Man, who "liberates" cars which have been clamped, dressed in mask and cape but who has become a familiar sight


	B: Gwyneth Paltrow, romping in the sea in the West Country, making her film about Sylvia Plath


	C: A poor unfortunate fox, who having been run over, had a white line painted on top of his body


	D: A man in a box

Sarah Teather, the new MP for Brent East, becomes the country's youngest MP at 29 years old, a record she shares with some notable characters. But which one of these ISN'T on the list?


	A: Jeffrey Archer (29 when elected in 1969)


	B: John Profumo (25 when elected in 1940)


	C: Tony Benn (25 when elected in 1950)


	D: David Steel (26 when elected in 1965)


	E: Charles Kennedy (23 when elected in 1987)

"Part of our heritage has been destroyed." What, according to a fan?


	A: A friend of Lord Archer on government plans for legislation which would strip him of his peerage


	B: A stalwart member of the Spice Girls Fan Club, at reports that Geri Halliwell has had some of her tattoos removed


	C: A fire service spokesman mourning the passing of 650 historic motorbikes destroyed in a fire at the National Motorcycle Museum

"Let's create a peaceful world. I'm hoping that these things will help." Who and what?


	A: Sven and Nancy, encouraging people to play football


	B: Yoko Ono, encouraging her audience to come up on stage and cut her clothes off


	C: The Pope, encouraging his followers during his visit to Slovakia to shape the new Europe

"That was an expensive cheese sandwich!" Whose was?


	A: Protesting pupils at Charterhouse school, which has had its tuck shop replaced by a branch of Starbucks


	B: Alan Hunt, a volunteer for an ID parade, who was jailed for eight hours after helping himself to a copper's lunchbox


	C: Restaurant guide co-editor Richard Harden, who found that Sketch in Mayfair was the capital's most overpriced restaurant

"Is she any good?" Who asked it about whom?


	A: Children's author and mother-of-two, Mrs G Ritchie, who asked it of her fellow author Enid Blyton. (She didn't know who Blyton was.)


	B: The headmaster of a school which was offered a supply geography teacher, a Ms Clare Short


	C: Ben Affleck and J-Lo asking about the quality of look-alikes who were going to be "decoy brides"

It's birthday time again, this week, for three middle-aged celebs. But who is the eldest?


	A: Jarvis "This is Hardcore" Cocker


	B: David "Tache and ponytail" Seaman


	C: Will "How the Dead Live" Self

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You'll find the Lunchtime Bonus Question from 1030 BST every weekday as part of the Magazine (www.bbc.co.uk/magazine), where you see this symbol. For today's round, click this link.