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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.


Which of these has staged a "music hall vanishing act"?
A: David Blaine
B: The Royals
C: Robin Gibb's hair
D: A pair of false teeth
Tony Blair's supposed to have been taking it easy this week. But of what did he joke: "It's an excellent form of relaxation!"
A: Gordon Brown's paternity leave
B: Looking at Lib Dem spending plans
C: Observing turmoil in the Tory party
"At one point I thought this would be the nicest way out for me" - who said it, about what?
A: Kirk Jones, on his motivation for throwing himself into Niagara Falls
B: Cambodian Sek Yi, who died this week at 122, on his chain-smoking habit
C: Trizka Litton, on being admitted to hospital after mixing cranberry juice with crumbled biscuits to mimic her blood
It's birthday time again! Celebrating this week are: Simon Le Bon, Glen Hoddle and Bill Gates. But can you rank them, oldest first?
A: Hod, Bon, Bill
B: Bon, Bill, Hod
C: Bill, Hod, Bon
Which of these became a National Trust heritage site this week?
A: HMP Slade, Ronnie Barker's former prison in Porridge
B: Steptoe's rag and bone yard in Shepherd's Bush
C: Rigsby's bedsit in Rising Damp
It's Tory leadership Call My Bluff time. This week, no news report from Westminster has been complete without a mention of how the atmosphere in the corridors is "febrile". But what does febrile actually mean?
A: Fragile
B: Feverish
C: Treacherous
"Silly nonsense... silly girl". Who said it?
A: John Prescott to a female journalist who quizzed him about his four properties
B: A theatre critic, of Amanda Holden's West End debut in Thoroughly Modern Millie
C: A gossip columnist commenting on news that the Oscar-winning Hollywood beauty Gwyneth Paltrow is depressed

 Press the button and see how you have done

This week's highlights of the Lunchtime Bonus Question (in which we give you the answer and you tell us what the question was) include:

  • Sarah Findlay from Cape Town who on Monday thought "If you want something bought properly, what should you do?" was the correct question to the answer "Buy-it-yourself"

  • Mark from London who on Tuesday thought "What is a public school version of the state school jam roly-poly" was the correct question to the answer "Marmalade revolution".

  • Chris Ford from Bristol who on Wednesday thought "How did optimists view Icarus's fall to earth?" was the correct question to the answer "He was gliding so fast"

They were all wrong, and they weren't alone. For more wrong questions, and the correct questions too, see the Lunchtime Bonus Question from 1030 BST every weekday as part of the Magazine (www.bbc.co.uk/magazine), where you see the funky knife and fork. For today's round, click this link.




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