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Quiz of the week's news


It's time again for the Magazine's quiz of the week's news, Seven Days Seven Questions.

Which of these figures was celebrated as a quitter?
A: Jessie Wallace (aka Kat Slater)
B: Health Secretary Dr John Reid
C: Aussie cricketer Steve Waugh
D: The Duke of Edinburgh
Doctors this week called for a ban on smoking in pubs. But how many pubs in the UK are already non-smoking?
A: 36
B: 360
C: 3,600
"I thought people would be beating my door down". Who said it, about what?
A: Stuart Meloy, inventor of the "Orgasmatron", on the lack of women who have volunteered to test his contraption
B: Gay Tory defector Ivan Massow, on the cool response to his efforts to re-join the Conservative party
C: Jonny Wilkinson on returning to his home in Newcastle
Lib Dem MP Paul Marsden was exposed as a budding poet this week when romantic prose were discovered on his website. Complete the opening line to his poem She Came in the Night. "She came in the night, Dark hair, alive billowing as a …"
A: "Bengal light"
B: "trapped kite"
C: "turbulent sprite"
D: "Turkish delight"
“A very insecure and frightened man”. Who said this about who?
A: Cher on Michael Jackson, who is facing child abuse allegations
B: Millionaire art patron Charles Saatchi on Damian Hirst, who has bought back some of his old works
C: Georgia's acting president Nino Burjanadze on Eduard Shevardnaze, who was unseated from the top job
The Earl and Countess of Wessex have called their baby daughter Louise. But what is her full title?
A: Lady Louise Anne, Mary, Elizabeth Windsor-Mountbatten
B: Lady Louise Mary Elizabeth Victoria Mountbatten-Windsor
C: Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor
Finally, the birthday question. Rodney "Likely Lads" Bewes, Randy "You've Got a Friend" Newman and Woody "funnyman" Allen all celebrate their birthdays this week. Rank them in age order, youngest first.
A: Rodney, Randy, Woody
B: Woody, Rodney, Randy
C: Randy, Rodney, Woody

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

  • Tim G of London who on Monday thought "What's the low-calorie alternative to meeting Mr Bean?" was the correct question to the answer "I can't believe we just met Mr Bean".

  • Helen from Paris who on Tuesday thought "If cleanliness is next to godliness, what does that make Mr. Sheen?" was the correct question to the answer "practically immortal".

  • Giles Murchiston of Cambridge who on Thursday thought "What is the official definition of a bonsai yeti?" was the correct question to the answer "a wild creature no bigger than a grouse".

They were all wrong, and they weren't alone. For more wrong questions 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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