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Quiz of the week's news

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Who or what has taken to wandering around, avoiding social contact?
A: Dejected former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith
B: The character Jimmy Corkhill, in scripts for future Brookside DVDs
C: Cunning badgers who manage to evade attempts to cull them
D: Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, slated by MPs for being overpaid
"Can you imagine the nightmare on our roads if everyone had one?" What?
A: An upside-down parking permit, according to strict traffic wardens
B: A new device which can change traffic lights to green as you approach them
C: A Segway human transporter, according to worried road safety chiefs
A survey this week pin-pointed 12 things that might damage the value of your home. But which would cost you dearest?
A: Dirty light switches
B: Limescale in the bath
C: Lurid carpets
Who said "They paint my father as a buffoon"?
A: James Murdoch, on reaction from some shareholders to dad Rupert picking his son to take the helm at BSkyB
B: Ella Robinson, daughter of the gay bishop Gene Robinson, who was ordained on Sunday
C: Ronald Reagan's son Michael, on a controversial new mini-series about Ronald and Nancy Reagan
Who said: "I'm a single lad who can do whatever he wants. Everyday is Christmas to me?"
A: Jimmy "uhuhuhuhuhuh" Savile
B: Roy "I wish it could be Christmas everyday" Wood
C: Frank Bruno, who has signed up to play the genie in Aladdin in High Wycombe
"We thought it would be. And it was." Who thought what would be what?
A: Boris Becker - bonking in a cupboard - dangerous
B: Ranulph Fiennes - running seven marathons - fun
C: 10 passengers on a crowded Virgin train - sitting in a toilet for seven hours - uncomfortable
Last but by no means least, our legendary birthday question. This week Joni "they paved paradise" Mitchell, Lou "the original Hulk" Ferrigno and Nerys "the District Nurse" Hughes. Rank them in age order, youngest first.
A: Nerys, Lou, Joni
B: Joni, Nerys, Lou
C: Lou, Joni, Nerys

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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:

  • Phil Sears of Dorking who on Wednesday thought "What do you get if you keep slamming Gates?" was the correct question to the answer "A few broken windows".

  • Sion from the UK who on Tuesday thought "What did the mummy goat say to the daddy goat when he got 'friendly?" was the correct question to the answer "You're kidding me".

  • M Elliott of Portsmouth who on Monday thought "Women are becoming increasingly difficult to please. What does the average man now need to be?" was the correct question to the answer "An athlete, a novelist, or a musician".

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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