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Last Updated: Thursday, 22 January, 2004, 18:31 GMT

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Quiz of the week's news

It's the Magazine's quiz of the week's news, 7 days 7 questions.

This quiz is published every Friday - but you can find it at any stage of the week on the Magazine index.

Question 1

This week saw the battle of the Mets in a tussle over trademarks. But which of these Mets lost out?


	A: The Met Office


	B: The New York Mets


	C: The Metropolitan Police


	D: The Met opera house

Question 2

Who breathed a sigh of relief, then smoked five cigarettes?


	A: Jordan, when she heard that animal cruelty rules would prevent too many maggot-related tasks in I'm a Celebrity


	B: Samantha Marson, when she was released on bail after claiming she had a bomb in her luggage


	C: Five men at a central London sperm bank, who were unworried by new rules on them being traced

Question 3

Which "Mike" appears to have been granted a reprieve?


	A: Mike Rowe, whose website MikeRoweSoft.com elicited a strongly-worded letter from Bill Gates's lawyers


	B: Mike Morris, whose website Mikerosoft.ca elicited a strongly-worded letter from Bill Gates's lawyers


	C: Mike Tyson, due to stand trial in New York, charged with attacking two men outside a hotel

Question 4

"I saw his head falling forward." Who?


	A: A judge who fell asleep during a trial, according to a witness


	B: A Finnish taxman who died at his desk and remained there for two days because nobody thought anything was wrong, according to a colleague

Question 5

Howard Dean used to be front runner for the Democratic nomination to take on President Bush. This week he came a poor third, and was furious. Which unintentionally appropriate song was sung before he spoke at a rally?


	A: It's Not Easy Being Green by Ray Charles


	B: Bad Reputation by Joan Jett


	C: Ironic by Alanis Morrrisette

Question 6

MPs debated truancy this week. But how many of the 639 members of the Commons were present to take part?


	A: 20


	B: 120


	C: 320

Question 7

Finally, the birthday question. Former pop moppets Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton, Crispian "Kula Shaker" Mills and Gary "Take That" Barlow all celebrate birthdays this week. Rank them, youngest first.


	A: Mills, Barlow, Bunton


	B: Bunton, Mills, Barlow


	C: Barlow, Bunton, Mills

Press the button and see how you have done

The Lunchtime Bonus Question, in which we give you the answer and you tell us the question, now has the added bonus of a weekly Lunchtime Achievement Award.

The winner is announced at 1500 GMT on Friday. It could be one of these:

What disarmed the Venus de Milo? (Helene Parry's wrong question to the answer "Mona Lisa Smile".)

How might a Geordie summarise the Oxford / Cambridge race? (Kieran Boyle's wrong question to the answer "a pair of small boots".)

Where can I get a coffee round here? (Neil Webber's wrong question to the answer "cafes, bars, restaurants and houses".)

For more wrong questions, see the Lunchtime Bonus Question in the Magazine from 1030 GMT every weekday, where you see the funky knife and fork. For today's round, click this link.

Lunchtime Bonus Question