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Last Updated: Thursday, 27 May, 2004, 17:22 GMT 18:22 UK

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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

Which of these celebrated works of modern art was not lost in an east London warehouse fire?


	A: Che Guevara's Mountain Hideaway by Dexter Dalwood


	B: Sex by Jake and Dinos Chapman


	C: Down Below by Sarah Lucas


	D: Sony Levi by Martin Maloney

Question 2

A colourless, viscous liquid which gradually turns red, then brown and then plastic-like has been in the news. What is it?


	A: A natural sun screen sweated by hippos


	B: A water feature in Diarmuid Gavin's controversial Chelsea Flower Show entry


	C: The chemical bath used to clean Michelangelo’s David


	D: An alien-busting weapon to be handed to Dr Who's new assistant, Billie Piper

Question 3

Heart failure, caused by obesity, has killed a child aged three. Which of the following is true of the UK's obesity epidemic?


	A: Obesity levels have grown nearly 400% in 25 years


	B: Three out of four adults are now overweight or obese


	C: The UK has Europe's fastest growing obesity problem


	D: All of the above

Question 4

"Why do the rich and famous give their children such ridiculous names?" Said who of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's baby, Apple


	A: Peaches Geldof


	B: Moon Unit Zappa


	C: Zowie Bowie


	D: Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q (Bono's child)

Question 5

"All I wanted was what was fairly and rightfully mine". Said who?


	A: Elayne Oxley on winning a legal victory for common-law partners


	B: Steve Sillence on being allowed to use his sperm, frozen 21 years earlier, to have a child


	C: D-Day veteran Dennis Cox on receiving the French Legion d'Honneur

Question 6

Which of the following is now worth an estimated £70m a year?


	A: Fees paid by football clubs to players' agents


	B: The UK mobile phone ring tones industry


	C: Champagne sales in the UK

Question 7

And finally, which was the most recent of these events from this week in history?


	A: Sir Francis Chichester completes epic round-the-world voyage


	B: Two monkeys, Able and Baker, become the first living creatures to survive a space flight


	C: Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest

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 BST on Friday. It could be one of these:

What's happened to Creationism? (Answer: It's evolved to a different level.)
Dave Williams, Prudhoe, UK

Armed service wash? (Answer: Uniformly cleaner)
Seán Galvin, London

What stopped the arms race? (Answer: Finger diplomacy)
Martin, Leeds

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

Lunchtime Bonus Question

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