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Last Updated: Thursday, 20 January 2005, 18:51 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
Who admitted this week that they were a member of the "Mile High Club"?
A: Kim Cattrall
B: Richard Branson
C: Mary Poppins
D: Leonardo DiCaprio
Question 2
Which of the following did P&O Cruises not offer passengers aboard the cruise ship Aurora, which left Southampton but got no further than the Isle of Wight after 10 days of a "world cruise"?
A: A free bar
B: Comedians Tom O'Connor and Jimmy Tarbuck
C: An anti-ageing skin seminar
D: Elaine Page
E: Double their money back
Question 3
Who said the future would be "a conversation, not a monologue"?
A: Condoleeza Rice, taking her new position as US secretary of state
B: Tory leader Michael Howard, making a key policy announcement
C: Robert Kilroy-Silk, who has quit the UK Independence Party
Question 4
What animal has become Carlisle United FC's mascot after it was found on the pitch?
A: A dog
B: A cat
C: A goldfish
Question 5
Missing word-in-headline round. What’s missing from this BBC News website headline? (Keep away from that search box.) "_______ may keep us healthy".
A: Camomile tea
B: Untidy beds
C: Alcohol-free beer
Question 6
Ten times as many music tracks were downloaded in 2004 as in the year before. But how many songs were in both the download chart AND the normal Singles Top 10?
A: 10
B: 6
C: 4
D: 1
Question 7
All these tough guy actors - Tom Selleck, Rutger Hauer and Martin Shaw - will be celebrating birthdays soon, but how old will they be? Rank them in age order, oldest first.
A: Selleck, Hauer, Shaw
B: Hauer, Shaw, Selleck
C: Shaw, Selleck, Hauer

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And now the Bonus Question, where we give you the answer and you give us the question. Marks are deducted for predictability.

Today's answer is "TENFOLD LEAP" - and you can send your thoughts on what the question might be by clicking below.

The Lunchtime Bonus Question



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