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Last Updated: Thursday, 19 May, 2005, 18:26 GMT 19:26 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
"It is a brilliant advertisement for the superior worth of radio". Which of the above?
A: The BBC's new-look weather maps
B: ITV's Celebrity Love Island, according to one reviewer
C: The spoof Amarillo video e-mailed to the MoD
D: The film of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Question 2
Whose rebranding had an unmistakably positive edge?
A: Britain in Europe
B: The Department for Productivity Energy and Industry (which, after just a few days, reverted to being the Department for Trade and Industry)
C: Italy's Grand Sasso mountain, renamed "John Paul II Peak".
Question 3
The Government hopes to push ID cards through asap; which of these oft-cited reasons for carrying cards was NOT in the Queen's Speech?
A: Crack down on terrorists and other criminals
B: Protect against NHS fraud
C: Tackle illegal immigration
D: Prevent identity fraud
Question 4
What - or who - are mukluks?
A: Rabbit-skin boots worn by Wayne Rooney's girlfriend Coleen
B: Calf-skin parchment on which the Queen's Speech is written
C: Robot doctors being tested at a London hospital
Question 5
Forty percent of cash machines in the UK charge a fee for withdrawals. But that doesn't mean people have to use those machines - so what proportion of withdrawals incur a fee?
A: 1%
B: 5%
C: 20%
D: 40%
Question 6
Missing-word-in-headline round - "____________ threatened with prison". But who?
A: Hoodie-wearing teens
B: A sunbathing pensioner
C: A veteran peace campaigner
D: Gossips
Question 7
It's happy birthday this week to MPs Simon Hughes (Lib Dem) and Oliver Letwin (Cons) and wannabe MP Robert Kilroy-Silk (Veritas). Rank them in age order, youngest first.
A: Kilroy-Silk, Letwin, Hughes
B: Hughes, Kilroy-Silk, Letwin
C: Letwin, Hughes, Kilroy-Silk

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Did you know the Magazine index now has a daily news question? Each weekday there's a new poser for you.



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