52 weeks 52 questions, part four

Quiz of the year's news

The last of the Magazine's annual four-part quiz of the year's news, covering October - December. PLUS a special bonus question each day this week, below. Just click NEXT to begin.

1.) Multiple Choice Question

Nick Clegg is the new leader of the Liberal Democrats. Which of these political barnets is his?

1. Chestnut brown
   
2. Mahogany brown
   
3. Ash brown
   
4. Salt 'n' pepper
   

Info

Picture one is the new Lib Dem leader. Two is David Cameron, three is Alastair Campbell and four is Tony Blair.

2.) Multiple Choice Question

Older, wiser and now in need of a backstage creche, the Spice Girls are back and on a world tour. How many children do they have between them?

1. Five
   
2. Six
   
3. Seven
   
4. Eight
   

3.) Multiple Choice Question

Steve McClaren, sacked after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008. But for him, a silver lining - just 18 months into a four-year contract, he's in line for compensation of...

1. £1m
   
2. £1.5m
   
3. £2m
   
4. £2.5m
   

4.) Multiple Choice Question

Who was described as a "winner with a capital 'W'"?

1. New England manager Fabio Capello
   
2. The late Jane Tomlinson
   
3. Boxer Joe Calzaghe, Sports Personality of the Year
   
4. Time's Man of the Year Vladimir Putin
   

5.) Multiple Choice Question

Scandals surrounded TV shows in 2007, and regulators started issuing fines. How much were the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five fined in total?

1. £680,000
   
2. £2,750,000
   
3. £3,850,000
   
4. £4,650,000
   

6.) Multiple Choice Question

In the Rugby World Cup, who said Australia would be "wrecked for life" after being beaten by England in the quarter finals?

1. Kenny Rogers
   
2. John Howard
   
3. Prince Harry
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

What were Kevin Rudd's first words as new Australian prime minister as his Labor party swept to victory in November?

1. "OK guys."
   
2. "Crikey I'm proud."
   
3. "Today, Australia has looked to the future."
   

8.) Missing Word Question

Man, * , weds 82-year-old bride

1. 21
   
2. 22
   
3. 23
   
4. 24
   

9.) Multiple Choice Question

Wow, 70% more lash lift. A claim made by which cosmetics firm judged to have broken advertising rules by using false lashes?

1. Avon
   
2. Rimmel
   
3. L'Oreal
   

10.) Missing Word Question

Man 'marries' * to beat curse

1. goat
   
2. monkey
   
3. dog
   

11.) Multiple Choice Question

Which of these came AFTER Gordon Brown said there would be no snap election?

1. George Osborne's inheritance tax plans
   
2. Alastair Darling's inheritance tax plans
   
3. David Cameron's speech without notes
   
4. Bounce for Tories in opinion polls
   

12.) Multiple Choice Question

"I'm tired. I want to go home and see my children." Said who, returning to the UK?

1. Anne Darwin, back from Panama and charged with deception after husband John faked his death
   
2. Gillian Gibbons, back from Sudan where she was jailed for allowing pupils to name a teddy Muhammad
   
3. Guantanamo detainee Jamil El-Banna, on bail pending a legal fight against extradition to Spain
   

Answers

1. Nick Clegg's head is picture one. He was elected by a narrow margin in December. Click NEXT to see who else is pictured.
2. It's seven - Victoria Beckham has three sons, Mel B has two daughters, Geri Halliwell has a daughter and Emma Bunton a son.
3. It's £2m, after he was sacked in November. His successor, Fabio Capello, will earn a far more generous wedge of £6m a year.
4. It was Capello, by FA chairman Brian Barwick as he unveiled the second foreigner to take charge of the England team. Tomlinson died of cancer having raised more than £1.5m for charity.
5. It's £3,850,000 - £2m for ITV, £1.5m for Channel 4, £300,000 for Five, £150,000 for Channel 4 and £50,000 for the BBC.
6. It was Kenny Rogers, whose song The Gambler became the unofficial England rugby team anthem.
7. It was "OK guys", asking for hush as he took to the platform. Then he said: "Today, Australia has looked to the future." His Labor party ousted rival John Howard, who had been PM for more than a decade.
8. The groom, Reinaldo Waveqche, was 24 when he married Adelfa Volpes in late September. She died less than a month later.
9. It's Rimmel, but all three were censured by the Advertising Standards Authority for using false lashes. Avon claimed to make lashes "appear 65% longer" and L'Oreal's was "up to 60% longer".
10. An Indian man "married" a female dog in November, hoping to atone for stoning two other dogs to death.
11. Chancellor Alastair Darling laid out his plans on 9 October, a few short days after Mr Brown said he'd thought of holding an election but decided not to - and a week after the shadow chancellor outlined similar plans at the Tory conference.
12. It was Mr El-Banna, released on bail on 20 December. Ms Gibbons was jailed in late November and released after eight days. Mrs Darwin returned to the UK in mid-December; she and her husband, who disappeared five years ago in a canoeing accident and walked into a police station on 1 December, are in custody.

Your Score - what's your tally?

0 - 4 : All of the other reindeer used to laugh...

5 - 9 : ... and call him names

10 - 12 : But you'll go down in history

Bonus question

BONUS QUESTION 52 weeks, part one 52 weeks, part two 52 weeks, part three

In addition to the 12 questions above, there was also a bonus question for each of the four parts of this quiz. (That's how we get to the grand total of 52 questions.)

Each day this week, we published a photograph and asked you to spot the link alluding to a major 2007 news story.

The correct answer can be found at the bottom of this page.

These people solved the puzzle before the Friday afternoon deadline:

Jonathan Griffith, Cambridge
Stig, London
Peter Judge, W Yorkshire
Simon Rooke, Nottingham
Kate Allan, Teddington
Rob Falconer, Llandough
Richard Sheehan, Leicester
Colin, Cambridge
Tim Etra, Uxbridge
Mike Need, Bristol
Dav, London
Gwennan Thomas, London
Hoi Yen Sihapanya, Saffron Walden
Michael Brookes, Saffron Walden
Ivan Poulson, Cambridge
David Smith, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mark Spankey, Eton

It is the Labour deputy leadership contest. A hazel branch, Hilary Duff on the red carpet, Mr Harman from Are You Being Served? and Dr Johnson.