Quiz of the week's news

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Welcome to 7 days 7 questions - the Magazine's quiz of the week's news. If this isn't enough brain exercise, there's also our Daily Mini-Quiz, every weekday on the Magazine home page.

1.) Multiple Choice Question

The glossary of Prince Harry. After returning from Afghanistan, the third in line to the throne gave some frank interviews. But which of the following words did he NOT use dismissively in interview?

1. Poo
   
2. Pillock
   
3. Pants
   

2.) Multiple Choice Question

It'll cost "no more than £30". What?

1. Driving in fast lane
   
2. Stand-alone ID card
   
3. Full tank for the new "green" sports car
   

3.) Multiple Choice Question

Which of the following didn't happen in the past seven days?

1. Staff at conciliation service Acas vote to go on strike
   
2. Police issue hoax drug warning about strawberry meth
   
3. Switzerland mistakenly invades Liechtenstein
   
4. Archived files showed British spies tried to second guess Hitler by reading his horoscope
   

4.) Multiple Choice Question

Who or what is "the Tripod"?

1. The three Lib Dem MPs - Alistair Carmichael, Tim Farron and David Heath - who resigned from the front bench
   
2. The Duchess of York and her princess daughters Beatrice and Eugenie
   
3. Mick Jagger, according to his FBI codename, after a 1969 plot to kill him was unveiled this week
   

5.) Multiple Choice Question

This is Russia's new president-elect, Dmitry Medvedev (right). But what is the accepted BBC pronunciation of his surname? (Capitals indicate the stressed syllable.)

1. muhd-VYED-uhff
   
2. MED-vuh-dev
   
3. mid-VHOY-duv
   
4. meed-viyd-OV
   

6.) Missing Word Question

* 'keeps teenagers lean'

1. Sex
   
2. Breakfast
   
3. Sleeping
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

Who's this?

1. The world's second richest man
   
2. The heart surgeon Diana "dumped" for Dodi
   
3. Ian Paisely's likely successor at the DUP
   

Answers

1. It's pillock. Harry described life in England as "pretty poo" and the Army's postal service as "pants".
2. It's a stand-alone ID card, according to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. Plans were announced by the government for "pay as you drive" motorway lanes. The zero-emission hydrogen-powered Morgan sports car was unveiled at the Geneva motor show.
3. It's Switzerland mistakenly invading neighbouring Liechtenstein - that happened a year ago.
4. It's the duchess and her daughters. Princess Eugenie told the Tatler "Mummy, Bea and I call ourselves 'the Tripod' - they are my best friends in the world".
5. It's number one, muhd-VYED-uhff, according to the BBC Pronunciation Unit.
6. It's breakfast. A five-year study of more than 2,000 youngsters found those who skipped breakfast weighed on average 5lbs (2.3kg) more than those who ate first thing.
7. It's Carlos Slim - the world's second-richest man. The Mexican telecoms tycoon is worth $60bn, according to the latest Forbes ranking. Investor Warren Buffett knocked Bill Gates off the top and Slim pushed him into third position. Heart surgeon Hasnat Khan gave a detailed account of his relationship with Diana to the inquest into her death. Paisely said he had "no right to say who will succeed me".

Your Score

0 - 3 : Poor show

4 - 6 : Small fortune

7 - 7 : Strike it rich

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