Quiz of the week's news

7 days 7 questions

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

Harrison Ford had his chest hair waxed to highlight what?

1. His new Indiana Jones film
   
2. Loss of rainforests
   
3. Endangered gorillas
   
4. His toned pecs
   

Info

The Indiana Jones star winces during his own deforestation. "Every bit of rainforest that gets ripped out over there..." he says, as the beautician pats down a wax strip, "... really hurts us over here," he adds as she rips it off. Click NEXT to continue.

2.) Multiple Choice Question

Who ISN'T a full member of the Carlton Club, the all-male spiritual heartland of the Tories, that has just voted to admit women?

1. Margaret Thatcher
   
2. Michael Howard
   
3. David Cameron
   

3.) Multiple Choice Question

What is "supportive parenting"?

1. What IVF clinics need to consider before allowing women to seek treatment
   
2. One-on-one support for struggling families
   
3. How two-parent families are described in course work for GCSE religious studies
   

4.) Missing Word Question

Cat and mouse blamed for *

1. blackout
   
2. crash
   
3. divorce
   

5.) Multiple Choice Question

M&S is to sell products other than its own for the first time. "I like _______ but I can't buy it at Marks and Spencer," says chief executive Sir Stuart Rose. Which product?

1. Marmite
   
2. Weetabix
   
3. Tabasco
   
4. Heinz tomato sauce
   

6.) Multiple Choice Question

A $500 million Zimbabwe banknote made its debut this week. Its value in US dollars?

1. $2
   
2. $20
   
3. $200
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

The royals at the wedding of Peter Phillips, the Queen's grandson. His Canadian bride Autumn Kelly gave up her Catholic faith so he could retain his succession. His place in line for the throne?

1. Eighth
   
2. Eleventh
   
3. Fifteenth
   

Answers

1. It's to highlight the damage done by rainforest depletion, for Conservation International. His latest outing as Indiana Jones started in cinemas on Thursday. Click NEXT to see the beautician at work.
2. It's David Cameron, who belongs to White's, another all-male club. Mr Howard and Baroness Thatcher are both full members - until now, the Iron Lady was the only exception to the men-only rule.
3. It's what IVF clinics now need to consider when assessing prospective patients - MPs voted on Tuesday to scrap laws forcing IVF clinics to consider the need for a "father and mother", to avoid discrimination against single women and lesbian couples.
4. It's "blackout" - last Friday Albania's main electricity company said a cat chasing a mouse caused a 72-hour blackout in parts of the capital, Tirana.
5. It's tabasco sauce. All four are among the brands to be stocked in the M&S trial. "I've had customers come up to me and say 'Stuart, I love your food but my Johnny loves Marmite'," he said on Tuesday.
6. It's worth US$2 (at time of publication), issued by the central bank to try to ease cash shortages amid the world's highest rate of inflation.
7. He's 11th in line for the throne. Since 1701 heirs to the throne marrying Catholics cannot become sovereigns. The couple married on Saturday and on Wednesday appeared on the cover of Hello! Magazine.

Your Score

0 - 3 : Commoner

4 - 6 : Landed gentry

7 - 7 : Crowned monarch

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