Quiz of the week's news

7 days 7 questions

It's the Magazine's 7 days 7 questions news quiz - a chance for you to test how much of the news you've read, watched and heard from the past week... and how much you remember.

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Ah, breakfast. But rising food prices have taken inflation to a 16-year high. Which breakfast staple has had the biggest price hike? Click NEXT to answer.

1.) Multiple Choice Question

Which breakfast-time favourite has had the biggest price rise in the past year?

1. Eggs
   
2. Tomatoes
   
3. Back bacon
   
4. Bread
   

2.) Multiple Choice Question

A cheering squad at the Beijing Olympics, bussed in to fill empty seats. The slogan on their matching T-shirts?

1. Cheering from Beijing workers
   
2. Let's all clap together
   
3. Come on Beijing, good luck China
   

3.) Multiple Choice Question

Peaches Geldof, 19, sports a wedding ring after tying the knot in Vegas. The same city where her parents Bob Geldof and Paula Yates got hitched. How old were they?

1. Bob 24, Paula 17
   
2. Bob 26, Paula 19
   
3. Bob 30, Paula 23
   
4. Bob 34, Paula 27
   

4.) Missing Word Question

* 'can slow ageing process'

1. Caffeine
   
2. Running
   
3. The Pill
   

5.) Multiple Choice Question

A £14m facelift is underway for Egypt's Giza Pyramids, starting with a security fence to stop hawkers harassing tourists. The Pyramid of Giza is the last one standing of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

1. True
   
2. False
   

6.) Multiple Choice Question

Birmingham City Council has admitted sending out leaflets featuring the wrong Birmingham's skyline. Where is the Brum in this photo?

1. England
   
2. Alabama, United States
   
3. Connecticut, US
   
4. Canada
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

And finally, the weird animal question. How many arms does an octopus have?

1. Eight
   
2. Six
   
3. Four
   

Answers

1. It's eggs - along with milk and cheese - up 19% in the past year, according to ONS figures released on Wednesday. Bread is up 15.9%, vegetables up 11.1% and bacon is 13% more expensive.
2. The slogans translate as "Cheering from Beijing workers". The volunteers have been trained in how best to give encouragement, and chant "Come on Beijing, good luck China" regardless of who is competing.
3. Bob was 34 and Paula 27 when they married in 1986 after 10 years together. Peaches, meanwhile, revealed on Wednesday that she had married her fella of four weeks, US musician Max Drummey.
4. It's running. US researchers said on Monday that in a study, elderly joggers were half as likely to die prematurely from conditions like cancer than non-runners. Meanwhile, research from Liverpool and Newcastle universities has found that taking the contraceptive pill disrupted women's ability to identify partners with different immune systems and complementary genes.
5. It's true. A 12-mile (20-km) fence, complete with infra-red sensors, security cameras and alarms has been erected - the first phase of a project to modernise the 5,000-year-old site.
6. It's in Alabama, the largest of the cities called Birmingham in the United States.
7. It's six, plus two legs used mainly for propulsion, according to new research. Scientists had assumed that the front four limbs were used like arms - eg: to manipulate prey - and the back four to get about.

Your Score

0 - 3 : 'Armless

4 - 6 : Handy

7 - 7 : Octopussy

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