Quiz of the week's news

7 days 7 questions

It's the Magazine's 7 days 7 questions weekly quiz - a chance to find out how much news from the past week you've read, heard and watched... and how much has lodged in the old grey matter.

1.) Multiple Choice Question

A starter-for-10 that non-student Sam Kay (left) got right on University Challenge: If a tap leaks a millilitre of water every second, how many 10-litre buckets will it fill completely in a day?

1. Six
   
2. Eight
   
3. 12
   

2.) Multiple Choice Question

In PMQs, Harriet Harman told MPs that the knighthood given to ex-RBS boss Sir Fred Goodwin was for services to charity, not banking.

1. True - it was for charity work
   
2. False - it was for banking
   

3.) Multiple Choice Question

Gordon Brown, enjoying one of his 19 standing ovations on Capitol Hill. The most Tony Blair received during his own prime ministerial visit to the US Congress?

1. 15
   
2. 17
   
3. 19
   
4. 22
   

4.) Missing Word Question

Pirate * 'puts lives at risk'

1. ships
   
2. ransom
   
3. radio
   

5.) Multiple Choice Question

"It's easier for you. I'm at the top of the pedestal and I have only one way to go. You're at the bottom, so you can only really go up." Who?

1. Sir Alex Ferguson to Liverpool's Rafael Benitez
   
2. Sharon Osbourne to a reality TV contestant
   
3. Princess Diana to Sarah Ferguson
   

6.) Multiple Choice Question

What's a "pool spray"?

1. Handful of journalists posing questions in informal setting
   
2. Treatment for mostly bald "ugliest cat in the world"
   
3. Term for mass grooming at Crufts
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

And finally, the birthday question. Patsy Kensit. Daniel Craig. Both marked birthdays this week. The age gap?

1. Daniel older by one year
   
2. Daniel older by two days
   
3. Patsy older by one year
   
4. Patsy older by two days
   

Answers

1. It's eight - 8.64 to be precise, but the 0.64 is not a full bucket. After it emerged that Kay graduated well before the final, his Corpus Christi team - captained by Gail "human Google" Trimble - were stripped of their title on Monday.
2. It's false - she corrected herself straight after Wednesday's session. The 2004 Queen's birthday honours list states that Frederick Anderson Goodwin was knighted "for services to banking".
3. It's 19 - the same as Gordon Brown. The first came as Brown made his way to the podium on Wednesday.
4. It's radio - on Tuesday, Ofcom said the broadcasts can interfere with emergency service frequencies, and also block legitimate stations.
5. It was Diana. Sarah Ferguson said on Monday that these words helped fuel the self-loathing that led her to over-eat. Meanwhile, Osbourne is being sued by former contestant Megan Hauserman after an altercation on her Rock of Love Charm School show.
6. It's a small question and answer session in the Oval Office, that is not broadcast live. Downing St had told reporters there would be a full press conference between Barack Obama and Gordon Brown, only to find there would be a "pool spray" only. Japanese prime minister Taro Aso also had one with Mr Obama.
7. It's hot Bond hunk Daniel Craig by two whole days. He turned 41 on Monday, while Patsy's 41st was on Wednesday.

Your Score

0 - 3 : Quantum of solace

4 - 6 : Die another day

7 - 7 : Nobody does it better

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