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 stayed lodged in the old grey matter.

1.) Multiple Choice Question

What took just seven seconds to complete?

1. First model to slip in heels at Paris Fashion Week
   
2. Tickets to sell out for Paul McCartney's Vegas gig
   
3. Crash of website selling Michael Jackson O2 tickets
   
4. Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho's post-match hug
   

2.) Multiple Choice Question

In the annual Forbes Rich List only one of the top 20 billionaires was worth more this year than last. Who?

1. Microsoft's Bill Gates
   
2. Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton
   
3. Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich
   
4. Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York
   

3.) Multiple Choice Question

Prince Charles's latest product for Duchy Originals is a "detox tincture" dismissed - by a professor of complementary medicine - as "outright quackery". What is a tincture?

1. Tablet
   
2. Suppository
   
3. Liquid
   
4. Balm
   

4.) Missing Word Question

Escapee caught creeping * jail

1. under
   
2. into
   
3. around
   

5.) Multiple Choice Question

Which will be the most populous country in Europe in 2050, according to UN predictions?

1. Germany (current pop 82m)
   
2. France (current pop 62m)
   
3. UK (current pop 61m)
   

6.) Multiple Choice Question

This Sealyham terrier called Charmin won Best in Show at Crufts. His full show name?

1. Jafrak Philippe Olivier
   
2. Efbe's Hidalgo at Goodspice
   
3. Dangerous Liaisons
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

And finally, this chimp throws stones at visitors to Stockholm's Furuvik Zoo. What is it about animal behaviour that scientists think they've learned?

1. Animals can plan for future events
   
2. Animals like their personal space
   
3. Animals practise taking pot shots to improve their aim
   

Answers

1. It's tickets to Sir Paul's one-off gig. Meanwhile, demand is so high for Michael Jackson's gigs the site crashed on Tuesday. No models have yet been injured after falling from perilously high on-trend heels. And rivals Sir Alex and Jose Mourinho managed a brief clinch after their Champions League clash on Wednesday.
2. It's Michael Bloomberg. He's 17th on the list headed by Gates, with Walton 12th and Abraovich a lowly 51st. Thursday's list showed a fall in the number of billionaires from 1,125 to 793 - on average they have lost 23% of their wealth.
3. It's a liquid, typically medicine dissolved in alcohol. Duchy Originals is selling its artichoke and dandelion mix to "aid digestion" - for the princely sum of £10 for a 50ml bottle.
4. It's "into" - on Sunday guards in the US state of Georgia found the prisoner trying to sneak back in with 14 packs of cigarettes.
5. It's the UK, projected to be home to 72m in 2050 - mainly as a result of net migration. Germany's population is expected to fall to 71m and France's to climb to 68m, said the UN Population Division on Wednesday.
6. It's Efbe's Hidalgo at Goodspice. Jafrak Philippe Olivier - a Giant Schnauzer - was last year's winner, and Garde Champetre, along with stablemate Witchita Lineman, was a winner this week at the Cheltenham Festival.
7. It's plan for future events. Reports on Monday outlined how Santino the chimp would collect stones each morning before the zoo gates opened, and stashed the missiles around his enclosure to hurl at visitors.

Your Score

0 - 3 : Mongrel

4 - 6 : People's choice

7 - 7 : Best in show

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