Quiz of the week's news

7 days 8 questions

It's the Magazine's 7 days 7 questions weekly quiz - but this week with a bonus question (hence the inspired new title, above). Test yourself on 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

To protect privacy, Google's new Street View blurs faces. But sometimes it gets a little over-zealous. Who has NOT had their "face" blurred?

1. Stone grotesque on church
   
2. Cut-out of The Stig in Top Gear office
   
3. Penelope Cruz, on a billboard
   
4. Cristiano Ronaldo, on Old Trafford poster
   

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Nor is this over-zealous blurring consistent - on these billboards in London, Penelope Cruz is obscured, but not the boy on the C4 billboard. Click NEXT to continue.

2.) Multiple Choice Question

Who apologised over his "silly little play on words"?

1. David Jason, for his risque joke
   
2. Barack Obama, who said his 10-pin bowling was "Special Olympics"
   
3. Jonathan Ross, over a dormouse gag
   
4. Chris Moyles, for mocking Will Young
   

3.) Multiple Choice Question

Each March the Office for National Statistics reveals what's in and out of its "shopping basket" which tracks spending trends. This year rosé wine is in, cider out. When was ground coffee first added?

1. 1950s
   
2. 1960s
   
3. 1970s
   
4. 1980s
   

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Ground coffee may have been the smart choice in the 1950s, but it was dropped in favour of instant in the 1980s. Click NEXT to continue.

4.) Missing Word Question

Death link to too much red *

1. wine
   
2. -blooded living
   
3. meat
   

5.) Multiple Choice Question

"I'm so happy - it's the best day of my life." Said which victorious but previously unsung sporting hero?

1. Charlotte Edwards, after leading England women's cricket team to World Cup glory against New Zealand
   
2. Mark Cavendish, winning Milan-San Remo (he had been Team GB's only cyclist to return empty-handed from Beijing)
   

6.) Multiple Choice Question

Andrew Motion is the first Poet Laureate to resign. In the post's 400-year history, how many have been sacked?

1. None
   
2. One
   
3. Three
   
4. Five
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

Space tourist Charles Simonyi blasted off for the second time on Thursday. His first trip, in 2007, cost him $25m. How much this time?

1. $18m - costs have fallen
   
2. $25m - he paid in advance in 2007
   
3. $35m - costs have gone up
   

8.) Multiple Choice Question

How's your score? In an act of huge generosity, you are invited to automatically increase your tally by one with our bonus question, taken from a recent science GCSE paper. What do people observe stars through?

1. Telescope
   
2. Microscope
   
3. X-ray machine
   
4. Synthesizer
   

Answers

1. It's The Stig. But then his face is already obscured by his always-on helmet.
2. It's Jason, who told the joke on national radio. Mr Obama also apologised, as did Ross when an animal sanctuary was raided after he suggested they'd illegally woken the rodent from its hibernation for a photo shoot. And Ofcom told Moyles off for using a high-pitched voice to mock the gay singer.
3. It was in the 1950s, the same decade that added chocolate-covered biscuits, fish fingers and frozen peas to the basket. A far cry from the first, in 1947, which contained liver, loose tea and tinned prunes. Tasty.
4. It's meat. A US study out on Tuesday showed that eating a lot of red and processed meat damages health.
5. It's Cavendish - dissolving into tears after nudging a win in a photo-finish at the 185-mile cycling classic on Saturday.
6. Just one - John Dryden, for refusing to swear allegiance to the new government after James II was deposed in 1688. The others - among them Ben Jonson and Ted Hughes - held the post until their deaths.
7. It cost him $35m to visit the International Space Station this time around. And he may be one of the last the Russian government allows to visit, due to demand for seats on the ISS.
8. On Friday, exam regulator Ofqual made exam boards in England take immediate action after finding science GCSE standards had fallen.

Your Score

0 - 0 : See the headmaster

1 - 6 : Could do better

7 - 8 : Teacher's pet

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