Quiz of the week's news

7 day 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

Bo, the new First Puppy - a six-month-old Portuguese water dog - takes the President for a walk. How did it get its name?

1. Barack Obama's initials
   
2. Sasha and Malia's cousins have a cat called Bo
   
3. Named after one of the Dukes of Hazzard
   

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And here's a closer look. Bo was a gift from Edward Kennedy, who owns three Portuguese water dogs himself. It's one of very few breeds to which Malia is not allergic. Click NEXT to continue.

2.) Multiple Choice Question

For what "extra mile" did some civil servants get a £250 bonus?

1. Turning up for work on the day snow all but paralysed the UK
   
2. Taking no sick days for a year
   
3. Responding to ministers' e-mails within 30 minutes
   

3.) Multiple Choice Question

What is this?

1. Diffuser on Jenson Button's F1 car
   
2. Protective gear used by the Met Police's public order unit
   
3. Electronic device fitted to vans of the fishermen protesting in France over EU cod quotas
   

4.) Missing Word Question

* of men 'live with parents'

1. Tenth
   
2. Third
   
3. Half
   

5.) Multiple Choice Question

"When I saw this first, I was horrified, I was shocked and I was very angry indeed." Said who?

1. Marco Pierre White on Hell's Kitchen, as Gary Lineker's fiancee Danielle Bux cheated on a pasta challenge
   
2. Gordon Brown, on the smear e-mails sent by his now former aide, Damian McBride
   
3. Jeremy Clarkson, on government plans to subsidise electric car use
   

6.) Multiple Choice Question

Afghan women protest against new laws that prevent Shia women working without their husband's permission. The law also states a husband may demand sex how often?

1. At least three times a month
   
2. Once a week
   
3. Every four days
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

Snakes on a plane! Four pythons escaped from the hold during a flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne. How big were they?

1. Babies - just 15cm
   
2. Juveniles - about 60cm
   
3. Adults - more than big enough at a metre long
   

Answers

1. It's after Bo the cat, who belongs to the girls' cousins. Also, Michelle Obama's father was nicknamed "Diddley" after the blues musician.
2. It was for snow, given to the 224 - out of 1,400 - Crown Prosecution Service employees in London who made it to work on Monday 2 February.
3. It's the controversial split-level diffuser on Jenson Button's Brawn GP car, which was cleared for use on Wednesday by the sport's governing body, the FIA. Meanwhile, an officer from the Met Police has been suspended for apparently hitting a woman at the G20 protests.
4. It's "third" - 29% (just under a third) of men aged 20 to 34 live with their parents, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics.
5. It's Gordon Brown, speaking on a visit to Glasgow on Thursday, in which he also said: "I take full responsibility for what happened. That's why the person who was responsible went immediately."
6. It's every four days, and the wife cannot lawfully refuse. The laws have been widely denounced by the international community.
7. The quartet were babies, just 15cm - six inches - long. It was first feared that the other pythons in the cargo hold had eaten them, but this was discounted. As a search didn't turn up the reptiles, the plane was fumigated to kill the wee snakes.

Your Score

0 - 3 : Obedience school drop-out

4 - 6 : Walkies!

7 - 7 : Top dog

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