Quiz of the week's news

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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

Bob Ainsworth is the first serving Labour cabinet minister in more than 40 years to sport a moustache. But which one is it?

1. Scratchy
   
2. Patchy
   
3. Waxy
   
4. Perky
   

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Clockwise from top left are Stephen Byers, Geoff Hoon, Peter Mandelson and Bob Ainsworth.

2.) Multiple Choice Question

Web 2.0 was the millionth English word to be logged by The Global Language Monitor, on Wednesday. What was the 1,000,001st?

1. Ununbium
   
2. Financial Tsunami
   
3. Twonk
   
4. Weisure
   

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Ununbium is the name for a new, super-heavy element (element 112) to be added to the Periodic Table. "Ununbi" is derived from "one one two" in Latin. Twonk - stupid or foolish person - is one of the latest words to be added to the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Weisure is free time spent doing work or work-related tasks.

3.) Multiple Choice Question

He's favourite to be the next Labour leader, but what DIDN'T Alan Johnson say this week?

1. "I can't look you in the eye and say, hand on heart, I will never be leader."
   
2. "I don't do false modesty. I think I've got skills but..."
   
3. "Flirtation is dangerous for married men, I'm not going to get into that."
   

4.) Multiple Choice Question

It's farewell to Margaret Mountford, one of the true stars of TV's The Apprentice. She won't take part in the 2010 series, as she wants to focus on her doctorate in...

1. Phrenology
   
2. Philology
   
3. Papyrology
   
4. Paleontology
   

5.) Missing Word Question

Ferrero cleared of * fraud

1. hazelnut
   
2. diplomatic
   
3. chocolate
   

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With his stated aim of being "the most famous Austrian since Hitler", comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comic creation has put the country's press on the defensive in the run-up to Baron Cohen's new film. Click NEXT for the question...

6.) Multiple Choice Question

What is the film called?

1. Bruno
   
2. Brüno
   
3. Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

Britain's oldest man, Henry Allingham, celebrated his 113th birthday at the weekend with a much younger relative, his...

1. great-grandson
   
2. great-great-grandson
   
3. great-great-great-grandson
   

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Now, before you get your results, the Magazine has pleasure in announcing the Weekly Bonus Question. Each Friday we will give an answer and ask you to suggest what the question might have been. This week's answer is "JAI HO!". Make your suggestions using the link below the quiz. Marks are deducted for predictability.

Answers

1. It's two. The others all belong to Labour politicians who subsequently entered cabinet clean shaven.
2. It's "Financial Tsunami" - defined by the GLM as "The global financial restructuring that seemingly swept out of nowhere, wiping out trillions of dollars of assets, in a matter of months."
3. It's the flirtation quote - that was David Miliband when asked about whether he flirted with resigning after James Purnell stepped down from the cabinet.
4. It's papyrology, the study of ancient literature or documents written on papyrus, in ancient Greek, found in Roman period Egypt. "You may think it's odd, but I find it FASCINATING," says the marvellous Ms Mountford.
5. It's hazelnut. The story is about a Turkish firm which used to be the world's biggest hazelnut supplier. It borrowed money to buy hazelnuts then transferred them to another company and the cash was not paid back.
6. It's Brüno. The Guardian and other papers reported it as Bruno: Delicious Journeys... although this was made up by a gossip website.
7. It's his great-great-grandson Erik Carlson, who is 110 years Mr Allingham's junior. Mr Allingham does have one great-great-great-grandchild.

Your Score

0 - 3 : Deceived wisdom

4 - 6 : Old enough to know better

7 - 7 : Old hand

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