Quiz of the week's news

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Welcome to 7 days 7 questions - the Magazine's quiz of the week's news.If this isn't enough brain exercise, there's also our Daily Mini-Quiz, every weekday on the Magazine home page.

1.) Multiple Choice Question

Cardiff has ditched the "stereotype" of daffodils for its first international logo to promote the city abroad. So what's in?

<ol><li>Stripes</li><li>Discs</li><li>Dragon</li><li>A zero and eight</li></ol>

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Promoters say the multi-coloured discs encircling the city's name will mark Cardiff out as a "progressive" place to live and visit. The colours of the logo, the city's first, are meant to represent the colours of the city, including the waterfront and parks.

2.) Multiple Choice Question

"'It was an agonising decision for me"... for who?

<ol><li>Chancellor Alistair Darling, on opting to nationalise Northern Rock</li><li>Toshiba boss Atsutoshi Nishida on ditching the HD DVD format</li><li>Fidel Castro on stepping down as president of Cuba after 49 years</li></ol>

3.) Multiple Choice Question

After 100 years, painting of the Forth Bridge is due to finish in 2012, thanks to the use of paint used on North Sea oil rigs. If the paint lasts its expected life span, when will work restart?

<ol><li>About 2015</li><li>About 2026</li><li>About 2037</li><li>About 2048</li></ol>

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Kosovo declared its independence on Sunday and unveiled a new flag. It's pictured here WITHOUT its outline map of Kosovo...

4.) Multiple Choice Question

....so which of the following maps is Kosovo?

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And here's the finished article.

5.) Multiple Choice Question

Here's Satan. But why did something called Beelzebufo make the news?

<ol><li>It was a giant 'frog from Hell'</li><li>It was the French media's nickname for Man Utd Red Devil Ronaldo</li><li>It was Mohamed Al Fayed's description of Prince Philip</li></ol>

6.) Missing Word Question

'Fullstop-size cure' for *

<ol><li>cold</li><li>dyslexia</li><li>cataract</li></ol>

7.) Multiple Choice Question

"Ball taking over Parky radio slot" announced a BBC News website headline this week. Which Ball would that be?

<ol><li>Comedian Bobby Ball</li><li>Singer Michael Ball</li><li>Presenter Zoe Ball</li><li>Actor Nicholas Ball</li></ol>

Answers

<ol><li>Enter the discs, not the dragon. The stripes were on Glasgow's logo for its bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games; the dragon is the old Cardiff City Council logo and the 08 is Liverpool's Capital of Culture. See Cardiff's new logo...</li><li>It was the Toshiba boss, who announced on Tuesday the format was being ditched after losing ground to Sony's rival Blu-ray.</li><li>About 2037 - the paint has a 25 year life span, although it's hoped it will last closer to 40 years.</li><li>It's map 1. Map 2 is Belgium; Map 3 is Estonia and Map 4 is Finland.</li><li>It's the frog from Hell. A 70-million-year-old fossil of a giant frog was found in Madagascar. The creature would have been the size of a "squashed beach ball" and may have preyed on small dinosaurs.</li><li>New technology has significantly reduced the length of the incision needed to remove eye cataracts.</li><li>It's musical stage star Michael Ball, who will take over Michael Parkinson's Sunday morning slot on BBC Radio Two, it was announced on Monday.</li></ol>

Your Score

0 - 3 : Balls-up

4 - 6 : Having a ball

7 - 7 : Goldenballs

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