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Quiz of the week's news | Quiz of the week's news |
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7 days 7 questions | 7 days 7 questions |
It's the Magazine's 7 days 7 questions news quiz - a chance for you to test how much of the news you've read, watched and heard from the past week... and how much you remember. | It's the Magazine's 7 days 7 questions news quiz - a chance for you to test how much of the news you've read, watched and heard from the past week... and how much you remember. |
1.) Multiple Choice Question | 1.) Multiple Choice Question |
At eight minutes and eight seconds past 8pm on the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008, the Beijing Olympics begin. It's an auspicious number because the Chinese word sounds like... | At eight minutes and eight seconds past 8pm on the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008, the Beijing Olympics begin. It's an auspicious number because the Chinese word sounds like... |
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From January to June, the number of repossessions rose 48% compared to the first half of 2007. Experts predict 45,000 repossessions this year. What was it in 1991, the last housing downturn? | |
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The first paying customer to have a pet dog cloned. The five puppies were born at Seoul National University, which created the first cloned dog in 2005. Its name? | The first paying customer to have a pet dog cloned. The five puppies were born at Seoul National University, which created the first cloned dog in 2005. Its name? |
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Snuppy, the first successfully cloned hound, with his genetic father at the Seoul National University in August 2005.Click NEXT to continue. | Snuppy, the first successfully cloned hound, with his genetic father at the Seoul National University in August 2005.Click NEXT to continue. |
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Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, lying in state after his death on Sunday. Awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature, why didn't he go to Stockholm to collect it? | Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, lying in state after his death on Sunday. Awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature, why didn't he go to Stockholm to collect it? |
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5.) Missing Word Question | 5.) Missing Word Question |
Shunned * in Aussie exit | Shunned * in Aussie exit |
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"Energy crisis solved." Paris Hilton in her mock presidential campaign commercial. Her proposed energy policy? | "Energy crisis solved." Paris Hilton in her mock presidential campaign commercial. Her proposed energy policy? |
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David "Doctor Who" Tennant is playing Hamlet opposite Patrick "Star Trek" Stewart as Claudius. Who HASN'T played the troubled prince? | David "Doctor Who" Tennant is playing Hamlet opposite Patrick "Star Trek" Stewart as Claudius. Who HASN'T played the troubled prince? |
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Your Score | Your Score |
0 - 3 : Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool | 0 - 3 : Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool |
4 - 6 : O! What a rogue and peasant slave you are | 4 - 6 : O! What a rogue and peasant slave you are |
7 - 7 : May flights of angels sing thee to thy weekend | 7 - 7 : May flights of angels sing thee to thy weekend |
For a complete archive of past quizzes and our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, visit the Magazine page and scroll down. You can also do this quiz on your mobile device. Find out how to get the BBC News website on your mobile device | For a complete archive of past quizzes and our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, visit the Magazine page and scroll down. You can also do this quiz on your mobile device. Find out how to get the BBC News website on your mobile device |
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