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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 Question1.) 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...
  1. Prosper, wealth
  2. Long lasting
  3. Togetherness
  4. Flowing (going smoothly)
  1. Prosper, wealth
  2. Long lasting
  3. Togetherness
  4. Flowing (going smoothly)
2.) Multiple Choice Question2.) Multiple Choice Question
The number of people losing their homes after falling into mortgage arrears rose 40% in Jan-March. Experts predict 45,000 repossessions this year. What was it in 1991, the last housing downturn? 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?
  1. 75,500
  2. 102,500
  3. 340,500
  4. 540,500
  1. 75,500
  2. 102,500
  3. 340,500
  4. 540,500
3.) Multiple Choice Question3.) Multiple Choice Question
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?
  1. Prometea
  2. Chase
  3. Snuppy
  4. Missy
  1. Prometea
  2. Chase
  3. Snuppy
  4. Missy
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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.
4.) Multiple Choice Question4.) Multiple Choice Question
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?
  1. In hiding from KGB
  2. Feared Soviet authorities wouldn't allow him home
  3. In protest at having been stripped of his citizenship
  1. In hiding from KGB
  2. Feared Soviet authorities wouldn't allow him home
  3. In protest at having been stripped of his citizenship
5.) Missing Word Question5.) Missing Word Question
Shunned * in Aussie exitShunned * in Aussie exit
  1. Starbucks
  2. migrant
  3. cricketer
  1. Starbucks
  2. migrant
  3. cricketer
6.) Multiple Choice Question6.) Multiple Choice Question
"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?
  1. Tiny dogs on treadmills to generate power
  2. Solar panels in space
  3. Hybrid of McCain's off-shore oil drilling and Obama's new technologies
  1. Tiny dogs on treadmills to generate power
  2. Solar panels in space
  3. Hybrid of McCain's off-shore oil drilling and Obama's new technologies
7.) Multiple Choice Question7.) Multiple Choice Question
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?
  1. Patrick Stewart
  2. Jude Law
  3. Kyle MacLachlan
  4. Ethan Hawke
  1. Patrick Stewart
  2. Jude Law
  3. Kyle MacLachlan
  4. Ethan Hawke
AnswersAnswers
  1. Eight in Chinese is "ba", which sounds like the word for "prosper". Nine sounds like "long lasting", and is used in weddings. Seven symbolises togetherness and six sounds like the word for flowing.
  2. There were 75,500 repossessions in the UK in 1991. In Jan-March 2008, there were 9,152 - up from 6,471 the previous year - according to Tuesday's figures from the Financial Services Authority.
  3. The first cloned dog was an Afghan hound named Seoul National University Puppy, or Snuppy for short. Prometea was a horse cloned in Italy in 2003. Missy was a mongrel dog a Texas university hoped to clone, funded by the mutt's millionaire owner. Chase was a sniffer dog cloned in South Korea.Click NEXT to see Snuppy and his dad.
  4. He feared he would not be able to return to Russia. In 1974, Solzhenitsyn was arrested. But rather than put him on trial, the Soviet authorities stripped him of his citizenship and expelled him from the country.
  5. It's Starbucks, packing up its super-grande caramel frappucinos in its swag bag, having failed to win over Australian coffee drinkers who prefer the nation's independent cafes. The coffee giant has closed 61 of its 85 shops.
  6. In her clip teasing John McCain for using her to mock Barack Obama's celebrity status, she says: "Well, why don't we do a hybrid of both candidates' ideas?" Limited off-shore drilling, with environmental safeguards, as manufacturers develop new hybrid and electric cars.
  7. It's Kyle MacLachlan, who played Claudius to Ethan Hawkes' Hamlet in a film released in 2000.
  1. Eight in Chinese is "ba", which sounds like the word for "prosper". Nine sounds like "long lasting", and is used in weddings. Seven symbolises togetherness and six sounds like the word for flowing.
  2. There were 75,500 repossessions in the UK in 1991. In January to June 2008, there were 18,900, according to Friday's figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
  3. The first cloned dog was an Afghan hound named Seoul National University Puppy, or Snuppy for short. Prometea was a horse cloned in Italy in 2003. Missy was a mongrel dog a Texas university hoped to clone, funded by the mutt's millionaire owner. Chase was a sniffer dog cloned in South Korea.Click NEXT to see Snuppy and his dad.
  4. He feared he would not be able to return to Russia. In 1974, Solzhenitsyn was arrested. But rather than put him on trial, the Soviet authorities stripped him of his citizenship and expelled him from the country.
  5. It's Starbucks, packing up its super-grande caramel frappucinos in its swag bag, having failed to win over Australian coffee drinkers who prefer the nation's independent cafes. The coffee giant has closed 61 of its 85 shops.
  6. In her clip teasing John McCain for using her to mock Barack Obama's celebrity status, she says: "Well, why don't we do a hybrid of both candidates' ideas?" Limited off-shore drilling, with environmental safeguards, as manufacturers develop new hybrid and electric cars.
  7. It's Kyle MacLachlan, who played Claudius to Ethan Hawkes' Hamlet in a film released in 2000.
Your ScoreYour Score
0 - 3 : Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool0 - 3 : Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool
4 - 6 : O! What a rogue and peasant slave you are4 - 6 : O! What a rogue and peasant slave you are
7 - 7 : May flights of angels sing thee to thy weekend7 - 7 : May flights of angels sing thee to thy weekend
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