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
Tests conducted on cattle teeth around Stonehenge have led scientists to conclude that Stone Age visitors held what?
Tests conducted on cattle teeth around Stonehenge have led scientists to conclude that Stone Age visitors held what?
BYO barbeques
Ritual sacrifices
Rodeos
Cattle markets
BYO barbeques
Ritual sacrifices
Rodeos
Cattle markets
2.) Multiple Choice Question
2.) Multiple Choice Question
At full power, Cern's Large Hadron Collider can send protons whizzing around its 27km circuit at 99.9999991% the speed of light. But how fast does light travel?
At full power, Cern's Large Hadron Collider can send protons whizzing around its 27km circuit at 99.9999991% the speed of light. But how fast does light travel?
186,282 meters a second
299,792,458 m/sec
327,857,019 m/sec
186,282 metres a second
299,792,458 m/sec
327,857,019 m/sec
3.) Multiple Choice Question
3.) Multiple Choice Question
There was a "black swan event" on Monday. What?
There was a "black swan event" on Monday. What?
Russell Brand's bad taste comment about George Bush at the MTV awards
London Stock Exchange computers crashed during a trading rush
A black swan in St James Park ate a pigeon. Whole
Russell Brand's bad taste comment about George Bush at the MTV awards
London Stock Exchange computers crashed during a trading rush
A black swan in St James Park ate a pigeon. Whole
4.) Missing Word Question
4.) Missing Word Question
Facebook * site facelift
Facebook * site facelift
imposes
plans
ditches
imposes
plans
ditches
5.) Multiple Choice Question
5.) Multiple Choice Question
A new list of jobs short of workers has been drawn up for a points-based immigration system for the UK. Which ISN'T on the list?
A new list of jobs short of workers has been drawn up for a points-based immigration system for the UK. Which ISN'T on the list?
Hovercraft officer
Sheep shearer
English teacher
Construction worker
Hovercraft officer
Sheep shearer
English teacher
Construction worker
6.) Multiple Choice Question
6.) Multiple Choice Question
All the sweeter for being an occasional treat - what did Elbow liken its winning of the Mercury Prize to?
All the sweeter for being an occasional treat - what did Elbow liken its winning of the Mercury Prize to?
"A visit from a seldom-seen friend"
"The way certain Bedouin tribes look at a bowl of milk"
"The rains down in Africa"
"A visit from a seldom-seen friend"
"The way certain Bedouin tribes look at a bowl of milk"
"The rains down in Africa"
7.) Multiple Choice Question
7.) Multiple Choice Question
Yikes - it's behind you! Liverpool's 37-tonne mechanical spider crawls through the streets as part of the city's capital of culture celebrations. Its name?
Yikes - it's behind you! Liverpool's 37-tonne mechanical spider crawls through the streets as part of the city's capital of culture celebrations. Its name?
La Princesse
La Machine
La Spider
La Princesse
La Machine
La Spider
Answers
Answers
It was a popular site for "bring your own beef barbeques", says Dr Jane Evans of the British Geological Survey. The findings suggest it was an important national site long before the stone circle was built.
It's 299,792,458 meters a second - that's 327,857,019 yards a second and more than 186,282 miles a second. The collider was switched on on Wednesday.
It's the LSE computers crashing for most of Monday, the first trading day after the bail-out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "Black swan event" is a term popularised by a book on how markets underestimate the risk of improbable events - just as Europeans once assumed all swans were white.
It's "imposes". The social networking giant is to make its new - and currently optional - look permanent for its 100 million users, ignoring their feedback.
It's most skilled construction workers, who along with IT specialists, social workers and architects may have a bar placed on how many can come from outside the EU. Details of the new points-based immigration system came on Tuesday.
It's the milk analogy, made by singer Guy Garvey after picking up the ã20,000 prize for their fourth album, The Seldom Seen Kid, on Wednesday.
She's La Princesse, centrepiece of the La Machine extravaganza, created by the same French company who beamed a time-travelling elephant into London two years ago.
It was a popular site for "bring your own beef barbeques", says Dr Jane Evans of the British Geological Survey. The findings suggest it was an important national site long before the stone circle was built.
It's 299,792,458 metres a second - that's 327,857,019 yards a second and more than 186,282 miles a second. The collider was switched on on Wednesday.
It's the LSE computers crashing for most of Monday, the first trading day after the bail-out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "Black swan event" is a term popularised by a book on how markets underestimate the risk of improbable events - just as Europeans once assumed all swans were white.
It's "imposes". The social networking giant is to make its new - and currently optional - look permanent for its 100 million users, ignoring their feedback.
It's most skilled construction workers, who along with IT specialists, social workers and architects may have a bar placed on how many can come from outside the EU. Details of the new points-based immigration system came on Tuesday.
It's the milk analogy, made by singer Guy Garvey after picking up the ã20,000 prize for their fourth album, The Seldom Seen Kid, on Wednesday.
She's La Princesse, centrepiece of the La Machine extravaganza, created by the same French company who beamed a time-travelling elephant into London two years ago.
