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.
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
1.) Multiple Choice Question
It's quantitative easing, Jim, but not as we know it. Gordon Brown is in South Park, trying to steal money from aliens to ease the credit crunch. Who has lent their voice for the scurrilous cartoon?
It's quantitative easing, Jim, but not as we know it. Gordon Brown is in South Park, trying to steal money from aliens to ease the credit crunch, voiced by an actor. But who HAS lent their voice for the cartoon?
Kanye West
Gordon
Brown
George
Clooney
Condoleezza
Rice
Kanye West
George
Clooney
Britney
Spears
Condoleezza
Rice
2.) Multiple Choice Question
2.) Multiple Choice Question
To raise money to service the nation's debt, the government has hiked taxes on fags, booze and petrol. Which has the biggest price rise?
To raise money to service the nation's debt, the government has hiked taxes on fags, booze and petrol. Which has the biggest price rise?
20 pack of cigarettes
Pint of beer
Litre of fuel
20 pack of cigarettes
Pint of beer
Litre of fuel
3.) Multiple Choice Question
3.) Multiple Choice Question
A new roof to keep the rain off Centre Court. So no more drizzle-induced Cliff Richard solos. How long since he last sang during a downpour at Wimbledon?
A new roof to keep the rain off Centre Court. So no more drizzle-induced Cliff Richard solos. How long since he last sang during a downpour at Wimbledon?
Just last year
Five years
Eight years
13 years
Just last year
Five years
Eight years
13 years
Info
Info
Here he is in action - among the songs performed were Summer Holiday and The Young Ones.Click NEXT to continue.
Here he is in action - among the songs performed were Summer Holiday and The Young Ones.Click NEXT to continue.
4.) Multiple Choice Question
4.) Multiple Choice Question
This woman was in the news this week. Who is she?
This woman was in the news this week. Who is she?
Mayor of Calais
Mother of diver Tom Daley
Wife of Alistair Darling
Mayor of Calais
Mother of diver Tom Daley
Wife of Alistair Darling
Info
Info
The Darlings let the cameras into their home at 11 Downing Street, hours before the Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up in the Commons to deliver the Budget. On a recent visit to the UK, Michelle Obama was fulsome in her praise of Mrs Darling. Click NEXT to continue.
The Darlings let the cameras into their home at 11 Downing Street, hours before the chancellor stood up in the Commons to deliver the Budget. On a recent visit to the UK, Michelle Obama was fulsome in her praise of Mrs Darling. Click NEXT to continue.
5.) Missing Word Question
5.) Missing Word Question
Kensit ties knot for * time
Kensit ties knot for * time
third
fourth
fifth
third
fourth
fifth
6.) Multiple Choice Question
6.) Multiple Choice Question
New Zealand is asking its citizens what to call the two main islands. According to Maori myth, what is the South Island?
New Zealand is asking its citizens what to call the two main islands. According to Maori myth, what is the South Island?
A fish
A canoe
A tree of life
A fish
A canoe
A tree of life
7.) Multiple Choice Question
7.) Multiple Choice Question
Susan Boyle's version of I Dreamed a Dream is jostling for "most watched" on YouTube. The current record holder?
Susan Boyle's version of I Dreamed a Dream is jostling for "most watched" on YouTube. The current record holder?
Montage of office workers smashing PCs
Motivational speaker showing evolution of dance
Barack Obama's inaugural presidential speech
Pop video by Avril Lavigne
Montage of office workers smashing PCs
Motivational speaker showing evolution of dance
Barack Obama's inaugural presidential speech
Pop video by Avril Lavigne
Answers
Answers
It's George Clooney, given the role of a gay dog. Mr Brown, Mr West and Ms Rice - like many of the other public figures on the show - were impersonated.
It's the cigs. The price went up hours after the Budget speech, by an average of 7p. Hours later a pint increased by 1p and in September a litre of fuel will cost 2p more.
It was, amazingly, given how much people go on about it, 13 years ago. In 1996 he orchestrated a singalong to pass the time.
It's Margaret Darling, here having breakfast on the morning of the Budget. Tom Daley said he was being bullied at school. Mayor Natacha Bouchart complained about migrants heading to the UK via Calais.
It's Patsy Kensit's fourth marriage.
It's
a canoe - from which mythological demi-god Maui hooked a giant fish, which became the North Island. The consultation follows the discovery that the 200-year-old names North Island and South Island are not legally registered.
It's Lavigne's Girlfriend video, with about 120 millions views, according to Wired.com, though some sources have wrongly said it's motivational speaker/dancer Judson Laipply's Evolution of Dance video. Obama's speech has about 18 million.
It's George Clooney, given the role of a gay dog. Mr Brown, Mr West and Ms Rice - like many of the other public figures on the show - were impersonated.
It's the cigs. The price went up hours after the Budget speech, by an average of 7p. Hours later a pint increased by 1p and in September a litre of fuel will cost 2p more.
It was, amazingly, given how much people go on about it, 13 years ago. In 1996 he orchestrated a singalong to pass the time.
It's Margaret Darling, here having breakfast on the morning of the Budget. Tom Daley said he was being bullied at school. Mayor Natacha Bouchart complained about migrants heading to the UK via Calais.
It's Patsy Kensit's fourth marriage. The actress married DJ Jeremy Healy. Her ex-husbands are, in order, Dan Donovan of Big Audio Dynamite, Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr, and Liam Gallagher of Oasis.
It's
a canoe - from which mythological demi-god Maui hooked a giant fish, which became the North Island. The consultation follows the discovery that the 200-year-old names North Island and South Island are not legally registered.
It's Lavigne's Girlfriend video, with about 120 million views, according to Wired.com, though some sources have wrongly said it's motivational speaker/dancer Judson Laipply's Evolution of Dance video. Obama's speech has about 18 million.
