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Quiz of the week's news | Quiz of the week's news |
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News quiz | News quiz |
It's the Magazine's 7 days, 7 questions quiz - an opportunity to prove to yourself and others that you are a news oracle. Failing that, you can always claim to have had better things to do during the past week than swot up on current affairs. | It's the Magazine's 7 days, 7 questions quiz - an opportunity to prove to yourself and others that you are a news oracle. Failing that, you can always claim to have had better things to do during the past week than swot up on current affairs. |
1.) Multiple Choice Question | 1.) Multiple Choice Question |
Royal Mail's commemorative stamps for 2013 will feature icons of literature, sport and industry. Which anniversary will be marked in January? | Royal Mail's commemorative stamps for 2013 will feature icons of literature, sport and industry. Which anniversary will be marked in January? |
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2.) Multiple Choice Question | 2.) Multiple Choice Question |
Dennis Lehane - author of Shutter Island and Mystic River - has promised to name a character in his new novel after whoever helps him... | Dennis Lehane - author of Shutter Island and Mystic River - has promised to name a character in his new novel after whoever helps him... |
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3.) Multiple Choice Question | 3.) Multiple Choice Question |
On 1 January, more than 400 new laws took effect across the US. What is it now illegal for employers to ask employees and job applicants about in certain states? | On 1 January, more than 400 new laws took effect across the US. What is it now illegal for employers to ask employees and job applicants about in certain states? |
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Nestle has just overturned a legal decision that would have allowed rival Cadbury to do what? | Nestle has just overturned a legal decision that would have allowed rival Cadbury to do what? |
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What has been banned in Mauritania, after being blamed for some 70% of the deaths of cattle and sheep in the capital Nouakchott? | What has been banned in Mauritania, after being blamed for some 70% of the deaths of cattle and sheep in the capital Nouakchott? |
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6.) Multiple Choice Question | 6.) Multiple Choice Question |
The US Senate Intelligence Committee is reported to be looking into contact between the CIA and the makers of the film Zero Dark Thirty. What is Zero Dark Thirty? | |
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7.) Multiple Choice Question | 7.) Multiple Choice Question |
A list of 2012's most-viewed articles on the 35 busiest versions of Wikipedia has been released. Which was the most-searched topic on the German language site? | A list of 2012's most-viewed articles on the 35 busiest versions of Wikipedia has been released. Which was the most-searched topic on the German language site? |
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Your Score | Your Score |
0 - 3 : Stuck in a rut | 0 - 3 : Stuck in a rut |
4 - 6 : Coasting | 4 - 6 : Coasting |
7 - 7 : Motoring | 7 - 7 : Motoring |
For past quizzes including our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, expand the grey drop-down below - also available on the Magazine page (and scroll down) | For past quizzes including our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, expand the grey drop-down below - also available on the Magazine page (and scroll down) |
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