Quiz of the week's news
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/7144071.stm Version 0 of 1. 7 days 7 questions Welcome to 7 days 7 questions - the Magazine's quiz of the week's news.If this isn't enough brain exercise, there's also our Daily Mini-Quiz, every weekday on the Magazine home page. 1.) Multiple Choice Question Gordon Brown skipped the EU treaty signing ceremony for the Commons Liaison Committee - why did Olympics minister Tessa Jowell miss a Commons debate on 2012? <ol><li>Liverpool's Champions League match</li><li>Led Zeppelin concert</li><li>Spice Girls concert</li><li>Ricky Hatton's fight</li></ol> 2.) Multiple Choice Question Plans have been announced to make the contraceptive pill available over the counter. But when was it first issued to married women in the UK? <ol><li>1961</li><li>1963</li><li>1965</li><li>1967</li></ol> 3.) Multiple Choice Question "Thank you - and fair fortune be yours!" Who said it? <ol><li>Stephen Fry's only line in his new pantomime</li><li>Ewan McGregor, playing Iago to sell-out crowds in the Donmar's Othello</li><li>JK Rowling in an inscription in her limited edition new book</li></ol> 4.) Missing Word Question My teenage daughter thinks I'm every kind of * there is <ol><li>religion</li><li>idiot</li><li>preacher</li></ol> 5.) Multiple Choice Question Spot the fake Gauguin sculpture that fooled a Chicago museum into parting with $125,000 (ã61,225). <ol><li>Left</li><li>Centre</li><li>Right</li></ol> 6.) Multiple Choice Question Italian Fabio Capello is about to be given one of the highest profile jobs in England, manager of the national football team. What can "capello" be translated into English as? <ol><li>Hair</li><li>Jacket</li><li>Tie</li><li>Shout</li></ol> 7.) And finally... It's happy birthday to Saturday Night Fever and Michael Owen. Which is older? <ol><li>Saturday Night Fever</li><li>Michael Owen</li></ol> Answers <ol><li>She was at Monday's Led Zeppelin concert.</li><li>It's 1961 - six years before it became available to all women.</li><li>It's the inscription Ms Rowling wrote in The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which sold at auction for ã1.95m on Thursday.</li><li>It's "idiot". Dr Rowan Williams made the comment in an interview with a youth paper, going on to say of God: "He's always there for me, even if He thinks I'm an idiot too."</li><li>It's the middle one - The Faun - made by a Bolton forger. On the right is an authentic Gauguin; left is a sculpture to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre.</li><li>It's "hair". With which he is amply blessed, for now at least, having been appointed to the post on Thursday.</li><li>It's the film, which premiered in New York on 14 December 1977, exactly two years before the England striker was born.</li></ol> Your Score 0 - 3 : Dazed and confused 4 - 6 : Communication breakdown 7 - 7 : Whole lotta love For a complete archive of past quizzes and our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, visit the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/default.stm">Magazine page</a> and scroll down. If you having any problems viewing this quiz, please let us know through the form on <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_3990000/newsid_3993900/3993913.stm">this page</a> |