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Quiz of the week's news
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
The continuing fallout from the Icelandic volcano eruption created yet more travel chaos this week. Which singing star didn't have to resort to getting a ferry to make it to a concert they were due to perform at?
Miley Cyrus
Dizzee Rascal
Whitney Houston
2.) Multiple Choice Question
It's 100 years since Mark Twain died. About whom did he write: "In all things she was intense: in her this characteristic was not a mere glow, dispensing warmth, but a consuming fire"?
His wife
His daughter
His mother
3.) Multiple Choice Question
One Show presenter Adrian Chiles announced this week he will bemoving to the GMTV sofa. Eamonn Holmes was the first male presenter on the ITV show, but who was his co-host?
Anne Davies
Anne Diamond
Fiona Armstrong
4.) Multiple Choice Question
Forgot the policies, forget the personalities, which of the prime-ministerial candidates' names produces the fewest anagrams?
David Cameron
Gordon Brown
Nick Clegg
5.) Multiple Choice Question
What was spray-painted on the coffin of punk impresario Malcolm McLaren at his funeral this week?
Too fast to live, too young to die
Pretty vacant
Destination nowhere
6.) Multiple Choice Question
Tesco announced bumper profits this week, but the supermarket giant's US subsidiary is still losing money. What's it called?
Green & Yellow
Fresh & Easy
The Convenience Store
Tesco Inc
7.) Multiple Choice Question
A Damien Hirst sketch given to a taxi driver as a tip has sold at auction for Â?12,000. Three Hirst works are depicted but which of these is missing?
Pickled shark
Jewelled skull
Pickled cow
Butterfly
Info
The sketch was dedicated to the son of the driver and the proceeds will be used to allow him to pursue his ambition of becoming a film-maker.
Answers
Its Miley Cyrus. The others were forced to ditch the trappings of stardom in favour of a car ferry across the Irish Sea to perform in Dublin. Miley Cyrus was unable to fly from the US to attend the premiere of her new film The Last Song in London.Twain -whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens - was devastated when his daughter Olivia "Susy" Clemens died of spinal meningitis when she was 24.Anne Davies was sitting next to Holmes when GMTV was first broadcast on 1 January, 1993. Chiles said he was quitting the One Show because he was "disappointed" with changes to the teatime show.It's Nick Clegg. Most online anagram generators can find no anagrams for that collection of letters, a fact pointed out by a notorious gossip e-mail service.It was "Too fast to live, too young to die", which was the name of McLaren's shop before he renamed it Sex. "Nowhere" was the destination marked on a green bus that was at the start of the funeral procession.It's Fresh & Easy.It was the pickled cow which did not feature.Your Score
0 - 3 : Fresh
4 - 6 : Pickled
7 - 7 : Priceless
For a complete archive of past quizzes and our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, visit the Magazine page and scroll down. You can also do this quiz on your mobile device.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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 QuestionThe continuing fallout from the Icelandic volcano eruption created yet more travel chaos this week. Which singing star didn't have to resort to getting a ferry to make it to a concert they were due to perform at?
Miley Cyrus
Dizzee RascalWhitney Houston2.) Multiple Choice QuestionIt's 100 years since Mark Twain died. About whom did he write: "In all things she was intense: in her this characteristic was not a mere glow, dispensing warmth, but a consuming fire"?
His wifeHis daughter
His mother
3.) Multiple Choice Question
One Show presenter Adrian Chiles announced this week he will bemoving to the GMTV sofa. Eamonn Holmes was the first male presenter on the ITV show, but who was his co-host?
Anne Davies
Anne DiamondFiona Armstrong4.) Multiple Choice QuestionForgot the policies, forget the personalities, which of the prime-ministerial candidates' names produces the fewest anagrams?
David CameronGordon Brown
Nick Clegg
5.) Multiple Choice Question
What was spray-painted on the coffin of punk impresario Malcolm McLaren at his funeral this week?
Too fast to live, too young to diePretty vacant
Destination nowhere
6.) Multiple Choice Question
Tesco announced bumper profits this week, but the supermarket giant's US subsidiary is still losing money. What's it called?
Green & YellowFresh & Easy
The Convenience Store
Tesco Inc
7.) Multiple Choice Question
A Damien Hirst sketch given to a taxi driver as a tip has sold at auction for Â?12,000. Three Hirst works are depicted but which of these is missing?
Pickled sharkJewelled skull
Pickled cow
Butterfly
Info
The sketch was dedicated to the son of the driver and the proceeds will be used to allow him to pursue his ambition of becoming a film-maker.
AnswersIts Miley Cyrus. The others were forced to ditch the trappings of stardom in favour of a car ferry across the Irish Sea to perform in Dublin. Miley Cyrus was unable to fly from the US to attend the premiere of her new film The Last Song in London.Twain -whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens - was devastated when his daughter Olivia "Susy" Clemens died of spinal meningitis when she was 24.Anne Davies was sitting next to Holmes when GMTV was first broadcast on 1 January, 1993. Chiles said he was quitting the One Show because he was "disappointed" with changes to the teatime show.It's Nick Clegg. Most online anagram generators can find no anagrams for that collection of letters, a fact pointed out by a notorious gossip e-mail service.It was "Too fast to live, too young to die", which was the name of McLaren's shop before he renamed it Sex. "Nowhere" was the destination marked on a green bus that was at the start of the funeral procession.It's Fresh & Easy.It was the pickled cow which did not feature.Your Score
0 - 3 : Fresh
4 - 6 : Pickled
7 - 7 : Priceless
For a complete archive of past quizzes and our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, visit the Magazine page and scroll down. You can also do this quiz on your mobile device.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.