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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 planet's digital content is predicted to blast through the 1,000,000,000 trillion bytes barrier this year, a new study predicted this week. But what is this amount of digital information called?
Exabyte
Zettabyte
Yottabyte
2.) Multiple Choice Question
Gillian Duffy's encounter with Gordon Brown caused a stir. But who did she say she would vote for afterwards?
Conservatives
Labour
Lib Dem
No one
3.) Multiple Choice Question
Who is Number One?
An oil-covered bird rescued from the Gulf of Mexico
Ian McKellan in ITV's new version of The Prisoner
Title of Picasso's painting of his mistress, now the most expensive artwork sold at auction
Info
The oil-soaked Number One in bird hospital. Northern Gannets are usually white when fully grown.The gannet was found near the site of the damaged rig smothered in oil, which strips birds of their insulation.Click NEXT to continue
4.) Multiple Choice Question
Getting too little sleep may lead to an early death, a new study warns. What do they classify as too little?
Seven hours or less a night
Less than six hours a night
Less than five hours a night
5.) Missing Word Question
German man marries his dying *
cat
mother
goat
6.) Multiple Choice Question
Pushchair maker Maclaren is compensating parents of children injured by the hinge mechanism of its buggies. But what did inventor Owen Maclaren draw inpiration from when he came up with the collapsible design?
Spitfire undercarriage
Formula One car suspension
Typical ironing board
7.) Multiple Choice Question
"I'd like an apology and maybe compensation." Said who?
Gillian Duffy, who was called a bigot by Gordon Brown
Author of a letter to Zoo magazine's agony uncle Danny Dyer
Teenager Ellis Drummond who escaped an Asbo preventing him from wearing low slung trousers
WBQ
Now, before you get your results, it's the Weekly Bonus Question. Each Friday we will give an answer and ask you to suggest what the question might have been. This week's answer is "Â?1 AT POUNDLAND". Make your suggestions using the link below the quiz. Marks are deducted for predictability.
Answers
It's a zettabyte, according to the Digital Universe study by technology consultancy IDC. It says an exabyte is equivalent to one quintillion bytes (short scale) and a yottabyte is 1,000 zettabytes.It was no one. The life-long Labour supporter, who was called a bigot by Gordon Brown, declared that she would not vote in the Thursday's poll.It's a Northern Gannet, the first oil-soaked bird to be rescued and brought to a bird hospital in Louisiana. On arrival, it was fitted with a green tag denoting it Number One.Too little sleep is regularly getting less than six hours a night, say researchers, warning that it makes people 12% more likely to die over a 25-year period than those who got an "ideal" six to eight hours.It's cat - an asthmatic moggy called Cecilia. Puss and groom had lived together for 10 years, and when vets told him Cecilia hadn't long to live, he decided to make it official. Well, unofficial - marrying an animal is illegal in Germany.It was the spitfire suspension. Maclaren had been a member of the Spitfire design team and designed its undercarriage. Maclaren said the compensation was not an admission of liability.It was the lads' mag's letter writer - Alex Woolliscroft, who asked for advice about how to handle breaking up with his girlfriend. The controversial reply, in Dyer's name, was to "cut your ex's face, so no one will want her". The magazine's publisher apologised and blamed it on a production error.Your Score
0 - 3 : Refusal to budge
4 - 6 : Mild oscillation
7 - 7 : Huge swing
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 planet's digital content is predicted to blast through the 1,000,000,000 trillion bytes barrier this year, a new study predicted this week. But what is this amount of digital information called?
ExabyteZettabyte
Yottabyte
2.) Multiple Choice Question
Gillian Duffy's encounter with Gordon Brown caused a stir. But who did she say she would vote for afterwards?
ConservativesLabour
Lib Dem
No one
3.) Multiple Choice Question
Who is Number One?
An oil-covered bird rescued from the Gulf of Mexico
Ian McKellan in ITV's new version of The PrisonerTitle of Picasso's painting of his mistress, now the most expensive artwork sold at auctionInfoThe oil-soaked Number One in bird hospital. Northern Gannets are usually white when fully grown.The gannet was found near the site of the damaged rig smothered in oil, which strips birds of their insulation.Click NEXT to continue
4.) Multiple Choice QuestionGetting too little sleep may lead to an early death, a new study warns. What do they classify as too little?
Seven hours or less a nightLess than six hours a night
Less than five hours a night
5.) Missing Word Question
German man marries his dying *
cat
mother
goat
6.) Multiple Choice Question
Pushchair maker Maclaren is compensating parents of children injured by the hinge mechanism of its buggies. But what did inventor Owen Maclaren draw inpiration from when he came up with the collapsible design?
Spitfire undercarriageFormula One car suspension
Typical ironing board
7.) Multiple Choice Question
"I'd like an apology and maybe compensation." Said who?
Gillian Duffy, who was called a bigot by Gordon Brown
Author of a letter to Zoo magazine's agony uncle Danny DyerTeenager Ellis Drummond who escaped an Asbo preventing him from wearing low slung trousersWBQNow, before you get your results, it's the Weekly Bonus Question. Each Friday we will give an answer and ask you to suggest what the question might have been. This week's answer is "Â?1 AT POUNDLAND". Make your suggestions using the link below the quiz. Marks are deducted for predictability.
Answers
It's a zettabyte, according to the Digital Universe study by technology consultancy IDC. It says an exabyte is equivalent to one quintillion bytes (short scale) and a yottabyte is 1,000 zettabytes.It was no one. The life-long Labour supporter, who was called a bigot by Gordon Brown, declared that she would not vote in the Thursday's poll.It's a Northern Gannet, the first oil-soaked bird to be rescued and brought to a bird hospital in Louisiana. On arrival, it was fitted with a green tag denoting it Number One.Too little sleep is regularly getting less than six hours a night, say researchers, warning that it makes people 12% more likely to die over a 25-year period than those who got an "ideal" six to eight hours.It's cat - an asthmatic moggy called Cecilia. Puss and groom had lived together for 10 years, and when vets told him Cecilia hadn't long to live, he decided to make it official. Well, unofficial - marrying an animal is illegal in Germany.It was the spitfire suspension. Maclaren had been a member of the Spitfire design team and designed its undercarriage. Maclaren said the compensation was not an admission of liability.It was the lads' mag's letter writer - Alex Woolliscroft, who asked for advice about how to handle breaking up with his girlfriend. The controversial reply, in Dyer's name, was to "cut your ex's face, so no one will want her". The magazine's publisher apologised and blamed it on a production error.Your Score
0 - 3 : Refusal to budge
4 - 6 : Mild oscillation
7 - 7 : Huge swing
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.