Quiz of the week's news
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/7700860.stm Version 0 of 1. 7 days 7 questions It's the Magazine's 7 days 7 questions news quiz - a chance for you to test how much of the news you've read, watched and heard from the past week... and how much you remember. 1.) Multiple Choice Question David Tennant is bowing out as Doctor Who after three series - the same as three of the four incarnations pictured. Who did more than that? <ol><li>William Hartnell</li><li>Patrick Troughton</li><li>Tom Baker</li><li>Peter Davison</li></ol> 2.) Multiple Choice Question Brrr! Cold enough for you? Unseasonably early snow fell in southern England on Tuesday night, bringing London its first October snow since... <ol><li>1963</li><li>1947</li><li>1934</li></ol> 3.) Missing Word Question I made a mistake, admits * <ol><li>Brand</li><li>Ross</li><li>Osborne</li></ol> 4.) Multiple Choice Question About 2.5m homeowners could be in negative equity by the end of 2009, as house prices continue to fall. What proportion of the total homes in the UK is this? <ol><li>About 5%</li><li>About 10%</li><li>About 20%</li><li>About 30%</li></ol> 5.) Multiple Choice Question Boxer Peter Buckley, left, is throwing in the towel after losing more bouts than any other fighter in the world. But how many knock-out wins has he achieved? <ol><li>None</li><li>Five</li><li>Eight</li><li>Fifteen</li></ol> 6.) Multiple Choice Question A high-speed TGV train was delayed for two hours as firefighters tried to free a man whose arm had been sucked into a toilet. What was he trying to retrieve? <ol><li>Car keys</li><li>Mobile phone</li><li>Wedding ring</li></ol> 7.) Multiple Choice Question What does banking heir Nat Rothschild still owe comic Alexander Armstrong after a bet over who would win a university shooting match? <ol><li>A pint</li><li>A baked potato</li><li>A fiver</li></ol> Answers <ol><li>It's Tom Baker, on board the Tardis for seven series. Of the others, Jon Pertwee did five, Colin Baker two, Sylvester McCoy three and Christopher Ecclestone one - and Paul McGann played the Doctor in the 1996 TV film.</li><li>October snow last fell in London in 1934. Although the winter of 1962/63 was the coldest in England and Wales since 1740, and snow was ever-present, it did not fall as early as October.</li><li>So said George Osborne of his handling of meetings in Corfu with a Russian billionaire. Russell Brand and Jonanthan Ross issued apologies for explicit messages left on Andrew "Manuel" Sachs' answerphone - and Brand quit the BBC on Thursday.</li><li>It's about 10% of the total houses in the UK. The prediction came from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) on Monday.</li><li>It's eight, after 299 fights, with only 31 wins and 12 draws. He fights his 300th - and last ever - bout on Friday night.</li><li>It was his phone. The 26-year-old Frenchman eventually had to be stretchered off the train with the entire toilet still stuck to his arm. Train operators put the delay down to "an unlikely accident".</li><li>It was a baked potato for lunch. While hosting Have I Got News for You last Friday, Armstrong recalled: "Nat Rothschild once reneged on a gentleman's agreement we had for him to buy me a baked potato when he was the head of Bullingdon and I was head of the Athenaeum at Cambridge."</li></ol> Your Score 0 - 3 : Freedom fries 4 - 6 : Oven chips 7 - 7 : Spicy wedges 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. You can also do this quiz on your mobile device. <a class="bodl" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/6207366.stm">Find out how to get the BBC News website on your mobile device</a> |