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.
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
1.) Multiple Choice Question
Speaking this week, Kylie Minogue talked about the dark arts of the production booth. On which song did she say her "real" voice was first heard?
Speaking this week, Kylie Minogue talked about the dark arts of the production booth. On which song did she say her "real" voice was first heard?
Especially For You
Tears On My Pillow
Spinning Around
Can't Get You Out Of My Head (La La La)
Especially For You
Tears On My Pillow
Spinning Around
Can't Get You Out Of My Head (La La La)
2.) Multiple Choice Question
2.) Multiple Choice Question
The NHS should save money by cutting about 10% of its workers, says a new report. With its staff of 1.5 million, where does it rank in a table of the world's largest employers?
The NHS should save money by cutting staff, says a new report. With its 1.5 million workers across the UK, where does it rank in a table of the world's largest employers?
First
Second
Fourth
Sixth
First
Second
Fourth
Sixth
3.) Multiple Choice Question
3.) Multiple Choice Question
"It was like being struck by a thunderbolt." Said who?
"It was like being struck by a thunderbolt." Said who?
Levi Johnston - father of Bristol Palin's baby - on being whisked off to the Republican Convention
Holidaymaker Piotr Kowalski, who claimed he filmed a Yeti in Poland's Tatra Mountains (NOT pictured)
US sprinter Tyson Gay, on racing against rival Usain Bolt
Levi Johnston - father of Bristol Palin's baby - on being whisked off to the Republican Convention
Holidaymaker Piotr Kowalski, who claimed he filmed a Yeti in Poland's Tatra Mountains (NOT pictured)
US sprinter Tyson Gay, on racing against rival Usain Bolt
4.) Missing Word Question
4.) Missing Word Question
We're all * , say scientists
We're all * , say scientists
related
missing links
mutants
related
missing links
mutants
5.) Multiple Choice Question
5.) Multiple Choice Question
Visit Scotland was left red-faced this week because of its autumn promotional campaign. Why?
Visit Scotland was left red-faced this week because of its autumn promotional campaign. Why?
The child is Polish, not Scottish
Autumnal tints added to leaves using Photoshop
Leaves are actually plastic
The child is Polish, not Scottish
Autumnal tints added to leaves using Photoshop
Leaves are actually plastic
Info
Info
It's not the first time the Scottish tourism agency has been left embarrassed over its adverts. In 2006 it admitted it used a Polish model - pictured left - to represent a Highland lass in a winter campaign.
It's not the first time the Scottish tourism agency has been left embarrassed over its adverts. In 2006 it admitted it used a Polish model - pictured left - to represent a Highland lass in a winter campaign.
6.) Multiple Choice Question
6.) Multiple Choice Question
One in eight of us do the jobs we dreamed of as a child, a Careers Advice Service survey has found. While footballer tops the list of jobs boys want to do in later life, what is it for girls?
One in eight of us does the jobs we dreamed of as a child, a Careers Advice Service survey has found. While footballer tops the list of jobs boys want to do in later life, what is it for girls?
Ballerina
Vet
Pop star
Teacher
Ballerina
Vet
Pop star
Teacher
7.) Multiple Choice Question
7.) Multiple Choice Question
And finally, the birthday question. Rebecca De Mornay and Charlie Sheen, who ran with the Brat Packers, celebrate birthdays this week. But who is older?
And finally, the birthday question. Rebecca De Mornay and Charlie Sheen, who ran with the Brat Packers, celebrate birthdays this week. But who is older?
Charlie "Wall Street" Sheen
Rebecca "Risky Business" De Mornay
Same age
Charlie "Wall Street" Sheen
Rebecca "Risky Business" De Mornay
Same age
Info
Info
Now, before you get your results, the Magazine has pleasure in announcing 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 "TIGER BONE WINE". Make your suggestions using the link below the quiz. Marks are deducted for predictability.
Now, before you get your results, the Magazine has pleasure in announcing 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 "A FORM OF MEDITATION". Make your suggestions using the link below the quiz. Marks are deducted for predictability.
Answers
Answers
It's Tears On My Pillow, from her second album Enjoy Yourself, released in 1990 in the UK. "All the stuff up to then had been double-tracked. Then, finally, my voice was heard," Kylie said.
It's fourth, after Wal-Mart, Indian Railways and the People's Liberation Army in China. Management consultants said cutting 130,000 clinical and admin posts would save ã20bn by 2014, but the government says it will not be taking this advice.
It's the Yeti-spotter. Meanwhile, Levi Johnston has spilled some beans on his time in the Palin household in a Vanity Fair interview. His revelations include nuggets such as Sarah and Todd don't cook.
It's mutants. Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, say scientist at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire.
The leaves are plastic, as none had turned the desired shades of red and yellow when the advert was shot.
It's teacher - 14% of girls say this is the job they want when they grow up, followed by doctor and vet on 11% each, pop star (10%) and businesswoman (6%).
It's Rebecca, 47 on 28 August. Charlie turned 44 on 3 September. Many happy returns to both.
It's Tears On My Pillow, from her second album Enjoy Yourself, released in 1990 in the UK. "All the stuff up to then had been double-tracked. Then, finally, my voice was heard," Kylie said.
It's fourth, after WalMart, Indian Railways and the People's Liberation Army in China. Management consultants said cutting 130,000 clinical and admin posts in England would save ã20bn by 2014, but the government says it will not be taking this advice.
It's the Yeti-spotter. Meanwhile, Levi Johnston has spilled some beans on his time in the Palin household in a Vanity Fair interview. His revelations include nuggets such as Sarah and Todd don't cook.
It's mutants. Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, say scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire.
The leaves are plastic, as none had turned the desired shades of red and yellow when the advert was shot.
It's teacher - 14% of girls say this is the job they want when they grow up, followed by doctor and vet on 11% each, pop star (10%) and businesswoman (6%).
It's Rebecca, 47 on 28 August. Charlie turned 44 on 3 September. Many happy returns to both.
