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Quiz of the year's newsQuiz of the year's news
'Tis the season to sit back and cast an eye over 2009. But how much do you remember? Test yourself with the Magazine's four-part compilation of the best of the year's quizzes. Here it's October - December. PLUS a special bonus question each day - see below for details. 'Tis the season to sit back and cast an eye over 2009. But how much do you remember? Test yourself with the Magazine's four-part compilation of the best of the year's quizzes. First up, January - March. PLUS a special bonus question each day - see below for details.
1.) Multiple Choice Question1.) Multiple Choice Question
"I hate ______, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have." What and who? "I'm so sorry..." Kate Winslet's speech after finally winning a best actress Golden Globe was an apology to each of her fellow nominees. Whose name did she forget?
  1. Tennis - Andre Agassi
  2. Dancing - Joe Calzaghe
  3. EastEnders - Barbara Windsor
  4. My chin - Gordon Ramsay
  1. Anne Hathaway
  2. Kristin Scott Thomas
  3. Angelina Jolie
  4. Meryl Streep
2.) Multiple Choice Question2.) Multiple Choice Question
The government's drugs misuse adviser listed 20 "drugs" on a harm index, with heroin, most harmful, at no 1, alcohol at 5 and tobacco at 9. Which class A drug only ranks 18th? Who was this, relaxing at home?
  1. LSD
  2. Cocaine
  3. Ecstasy
  1. Boris Johnson, who put his Islington home on the market for a cool £1.7m
  2. David Cameron, who invited BBC cameras into his Notting Hill pad
  3. Trick question. It's Habitat's ad campaign
3.) Multiple Choice Question
The tuneless Irish twins known collectively as Jedward, fresh from their eviction from X Factor in November. Which is which?
  1. Edward on left, John on right
  2. John on left, Edward on right
4.) Missing Word Question
Cottage sale omits * view
  1. sewage
  2. prison
  3. nuclear
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Estate agents Geering & Colyer point out the cottage's proximity to a nature reserve and their photos show it in rural isolation. But turn the camera around, and look what's next door... Click NEXT to continue. Here he is in his natural habitat. On the bookshelves are tomes by Robert Peston, Alastair Campbell and crime queen Patricia Cornwell. There is a Thomsons Local Directory. And World of Interiors. Click NEXT to continue.
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The Conservatives unveiled a new weapon in the party conference staging war - the video backdrop. Here's George Osborne taking applause after his speech - but what was his backdrop? Click NEXT for the options. Meanwhile, Barack Obama had to be sworn in a second time after a misplaced word in his first oath. Which word?
5.) Multiple Choice Question
  1. Solemnly, in "do solemnly swear..."
  2. Faithfully, in "faithfully execute the office of president..."
  3. Switched order of "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution..."
Which of the following was the backdrop for Mr Osborne's speech? 4.) Multiple Choice Question
  1. Shires town
  2. Piggy bank
  3. Wind turbines
  4. Children playing
 Councils were told to cut the gibberish and speak plain English. "Idea" is a simple word, but what were councils using instead?
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  1. Seedbed
  2. Green shoot
  3. Sapling
It's the Shires town of Abingdon's Lib Dem MP, Dr Evan Harris, said: "The picture was certainly more interesting than Mr Osborne's speech." 5.) Missing Word Question
Sayer becomes an * citizen
  1. Irish
  2. American
  3. Australian
6.) Multiple Choice Question6.) Multiple Choice Question
Antony Gormley's One and Other project for 2,400 real people to fill Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth ended in October. Who was the last occupant? When these ex-banking chiefs sat before an MPs' committee, which said "sorry" - or words to that effect - the most?
  1. Toilet campaigner
  2. Hillsborough memorial
  3. Yoga demo
  4. Death row protester
  1. Ex HBOS chairman Lord Stevenson of Coddenham
  2. Ex HBOS chief executive Andy Hornby
  3. Ex RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin
  4. Ex RBS chairman Sir Tom McKillop
7.) Multiple Choice Question7.) Multiple Choice Question
One of these apologies is from Tiger Woods over allegations of infidelity. But which one? "They turn up mid-morning on Monday and leave mid-morning on Thursday." Who?
  1. "I conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family"
  2. "I am far short of perfect"
  3. "She has been horribly hurt by my behaviour"
  4. "I misled people, including even my wife"
  1. Wealthy bankers denied discretionary bonuses
  2. Flighty fashionistas at New York Fashion Week
  3. Jacqui Smith's armed security escort
8.) Multiple Choice Question8.) Multiple Choice Question
Adult comic Viz marked its 30th this year. The first issue comprised 12 stapled-together pages selling for 20p in Newcastle's bars and pubs. How much were the city's many students charged? European leaders met in Berlin to discuss the banking crisis. Whose statement is represented by this word cloud? The size of the word reflects the frequency of use.
  1. 10p
  2. 20p
  3. 30p
  1. Gordon Brown
  2. Nicolas Sarkozy
  3. Angela Merkel
9.) Multiple Choice Question9.) Multiple Choice Question
So it's ta-ta to Terry Wogan, who gave up his breakfast slot to be replaced by Chris Evans. Is he older or younger than Tel was when his dulcet tones first graced Radio 2's airwaves? Somewhere under the Atlantic ocean two nuclear submarines - one British and one French - collided in early February. Can you spot which sub is which?
  1. Evans is older
  2. Evans is younger
  3. Same age
  1. 1 is British, 2 is French
  2. 1 is French, 2 is British
10.) Multiple Choice Question10.) Multiple Choice Question
"I don't know how I got it," said which personality on their controversial award? A starter-for-10 that non-student Sam Kay (left) got right on University Challenge: if a tap leaks a ml of water a second, how many 10-litre buckets will it fill completely in a day?
  1. Barack Obama on his Nobel Peace Prize... less than a year into his presidency
  2. David Beckham on being man of the match... despite being a second-half sub
  3. Speech Debelle, playing half-full gigs after her Mercury Prize win
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 10
  4. 12
11.) Multiple Choice Question11.) Multiple Choice Question
Under-15s should not be given even a sip of alcohol, said the chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson. At what age can parents legally offer a child alcohol at home? Google Street View went live in March - prompting worries about privacy. The Google camera tries to blur faces but whose identity didn't get fuzzed?
  1. Five
  2. 12
  3. 14
  1. Stone grotesque on church
  2. Cut-out of The Stig in Top Gear office
  3. Penelope Cruz, on a billboard
  4. Cristiano Ronaldo, on Old Trafford poster
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Nor is this over-zealous blurring consistent - on these billboards in London, Penelope Cruz is obscured, but not the boy on the C4 billboard. Click NEXT to continue.
12.) Multiple Choice Question12.) Multiple Choice Question
This year the fight for the Christmas number one was between X Factor's Joe and Rage Against the Machine. Last year it was X Factor's Alexandra Burke with Hallelujah. Who was number two with the same song? And finally, Patrick McGoohan, star and co-creator of The Prisoner, died in January. The series told of Number Six's efforts to escape a strange village. Why was he a prisoner?
  1. Leonard Cohen
  2. Jeff Buckley
  3. John Cale
  1. For resigning as a secret agent
  2. While spying during the Cold War
  3. Kidnapped by a giant bouncing balloon
AnswersAnswers
  1. It was Andre Agassi in his autobiography, Open. Boxer Joe Calzaghe danced like a plank of wood before exiting Strictly Come Dancing; Barbara Windsor announced she is to leave the BBC soap after 15 years; and TV chef Gordon Ramsay admitted having cosmetic surgery on his chin furrows.
  2. It's ecstasy, said Professor David Nutt, who headed the government's Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs before he was sacked in October. He listed cannabis in 10th position.
  3. It's John on the left, Edward on the right. Like Ant and Dec, they try to always stand on the same side to help people differentiate. Their differences are subtle - John is an inch taller, has pierced ears (but no earrings) and his right ear is slightly pointy.
  4. It's "nuclear". An estate agent advertised "an exceptional fisherman's cottage" in Kent for £247,000, but didn't mention the neighbours were Dungeness A and B.
  5. It was the Shires town - Abingdon in Oxfordshire to be precise. Click NEXT to complete the picture.
  6. Last plinther Emma Burns - picture 2 - released balloons in memory of the victims of 1989's Hillsborough disaster.
  7. It's "I am far short of perfect" and the golfer also apologised to his family for his "transgressions". Of the others, apology 1 is from US presidential hopeful John Edwards; apology 3 is David Letterman; and apology 4 is Bill Clinton.
  8. Students had to pay 30p. This teasing relationship with a key readership continued with the strip Student Grant, about a student with a rather rude name who read Peace Studies.
  9. Chris Evans is 43, nine years older than Sir Terry Wogan was when he first broadcast for Radio 2 in 1972.
  10. It's David Beckham, for England against Belarus in October. Even his coach expressed surprise. "After eight months as president he [Obama] won the Nobel Prize and after 30 minutes David won the man of the match," said Fabio Capello.
  11. It's five years old.
  12. It was Jeff Buckley, who recorded his version in 1994. Leonard Cohen's orginal track, first released in 1984, reached number 36.
  1. She forgot Jolie's name. After winning for Revolutionary Road, Winslet said: "I'm so sorry Anne, Meryl, Kristin, and oh God, who's the other one?... Angelina." She also won best supporting actress for The Reader - a role for which she went on to win the best actress Oscar.
  2. It's David Cameron, who invited Andrew Marr over for an interview. A number of the fixtures and fittings do indeed come from Habitat, as the Guardian newspaper found when it set about unpicking the interior.
  3. It's "faithfully". As Chief Justice Roberts read out the oath for Mr Obama to repeat, he moved it to the end. So instead of "... I will faithfully execute the office of president...", he said "I will execute the office of president of the United States faithfully".
  4. Seedbed is often used instead of idea, the Local Government Association said in March. On its list of 200 banned phrases are "worklessness" instead of unemployment, and "coterminous, stakeholder engagement" to mean talking to people.
  5. It's Australian. Former British disco king Leo Sayer took his citizenship oath in front of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, on Australia Day.
  6. It's HBOS's Andy Hornby (regret once, sorry twice, and apologise eight times). Sir Fred said sorry once, apologise twice; Lord Stevenson said apologise once and sorry three times; Sir Tom said sorry once, and apologise twice. They were being quizzed on the banking crisis which led to a taxpayer-funded bail-out.
  7. It's the then-home secretary's armed police escort. Two neighbours observed the police comings and goings in a complaint about Ms Smith claiming her sister's London home as her main residence.
  8. It's Gordon Brown. He said the world needed a "global new deal" at the meeting in late February.
  9. It's the first option - 1 is the British nuclear sub HMS Vanguard, 2 is its French counterpart Le Triomphant. Vanguard was said to have incurred "only scrapes".
  10. It's eight - 8.64 to be precise, but the 0.64 is not a full bucket. After it emerged that Kay graduated well before the final, his Corpus Christi team - captained by Gail "human Google" Trimble - were stripped of their title.
  11. It's The Stig. But then his face is already obscured by his always-on helmet.
  12. The Prisoner - known only as Number Six - angrily resigns as a secret agent and is then kidnapped, a sequence shown at the start of each episode. It isn't clear who takes him captive - his side, or his enemies. A giant balloon patrols the village, preventing escape.
Your ScoreYour Score
0 - 4 : Jedward 0 - 4 : Number Six
5 - 10 : Olly Murs 5 - 10 : Number Two
11 - 12 : Leona Lewis 11 - 12 : Number One
We can now reveal the answer to our bonus question.We can now reveal the answer to our bonus question.
In addition to the 12 questions above, we also posed a bonus question for each of the four parts of this quiz. That's how we reached the magic total of 52 questions.In addition to the 12 questions above, we also posed a bonus question for each of the four parts of this quiz. That's how we reached the magic total of 52 questions.
52 weeks, part one 52 weeks, part two 52 weeks, part three52 weeks, part one 52 weeks, part two 52 weeks, part three
With each part of the quiz we published a photograph - all four are on the right. We asked you what the link was between the four pictures.With each part of the quiz we published a photograph - all four are on the right. We asked you what the link was between the four pictures.
Only a few of you got it right, including Phil in Guisborough, Ben Taylorson in Durham, Simon Rooke in Nottingham and Stig in London. Christmas kudos to one and all.Only a few of you got it right, including Phil in Guisborough, Ben Taylorson in Durham, Simon Rooke in Nottingham and Stig in London. Christmas kudos to one and all.
The answer is The Wire. The four photographs represent four characters from the US crime drama.The answer is The Wire. The four photographs represent four characters from the US crime drama.
1. Leicester city centre (Lester Freamon)1. Leicester city centre (Lester Freamon)
2. Tony McNulty, former employment minister (Jimmy McNulty)2. Tony McNulty, former employment minister (Jimmy McNulty)
3. Michael Jackson with chimp Bubbles (Reginald "Bubbles" Cousin)3. Michael Jackson with chimp Bubbles (Reginald "Bubbles" Cousin)
4. Greggs bakery (Kima Greggs)4. Greggs bakery (Kima Greggs)
For a complete archive of past quizzes and our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, visit the Magazine page and scroll down.For a complete archive of past quizzes and our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, visit the Magazine page and scroll down.