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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. Next up, July - September. 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. Here it's October - December. PLUS a special bonus question each day - see below for details.
1.) Multiple Choice Question1.) Multiple Choice Question
In August, the Lib Dems said there should be curbs on airbrushing pictures of women in glossy magazines. Which of these pictures of Keira Knightley ISN'T doctored? "I hate ______, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have." What and who?
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  1. Tennis - Andre Agassi
  2. Dancing - Joe Calzaghe
  3. EastEnders - Barbara Windsor
  4. My chin - Gordon Ramsay
2.) Multiple Choice Question2.) Multiple Choice Question
After stepping on to the Moon for the first time 40 years ago, how long did Armstrong and Aldrin spend outside the landing module walking about and collecting rocks? 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?
  1. 97 minutes
  2. Two hours and 31 minutes
  3. Three hours and 14 minutes
  4. Five hours and two minutes
  1. LSD
  2. Cocaine
  3. Ecstasy
3.) Multiple Choice Question3.) Multiple Choice Question
A student in DR Congo got a sharp response from Hillary Clinton when he seemed to ask what her husband thought of what? The tuneless Irish twins known collectively as Jedward, fresh from their eviction from X Factor in November. Which is which?
  1. Peacekeeping in Africa
  2. The fight against HIV
  3. A Chinese loan to DR Congo
  1. Edward on left, John on right
  2. John on left, Edward on right
4.) Multiple Choice Question 4.) Missing Word Question
Roger Federer was once again champion after a five-set epic final at Wimbledon. It signalled a new record for singles finals at SW19 - for what? Cottage sale omits * view
  1. Longest match
  2. Most games played in a set
  3. Driest Wimbledon fortnight
  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.
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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.
5.) Multiple Choice Question5.) Multiple Choice Question
"No person ever said on his deathbed, I only wish I had earned more money in my life." Said who? Which of the following was the backdrop for Mr Osborne's speech?
  1. Bill Gates, receiving an award for philanthropic work
  2. Tamiflu inventor Norbert Bischofberger
  3. WWI veteran Harry Patch, who died aged 111
  1. Shires town
  2. Piggy bank
  3. Wind turbines
  4. Children playing
6.) Missing Word Question Info
* ' fruit back on sale in EU 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."
  1. Bendy
  2. Ugly
  3. Imperial
 6.) 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?
  1. Toilet campaigner
  2. Hillsborough memorial
  3. Yoga demo
  4. Death row protester
7.) Multiple Choice Question7.) Multiple Choice Question
He ordered grouse, but the kitchen messed up and sent out partridge for what turned out to be chef Keith Floyd's last meal before he died in September. What was his dessert? One of these apologies is from Tiger Woods over allegations of infidelity. But which one?
  1. Apple pie and perry jelly
  2. Blackberry crumble and custard
  3. Several cigarettes
  4. Champagne cocktail
  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"
8.) Multiple Choice Question8.) Multiple Choice Question
"It's health and safety gone mad." A familiar line, trotted out in September. About what? 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?
  1. NHS staff suspended for playing the Lying Down Game
  2. Scouts told not to carry penknives
  3. Spotted Dick pudding renamed Spotted Richard
  4. Witness Confident charity urging people to stage mock muggings
  1. 10p
  2. 20p
  3. 30p
9.) Multiple Choice Question9.) Multiple Choice Question
In an interview with NBC Nightly News, Gordon Brown - blind in one eye after a rugby accident as a teenager - was asked if his sight has further deteriorated. Which is his bad eye? 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?
  1. Right
  2. Left
  1. Evans is older
  2. Evans is younger
  3. Same age
10.) Missing Word Question 10.) Multiple Choice Question
Howling Pond * Read "I don't know how I got it," said which personality on their controversial award?
  1. Tingle
  2. Duck
  3. Wand
  4. Card
  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
11.) Multiple Choice Question11.) Multiple Choice Question
In June, a batch of new-style 20p coins were accidentally issued without a date. Which side should the year of issue be on? 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?
  1. Heads
  2. Tails
  1. Five
  2. 12
  3. 14
12.) Multiple Choice Question12.) Multiple Choice Question
Men at Work were sued over claims the flute riff from their 80s hit Down Under was taken from Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree. In the key of C Major, which of the riffs below is the start of Kookaburra? 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?
  1. E,E,E,E,D,D,C,D,E,C
  2. G,G,G,G,A,A,A,G,E,G,E
  3. E,G,E,C,E,G,G,F,E
  1. Leonard Cohen
  2. Jeff Buckley
  3. John Cale
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And here's a picture of a kookaburra. Click NEXT to get your score.
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  1. It's number 2. We have elongated the other three ourselves.
  2. They spent two and a half hours pottering about. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent a total of 21 hours on the Moon, including a seven-hour rest.
  3. It was the loan from China. The student asked about the thoughts of President Barack Obama. But the translator mistakenly said "Mr Clinton" instead of "Mr Obama". And Mrs Clinton was aghast: "You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not the Secretary of State, I am."
  4. The 30-game fifth set - which Federer eventually won 16-14 - set the record for the most games played in a set in a singles final. The match itself lasted four hours and 16 minutes - about half an hour shorter than 2007's epic final.
  5. It's Norbert Bischofberger, inventor of Tamiflu, the antiviral medication to treat swine flu. He's made millions, but says he's motivated by science. Meanwhile, Mr Gates received the Indira Gandhi National Award for Peace. And Harry Patch, the last British survivor of the WWI trenches, died in July.
  6. It's "ugly" - at the start of July 20-year-old EU rules on the size, shape and appearance of fruit and veg were relaxed, returning bendy cucumbers and forked carrots to shop shelves.
  7. He ordered apple pie and perry jelly, eaten on the seaside terrace of fellow celebrity chef Mark Hix's restaurant in Dorset. And he bookended the meal with a champagne cocktail and several cigarettes.
  8. It's the Scouts advised not to carry penknives. The guidance, published in Scouting magazine, follows confusion over laws on carrying a knife in public. The renaming of Spotted Dick at Flintshire Council HQ was branded "political correctness gone mad".
  9. He's blind in his left eye due to a detached retina. Mr Brown, in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, insisted: "My sight is not at all deteriorating."
  10. It's "Tingle" - all were names of candidates in the Norwich North by-election in July. Howling is Alan "Howling Laud" Hope of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, who ran against Lib Dem April Pond, UKIP's Glenn Tingle and the Green Party's Rupert Read.
  11. The date should be on the HEADS side since a redesign last year - older coins have the date on the tails side.
  12. It's number 2 - G,G,G,G,A,A,A,G,E,G,E. Number 1 is the opening of another Australian folk classic, Waltzing Matilda, and number 3 is the start of Bobby Shafto.
  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.
Your ScoreYour Score
0 - 3 : ... and gave me a Vegemite sandwich 0 - 4 : Jedward
4 - 10 : He just smiled... 5 - 10 : Olly Murs
11 - 12 : I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" 11 - 12 : Leona Lewis
In addition to the 12 questions above, there is also a bonus question for each of the four parts of this quiz. We can now reveal the answer to our bonus question.
class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8416786.stm">52 weeks, part one class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8416791.stm">52 weeks, part two 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.
That's how we reach the magic total of 52 questions. class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8416786.stm">52 weeks, part one class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8416791.stm">52 weeks, part two class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8416796.stm">52 weeks, part three
With each part of the quiz we publish a photograph - the first three are on the right. But what's the link between all four pictures? Tell us using the form below. 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.
The answer is The Wire. The four photographs represent four characters from the US crime drama.
1. Leicester city centre (Lester Freamon)
2. Tony McNulty, former employment minister (Jimmy McNulty)
3. Michael Jackson with chimp Bubbles (Reginald "Bubbles" Cousin)
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.
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