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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.
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Peggy Mitchell makes her final EastEnders appearance on Friday. But the feisty pub landlady, and matriarch of Albert Square, has been in the soap longer than Barbara Windsor.So our first question is....Peggy Mitchell makes her final EastEnders appearance on Friday. But the feisty pub landlady, and matriarch of Albert Square, has been in the soap longer than Barbara Windsor.So our first question is....
1.) Multiple Choice Question1.) Multiple Choice Question
Who played the original Peggy Mitchell in 1991, three years before Windsor joined the cast?Who played the original Peggy Mitchell in 1991, three years before Windsor joined the cast?
  1. Sunglasses
  2. Glasses
  3. Black top
  4. Blue check
  1. Sunglasses
  2. Glasses
  3. Black top
  4. Blue check
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And here's the evidence. Ricky and Sam's wedding day in 1991, with Frank and Pat Butcher, plus Peggy Mitchell on the right.Click NEXTAnd here's the evidence. Ricky and Sam's wedding day in 1991, with Frank and Pat Butcher, plus Peggy Mitchell on the right.Click NEXT
2.) Multiple Choice Question2.) Multiple Choice Question
Cambridge has ousted Harvard as the world's best university, with UK and US institutions filling the top 17 places. Which country, in 18th place, broke their stranglehold?Cambridge has ousted Harvard as the world's best university, with UK and US institutions filling the top 17 places. Which country, in 18th place, broke their stranglehold?
  1. Switzerland
  2. Canada
  3. Australia
  1. Switzerland
  2. Canada
  3. Australia
3.) Multiple Choice Question3.) Multiple Choice Question
"He's history." Who?"He's history." Who?
  1. Tony Blair
  2. The Stig
  3. Larry King
  1. Tony Blair
  2. The Stig
  3. Larry King
4.) Multiple Choice Question4.) Multiple Choice Question
Mr Blair's memoir A Journey has, however, officially become Britain's fastest selling political memoir since records began, beating...Mr Blair's memoir A Journey has, however, officially become Britain's fastest selling political memoir since records began, beating...
  1. Peter Mandelson's The Third Man
  2. Alastair Campbell's The Blair Years
  3. Bill Clinton's My Life
  4. Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries
  1. Peter Mandelson's The Third Man
  2. Alastair Campbell's The Blair Years
  3. Bill Clinton's My Life
  4. Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries
5.) Multiple Choice Question5.) Multiple Choice Question
Who has NOT launched a perfume this week?Who has NOT launched a perfume this week?
  1. The Sun
  2. Iggy Pop
  3. Sex Pistols
  1. The Sun
  2. Iggy Pop
  3. Sex Pistols
6.) Multiple Choice Question6.) Multiple Choice Question
Bought for £1,645, sold for £1,700. What?Bought for £1,645, sold for £1,700. What?
  1. Photos of Stan Laurel
  2. A book on birds
  3. MP's duck house
  1. Photos of Stan Laurel
  2. A book on birds
  3. MP's duck house
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This is the duck house that sank the career of the former Tory MP. The floating Stockholm duck island came to symbolise the expenses scandal in 2009. But Sir Peter said his ducks had never liked it and proceeds from the sale went to Macmillan Cancer Support.This is the duck house that sank the career of the former Tory MP. The floating Stockholm duck island came to symbolise the expenses scandal in 2009. But Sir Peter said his ducks had never liked it and proceeds from the sale went to Macmillan Cancer Support.
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In his new book, Prof Stephen Hawking says the universe exists because of one all-encompassing hypothesis: M-theory. But what might M stand for, according to its originator?In his new book, Prof Stephen Hawking says the universe exists because of one all-encompassing hypothesis: M-theory. But what might M stand for, according to its originator?
  1. Master
  2. Mortality
  3. Matrix
  4. Map
  1. Master
  2. Mortality
  3. Matrix
  4. Map
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  1. It's four, actress Jo Warne, who was Peggy for three months when daughter Sam eloped with Ricky. One is Annie Nightingale, 40 years a Radio 1 DJ this week; two is Anna Karen, who plays Peggy's sister Aunt Sal; three is Rita May, who plays Connie Rathbone in Coronation Street.
  2. It was Switzerland's ETH Zurich, placed 18th. McGill in Canada was next, then Australian National. The rankings are by QS academic advisory board, which said UK and US universities had an advantage because English was the language of academia.
  3. It's Top Gear's The Stig, according to host Jeremy Clarkson, who was critical of Ben Collins's legal fight to call himself The Stig. Tony Blair cancelled book signings due to protests and the successor to chatshow king Larry was named as Piers Morgan.
  4. Mr Blair's book sold 92,060 copies in its first four days, the strongest ever opening-week sale of a memoir since Nielsen BookScan records began in 1998, and beating Campbell's 24,000. However, Margaret Thatcher's The Downing Street years was estimated to have sold 120,000 copies in its first week - although this was before records were kept on the matter.
  5. It's Iggy Pop. The Sun launched its first perfume, called Buzz, while punk band the Sex Pistols also entered the market with a unisex fragrance that promises to "create mayhem". Iggy is to be the subject of a Jim Jarmusch documentary, but no smellies. Yet.
  6. It's the duck house, for which Sir Peter Viggers famously claimed £1,645 on expenses. He resigned as an MP and this week sold the house for charity. The Laurel photos fetched £8,000 at auction, while a £5m book called Birds of America is to go under the hammer.
  7. It's matrix, according to Edward Witten, who came up with the theory in 1995. He also said it could stand for "magic" or "mystery".
  1. It's four, actress Jo Warne, who was Peggy for three months when daughter Sam eloped with Ricky. One is Annie Nightingale, 40 years a Radio 1 DJ this week; two is Anna Karen, who plays Peggy's sister Aunt Sal; three is Rita May, who plays Connie Rathbone in Coronation Street.
  2. It was Switzerland's ETH Zurich, placed 18th. McGill in Canada was next, then Australian National. The rankings are by QS academic advisory board, which said UK and US universities had an advantage because English was the language of academia.
  3. It's Top Gear's The Stig, according to host Jeremy Clarkson, who was critical of Ben Collins's legal fight to call himself The Stig. Tony Blair cancelled book signings due to protests and the successor to chatshow king Larry was named as Piers Morgan.
  4. Mr Blair's book sold 92,060 copies in its first four days, the strongest ever opening-week sale of a memoir since Nielsen BookScan records began in 1998, and beating Campbell's 24,000. However, Margaret Thatcher's The Downing Street years was estimated to have sold 120,000 copies in its first week - although this was before records were kept on the matter.
  5. It's Iggy Pop. The Sun launched its first perfume, called Buzz, while punk band the Sex Pistols also entered the market with a unisex fragrance that promises to "create mayhem". Iggy is to be the subject of a Jim Jarmusch documentary, but no smellies. Yet.
  6. It's the duck house, for which Sir Peter Viggers famously claimed £1,645 on expenses. He resigned as an MP and this week sold the house for charity. The Laurel photos fetched £8,000 at auction, while a £5m book called Birds of America is to go under the hammer.
  7. It's matrix, according to Edward Witten, who came up with the theory in 1995. He also said it could stand for "magic" or "mystery".
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