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It's the Magazine's 7 days, 7 questions quiz - an opportunity to prove to yourself and others that you are a news oracle. Failing that, you can always claim to have had better things to do during the past week than swot up on current affairs.It's the Magazine's 7 days, 7 questions quiz - an opportunity to prove to yourself and others that you are a news oracle. Failing that, you can always claim to have had better things to do during the past week than swot up on current affairs.
1.) Multiple Choice Question1.) Multiple Choice Question
In case you hadn't noticed, it's been snowing a bit this week. What is this driver doing that goes against the Highway Code?In case you hadn't noticed, it's been snowing a bit this week. What is this driver doing that goes against the Highway Code?
  1. Driving in falling snow
  2. Driving with snow on roof
  3. Driving on icy road surface
  1. Driving in falling snow
  2. Driving with snow on roof
  3. Driving on icy road surface
2.) Multiple Choice Question2.) Multiple Choice Question
It's been a week of revelations with Wikileaks releasing hundreds of secret diplomatic communiques. Which world leader was described in one as "feckless, vain, ineffective"?It's been a week of revelations with Wikileaks releasing hundreds of secret diplomatic communiques. Which world leader was described in one as "feckless, vain, ineffective"?
  1. Col Gaddafi
  2. Nicolas Sarkozy
  3. Silvio Berlusconi
  1. Col Gaddafi
  2. Nicolas Sarkozy
  3. Silvio Berlusconi
3.) Multiple Choice Question3.) Multiple Choice Question
England has lost its bid to stage the World Cup. But its final presentation, by David Beckham, was swishly executed and conducted to the background of which well-known tune?England has lost its bid to stage the World Cup. But its final presentation, by David Beckham, was swishly executed and conducted to the background of which well-known tune?
  1. The Farm's All Together Now
  2. Elbow's One Day Like This
  3. Coldplay's Speed of Sound
  4. Oasis' All Around the World
  1. The Farm's All Together Now
  2. Elbow's One Day Like This
  3. Coldplay's Speed of Sound
  4. Oasis' All Around the World
4.) Multiple Choice Question4.) Multiple Choice Question
"I became a Blackberry person, and now I'm an iPad person." Said who?"I became a Blackberry person, and now I'm an iPad person." Said who?
  1. George Bush
  2. Alastair Campbell
  3. Paris Hilton
  1. George Bush
  2. Alastair Campbell
  3. Paris Hilton
5.) Multiple Choice Question5.) Multiple Choice Question
The online Oxford English Dictionary has for the first time collated all its sources for definitions. The Times newspaper was top, with 36,204 mentions, followed by William Shakespeare. Which writer was third?The online Oxford English Dictionary has for the first time collated all its sources for definitions. The Times newspaper was top, with 36,204 mentions, followed by William Shakespeare. Which writer was third?
  1. Geoffrey Chaucer
  2. Charles Dickens
  3. Walter Scott
  1. Geoffrey Chaucer
  2. Charles Dickens
  3. Walter Scott
6.) Multiple Choice Question6.) Multiple Choice Question
Coronation Street is gearing up for its 50th anniversary next week - but why was the show's original name, Florizel Street, ditched?Coronation Street is gearing up for its 50th anniversary next week - but why was the show's original name, Florizel Street, ditched?
  1. Sounded German
  2. Sounded like a disinfectant
  3. It was an identifiable real street
  1. Sounded German
  2. Sounded like a disinfectant
  3. It was an identifiable real street
7.) Multiple Choice Question7.) Multiple Choice Question
The birthday question is back! Jazz maestro Dave Brubeck will be 90 next week, but who collects the main royalties for his most famous hit, Take Five?The birthday question is back! Jazz maestro Dave Brubeck will be 90 next week, but who collects the main royalties for his most famous hit, Take Five?
  1. Saxophonist Paul Desmond
  2. The American Red Cross
  3. The US Internal Revenue Service
  1. Saxophonist Paul Desmond
  2. The American Red Cross
  3. The US Internal Revenue Service
AnswersAnswers
  1. It's the snow on the roof. Rule 229 of the Highway Code states: "Remove all snow that might fall off into the path of other road users."
  2. It was Berlusconi. Sarkozy was described as "authoritarian"; Gaddafi as being close to a "voluptuous" Ukrainian nurse.
  3. It was Elbow's One Day Like This.
  4. It's Mr Bush, who was speaking to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in an hour-long interview on the social network.
  5. It's Walter Scott, who is quoted in the OED nearly 17,000 times. Chaucer and John Milton were in the top 10, with John Dryden and Charles Dickens in the top 20.
  6. It's the disinfectant. Corrie creator Tony Warren said a cleaning lady made the observation, which changed his mind and the course of TV history.
  7. It's the American Red Cross. The tune was composed by Desmond who, before he died in 1977, accorded all royalties to the aid agency, which is said to earn $100,000 a year from it.
  1. It's the snow on the roof. Rule 229 of the Highway Code states: "Remove all snow that might fall off into the path of other road users."
  2. It was Berlusconi. Sarkozy was described as "authoritarian"; Gaddafi as being close to a "voluptuous" Ukrainian nurse.
  3. It was Elbow's One Day Like This.
  4. It's Mr Bush, who was speaking to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in an hour-long interview on the social network.
  5. It's Walter Scott, who is quoted in the OED nearly 17,000 times. Chaucer and John Milton were in the top 10, with John Dryden and Charles Dickens in the top 20.
  6. It's the disinfectant. Corrie creator Tony Warren said a cleaning lady made the observation, which changed his mind and the course of TV history.
  7. It's the American Red Cross. The tune was composed by Desmond who, before he died in 1977, accorded all royalties to the aid agency, which is said to earn $100,000 a year from it.
Your ScoreYour Score
0 - 2 : Take your leave0 - 2 : Take your leave
3 - 4 : Take a break3 - 4 : Take a break
5 - 7 : Take Five (to Seven)5 - 7 : Take Five (to Seven)
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