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 Question
1.) Multiple Choice Question
A deadly Egyptian cobra escaped from Bronx Zoo in New York this week, sparking a hunt. But 30 of which animal escaped from Chester Zoo in 2009?
A deadly Egyptian cobra escaped from Bronx Zoo in New York this week, sparking a hunt. But 30 of which animal escaped from Chester Zoo in 2009?
Meerkats
Penguins
Chimpanzees
Meerkats
Penguins
Chimpanzees
2.) Multiple Choice Question
2.) Multiple Choice Question
Construction on the 2012 Olympic Stadium was completed this week and the last piece of turf laid. Grown in Scunthorpe, the turf is a special blend of perennial ryegrass, fescue grass seeds and what?
The last piece of turf has been laid in the 2012 Olympic Stadium. Grown in Scunthorpe, the turf is a special blend of perennial ryegrass, fescue grass seeds and what?
Smooth stalk meadow grass
Carpet grass
Kentucky blue grass
Smooth stalk meadow grass
Carpet grass
Kentucky blue grass
3.) Multiple Choice Question
3.) Multiple Choice Question
Adele's album, 21, has equalled Madonna's record and spent nine consecutive weeks at number one. Only two other British female solo artists have had a number one album for at least six consecutive weeks. Which of these HASN'T managed it?
Adele's album, 21, has equalled Madonna's record and spent nine weeks in a row at the top. Only two other UK female solo artists have had a number one album for at least six consecutive weeks. Which of these HASN'T?
Susan Boyle
Dido
Leona Lewis
Susan Boyle
Dido
Leona Lewis
4.) Missing Word Question
4.) Missing Word Question
* smuggled into football match in Colombia
* smuggled into football match in Colombia
Cow
Corpse
Car
Cow
Corpse
Car
5.) Multiple Choice Question
5.) Multiple Choice Question
Wills and Kate, Zara and Mike - and now Labour leader Ed Miliband has added to the wedding fever, announcing he is to marry partner Justine Thornton in May. Where will the ceremony be?
Wills and Kate, Zara and Mike - and now Labour leader Ed Miliband has announced he is to marry partner Justine Thornton in May. Where will the ceremony be?
Nottingham, near where the bride was born
North London, where they live
Doncaster, the groom's constituency
Nottingham, near where the bride was born
North London, where they live
Doncaster, the groom's constituency
6.) Multiple Choice Question
6.) Multiple Choice Question
"It seems odd since I've only met Berlusconi once," said George Clooney in a statetment after being named as a potential witness in a trial against Italy's PM. What was the meeting apparently about?
"It seems odd since I've only met Berlusconi once," said George Clooney in a statement after being named as a potential witness in a trial against Italy's PM. What was the meeting apparently about?
Aid for Darfour
Support for Haiti
Backing for a film
Aid for Darfur
Support for Haiti
Backing for a film
7.) Multiple Choice Question
7.) Multiple Choice Question
McDonald's was the most littered brand in UK last year, according to the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign. But which was second?
McDonald's was the most littered brand in UK last year, according to the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign. But which was second?
Greggs
Cadbury
Wrigley
Greggs
Cadbury
Wrigley
Answers
Answers
It was chimpanzees, that were eventually found in a nearby keepers' area, where their food is usually prepared. As of Thursday evening, the cobra had still not been found. (According to the inevitable Twitter feed in its name, @bronxzooscobra is seeking organic food shops in Manhattan that stock mice.)
It's smooth stalk meadow grass, which is usually used if you want a tough, hardwearing lawn. London 2012 chairman Lord Coe and Olympic sprinter Frank Fredericks laid the last piece of turf.
It's Susan Boyle. Leona Lewis managed it in 2007 with her album Spirit and Dido in 2003 with Life for Rent.
It's corpse. Cucuta Deportivo's fans managed to smuggle in the coffin of Cristopher Alexander Jácome Sanguino, 17, who had supported the team. He'd been killed the day before the match.
It's Nottingham. The venue for the wedding will be Langar Hall in Notts, just 20 minutes from where Ms Thornton grew up.
It was apparently aid for Darfour. Berlusconi's lawyers say Clooney has been listed because the woman at the centre of sex allegations surrounding the Italian PM once said she'd seen Clooney and girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis at one of his parties. Canalis has reportedly denied attending.
It's Cadbury. Greggs is the third most littered brand and Wrigley is the fourth.
It was chimpanzees, which were eventually found in a nearby keepers' area, where their food was usually prepared. As of Thursday evening, the cobra had still not been found. (According to the inevitable Twitter feed in its name, @bronxzooscobra is seeking organic food shops in Manhattan that stock mice.)
It's smooth stalk meadow grass, which is usually used if you want a tough, hardwearing lawn. London 2012 chairman Lord Coe and Olympic sprinter Frankie Fredericks laid the last piece of turf.
It's Susan Boyle. Leona Lewis managed it in 2007 with her album Spirit and Dido in 2003 with Life for Rent.
It's corpse. Cucuta Deportivo's fans managed to smuggle in the coffin of Cristopher Alexander Jácome Sanguino, 17, who had supported the team. He'd been killed the day before the match.
It's Nottingham. The venue for the wedding will be Langar Hall in Notts, just 20 minutes from where Ms Thornton grew up.
It was apparently aid for Darfur. Berlusconi's lawyers say Clooney has been listed because the woman at the centre of sex allegations surrounding the Italian PM once said she'd seen Clooney and girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis at one of his parties. Canalis has reportedly denied attending.
It's Cadbury. Greggs is the third most littered brand and Wrigley is the fourth.
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