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
The Time Person of the Year has been revealed to be "the protester". Who was second?
The Time Person of the Year has been revealed to be "the protester". Who was second?
Duchess of Cambridge, nee Kate Middleton
US Navy's William McRaven
Chinese Ai Weiwei
Duchess of Cambridge, nee Kate Middleton
US Navy's William McRaven
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei
2.) Multiple Choice Question
2.) Multiple Choice Question
The first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest has failed in her attempt to make a comeback in the annual song-fest. She was hoping to sing for which country, the same as in 1956?
The first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest has failed in her attempt to make a comeback in the annual songfest. She was hoping to sing for which country, the same as in 1956?
Switzerland
Ireland
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Ireland
Luxembourg
3.) Multiple Choice Question
3.) Multiple Choice Question
Sir Graham Watson, a British Member of the European Parliament, has challenged an EU Commissioner to a competition eating what?
Sir Graham Watson, a British Member of the European Parliament, has challenged an EU Commissioner to a competition eating what?
Pies
Potatoes
Prunes
Pies
Potatoes
Prunes
4.) Missing Word Question
4.) Missing Word Question
Hairy limbs keep * at bay
Hairy limbs keep * at bay
bed bugs
body odour
cold
bed bugs
body odour
cold
5.) Multiple Choice Question
5.) Multiple Choice Question
Scientists say they've found signs of the now famous Higgs boson particle. Higgs was a British theoretical physicist (pictured). Where did the word "boson" come from?
Scientists say they've found signs of the now famous Higgs boson particle. Higgs is a British theoretical physicist (pictured). Where did the word "boson" come from?
A nautical term
A physicist's name
Unit of measurement
A nautical term
A physicist's name
Unit of measurement
6.) Multiple Choice Question
6.) Multiple Choice Question
Google has revealed some of the most popular search terms in the UK over the past year. The list of "fastest-rising searches" was topped by the Royal Wedding. What was second?
Google has revealed some of the most popular search terms in the UK over the past year. The list of "fastest-rising searches" was topped by the royal wedding. What was second?
Yuri Gagarin anniversary
iPhone 5
Twilight
Yuri Gagarin anniversary
iPhone 5
Twilight
7.) Multiple Choice Question
7.) Multiple Choice Question
Elizabeth Taylor's jewellery collection fetched a record-setting $115m (£74m) at auction in New York this week. Also up for sale was a print signed: "To my true love Elizabeth. I love you forever." From who?
Elizabeth Taylor's jewellery collection fetched a record-setting $115m (£74m) at auction in New York this week. Also up for sale was a print signed: "To my true love Elizabeth. I love you forever." From who?
Michael Jackson
Richard Burton
Elton John
Michael Jackson
Richard Burton
Elton John
Answers
Answers
It was Admiral Bill McRaven, who masterminded the raid on Bin Laden's compound by Seal Team Six, the elite commandos of the US Navy. Weiwei and the duchess were on the shortlist.
It's Switzerland. Lys Assia, 87, was hoping to become the oldest singer to take part in a contest that she previously won with the song Refrain. According to reports, her latest song lacked "modern elements".
It's prunes - after the EU rejcted claims prunes have a laxative effect. The European Food Safety Agency is investigating the health claims made for food products.
It's bed bugs. Hungry bugs placed on shaved arms were more likely to try to feed compared with those on unshaved arms, the journal Biology Letters reported this week.
It's another physicist. Satyendra Nath Bose was an Indian physicist who collaborated with Albert Einstein.
It was the iPhone 5, an object that didn't actually exist. After a long wait, Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S.
It was Michael Jackson. In terms of the jewellery, everything from her famous 33-carat diamond ring, a gift from Burton, to her charm bracelets sold for many times their estimates.
It was Admiral Bill McRaven, who masterminded the raid on Bin Laden's compound by Seal Team Six, the elite commandos of the US Navy. Weiwei and the duchess were on the shortlist.
It's Switzerland. Lys Assia, 87, was hoping to become the oldest singer to take part in a contest that she previously won with the song Refrain. According to reports, her latest song lacked "modern elements".
It's prunes - after the EU rejected claims prunes have a laxative effect. The European Food Safety Agency is investigating the health claims made for food products.
It's bed bugs. Hungry bugs placed on shaved arms were more likely to try to feed compared with those on unshaved arms, the journal Biology Letters reported this week.
It's another physicist. Satyendra Nath Bose was an Indian physicist who collaborated with Albert Einstein.
It was the iPhone 5, an object that didn't actually exist. After a long wait, Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S.
It was Michael Jackson. In terms of the jewellery, everything from her famous 33-carat diamond ring, a gift from Burton, to her charm bracelets sold for many times their estimates.
Your Score
Your Score
0 - 3 : Bad
0 - 3 : Bad
4 - 6 : Thriller
4 - 6 : Thriller
7 - 7 : Invincible
7 - 7 : Invincible
The world news quiz is published every week on a Friday.
The world news quiz is published every week on a Friday.
