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Quiz of the week's news | Quiz of the week's news |
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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 Question | 1.) Multiple Choice Question |
Which Oscar winner joked that they were already rehearsing their acceptance speech when their mother gave birth? | Which Oscar winner joked that they were already rehearsing their acceptance speech when their mother gave birth? |
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2.) Missing Word Question | 2.) Missing Word Question |
Bad * used as stem cell tool | Bad * used as stem cell tool |
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3.) Multiple Choice Question | 3.) Multiple Choice Question |
"Greece needs a Marshall Plan, not a Versailles treaty," said a politician of which nationality, after the EU's second bailout of Greece was agreed? | |
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Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe celebrated his 88th birthday, but the authorities failed to see the funny side when a man joked about the president doing what? | Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe celebrated his 88th birthday, but the authorities failed to see the funny side when a man joked about the president doing what? |
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President Mugabe released 88 balloons in Harare as part of the celebrations.He also blew out all the candles on a cake that was shaped like a crocodile. | President Mugabe released 88 balloons in Harare as part of the celebrations.He also blew out all the candles on a cake that was shaped like a crocodile. |
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A low-cost computer - Raspberry Pi - designed to encourage UK children to learn programming skills sold out hours after going on sale. Which of the following inspired the "Pi"? | A low-cost computer - Raspberry Pi - designed to encourage UK children to learn programming skills sold out hours after going on sale. Which of the following inspired the "Pi"? |
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6.) Multiple Choice Question | 6.) Multiple Choice Question |
It was reported this week that one of India's richest Hindu temples earnt more than £25.6m ($40.8m) from the sale of what? | It was reported this week that one of India's richest Hindu temples earnt more than £25.6m ($40.8m) from the sale of what? |
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It was a very sad week for fans of The Monkees, a band which sold more than 60 million records. One of the quartet, Briton Davy Jones, died after a heart attack, aged 66. | It was a very sad week for fans of The Monkees, a band which sold more than 60 million records. One of the quartet, Briton Davy Jones, died after a heart attack, aged 66. |
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Which Star Trek character was apparently inspired by Davy Jones? | Which Star Trek character was apparently inspired by Davy Jones? |
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Walter Koenig, who played Chekov, did not join the Star Trek cast until the second season. Both The Monkees and Star Trek were aired on NBC in the US. | Walter Koenig, who played Chekov, did not join the Star Trek cast until the second season. Both The Monkees and Star Trek were aired on NBC in the US. |
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0 - 3 : Negative, Doctor | 0 - 3 : Negative, Doctor |
4 - 6 : That is illogical | 4 - 6 : That is illogical |
7 - 7 : Beam you up | 7 - 7 : Beam you up |
For past quizzes including our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, expand the grey drop-down below - also available on the Magazine page (and scroll down). | For past quizzes including our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, expand the grey drop-down below - also available on the Magazine page (and scroll down). |