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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.
1.) Multiple Choice Question
Lady Gaga headlined Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Carlisle on Sunday, making her entrance in a coffin. Which of these was reportedly part of her contractual requests?
Two hundred teacupsA sewing machineTwo hundred coat hangersHaggis
2.) Multiple Choice Question
Cambridge beat rival Oxford to become the UK’s top university in the newly published University Guide 2012. It came top in many subjects, but which of these did Oxford top the league in?
PsychologyPoliticsLawClassics
3.) Missing Word Question
Facebook couple ‘name baby * ‘
ZuckerbergPokeLikeStatus
4.) Multiple Choice Question
The Queen made a historic state visit to the Republic of Ireland this week. She attended a dinner at Dublin Castle wearing a hand-sewn embroidered dress covered with 2,091 what?
Celtic knotsFour-leaf cloversShamrocksHarps
5.) Multiple Choice Question
People in which country stop describing themselves as “young” at 35, according to research looking at attitudes to age across Europe?
BritainGermanyCyprus
6.) Multiple Choice Question
It’s goodbye to Ming Ming, the world’s oldest panda, who has died aged 34. She came to London Zoo in 1991 to mate with Berlin panda Bao Bao. Why was she sent back to China?
She stopped eatingIt was too cold for herThey failed to produce cubs
7.) Multiple Choice Question
The London 2012 Olympic torch relay route was revealed this week. It will include visits to six islands – which of these isn’t on the route?
AngleseyIsle of ManGuernseyShetland
Answers
It’s 200 coat hangers, according to The Sun. It says a member of staff was sent to the shops to buy a replacement sewing machine after her own broke down. It’s psychology, according to the guide, compiled by The Guardian. It also came top in chemistry, business and management, and art and design. But Cambridge overtook it in philosophy, law, politics, theology, maths, classics, anthropology and modern languages. It’s Like. Lior and Vardit Adler from Israel said they wanted a “modern” name for their daughter, and so looked to Facebook for inspiration. The social networking site allows users to “like” their friends’ photos and comments. It’s shamrocks, which are from the clover family, but only have three leaves. It was Britain. Germans are considered young until they reach 43, and Cypriots until 51. British people on average also believe that old age starts at 59, about nine years earlier than their European counterparts. It was because they failed to produce any cubs. In what became something of a diplomatic incident, the pair ended up fighting a lot and didn’t successfully mate. It’s Anglesey, off the north-west coast of Wales. The route also includes the islands of Jersey, Orkney and the Isle of Lewis.
Your Score
0 – 3 : Dead end
4 – 6 : Bypassed
7 – 7 : En route