Quiz of the week's news

7 days 7 questions

Welcome to 7 days 7 questions - the Magazine's quiz of the week's news. If this isn't enough brain exercise, there's also our Daily Mini-Quiz, every weekday on the Magazine home page.

1.) Multiple Choice Question

Psychologists claim playing certain types of music can enhance the taste of wine. Which do they recommend with a cabernet sauvignon?

1. Blondie's Atomic
   
2. Nessun Dorma by Puccini
   
3. Lionel Richie's Easy
   
4. Honky Tonk Woman by the Rolling Stones
   

2.) Multiple Choice Question

In a major survey of British attitudes, one charity made it into both the top five most-loved and most-hated brand lists. Which one?

1. Christian Aid
   
2. RSPCA
   
3. Cancer Research
   
4. NSPCC
   

3.) Missing Word Question

Hold on one second *

1. sweetie
   
2. honey
   
3. sugar
   

4.) Multiple Choice Question

What a week for political memoirs packed with uncomfortable revelations. Who, after an awkward scene, said this of Tony Blair: "I hate this man"?

1. Lord Levy
   
2. John Prescott
   
3. Cherie Blair
   

5.) Multiple Choice Question

After the chancellor's announcement on Tuesday over the 10p tax row, what's the new salary threshold for paying the top level of income tax?

1. £32,358
   
2. £34,800
   
3. £40,835
   
4. £41,435
   

6.) Multiple Choice Question

BA - official carrier of Britain's Beijing team and the 2012 Olympics - no longer allows canoes on its flights. Which other piece of kit is banned?

1. Gun
   
2. Bow and arrow
   
3. Javelin
   
4. All of the above
   

7.) Multiple Choice Question

Sex and the City made Manolo Blahnik a household name. But its stars didn't wear his wares to the London premiere - and only one opted for shoes by "new Manolo", Christian Louboutin. Who?

1. From left, Kirstin Davis
   
2. Cynthia Nixon
   
3. Kim Cattrall
   
4. Sarah Jessica Parker
   

Answers

1. It's Mick Jagger singing Honky Tonk Woman - and also Jimi Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower and Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney and Wings. Blondie sets off a zingy Chardonnay; the Three Tenors a fruity Syrah and Lionel Richie suits Merlot, according to research released on Wednesday.
2. It's the RSPCA, the third most-loved and the fifth most-hated. Cancer Research and Macmillan Cancer top the most-loved charity list, while Christian Aid and War on Want top the most-hated list.
3. He said: "Hold on one second sweetie" to a female journalist who shouted out a question as he toured a Chrysler car plant. Mr Obama later left her a message saying it was a bad habit of his to use this term.
4. It was Cherie Blair, reflecting on how after a difficult birth with Euan, the couple's eldest child, Tony made her pose for a Northern Echo photographer, "Sedgefield MP, wife and newborn son being the theme".
5. It's £40,835, lowered from £41,435, at which the 40% tax rate applies.
6. It's the javelin (and pole vaults too), no longer carried because of the difficulties these items pose baggage handlers. But bikes, guns and archery equipment are allowed.
7. It was Kirstin Davis (Charlotte) who stepped out in Louboutin's distinctive red-soled heels for Monday's premiere. SJP (Carrie) wore heels by Alexander McQueen, while Cattrall (Samantha) and Nixon (Miranda) both chose Gucci shoes.

Your Score

0 - 3 : Down at heel

4 - 6 : Flat-footed

7 - 7 : You got sole

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