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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
Why did furniture store giant Ikea face criticism over its catalogue this week?
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The firm said it regretted the fact that the women were missing and said: "Excluding women from the Saudi Arabian version of the catalogue is in conflict with the Ikea Group values."
2.) Multiple Choice Question
Which resident of Sesame Street did Republican Mitt Romney express his fondness for during a US presidential debate?
3.) Multiple Choice Question
A museum dedicated to which Swedish icon opened in Stockholm this week?
4.) Multiple Choice Question
A $1bn (£621m) project has been begun in Dubai to build a replica of which landmark?
5.) Multiple Choice Question
It was revealed this week that former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson was refused entry into New Zealand. Why?
6.) Multiple Choice Question
The word "mambalgins" cropped up in a popular story news story on the BBC News website - what is it?
7.) Multiple Choice Question
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, who made the first documented use of the term "running around like a blue-arsed fly"?
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Your Score
0 - 2 : Gnat
3 - 5 : Fruit fly
6 - 7 : Horse fly
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