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Published 16 December 2002

Dirty war

1. e. 2. e. - Deduct a point if you ticked a. 3. All are correct. Add a bonus point if you have all five correct. 4. a. 5. a. 6. e. 7. a. 8. d. 9. e. 10. b. 11. e. 12. c. 13. d. Deduct 2 points if you said King Zog - he's dead. 14. abcd. Add a bonus point if all correct. 15. abce. Add a bonus point if four correct. 16. d. - Most British combat casualties in the last Gulf war were from "friendly" US fire. 17. c. - But you can argue about this. If you do, deduct 5 points because you have been trained by al-Qaeda in interrogation methods.

High score (20-30 points): Congratulations, you are a warmonger. Join the TA, or the cabinet.

Middle score (19-20): You are a typical NS reader. Now remove the fence splinters from your rear.

Low score (under 10): Either your phone is being tapped by Special Branch or you weren't allowed to read much while you were in Guantanamo Bay.

Dirty Scandals

1. Jeffrey Archer 2. Sven-Goran Eriksson (she is Nancy Dell'Olio) 3. John Leslie 4. Michael Jackson 5. Matthew Parris 6. Michael Barrymore 7. Paul Burrell 8. Joan Collins 9. Angus Deayton 10. Edwina Currie

Dirty Money

1. d. 2. c. shredder 3. a. Lord Wakeham 4. d. 5. b. 6. c. 7. d. 8. a. 9. b. 10. b.

Dirty Politics

1. a. two pizzas b. two Jags (or two jabs) c. two-timing 2. c. Mitterrand (he wasn't around when Blair was Prime Minister) 3. b. Clarke. He is the only one to have missed out twice in a Conservative leadership contest 4. They have all had to leave the government, to be given a second chance later by Blair 5. a. Jack Straw said it in an NS interview in November 6. None of them. They are all due to retire/move on in 2003 7. a. 4 (extra point if you can name them: Operation Desert Fox against Iraq; Kosovo; Sierra Leone; Afghanistan) 8. c. Blair: public school and Oxbridge 9. b. £9bn 10. b. In an NS column on 5 June 2000, Lynton said: "I am not an Oxbridge man myself." His obituary (page 50) reveals that he went to Worcester College, Oxford

Dirty Pictures

1. The England football manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson, and Nancy Dell'Olio on holiday. Extra point if you thought Nancy was looking for secret notes from Ulrika Jonsson 2. Former Canadian cyclist Louis Garneau, putting his arm around Queen Elizabeth II while they pose for a photograph taken by his wife Monique Arsenault during a walkabout outside Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario. The apparent breach of royal protocol, however, did not appear to upset the Queen, who beamed a broad smile for the lens 3. Carole Caplin, former glamour model, now guru and "Miss Fix-It" to Cherie and Tony Blair

Dirty environment

1. c. 2. b. 3. c. 4. a. 5. c. 6. b. 7. c. 8. a. 9. c. 10. b

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