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13 December 2007

Christmas quiz 2007 answers

By Staff Blogger

Politics

1a Jack Straw
2c Hill in paradise
3d Portsmouth
4b Overthrowing Saddam Hussein
5d Seven

In the news

1d Overend, Gurney & Co
2b Bluetongue disease
3c Knitting
4d Gangs
5b Yeoman of the Guard

Online and technology

1b The “$100 laptop”
2c $100 voucher
3c Sharp
4a Speech recognition
5d Mark Zuckerberg

Books

1a Ian McEwan
2a Robert Burns
3a The Children of Húrin
4a Norman Mailer
5a “Oh Christ”

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International affairs

1d Gambia
2b His socks had holes in them
3d HMS Cornwall
4c Irish
5c Ecuador

Television

1d Hugo Chávez
2b Victoria Beckham
3b Waking the Dead
4c John Sweeney
5a Whitehaven

Arts

1d Sleeper
2b Sally Potter
3d 300
4a Nuclear annihilation
5c Six

Fashion and style

1c £23,484
2c Body con
3a Jean Muir
4d Marc Jacobs

Climate change

1a 30 Rock
2b Instal insulation in their homes
3b 1.8-4°C
4a Jaguar XJ V8
5d Tokyo

Media

1d South Africa
2a Mail fraud
3b Jimmy McGovern
4d Bancrofts
5c Glenn Mulcaire

Sport

1c Mark Cueto
2d Track cycling
3b Bitten by a dog
4c Open verdict
5a Serena Williams

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