Quiz of the week: Swearing actors, the fifth Beatle and a very pricey stamp

Test your knowledge of the week's news.

1) When Yorkshire politician Harold Wilson, who was born 100 years ago this week, first became an MP, where was his seat?

a - Huddersfield

b - Morley

c - Ormskirk

d - Rievaulx

2) Tennis superstar Maria Sharapova held a press conference to reveal that she had failed a drugs test. But where did she make the announcement?

a - Los Angeles

b - Melbourne

c - Moscow

d - Wimbledon

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3) Which university is launching a new degree in developing computer games?

a - Bradford

b - Hull

c - Leeds

d - York

4) Who was described as the ‘fifth Beatle’ this week after their death at the age of 90?

a - Brian Epstein

b - George Martin

c - Pete Best

d - Yoko Ono

5) Prince William was accused of being “work-shy” this week as it was revealed he and the Duchess of Cambridge had jetted off on a secret luxury ski break. Where to?

a - The French Alps

b - Switzerland

c - Austria

d - America

6) The humble Jammie Dodger biscuit was engulfed in an unlikely controversy this week, why?

a - They are being discontinued.

b - The recipe is being changed.

c - They were banned in India.

d - They are getting smaller.

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7) A working men’s club in Hull this week lifted a ban on women playing which game on its premises?

a - Darts

b - Dominoes

c - Snooker

d - Bar skittles

8) Which artist described the decision to move thousands of rare images from Bradford’s Media Museum to London as “cultural vandalism”?

a - Damien Hirst

b - Ashley Jackson

c - Tracey Emin

d - David Hockney

9) Which actor apologised this week after swearing at a heckler during the performance of the play The Patriotic Traitor?

a - Laurence Fox

b - Matthew Perry

c - James Nesbitt

d - Dustin Hoffman

10) The UK’s second most valuable stamp, a Plate 77 Penny Red, was sold at auction this week to a collector who wished to stay anonymous. How much did it fetch?

a - £40,000

b - £110,000

c - £255,000

d - £495,000

Answers:

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1) c - Ormskirk. 2) a - Los Angeles. 3) c - Leeds. 4) b - George Martin. 5) a - the French Alps. 6) b - the recipe is being changed. 7) c - snooker. 8) d - David Hockney. 9) a - Laurence Fox. 10) d - £495,000.