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Were you paying attention?

It was the week when the Taliban collapsed. But how much of the rest of the news did you manage to catch?

Staying away
 
Question 1 Which of these teams did not qualify for the 2002 World Cup this week?
 
  Turkey
  Brazil
  Romania
  Slovenia
 
Putting up
 
Question 2 Who did the Scottish Labour Party nominate, unopposed, as their candidate for First Minister?
 
  Henry McLeish
  Wendy Alexander
  Malcolm Chisholm
  Jack McConnell
 
Deutschmarks down the sofa
 
Question 3 What value of Euro-zone currency, to become obsolete in three months time, is it estimated that Britons currently hold?
 
  290 million pounds
  540 million pounds
  790 million pounds
  160 million pounds
 
Don't leave me this way
 
Question 4 Which former member of Take That is closing down his fan club due to lack of interest?
 
  Robbie Williams
  Gary Barlow
  Mark Owen
  Jason Orange
 
Tooth fairy sells out
 
Question 5 A collection of baby teeth and adult molars is to be auctioned next month. Who is furious - and thinking of bidding to buy their own teeth back?
 
  Christopher Lee
  Dennis Hopper
  Jack Nicholson
  Janet Street-Porter
 
Taxi!
 
Question 6 It was revealed that London is the most expensive city in Europe to take a cab. Which of these cities proved best value?
 
  Stockholm
  Berlin
  Barcelona
  Paris
 
Model railway
 
Question 7 Toy train-maker Hornby posted a 52 per cent rise in 6-monthly profits. Which was its best selling model?
 
  The Flying Scotsman
  Virgin Intercity
  The Eurostar
  The Hogwarts Express
 
Making a racket
 
Question 8 Who went top of the men's world tennis rankings on Friday, becoming the youngest ever men's world number one?
 
  Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Patrick Rafter
  Gustavo Kuerten
  Lleyton Hewitt
 
Red or white?
 
Question 9 How many bottles of wine - worth an average of 40 pounds each - are stocked in the Foreign Office's wine cellars?
 
  19,000
  11,000
  37,000
  29,000
 
Phone a friend, George?
 
Question 10 Who was confirmed as President of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance?
 
  Burhanuddin Rabbani
  Rashid Dostum
  John Simpson of the BBC
  Younis Qanooni
 
 


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