What we learnt in the last seven days...


1. As Labour’s leadership race nears its conclusion, the four candidates are casting around for celebrity friends, but which actress has pledged her support for current front runner Jeremy Corbyn?
a. Sue Johnston
b. Maxine Peake
c. Sarah Lancashire
d. Anne-Marie Duff
2. A statue of a British athletics star was unveiled this week in the Chinese city of Tianjin, but who was it?
a. Eric Liddell
b. Roger Bannister
c. Sebastian Coe
d. Steve Ovett
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Hide Ad3. Which British town is hoping to transform its rather lacklustre image and turn itself into a cultural hub with the opening of a new £17.5m art gallery?
a. Slough
b. Southampton
c. Swindon
d. Stoke on Trent
4. A group of bloggers got into trouble with the Advertising Standards Authority this week for failing to declare they had been paid for promoting which particular product?
a. Oreo biscuits
b. Haagen-Dazs ice cream
c. Coca Cola
d. M&Ms
5. According to census figures, Blackpool has the highest rate in the country for what?
a. Divorce
b. Single parents
c. Over 60s.
d. Heart disease
6. The list of top baby names was published this week. Oliver topped the boys’ list, but which was the most popular girl’s name of the last 12 months?
a. Olivia
b. Charlotte
c. Elizabeth
d. Amelia
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Hide Ad7. Which famous foodie took a swipe at their younger rivals saying most modern cookbooks are all style and no substance?
a. Prue Leith
b. Mary Berry
c. Delia Smith
d. Nigella Lawson
8. According to the Local Government Association a shortage of what is threatening to scupper the country’s housebuilding plans?
a. Bricks
b. Chartered surveyors
c. Architects
d. Land
9. Which 50-1 outsider beat the favourite Golden Horn in the Juddmonte International on the opening day of York’s Ebor Festival?
a. Caspian Prince
b. Arabian Queen
c. Cougar Mountain
d. Arctic Feeling
10. Street artist Banksy has opened a theme park called Dismaland, but in which seaside resort?
a. Margate
b. Cromer
c. Weston-super-Mare
d. Great Yarmouth