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Published Jan 15, 2016

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It's been a busy news week, with a former Proteas cricketer charged in a match-fixing scandal, a leading carmaker's premises raided and the announcement of the Oscars nominations and host.

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The Golden Globes, celebrity deaths, match-fixing and more made this week's headlines. Take our weekly quiz to see how well you were paying attention?

 

 

Which SA cricketer was this week named as being involved in match fixing?

Imran Khan

Loots Bosman

Gulam Bodi

Morne van Wyk

Anheuser-Busch InBev listed on the JSE on Friday. Based on its opening price, how much was it worth when the bell rang?

R3.1 billion

R3.1 trillion

R13 billion

R33 billion

Which European car company had their facilities raided by inspectors this week as part of a probe into vehicle emissions?

Fiat

Volkswagen

Renault

Peugeot

Which Illusionist is facing a backlash for convincing a group of people to commit “murder”?

Derren Brown

David Blaine

Dynamo

Criss Angel

What did new parent and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announce that caused a social media storm?

That his daughter is being bottle fed

That he was having his daughter vaccinated

That he was buying his daughter a tiara

That he was putting his daughter up for adoption

Who said: “We’re at the Golden Globes. If you put your phone down, you’d know that.”

Amy Schumer

Kate Winslet

Lady Gaga

Jennifer Lawrence

A tourist was bitten by which animal when she tried to kiss it at a show in Phuket?

Snake

Bear

Crocodile

Lion cub

Which world leader was reported by a UK news website to have had a heart attack this week?

Putin

Merkel

Mugabe

Bashir

Which states sold the winning tickets in the record US Powerball jackpot?

California, Florida and Tennessee

Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts

California, Oklahoma, Arizona

Tennessee, Nebraska, Ohio

Who will be presenting this year’s Oscars?

Ricky Gervais

Ellen DeGeneres

Bill Murray

Chris Rock

Poor

 

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