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News quiz...do you know?

Test your memory and see what you remember from previous news reports. Each question is related to a news story published in the South China Morning Post on Tuesday, July 31, 2001

1. Spy-case scholar Li Shaomin was allowed back into Hong Kong after being questioned for almost uuuuuuuu by immigration officials.

A 50 minutes

B two hours

C four hours

D five hours

2. A robber who forced his victim to buy uuuuuuuu worth more than $130,000 while an accomplice held the man's daughter hostage was jailed for his 'nasty' offence.

A two watches

B three diamond rings

C gold necklaces

D designer suitcases

3. An 18-year-old schoolgirl cheated death when she leapt from the uuuuuuuu floor of a public housing flat and landed on an air cushion.

A 20th

B 25th

C 35th

D 40th

4. Allen Lee Peng-fei, a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress and former Liberal Party legislator, said he did not believe legalising soccer betting would uuuuuuuu.

A create social problems

B encourage gambling

C have a bad influence on youth

D help raise government revenues

5. uuuuuuuu was officially named host of the Hong Kong version of the hit BBC TV show The Weakest Link. The TVB quiz show offers a $3 million top prize.

A Actor Eric Tsang Chi-wai

B Actress Dodo Cheng Yue-ling

C Actor Nat Chan Pak-cheung

D Actress Lisa Wang Ming-chuen

6. Doctors have warned women of the risk of uuuuuuuu at beauty parlours.

A laser skin treatments and hair removal

B weight loss treatments

C facial treatments

D manicures

Answers - 1D, 2A, 3C, 4C, 5B, 6A

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