1. Whose death, at the age of 82, did NBC announce on its website on Saturday (before it corrected it)?
2. It was announced this week that Tom Waits will join Lady Gaga, Ricky Gervais, Ringo Starr, Rupert Murdoch, Dolly Parton, Mick Jagger, The Flight of the Conchords, Justin Beiber, Mark Zuckerberg and Julian Assange in doing what?
3. The bank gets the money from the prime minister. The prime minister gets the money from the Queen. But from whom does the Queen get the money?
4. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has pulled out of an event because he refuses to appear alongside which former world leader?
5. Who makes Swedes “think of Norwegian because of the way his tone rises and falls”, according to an article in Slate this week?
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1. Neil Young’s. If you said Lance Armstrong, lose 10 points.
2. Guest-starring on The Simpsons.
3. The bank. If you didn’t know this, you obviously haven’t yet seen the Flight of the Conchords’ new charity single, “Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)”, you lucky bugger.
4. Tony Blair.
5. The Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show.
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