Weekly Bonus Question
Welcome to the Weekly Bonus Question.
Each week the news quiz will offer an answer. You are invited to suggest what the question might have been.
Suggestions should be sent using the COMMENTS BOX IN THIS ENTRY. And since nobody likes a smart alec, kudos will be deducted for predictability in your suggestions.
This week's answer is THE SIZE OF SPAIN. But what's the question?
UPDATE 1518 BST: The correct answer is, Jupiter now has an Earth-sized crater after an apparent comet strike, but how big would it be if our planet collided with a comet of a similar proportion in size?
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Comment number 1.
At 24th Jul 2009, thejamiemorris wrote:How big an impact would the comet/asteroid that caused the the earth-sized "hole" in jupiter cause if it hit earth?
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Comment number 2.
At 24th Jul 2009, MPWOZERE wrote:How big is the problem of people who insist on typing with Caps Lock on?
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At 24th Jul 2009, EdJustEd wrote:Does my bum look big in this?
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At 24th Jul 2009, ahjt65 wrote:How big are politicians expense claims?
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At 24th Jul 2009, HarveyReid wrote:If the government's borrowing was laid out in fifty layers of twenty pound notes, how big an area would it cover?
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At 24th Jul 2009, ralphallison wrote:What is the governing factor in the amount of rain that falls mainly on the plain?
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At 24th Jul 2009, TooSensible wrote:How big is Spain?
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At 24th Jul 2009, chester_copperpott wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 24th Jul 2009, irwin_winterchest wrote:In a speech to the CBI this week Gordon Brown sent tremors through the financial world by claiming his cat is what?
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Comment number 10.
At 24th Jul 2009, Angry_Old_Man wrote:If you took all countries of the EU, except Spain off the map, what size would the remaining area be?
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At 24th Jul 2009, rushers82 wrote:How big should a cricket pitch be in order to accommodate the immense spin of Ashley Giles?
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At 24th Jul 2009, James wrote:How big is Cristiano Ronaldo's ego at this point in time?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Blimey wrote:When the Ice Caps melt what will be the remaining area of Europe?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Luke wrote:The thighs of the pain, Mr Eubank, I don't understand. I asked you how big your speech impediment used to be?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Citywinner wrote:How big is the biggest crater on the moon
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At 24th Jul 2009, focus63 wrote:How big would Wales be if it was flattened out?
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At 24th Jul 2009, NoMoreFA wrote:How big does the NHS server need to be to cope with the number of hits generated by the swine flu panic?
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At 24th Jul 2009, grebelet wrote:Minus Portugal, how big is the Iberian peninsular?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Eddie-george wrote:The latest German holiday must-have is a beach towel designed to be what?
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At 24th Jul 2009, irwin_winterchest wrote:Chester Copperpott's removal from the board is an outrage how large?
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Comment number 21.
At 24th Jul 2009, Neil wrote:If Silvio Berlusconi's ego was spread out to a depth of 1 metre, what area would it cover?
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At 24th Jul 2009, astispumanti wrote:What is it that will not stop UK sun seeking second home buyers going there ... ?
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At 24th Jul 2009, CheshirePotatoHead wrote:If MPs were to travel the world in a hot air balloon during their holiday period, how big is the area of land which they would not have time to visit.
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Comment number 24.
At 24th Jul 2009, Rwth of the Cornovii wrote:What is 3 times Portugal?
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At 24th Jul 2009, colinbun wrote:Boris Johnson was asked how big he thought London was. His answer was...
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Comment number 26.
At 24th Jul 2009, Mariah Scarey wrote:What is the equivelant total surface area of John Prescott's skin?
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Comment number 27.
At 24th Jul 2009, TecnicoLegato wrote:The question could be either the size of California's economy by using a developed country as an example or
How big is Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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Comment number 28.
At 24th Jul 2009, lillysarah wrote:How big will publicity-hungry Katie Price's chest be after yet another boob job?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Donald Barker wrote:It's a small world, but it isn't the size that I ordered. I wanted one...
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Comment number 30.
At 24th Jul 2009, lillysarah wrote:How big a house could I buy with all the "expenses" claimed in recent years by politicians?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Laurencehypnosis wrote:North Korea now has the nuclear capability to blow up an area how big ?
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At 24th Jul 2009, fordrobertson wrote:What was the headline of a leading British tabloid, following recent research into European male sexual organs?
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Comment number 33.
At 24th Jul 2009, U14079441 wrote:What sticky solution do Iberian tradesmen use to prepare plastered walls for decoration?
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Comment number 34.
At 24th Jul 2009, CraigBellamyIsMyHero wrote:How Big is Spain?
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Comment number 35.
At 24th Jul 2009, CraigBellamyIsMyHero wrote:If flattened, how big would the average american be?
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Comment number 36.
At 24th Jul 2009, Chris wrote:How big is the server that is keeping the NHS swine flu website going?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Go 4th & X wrote:How much surface area of chocolate do Cadbury's have to make to cope with the demand of Crunchies from Vanessa Feltz?
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At 24th Jul 2009, AmosKitto wrote:Thethil ith a caterpillar, Thethil ith my fwend. Latht time I thaw Thethil, Thethil wath how big?
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Comment number 39.
At 24th Jul 2009, Aaron Boardley wrote:How big is Spain?
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Comment number 40.
At 24th Jul 2009, Oscar TG wrote:The Wonder Stuff's indie classic "Size Of A Cow" was originally entitled...
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At 24th Jul 2009, Ghostfish_Music wrote:How big is Chris Moyles' ego at present?
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Comment number 42.
At 24th Jul 2009, ScarfWarrior wrote:When the American Military fires a missile, what is the margin for error?
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Comment number 43.
At 24th Jul 2009, Ghostfish_Music wrote:If Tesco's were successful in all of their planning applications, and you added together the total area of all their stores floor space throughout the world, predicted at the end of 2010, how large an area would this be?
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Comment number 44.
At 24th Jul 2009, swfblade wrote:How big was a sandstorm spotted from space in 2000?
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At 24th Jul 2009, mrluxuryyacht wrote:What is Ashley "King of Spain" Giles' nickname, now he is no longer getting regular exercise?
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Comment number 46.
At 24th Jul 2009, sebc wrote:If you measured the size of Spain exactly, how big would it be?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Marcus_Fenix wrote:How big was a sandstorm off the coast of Africa detected from space?
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Comment number 48.
At 24th Jul 2009, beemoh wrote:Is this actually just a statement of fact? "The answer is the size of spain."
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Comment number 49.
At 24th Jul 2009, kamikazesumocyclist wrote:What's the loudest noise in the EU parliament?
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Comment number 50.
At 24th Jul 2009, LucretiaUK wrote:How large a shadow did the lunar eclipse cast over China?
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Comment number 51.
At 24th Jul 2009, LucretiaUK wrote:Argh. I meant, how large a shadow did the SOLAR eclipse cast over China? *headdesks*
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At 24th Jul 2009, Mystique wrote:What was the size of the shadow cast on Earth during the solar eclipse?
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At 24th Jul 2009, The Artist formerly known as wrote:If all the pritt sticks ever sold were laid out end up, what area would they cover?
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Comment number 54.
At 24th Jul 2009, big_louis wrote:GCSE Geography Question: which European Union country's square area measured in kilometres mostly closely approximates the size of Boris Johnson's ego?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Dave wrote:If the rain was not limited to the plain how much of the Iberian Peninsula would be wet?
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At 24th Jul 2009, seaoracle wrote:If all MP`s requests for 2nd home expenses where laid out, how much area would the cover
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At 24th Jul 2009, Wolfticket wrote:It's area and something about a sand storm spotted form space are the first results when you google which 4 words?
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Comment number 58.
At 24th Jul 2009, fordrobertson wrote:"I realise that you are dyslexic, Jenkins, but you must still write your answers to all test questions. Insolent child.
Question 5: The British public often holiday abroad. What social consequences are there to this phenomenon?"
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Comment number 59.
At 24th Jul 2009, Dave wrote:What is the difference between Spanish Flu and Swine Flu?
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At 24th Jul 2009, hwater wrote:If you rolled out Lord Mandelson's ego what area would it cover?
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At 24th Jul 2009, youngworkhorse wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 24th Jul 2009, unamanitas wrote:What do the Spaniards use to seal their walls?
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At 24th Jul 2009, rollafatone wrote:What's the size of the Darfur region of Sudan?
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Comment number 64.
At 24th Jul 2009, U14080460 wrote:Archeoligists have identified a very large piece of cloth recovered from an LA bring-and-buy stall as one of Barry Manilow's old handkerchiefs. Exactly how big was the handkerchief?
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Comment number 65.
At 24th Jul 2009, nickwake wrote:How big is Steven Gerrard's ego?
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Comment number 66.
At 24th Jul 2009, goldfinger81 wrote:Engineers in Madrid have recently completed a bridge based on one in Venice. What have they mistakenly called it?
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Comment number 67.
At 24th Jul 2009, monza555 wrote:How big is Liam Gallaghers ego?
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Comment number 68.
At 24th Jul 2009, staggy_boy wrote:How big is Cristiano Ronaldo's head?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Pagantroll wrote:How big was the world's largest sandstorm?
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Comment number 70.
At 24th Jul 2009, stuart342 wrote:If you flattened out the Alps how big would they be?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Blindumpire wrote:How big is the ego of London Mayor, Boris Johnson?
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Comment number 72.
At 24th Jul 2009, golden_ming wrote:What is the size of crater that could be made if all of the potholes that exist in the roads of Guildford, Surrey were put together?
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At 24th Jul 2009, daiwee wrote:How large is Peter Mandelsons ego?
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At 24th Jul 2009, booggerboy wrote:What noise was heard across Iberia after the naval Battle of Graveline?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Stevieboy8 wrote:What sort of area would be covered by the material for Bridget Jones' pants?
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Comment number 76.
At 24th Jul 2009, booggerboy wrote:What are Simon Rodgrigues and Simon Torres collectively known as?
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At 24th Jul 2009, jabberwockee wrote:What is surrealism?
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At 24th Jul 2009, krabople wrote:How long is a piece of string?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Glenn Willis wrote:If you laid down all the pound coins misclaimed by UK politicians, what area would they cover?
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At 24th Jul 2009, FedupwithlabourSteve wrote:How big is the sandbox that all our MPs have their respective heads buried in?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Glenn Willis wrote:If all the lies told by UK politicians were laid out over the surface of Earth, how big would the uncovered area amount to?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Colin Bartlett wrote:If all the people who have been asked not to shout on ´óÏó´«Ã½ website they would fill a room how big?.
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At 24th Jul 2009, bigredminingman wrote:What would be the size of Jeremy Clarkson's ideal car? Pooowwwweeeerrrr
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At 24th Jul 2009, Ruth Slavid wrote:How big is Gordon Brown's carbon footprint?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Sancarlos wrote:Theh theh theh theh-theh thehtheh Chris Waddle, theh-theh-theh theh theh-theh?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Magictorchjamie wrote:Find the square root of the theoretical budget of Real Madrid FC
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At 24th Jul 2009, excellentmad_hatter wrote:What comparison do you use when Wales isn't big enough?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Liechtenstein's fondest wish?
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At 24th Jul 2009, madcreationist wrote:If you took out every country in Europe except Spain, how large would Europe be?
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At 24th Jul 2009, JoelAinsworth wrote:AIDS deaths are to the size of Jupiter, as Swine Flu deaths are to...?
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At 24th Jul 2009, rickmcfc40145 wrote:If you collected all the people who have a minor cold but think they have swine flu, how big an area would they take up?
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At 24th Jul 2009, ADasein wrote:How great is Catalonia's ambition?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Candace9839 wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 24th Jul 2009, rickmcfc40145 wrote:If the current Labour government bought some common sense, how much would they need to balance out they're lack of it?
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At 24th Jul 2009, ADasein wrote:How cheesed-off are the Basques?
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At 24th Jul 2009, U10022443 wrote:Que?
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At 24th Jul 2009, ADasein wrote:How yucky is bullfighting?
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At 24th Jul 2009, Matthew Pike wrote:Recently an 'earth sized' scar was found near the south pole of Jupiter, thought to have been caused by a comet. How big would a scar be on Earth if it were hit by a comet of a similar proportion in size?
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At 24th Jul 2009, N Richmond wrote:How big was the chunk of ice that landed on Grandad David Gammon's head?
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At 24th Jul 2009, ADasein wrote:How big is Gibraltar's dilemma?
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