CRAIG BROWN: What’s your score in the Meg quiz?

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The verb ‘to Megsplain’ has been defined in this column as ‘to make a banal or meaningless statement employing a courageous, virtuous tone’. 

In this multiple choice quiz, I provide you with the beginning of a real Megsplanation, and you have to say how it ends:

1. Meghan’s children’s book The Bench begins:

‘This is your bench

Where you’ll witness great joy…’

— but how does it continue?

a) From here you will rest

See the growth of our boy

b) As you gaze at your wife

Looking ever so coy

c) Watching granny in The Crown

As played by Clare Foy

d) And if we save up

We can give Archie a toy.

e) And on our next trip to London

We’ll book the Savoy.

2. ‘TraveLling gives you …

a) More frequent flyer points

b) DVT

c) Some perspective of what the rest of the world is like

d) A chance to speak to the crew in Business Class, and ask how the folk in standard are coping

e) The opportunity to pick up top-brand scents at 20 per cent off

3. ‘I’ve never wanted to be a lady who lunches — I’ve always wanted to be a woman who …

a) Breakfasts, then lunches

b) Sues

c) Marries a prince

d) Connects

e) Works

The verb ‘to Megsplain’ has been defined in this column as ‘to make a banal or meaningless statement employing a courageous, virtuous tone’ (Meghan Markle pictured in Sept 2021)

4. ‘I think the biggest part of being a girl boss in the office, at home, or anywhere you go is just knowing your …

a) Price

b) Value

c) Worth

d) Onions

e) Highway code

5. ‘Achieving net zero carbon emissions means making a series of choices over time to make that footprint as small as possible, while compensating for any remaining emissions through …

a) Eating quinoa twice a day

b) Never driving if you can fly

c) High-quality carbon removal projects

d) Lighting up the world with your radiant smile

e) Rubbing two sticks together

6. ‘Believing in true equality is not enough …

a) We must also encourage all the ordinary folk to strive for equality on our behalf, even if we have to pay them to do so

b) And that’s what I said to my good friend Oprah when she welcomed me into her literally stunning mansion last week

c) That’s the first thing life taught me on the day I became a real-life Princess

d) It’s going to take more than belief. We have to work for it every day

e) First, you must fix yourself a multi-million dollar Netflix deal

7. ‘Believe in what makes you …

a) Money

b) Lose weight

c) Better than others

d) Unique

e) Adored

8. ‘As a mom, and an expectant mom, I deeply appreciate the significance of …

a) Community support, safe and accessible pregnancy resources, and trusted guidance in a nurturing setting

b) A nanny who has signed an NDA

c) The love and kindness of those who surround me.

d) Under-floor heating, ecologically sourced

e) A contract with Netflix

What’s your score in the Meg quiz? (Meghan Markle pictured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show)

9. (statement from the Archewell Foundation) ‘Our co-founders, Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have a long-standing commitment to …

a) Personal growth

b) Empowerment

c) The planet

d) Chickens

e) Oprah

10. ‘With fame comes…

a) Pressure

b) Friends

c) Wealth

d) Opportunity

e) A loss of the sense of what makes us who we really are

11. ‘We want to make sure that as we recover, we recover stronger; that as we rebuild …

a) We have our designers fit a top-of-the-range kitchen with marble worktops, crystal taps and a rustic-style eating area

b) We rebuild together

c) We put in underfloor heating

d) We make an impact

e) We learn to empower our dreams

Answers: 1a; 2c; 3e; 4b; 5c; 6d; 7d; 8a; 9c; 10d; 11b

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