In a week when the Glasgow Climate Pact was finally agreed, England beat Australia at rugby for the eighth game in a row, the 250 millionth Covid-19 infection was reported, MPs were, one again, in the firing line following further allegations of sleaze, and actor Christopher Walken painted over one of Banksy's trademark rats, The Weekly has condensed the news from the last seven days into five short quiz questions to brighten your Sunday morning. Good luck!

Questions:

1. The final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 this afternoon in Dubai will be a Trans - Tasman affair after the two second-placed group teams made it through their semi-finals. This will be Australia's first ICC T20 World Cup final since 2010 (when they lost to England!) and for the Kiwis, it is their first visit to a T20 final. The influence of the pre-match coin toss on the match result has been a major talking point throughout the tournament. A high number of matches have been won by the teams winning the toss and bowling first. Two-thirds, in fact. Twelve of the tournament's matches have been played at Dubai. How many of these dozen games have been won by the team batting first?

2. MSCI /IPF released their Q3 2021 results on Monday morning and the results made for a positive start to the week. For example, it was announced that the quarterly total return (to the end of September 2021) was +4.1%, the highest recorded figure since 2014. Performance was mainly driven by yield impact, with capital growth of +3.0% over the quarter. All sectors and segments of the property market delivered positive returns, with the industrial sector again outperforming, delivering +7.4%. In comparison, office capital growth remains sluggish, with twelve-month capital returns still negative (-1.8%). There has also been a notable increase in the office vacancy rate which now stands at 14.2%, the highest vacancy rate in the history of the MSCI index! Notably, office vacancy rates in the City of London and Mid-Town are now higher than the vacancy rate for Shopping Centres. UK regional cities, however, still have comparatively low office vacancy rates compared to London. Which Key City stands out with the lowest office vacancy rate at 6.5%?

3. On Friday, a law was passed by the Portuguese parliament making it illegal for employers to contact employees after work hours, a step the country has made to promote a healthier work-life balance amid a surge of home working during the pandemic. Under the new rules, companies with more than ten employees will incur fines for emailing staff outside their contracted shift hours. In addition, they will also be made to pay for household utilities incurred while their employees work from home. Such changes in Portugal could lead the way for other countries to follow. However, this isn’t actually the first time that such an employment change has been introduced. In May 2016, which country enacted a new "right to disconnect" rule that said if your company had fifty employees or more, you could not email an employee after typical work hours?

4. It's been a big week for memorabilia auction sales. First up, a halter mini dress worn by Amy Winehouse during her final concert fetched $243,000. The dress was among 800 items sold, raising more than $4m for a foundation set up by her parents to help young people with addiction. Secondly, there has been an original Apple-1 computer, one of only 200 models made and sold in kit form by the company’s creators Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in 1976. This computer sold for a whopping $400,000 (£295,000). And thirdly was the volleyball used as a prop in the 2000 film Cast Away starring Tom Hanks. Can you recall what the ball was called and, for a bonus point, guess what it sold for?

5. Can you imagine the uproar if train drivers here in the UK were fined every time their train left late! It doesn’t bare thinking about. Well, this week it was announced that a train driver in Japan was suing his employer after it docked ¥43 (28p) from his wages over a one-minute delay. The driver had gone to the wrong platform at Okayama station, causing its departure for the depot to be delayed. His rail company docked him 85 yen (£0.55p) but subsequently agreed to reduce the fine after the driver argued his case. However, the driver refused to accept the reduced sum and is now suing them for 56 yen in unpaid wages and 2.2 million yen (£14,347) in damages for mental anguish. How many passengers were affected by the incident in question?

Answers

1. Only one, with the other eleven games won by the team batting second.
2. Bristol.
3. France.
4. Wilson (and $308,000).
5. Zero. The train was empty!