Info Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is celebrating his 75th birthday. To mark the occasion, here are 10 questions about the life and times of Italy's longest-serving post-war premier.

1.) Multiple Choice Question On a visit to the New York stock exchange in 2003, Mr Berlusconi said Italy was a great country to invest in because it had lots of beautiful secretaries. He also said the country had changed and now had... Less organised crime

Fewer communists

A hard currency



2.) Multiple Choice Question In May 2010, Mr Berlusconi asked Milan police to release a 17-year-old Moroccan dancer, who had been accused of theft. It's said he claimed she was related to a head of state. Which? Libya's Muammar Gaddafi

King Mohammed VI of Morocco

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak



3.) Multiple Choice Question Silvio Berlusconi claims to have hired one of the following as a lawyer, before they entered politics. Which? Gerhard Schroeder

Tessa Jowell

Nicolas Sarkozy



4.) Multiple Choice Question The young Berlusconi occasionally performed as a cruise ship crooner. He also played in a band. Which instrument did he play? Piano

Double bass

Trumpet



5.) Multiple Choice Question Mr Berlusconi, Italy's third richest man, has interests in banking, insurance, publishing, cinema and television. Which of these channels does he NOT own? Italia 1

Rai Tre

Rete 4

Canale 5



6.) Multiple Choice Question Which of the following football clubs in Italy's top league, Serie A, does Mr Berlusconi own? Lazio

Juventus

AC Milan



7.) Multiple Choice Question Mr Berlusconi's estranged wife, the actress Veronica Lario, is part-owner of the right-wing newspaper, Il Foglio. Which publication is owned by his brother Paolo? Il Giornale

La Repubblica

Panorama



8.) Multiple Choice Question Veronica Lario demanded and won a public apology from her husband, after he did something that, in her view, damaged her dignity. Which of these was it? He attended the 18th birthday party of female friend, Noemi Letizia

He told Mara Carfagna, a member of parliament, he would run away with her, if he were not married

He hinted publicly that his wife was having an affair with philosopher Massimo Cacciari



9.) Multiple Choice Question Silvio Berlusconi has been prime minister for nine of the last 17 years. Which of these pre-war figures was PM for nearly 21 years? Giuseppe Garibaldi

Benito Mussolini

Guiseppe Verdi



10.) Multiple Choice Question How do you say 75 in Italian? Diciassette virgola cinque

Settantacinque

Settecentocinquanta



Answers It's fewer communists. "Today we have fewer communists and those who are still there deny having been one," he was quoted as saying. It's Hosni Mubarak. Mr Berlusconi does not deny calling police to secure the dancer's release and sending an aide to take custody of her. The Egyptian embassy subsequently denied there was any connection between the girl and the Egyptian president. It's Nicolas Sarkozy. Mr Berlusconi said in 2009 that he helped resolve the conflict between Russia and Georgia by talking to Vladimir Putin on the phone and sending "the good Nicolas Sarkozy, who was my advocate some years ago" to talk to Dmitri Medvedev. Tessa Jowell, the former British cabinet minister, is not a lawyer. Her estranged husband David Mills was employed as a lawyer by Mr Berlusconi in the 1990s. It's double bass. Mr Berlusconi has recorded albums as a singer, with Neopolitan performer Mariano Apicella. It's Rai Tre, which is part of the state-owned public service broadcaster, Rai. Media freedom campaigners have complained that as prime minister Mr Berlusconi is able to exercise some political control over Rai, as well as the channels he owns. It is AC Milan, one of the top teams from Mr Berlusconi's home town. Lazio, a team based in Rome, is owned by entrepreneur Claudio Lotito, while Juventus (in Turin) is controlled by the Agnelli family, the principal shareholders of the Fiat car company. It's the daily newspaper Il Giornale. La Repubblica is a centre-left newspaper, while Panorama is a weekly news magazine owned by Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset company. It's the Maria Carfagna incident in 2007. Veronica Lario did not respond publicly to her husband's remark about Massimo Cacciari. After he attended Noemi Letizia's party in 2009, she filed for divorce, saying she could not stay with a man who "consorted with minors". It's Benito Mussolini. Garibaldi led the military campaign which led to the unification of Italy in 1860. Verdi was a composer. It is settantacinque. Diciassette virgola cinque is 17.5, while settecentocinquanta is 750.