Answers to News Questions

Who or what are the following and why have they been in the news ?

1) Father Gabriele Amorth
2) Arcadia
3) Jamie Dale
4) Sheffield Odeon
5) HMP Kirkham
6) Angie Sowton
7) Carl Anthony Mason
8) Andrew Paterson
9) Andre Lake
10) Lord Chadlington
11) Busilex and Velcade
12) Benton
13) Squeezed Middle
14) Liz Douglas
15) Det Constable Stephen Hopkins
16) Leon Reid
17) Shipbourne
18) Keith Greaves
19) Barry Bannon
20) Leanne Harris
21) Denzel Cassius Hervy
22) Shelagh Delaney
23) Stuart Lancaster
24) Mr. Justice Bean
25) Paul Mealor
26) Andrew Kelly
27) Mariano Rajoy
28) Jose Pimental
29) HMS Westminster

In Other News

1) Which band will record the soundtrack to the BBC 2012 Olympic coverage ?
2) Which country’s branch of the Fair Trade movement have been criticized for relaxing rules governing what counts as fair trade ?
3) It has been announced that the 2013 Tour de France will start where for the first time ?
4) The European Commission have presented the UK with a £20 million fine for importing what?
5) Who said last week that rows on the X Factor are scripted ?
6) The BBC apologized for a controversial report on Dale Farm screened on which programme?
7) Who was named Britain’s greatest living treasure in a survey ?
8) Curry’s last week wrongly advertised a Samsung laptop at which price ?
9) Who opened a store in the Champs Elysee last week ?
10) Name the leader of Yemen who has finally agreed to step down ?
11) Which title has finally been conferred officially on the Duke of Edinburgh ?
12) Which children’s TV show is to receive a special BAFTA ?
13) What has the town of Staines now added to its name ?
14) What was unusual about the appearance of King Juan Carlos of Spain last week ?
15) Which tour firm saw its share price collapse when it anbnounced a plan to restructure its debts ?
16) Which claim about water does the EU actually allow bottlers to put on water now ?
17) IN the new remake of the Sweeney – which car will the main protagonists drive ?
18) St. Andrews University Conservative Association have been widely criticized for burning whose effigy ?
19) IN the remake of the Sweeney , which two actors play the main parts ?
20) Man City were defeated by which team in the Champions’ League this week ?
21) This week saw a state visit to the UK by the leader of which country ?
22) A Tennessee plan to tax which product was defeated last week ?
23) Who said that he has lost his wife to Alzheimers, and he has to build a new life for himself ?
24) What was the result of the Reggae Reggae Sauce hearing ?
25) Staff have been given plastic whistles to use in emergencies in which hospital ?
26) A BBC documentary will claim that Hitler spent Christmas 1912 where ?
27) What upset shoppers in the Curry’s store in New Malden ?
28) Name the England rugby player who has threatened to sue over allegations from a New Zealand Hotel worker ?
29) Which company opened their first store in Britain since the last one closed in 1915 ?
30) Grafitti by whom was discovered in a flat in London last week ?
31) Which store is selling red Brussels sprouts ?
32) Who defended his own comment last week that some types of rape were not serious ?
33) Who said that the Antiques Roadshow makes him cry ?
34) Parents have been warned not to give too much what to children ?
35) Which singer, musician and songwriter was diagnosed with liver cancer ?
36) What is the venue for the ATP tour finals ?
37) What was unusual about the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actor Award last week ?
38) Which tradition has been ended by the Supreme Court ?
39) Who defeated both Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic last week ?
40) Which singer has been reported as suffering from a serious case of pneumonia ?
41) Who won the 2011 Emmy for Best International Actress ?
42) Who has released his first new song since 2004 ?



Answers

Who or what are the following and why have they been in the news ?

1) The former chief exorcist of the Vatican who claims ‘yoga is satanic . . . just like reading Harry Potter “
2) 250 of their stores are to shut
3) Head of drug dealing trio, sent to jail for combined total of 44 years
4) Last of the Odeon chain to switch to digital
5) Thieves broke IN and stole £8000 worth of cigarettes
6) She posted letters on local lampposts to the crooks who burgled her home
7) Convicted of stealing poppy tins – beaten up twice while on remand
8) Police halted his funeral to take his fingerprints – he had been living under an assumed identity for years
9) Convicted burglar who was taken on by the Ministry of Justice, who has been convicted for stealing colleagues’ wallets at the ministry
10) His private land deal with David Cameron has faced criticism
11) 2 bone marrow cancer drugs which have been recalled
12) The dog who has become a massive Youtube hit for herding deer on Richmond Park despite his owner screaming for him to come back
13) The Oxford dictionaries ‘word’ ( its more than one word ! ) of the year
14) She was in a car crash and saved from potentially serious injury when her head was cushioned by a loaf of bread
15) He has been nominated for an award. He studied law in his own time so he could prosecute a criminal when the CPS decided it could not proceed with the case
16) Burglar who gave police a checklist of things that stopped him from burgling a house.
17) Village whose inhabitants have overturned Prince Khalid Abdullah’s decision to close an ancient footpath which runs through his land.
18) He was electrocuted while trying to tap into the National Grid while on a metal stealing expedition
19) Aston Villa footballer fined £4500 and banned for 18 months for drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident
20) Legal secretary in Hove who stole more than £400,000 from a client
21) He successfully overturned his conviction for swearing at the police
22) Playwright – known for “A Taste of Honey” – who passed away , aged 71
23) England’s caretaker rugby coach for the 6 Nations
24) Judge whose ruling that its not a crime to swear at the police because they are used to it has caused understandable outrage.
25) Composer of the Royal wedding Music – CD released last week
26) The first man to be charged on the drink boating law
27) Winner of the Spanish General election and probable next prime minister
28) He has been seized by US police charged with planning bomb attacks against returning US troops
29) Ship that sailed to Libya with only 4 missiles on board.

In Other News

1) Elbow
2) American
3) Corsica
4) Importing Garlic from China
5) Sir Bruce Forsythe
6) The One Show
7) Sir David Attenborough
8) £22
9) Marks and Spencer
10) Ali Abdullah Saleh
11) Lord High Admiral of the Royal Navy
12) Newsround
13) – On Thames
14) He had a black eye
15) Thomas Cooke
16) ‘It Keeps You Cool, and Helathy’
17) Ford Focus ( and why not ! It’s a good car . )
18) Barack Obama
19) Ray Winstone – Ben Drew ( aka Plan B )
20) Napoli
21) Turkey
22) Jack Daniels
23) John Suchet
24) The Judge ruled that Levi Roots did not steal the recipe, but he accused him of ‘fraudulent misrepresentation’
25) John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
26) Liverpool
27) An ipad display model displaying hardcore porn
28) James Haskell
29) Fabergé
30) The Sex Pistols
31) Marks and Spencer
32) Ken Clarke
33) Ed Balls
34) Calpol
35) Robin Gibb
36) The O2 Arena
37) It was awarded jointly to Johnny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch, who alternated the two roles of Frankenstein and his monster in Frankenstein
38) Judges and Lawyers no longer have to wear robes and wigs
39) David Ferrer
40) George Michael
41) Julie Walters
42) Leonard Cohen