Answers to News Questions

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

1. Dwayne Walker
2. Tremseh
3. G4S
4. P5
5. Howard Riddle
6. But First This
7. Nick Buckles
8. Danny Garcia
9. Choc Ice
10. Lester Slate
11. Les Davies
12. Dan Penteado
13. Frank Schleck
14. Rajesh Khanna
15. Richard Zanuck
16. aQuantative
17. Jason Blue
18. Jason Kenny
19. James Holmes
20. Brandt Snedeker
21. Aurora

In Other News

1. It was announced that which chow will close in the West End after 15 years ?
2. What has been announced as the world’s most endangered family of primates ?
3. Who won the Pin Pinter Literary Prize ?
4. Which band are reuniting once again for a live Radio2 broadcast on July 31st ?
5. Who has been appointed as UN Special Envoy for global education ?
6. Which division of the Scottish League will Newco Rangers play in during the coming season ?
7. Who became the 4th different Brit to win a stage of the 2012 Tour de France last week ?
8. Who were told to stop singing by Hyde Park officials ?
9. Which 95 year old actress passed away ?
10. Who was it announced last week will appear on Desert Island Discs ?
11. What are being used as new galleries for the Tate Modern ?
12. What is the top song which makes people feel proud to be British, according to a recent survey ?
13. What happened to disrupt the Tour de France on stage 14 ?
14. What was the result of the controversial Haye v Chisora fight ?
15. Who gave £6.4 million to GM research ?
16. Which two clubs will meet in the RL Challenge Cup Final ?
17. Which Hollywood star gave birth to a little girl ?
18. Who is making a documentary about taking MDMA – the pure form of Ecstasy ?
19. The population of the UK was announced as what last week ?
20. Which member of Deep Purple passed away last week ?
21. Whose private beach was opened to the public last week ?
22. Who has become a director of Crystal Palace FC ?
23. How long did it take the US Olympic team to get from Heathrow to the Olympic Village in Stratford last week ?
24. Which comedian and actor was cleared of speeding last week ?
25. What was revealed as the most popular form of adult communication ?
26. Who plays Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises
27. Last week the British government admitted torturing whom ?
28. A proposal was made last week to impose a toll on which already existing road ?
29. Who many calories are there in a 380 ml bottle of Lucozade energy ? _ Energy drinks came under fire last week for not being as healthy as people believe they are.
30. Which birthday did Nelson Mandela celebrate last week ?
31. Which company reported their first ever quarterly loss ?
32. A ferry sank with loss of life near which island ?
33. Whose former New York apartment has been put up for rent ?
34. PC Simon Horwood was acquitted of manslaughter at which Crown Court ?
35. Who pulled out of the Olympic Tennis Tournament through injury ?
36. Who starts his 100th grand prix this weekend ?
37. Which former England international footballer retired last week ?
38. Which team Sky rider won stage 18 of the Tour de France ?
39. Which journalist and newsreader passed away aged 84 ?
40. Who axed her first performance in a festival in Pontypridd, causing the 1st of three nights of the festival to be cancelled ?
41. It was announced last week that Nazis attempted to kill Winston Churchill using which unlikely device ?
42. Which former England international resigned from his position in the FA coaching set up ?

Answers

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

1. Designer suing Jay – Z – says he never paid for a logo he designed for him
2. Syrian village, scene of terrible massacre
3. Security firm unable to provide enough staff for the Olympics
4. New 5th moon of Pluto, yet to be given a name
5. Judge in the John Terry racism case
6. New musical based on Radio 4
7. G4S Chief Executive
8. Defeated Amir Khan in 4th round of world title fight
9. What Ashley Cole was called after testifying for John Terry
10. American man who made his first parachute jump at the age of 90
11. Bangor City footballer who has made the shortlist of 32 for the European Footballer of the Year
12. Rogue Traders TV presenter jailed for benefit fraud
13. Top Tour de France rider taken off the Tour due to a positive drugs test
14. Reckoned to be the first Bollywood superstar, passed away last week
15. Film Producer, passed away
16. Online ad agency bought by Microsoft, blamed for Microsoft first ever reported loss
17. Fan hit by a wayward drive from Rory McIlroy in the Open.
18. Selected for the Olympic Men’s Individual sprint instead of Sir Chris Hoy
19. Suspected for the Colorado cinema shootings
20. Led after first two days of the Open
21. Town where the Colorado cinema shootings occured

In Other News

1. Chicago
2. Lemurs
3. Carol Anne Duffy
4. Blur
5. Gordon Brown
6. 3rd Division
7. David Millar
8. Bruce Springsteen and Sir Paul McCartney
9. Celeste Holm
10. Aung San Suu Kyi
11. Oil Tanks
12. We Are the Champions
13. Sabotage by tacks being thrown onto the road
14. Haye won in round 5
15. Bill Gates
16. Leeds and Warrington
17. Uma Thurman
18. Keith Allen
19. 63.1 million
20. Jon Lord
21. Queen Victoria
22. Eddie Izzard
23. 4 hours
24. Steve Coogan
25. Texting
26. Anne Hathaway
27. The Mau Mau
28. A14
29. 266
30. 95
31. Microsoft
32. Zanzibar
33. Barack Obama
34. Southwark
35. Rafael Nadal
36. Lewis Hamilton
37. Ledley King
38. Mark Cavendish
39. Sir Alastair Burnet
40. Jessie J
41. An exploding chocolate bar
42. Gareth Southgate