Answers to News Questions

In the news

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

1. Michael Norgrove
2. Paris Brown
3. 18, Victory Road, Derby
4. Ryan Mania
5. Richard de Wit
6. Lindsay Sandiford
7. James Crosby
8. Pablo Neruda
9. Ljubisa Bogdanovic
10. Fred Talbot
11. Annette Funicello
12. True Blue
13. Sir Robert Edwards
14. Derek Richardson
15. Danny Wilson
16. David Lynn
17. Hawk eye
18. George North
19. Jerome Fillot
20. Andrew Wakefield
21. Stella English
22. Gentleman Style
23. Australophithecus Sediba

In Other News

1. Which country did team GB defeat in the Davis Cup?
2. Which team will play which in the Heineken cup semi finals?
3. Where was the venue for International Pillow Fight Day last week?
4. What was the cause of Margaret Thatcher’s death?
5. UK stores put a limit on how much of what customers were allowed to buy last week?
6. What was the Man City v. Man Utd. score ?
7. Which song has been boosted into the chart as a response to the death of Margaret Thatcher?
8. Where will Margaret Thatcher’s funeral be held?
9. In which area of London were there reported street parties following the death of Margaret Thatcher?
10. Which University was granted the right to have overseas students again last week?
11. Quentin Tarantino edited his film Django Unchained for release in which country, where it was promptly banned on the opening day of release?
12. What was the score in the Champions League Galatasaray v. Real Madrid?
13. – and Borussia Dortmund v. Malaga?
14. 2 suppliers from which country were revealed to have sold meat with traces of horse tranquilliser?
15. What was the score in the Bayern Munich v. Juventus match?
16. Who came on as a supersub for Barcelona v. PSG?
17. – and what was the score in their match?
18. Which publication celebrated its 150th anniversary?
19. Team GB will face which country in their Davis Cup world group play off?
20. Who lost his voice during his national radio show?
21. Which author claimed that the English do not respect the Arts?
22. Which 4 makes of car had models recalled due to problems with airbags – they all use the same airbags?
23. What was the score in the Spurs v. Basle match?
24. Who missed the last penalty for Spurs?
25. What was the score between Chelsea and Rubin Kazan?
26. – and Newcastle and Benfica?
27. Which supermarket chain have removed three nerve agent pesticides which are harmful to bees from their supply chain?

Answers

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

1. British boxer who died as a result of a boxing match
2. Kent Youth Police and Crime Commissioner quit due to Twitter comments she had made in the past
3. The home of Mick and Mairead Philpott that is now to be demolished
4. Grand National Winning jockey taken to hospital the next day after a fall in Hexham – allowed home later in the week
5. He admitted stabbing Sarah Groves in Kashmir
6. Grandmother who lost her appeal against her death sentence in Bali
7. Former HBOS boss who has asked to give up his knighthood
8. Chilean poet whose body is to be exhumed to solve the mystery of his death in the days after the Pinochet coup
9. Massacred 13 people in Serbia
10. Arrested over historic allegations of sex abuse
11. Former original Mickey Mouse club actress who also starred in a succession of surf movies with Frankie Avalon – for example the neglected classic “How to Stuff a Wild Bikini”
12. Operational codename for the Margaret Thatcher funeral
13. Test tube baby pioneer passed away aged 87
14. New principal shareholder at London Wasps
15. Parted company with Sheffield United
16. English golfer shot a 68 in first round of the US Masters
17. Goal line technology chosen to be used in English Premier League
18. Wales and Scarlets winger finally sealed transfer deal to Northampton
19. Stade Francais scrum half given a 14 week ban for spitting in the face of bath’s Peter Stringer
20. Person discredited this week for his comments 15 years ago which caused the MMR scare, blamed for the recent measles epidemic in Swansea and the surrounding area
21. Winner of the 2010 series of “The Apprentice” who lost a court case for constructive dismissal she brought against Lord Sugar
22. Psy follow up to Gangnam Style
23. Newly discovered hominid with features of both ape and human

In Other News

1. Russia
2. Toulon v. Saracens – Munster v. Clermont
3. Trafalgar Square, London
4. A Stroke
5. Baby Milk. Following a scandal over home products, people have been buying British baby milk in bulk to export to China
6. 2 - 1
7. “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead”
8. St. Paul’s Cathedral
9. Brixton
10. London Met
11. China
12. 3 – 1 (Madrid 5 – 3 on aggregate)
13. 3 – 2(Dortmund 3 -2 on aggregate)
14. Netherlands
15. 2 – 0 (4 – 0 Bayern on aggregate)
16. Lionel Messi
17. 1- 1(3 – 3 on aggregate – Barcelona go through on away goals)
18. Wisden
19. Croatia
20. Chris Evans
21. Julian Barnes
22. Toyota – Honda – Nissan - Mazda
23. 2 – 2 (4 – 4 on aggregate – Basle on penalties – sob)
24. Adebayor
25. 2 – 3 ( Chelsea 5 – 4 on aggregate)
26. 1 – 1 ( Benfica 4 – 2 on aggregate)
27. Waitrose