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In the News

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

1. John Sweeney
2. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey
3. Redoine Faid
4. Nicolas Maduro
5. Adam Scott
6. “The Orphan Master’s Son”
7. James Harding
8. Raymond Voet
9. Connor Doran – Brandon Doran – Simon Evans
10. Marcus Campbell
11. Tim Brabants
12. Pig 26
13. Solo
14. Chris Holmes
15. Gov.uk
16. Peter Stead
17. Jean Claude Mas
18. Sativa Halappanavar
19. Black Caviar
20. Opempipo Jaji
21. Marin Alsop
22. Storm Thorgeson
23. Jiroemon Kimura
24. Tamerian Tsarnaev

In Other News

1. What happened at the Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder?
2. Which position did Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead reach in the BBC chart last week?
3. What were banned in Venice last week?
4. What was the score in the Man City v. Chelsea FA Cup semi final last week?
5. Which club was relegated from the English RU Premiership last week?
6. Who won the Chinese GP?
7. What was revealed as the most played song of 2012?
8. Which honour was granted by Parliament for the Margaret Thatcher Funeral?
9. Which multiple Olympic Gold Medalist announced his retirement from competition last week?
10. Who accused John Humphrys, Jeremy Paxman, and modern political interviewers for being too aggressive?
11. Who was the caddy of the winning golfer in the US Masters?
12. An application was rejected to open the first what in India
13. What are the christian names of Margaret Thatcher’s grandchildren?
14. In which country was there a 7.8 magnitude earthquake?
15. What was the score in the Arsenal v. Everton match?
16. Cardiff City achieved promotion to the Premier League through a 0-0 draw with which team?
17. The boss of which company admitted that they had exploited a loophole to pay virtually no tax for the last three years?
18. Thursday 18th April was the 75th birthday of whom?
19. Which Commonwealth country legalized same sex marriages last week?
20. How many mourners attended the Thatcher funeral in st. Paul’s?
21. what was the score of Man Utd. v. W. Ham?
22. What was the score between Chelsea and Fulham
23. Which revelation concerning Lance Armstrong was made by the UCI last week?
24. What was the score between Man City and Wigan?
25. Which sporting figure celebrated his 80th birthday last week?
26. Who is Worcester’s new Director of Rugby?
27. Who paid a visit to Londonderry last week?
28. Where did the fertilizer plant explosion occur last week?
29. It was announced that Prince Harry will be joining a team of disabled servicemen to undertake which challenge?
30. Sanctions against which country are to be lifted by the EU?
31. John Terry refused to shake whose hand last week?
32. Which former England cricket captain passed away aged 72 last week?

Answers

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

1. Reporter who made the Panorama report in North Korea with LSE students
2. Sunday Times list Britain’s richest movie couple
3. Armed robber who escaped jail in Lille
4. New president of Venezueal
5. First Australian man to win the US Masters
6. Novel that won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction
7. New Director of BBC News – previously with News International
8. US Judge who fined himself when his mobile phone went off in court
9. Teenagers jailed for kicking homeless Kevin Bennett to death
10. Ronnie O’Sullivan’s opening opponent in world snooker championship
11. 2008 Beijing canoe gold medalist announced retirement
12. Pig produced through gene editing – immune to swine flu
13. Next James Bond novel – to be written by William Boyd
14. He wrote his letter of resignation to Stansted airport on a cake
15. Website which won Design Museum Design of the Year Award – beating the Olympic Stadium
16. Conman claiming to be Peter Kay’s brother
17. Founder of PIP on trial in France over the faulty breast implant scandal
18. Dentist who died because she was refused an abortion in Ireland
19. Mare which retired unbeaten after winning 25 races
20. Jailed for raping 11 year old, after not being placed on Sex Offenders Register after a previous offence
21. Appointed to become first woman to conduct on the Last Night of the Proms
22. Designer of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album cover, passed away this week
23. Oldest man ever – turned 116 last week
24. Boston Bombing suspect shot dead

In Other News

In Other News

1. A fire
2. 2
3. Motorboats
4. 2 - 1
5. London Welsh
6. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari
7. Domino – Jessie J
8. Big Ben was silenced for the suration
9. Sir Chris Hoy
10. Sir Jimmy Young
11. Steve Williams – former caddy of Tiger Woods
12. Playboy Club
13. Michael and Amanda
14. Iran
15. 0 - 0
16. Charlton Athletic
17. NPower
18. Superman – created in 1938
19. New Zealand
20. 2,300
21. 2 - 2
22. 3 - 0
23. He failed 4 drugs tests in 1999, and claimed it was through using a product on saddle sores
24. 1 - 0
25. Dickie Bird
26. Dean Ryan
27. Dalhai Lama
28. West, near Waco, Texas
29. Skiiing to the South Pole
30. Burma
31. FA Chairman David Bernstein
32. Mike Denness