Answers to News Questions

In the News

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

1. Nazdezhda Tolokonnikova
2. Haiyan
3. Mariam Muller
4. Mylene Picquette
5. Nicky Blair
6. Sean Conway
7. Isra Almodallal
8. Gravity
9. Nadhim Zahawi
10. Marc Marquez
11. Hildebrand Gurlitt
12. Grace Jones
13. Genevieve Sabourin
14. Mahinda Rajapaksa
15. Ming
16. Pink Star
17. Pyotr Pavlensky
18. Beth Reeks

In Other News

1. Where did a state of emergency end officially last week?
2. Who sings the Keane song “Somewhere Only We Know” for this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert?
3. What became the tallest building in the USA last week?
4. Who is launching a new restaurant in Terminal 2 at Heathrow?
5. Which classical composer died aged 69?
6. What won’t Alan Titchmarsh be doing in 2014?
7. What does Hull City’s owner want to change the club’s name to?
8. Who won the ATP Tour Finals?
9. What shape of tattoo did David Dimbleby get last week?
10. Which former England international became manager at Hibernian last week?
11. Which country are England’s rugby league world cup quarter final opponents?
12. What is Britain’s most congested city?
13. Who apologized for filming war scenes in Britain during Remembrance Sunday?
14. What was the score in the RL world cup between France and Samoa?
15. What was the score between Man Utd and Arsenal?
16. From which landmark were Greenpeace banners hung last week?
17. In rugby union, what was the score between England and Argentina?
18. – and Wales and South Africa?
19. IN the RL World Cup what was the score between England and Fiji?
20. What ‘bribe’ for breastfeeding mums was announced last week?
21. Who was the 6th celebrity to leave Strictly?
22. Which US criminal was sentenced to life in prison?
23. Which world leader became an honorary black belt in Taekwondo last week?
24. How long an extension was Chris Coleman given to his contract as Wales manager last week?
25. What was Sachin Tendulkar’s score in his last ever test innings?
26. Who lost his ageism claim last week?
27. What became the world’s most expensive painting last week?
28. Whose death was ruled last week as probably accidental?
29. What award was given to Bob Dylan last week?
30. Which European country refused to host the dismantling of Syria’s chemical weapons last week?
31. It is announced that, in IT terms, London will be one of the world’s first cities to get what?
32. What was the score between England and Chile?

Answers

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

1. Member of Pussy Riot sent to Siberia - literally
2. Super Typhoon which devastated the Philippines
3. Australian who had lived 9 years in the UK, then was given 28 days notice to leave by the UK Border Agency
4. Rowed solo across the Atlantic
5. Son of Tony Blair, has become a successful football agent
6. First person to swim from Land’s End to john O Groats
7. 1st woman to become a spokesperson for Hamas
8. European satellite which ran out of fuel and fell to Earht – AND – new film starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock
9. MP who accidentally claimed expenses for the electricity to power his stables
10. Youngest rider to win Moto GP title
11. ‘Owner’ of the Munich art hoard
12. UKs oldest person who passed away aged 113
13. Jailed for stalking Alec Baldwin
14. President of Sri Lanka refused David Cameron’s call for an inquiry into war crimes during the Sri Lankan Civil War
15. World’s oldest living creature – a 507 year old clam
16. World’s most expensive gemstone, diamond auctioned last week
17. Performance artist who made a demonstration by nailing his scrotum to Red Square last week
18. Newport ( Wales ) teenager whose online novel made her the 14th most influential person on Twitter and earned a huge deal with Random House

In Other News

1. Egypt
2. Lily Allen
3. The New World Trade Centre
4. Heston Blumenthal
5. John Tavener
6. Presenting the Chelsea Flower Show
7. Hull Tigers
8. Novak Djokovic
9. A Scorpion
10. Terry Butcher
11. France
12. Belfast
13. Brad Pitt
14. France won 22 - 8
15. 1 – 0 Man Utd
16. The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
17. 31 – 12 England
18. 24 – 15 South Africa
19. 34 – 12 England
20. £200 shopping vouchers
21. Dave Myers
22. James ‘Whitey’ Bulger
23. Vladimir Putin
24. 2 years
25. 74
26. John McCrirrick
27. Francis Bacon’s triptych of Lucien Freud
28. MI6 codebreaker Gareth Williams
29. The Legion d’Honneur
30. Albania
31. Its own internet domain - .london
32. 2 – 0 Chile