Answers to News Questions

In the News

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

1. John Hemming MP
2. Calatrava
3. Stephen Bunting
4. Aaron Finch
5. Boro Taxis
6. Mark Bridger
7. Sinead Morrissey
8. Pygmy Rwandan Water Lily
9. Jupp Heynckes
10. Amrit and Prem Karra
11. Britpop
12. St. Nicholas Abbey
13. King Senebkay
14. Charlie Webster
15. David Griffin
16. Indira Gainiyeva and Edward Bunyon
17. Darren Barker
18. Roberto Bautista-Agut
19. Dennis McGuire
20. Headen and Quarmby
21. Hiroo Onoda

In Other News

1. Which former world leader died aged 85?
2. Name the archbishop of Westminster who is to be made a cardinal
3. Valerie Trierweiler, the first lady of France, was admitted to hospital with what?
4. Which 69 year old made an embarrassing acceptance speech in the Golden Globes?
5. Which former TV actress, possibly best remembered for The Champions, passed away aged 67?
6. Who won the Ballon d’Or
7. Which director was given a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes?
8. Which 82 year old former Leeds Utd. And Scotland International Footballer passed away last week?
9. Which design of £2 coin is causing controversy?
10. 3 celebrity court cases began last week – whose?
11. Which Devon town was hit by a freak twister last week?
12. Paignton Zoo has banned its monkeys from eating what?
13. Who said that he had refused a request to do the voiceover for Benefits Street?
14. Who announced he was retiring from football to coach AC Milan
15. Which Lib Dem peer faces no action over claims of sexual harassment?
16. What was the score in the FA Cup match between Man City and Blackburn Rovers?
17. Which bowler became the third player to leave the England cricket tour of Australia?
18. Which well-loved actor passed away aged 69?
19. Mikaeel Kular disappeared from which Scottish town?
20. What per hour figure did George Osborne say he would like to raise the minimum wage to?
21. Two unpublished novels by which author were discovered last week?
22. What is the target for Team GB at the Sochi Winter Olympics?
23. Which former Formula One driver won the first two stages of the Monte Carlo rally?
24. Who was reappointed as Chief Executive of the Maclaren Formula One team?
25. 3 friendlies for the England football team before the world cup were announced against which countries?
26. Which boo-boo was perpetrated by the Berlin U-Bahn underground railway?
27. Which city council have banned apostrophes from their road signs?
28. Which 80s group from Birmingham are to re-form?
29. Who has been signed up to help Roy Keane write his second set of memoirs?
30. What was the sex of Zara and Mike Tindall’s baby?

Answers

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

1. He said that many parents accused of child abuse do not get a fair trial
2. Controversial new bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice
3. New BDO world darts champion
4. He scored 121 v. England in the first ODI in Australia
5. Introduced a policy of not carrying people in wheelchairs, then backtracked after public outcry
6. April Jones’ killer, who dropped his appeal
7. She won the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry
8. World’s rarest lily stolen from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew
9. Bayern Munich coach awarded FIFA coach of the Year
10. Jailed for counterfeiting £1.2 million in banknotes
11. Mew range of drinks announced by Alex James of Blur
12. Ballydoyle’s highest ever earning horse, put down with colic
13. ‘New’ pharaoh whose remains were found in Abydos, Egypt
14. Sky Sports News presenter who said she was abused as a 15 year old athlete
15. Real name of Dave Lee Travis, under which name he is being tried in court
16. Teens who ran away from Stonyhurst College to the Dominican Republic
17. Former world middleweight champion who announced his retirement.
18. Knocked Juan Del Potro out of the Australian Open in the second round.
19. Killed in a prison in Ohio with a botched lethal injection – allegedly it took 25 minutes for him to die.
20. Undergarment factory featured in Mary Portas’ “Mary’s Bottom Line” which went bust
21. The Japanese soldier who continued fighting on the Philippines after World War II until his last orders were finally countermanded by his former commanding officer in 1974. He passed away.

In Other News

1. Ariel Sharon
2. Vincent Nicholls
3. Stress
4. Jacqueline Bisset
5. Alexandra Bastedo
6. Christiano Ronaldo
7. Woody Allen
8. Bobby Collins
9. One based on the Kitchener poster
10. William Roache – Dave Lee Travis – Rolf Harris
11. KIngsbridge
12. Bananas
13. Frank Skinner
14. Clarence Seedorf
15. Lord Rennard
16. 5 – 0 City
17. Steve Finn
18. Roger Lloyd-Pack
19. Kirkaldy
20. £7
21. Stella Gibbons
22. 3 to 7 medals
23. Robert Kubica
24. Ron Dennis
25. Peru – Ecuador and Honduras
26. They bought new trains which are too big for the tunnels, which now need to be widened.
27. Cambridge
28. UB40
29. Roddy Doyle
30. A girl