Answers to News Questions

In the News

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

1. Mark Menzies
2. Michael Elinescu and Entscho Wladow
3. Anne Hidalgo
4. Ehud Olmert
5. Xscape
6. Manuel Valls
7. Christine Case
8. Lord Justice Goldring
9. Keane Wallis-Bennett
10. Cramlix Hall
11. Kwasi Enin
12. Lorenzo Semple Jr.
13. Segolene Royal
14. Katherine Rundell
15. Maria Miller
16. Sanpower
17. Margo Macdonald

In Other News

1. What is the new cost of a 1st class stamp?
2. – and a second class stamp?
3. The Ordnance Survey announced what last week?
4. Which famous actress passed away aged 74 last week?
5. What was the score between Liverpool and Spurs?
6. – and Chelsea and Crystal Palace?
7. – and Arsenal and Man. City?
8. Who won the Malaysian GP?
9. Who won the women’s University Boat Race?
10. Which team won the Johnstone’s Paint Final?
11. England fell out of the world T20 after their loss to which country, that went on to the semi finals?
12. Which former world leader went on trial for treason?
13. Where did Heston Blumenthal announce he is to temporarily transfer his Fat Duck restaurant?
14. Which has become the biggest grossing animated film in history?
15. What is the significance of the words ‘ all right, good night’?
16. Why did officials of the San Isidro Basilica in Leon have to deny the faithful the right to enter the Church last week?
17. In the world T20, Netherlands defeated England by how many runs?
18. Name the three African countries in which an outbreak of deadly Ebola virus was reported last week?
19. Which film character is supposedly running for the presidency of the Ukraine?
20. What was the Champions League score between Man Utd and Bayern Munich?
21. – and Chelsea and Paris St. Germain?
22. Why did Tiger Woods announce he is missing the US Open?
23. Who have been banned from accompanying the England team to the FIFA world cup?
24. What did the British Army hand over to American forces last week?
25. Much in the news, air pollution last week was blamed on what?
26. An 8.2 magnitude earthquake took place off the coast of which country?
27. England’s women won their way to a world T20 semi final against which country?
28. Who was the chairman of the Farage – Clegg BBC2 borefest?
29. David Cameron said a) which supermarket is his favourite? – and b) at which supermarket does he shop more often?
30. What is the cost of the new England replica football shirt?
31. Which 75 year old announced he will take part in a solo Transatlantic race?
32. The Queen made her third royal visit to where last week?
33. Which two teams will contest the world T20 final?
34. What remarkable innovation to the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony was announced last week ( not on the 1st April, either)
35. Who said on Michael McIntyre’s chat show that she was refused entry to the USA?
36. Who advocated gassing badgers?
37. Which Coronation Street actress was charged with drunk driving?
38. When Sir Brucie of Forsyth announced he is retiring from Strictly, who did he nominate as his successor?
39. – and which American announced his retirement as talk show host after 30 years?

Answers

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

1. Tory MP who resigned as a ministerial aide over sex and drug allegations
2. World Bridge champions stripped of their title for cheating by suing a series of coughs as signals
3. First female elected Mayor of Paris
4. Former Israeli leader convicted in Bribery case
5. New Michael Jackson album with previously unreleased songs
6. New PM of France
7. Died in Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre
8. Coroner for the Hillsborough Inquest
9. Tragically killed in Liberton High School, Edinburgh, by a falling wall in a changing room
10. Hotel bought by Andy Murray
11. 1st person to successfully apply to all 8 Ivy League Universities
12. Creator of the 1960s Batman TV series who passed away
13. Mother of Francois Hollande’s children former PM of France, appointed new Minister for Energy and the Environment
14. Won the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize for ‘Rooftoppers’
15. MPs overruled the damning report into her expenses claims
16. Chinese firm buying House of Fraser
17. Scottish nationalist politician, who passed away

In Other News

1. 62p
2. 53p
3. They will cease to make paper maps of every part the whole country
4. Kate O’Mara
5. 4 – 0 Liverpool
6. 1 – 0 Palace
7. 1 - 1
8. Lewis Hamilton
9. Oxford
10. Peterborough 3 – Chesterfield 1
11. South Africa
12. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan
13. Melbourne, Australia
14. Frozen
15. Last recorded words from flight MH370
16. A new book identified a chalice within the church as being the Holy Grail. Huge crowds have flocked to see it.
17. 45 runs
18. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
19. Darth Vader ( psst – it’s a man in a costume – don’t tell anyone)
20. 1 - 1
21. 3 – 1 PSG
22. Trapped nerve in back
23. WAGs
24. Cam Bastion and Helmand Province
25. Dust sucked up from the Sahara by freak weather conditions
26. CHile
27. South Africa
28. David Dimbleby
29. A) Waitrose – B) Sainsburys
30. £90
31. Sir Robin Knox-Johnstone
32. The Vatican
33. Sri Lanka and India
34. Tower Blocks on Red Road will be blown up during the ceremony
35. Nigella Lawson
36. Princess Anne
37. Barbara Knox
38. Boris Johnson
39. David Letterman