Answers to News Questions

In the News

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

1. Ellar Coltrane
2. Emily Benn
3. Cynthia Robinson
4. Evan Davies
5. Alexander Borodai
6. Alistair McCreath
7. Mazher Mahmood
8. Adam Walker
9. Joko Widodo
10. Estimate
11. Karl Albrecht
12. Fred Evans
13. Nick Matthew
14. Beth French
15. Allen Margarethe Loj
16. The Whale
17. Angelo Adkins
18. Joseph Rudolf Wood
19. Ross Murdoch
20. Louise and Kimberley Renicks

In Other News

1. Which two players were joint second placed in the Open?
2. Who won the German GP?
3. What position did Tiger Woods finish in the Open?
4. Which Anglican Cathedral announced a need to raise £24 million for repairs?
5. Which US TV and film actor passed away aged 86?
6. Which origanisation is considering establishing an outpost in London’s Olympic Park?
7. Who claimed the Number 10 had on occasion said that he was ill to prevent him from appearing on TV?
8. Steven Gerrard has retired from international football having won how many caps?
9. A building in Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral has been dedicated to whom?
10. Nick Griffin was ousted from the leadership of which organization?
11. Which England player ruled himself out of the rest of the test series with India with injury?
12. Which world leading heptathlete was ruled out by injury on the eve of the Commonwealth Games?
13. A Hand injury forced whom out of his clash with Tyson Gay?
14. Us Flags were mysteriously replaced with white flags on which building by persons unknown?
15. In which country are the MH17 black boxes being examined?
16. What does Aldi actually stand for?
17. For which club has FIFA world cup 2014 Golden Boot winner James Rodriguez signed?
18. Who is the new football coach of Brazil?
19. What did the Peaches Geldof inquest determine as the cause of her death?
20. Which comedienne actress passed away aged 91?
21. Which two people won the coveted Rear of the Year title?
22. Which single went triple platinum this week, being one of only 5 to do so in 20 years?
23. Why did Mo Farah pull out of Glasgow 2014?
24. Who won England’s first gold medal?
25. Which well known actress was reported as joining the cast of the Archers?

Answers

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

1. Star/subject of the controversial film Boyhood
2. Granddaughter of Tony Benn, selected as Labour candidate for Croydon South
3. Widow awarded multi billion pounds in damages from R J Reynolds tobacco company in landmark US court ruling.
4. New Anchor of Newsnight
5. ‘leader’ of Donetsk People’s Republic
6. Judge who threw out the Tulisa Trial
7. So-called ‘Fake Sheikh’ whose evidence was ruled as unsafe
8. New leader of the BNP
9. He won the Indonesian Presidential election
10. Queen’s horse, winner of 2013 Ascot Gold Cup, found to have traces of morphine in system
11. Creator of Aldi – passed away
12. Welsh boxer refused Commonwealth Games accreditation
13. Squash world champ – England’s flag bearer for Commonwealth Games
14. 1st person to swim from Lands End to the Scilly Isles
15. UN Special Envoy to South Sudan
16. 1st ever crowdfunded book to be nominated for Mann Booker – by Paul Kingsnorth
17. Adele’s son, awarded damages over paparazzi photos
18. Botched execution in Arizona
19. Scottish swimmer who defeated the favourite, Michael Jamieson, to gold in the men’s 200m breaststroke in Glasgow
20. Sisters who both won gold for Scotland in Judo in Glasgow

In Other News

1. Sergio Garcia and Ricky Fowler
2. Nico Rosberg
3. 69th – his worst ever Open finish
4. Liverpool
5. James Garner
6. Smithsonian Institute
7. Ken Clarke
8. 114
9. Neil Armstrong
10. BNP
11. Matt Prior
12. Katerina Johnson-Thompson
13. Derek Chisora
14. Brooklyn Bridge
15. UK
16. Albrecht Discount
17. Real Madrid
18. Dunga
19. Heroin Overdose
20. Dora Bryan
21. Carol Vorderman ( 1st to win twice) and Olly Murs
22. “Happy” by Pharrell Williams
23. He had been set back in training too much by his illness a couple of weeks ago
24. Jodie Stimpson – Women’s Triathlon
25. Eleanor Bron