In
the News
Who
or what are the following and why have they been in the news?
John
Doyle and Stephanie Withall
Brooks
Newman
Sumane
Biles
Colin
Turkington
Greg
Hancock
Angus
Sinclair
Samra
Kesinovic
Here
Lies Love
Andy
King
Evo
Morales
Daniela
Poggiali
Martina
Purdey
Richard
Flanagan
The
Narrow Road to the Deep North
Amal
Clooney
Lord
Freud
Nicola
Sturgeon
Oasis
of the Seas
Ellie
Close
William
Gallas
Bloodswept
Lands and Seas of Red
Maya
Makri
David
Willis
In
Other News
What
did Helmut Kohl say about the late Margaret Thatcher last week?
Whose
memory is to be recognized by a Lottery project?
Which
politician said that he liked the Queen last week?
What
was the score between England and Estonia?
Who
is Bolton Wanderers’ new manager?
Which
club won the Women’s football super league
Lewis
Hamilton won the Russian GP to go level on GP wins with Nigel Mansell. How
many?
Which
team have now won the F1 constructors’ championship?
Who
retained his world Motogp title?
Name
the Wigan player sent off in the Grand Final and banned for 6 months for
punching Lance Hohaia?
What
do the Labour Party want teachers to have to take?
Who
was the second celebrity to leave Strictly?
Which
South American country qualified for the Rugby world cup by beating Russia?
Which
culinary delights had their own national week last week?
MPs
voted to recognize the statehood of who or what?
What
was the score between Wales and Cyprus?
–
and Iceland and Netherlands?
Who
is the new manager of Scunthorpe?
Who
was criticized for saying that the girl raped by footballer Ched Evans
‘suffered no bodily harm’?
David
Cameron was criticized for posing for a photograph with whom?
Which
government are to be invited to place a wreath at the Cenotaph in November?
Which
character’s makeover upset fans last week?
Who
walked off stage in Darlington when a mobile phone kept going off in the front
row?
The
ceremonial route for whose funeral was announced last week?
Who
reportedly is launching his own fashion label in India?
David
Peace donated the stage rights to The Damned United to which theatre company in
Leeds?
What
was the score between Poland and Scotland?
And
Germany and the Republic of Ireland?
A
new welsh language branch of which chain had to apologise for putting up welsh
signs which were complete gobbledygook in Aberystwyth?
Who
has been charged by the FA with making an offensive tweet?
Who
apologized for blocking up people’s music library on itunes, and put it down to
a little bit of megalomania?
Who
recorded a video dancing with a turnip?
What
was Henry Winkler awarded last week?
Why
did Howden le Wear Primary School block a visit from a Ghanaian teacher last
week?
Which
country did Northern Ireland beat last week in football?
What
happened in the Serbia v Albania match last week?
Chelsea
reached a new loan agreement with which club?
Which
famous school has been unwittingly used for money laundering?
Which
building won the RIBA Stirling Prize?
What
number Duke of Blenheim is former bad boy the Marquess of Blandford?
Who
has been threatened with claims of plagiarism over her own autobiography?
Who
is the new manager of Tranmere?
What
was the result of the Women’s Continental Cup?
Who
apologized after saying that some child porn sentences are unfair?
It
was reported that the Pope has rented out the Sistine Chapel to whom for a
function?
3
cyclists from which team failed drugs tests?
London’s
Albemarle Street unveiled a blue plaque to which irish patriot?
Who
became the UKs first Comics Laureate?
What
is the name of the Hurricane, the remnants of which are due to hit the UK next
week?
The
West Indies cricket team have called off a visit to which country?
Answers
Who
or what are the following and why have they been in the news?
World
conkers champions
Former
Conservative minister who is seeking help after being caught sending nude
pictures of himself again
American
winner of 4 golds in women’s world gymnastics championships
Won
British Touring Car Championship
44
year old world speedway champion
On
trial for the 1977 Worlds end murders
17
year old who went to Syria for Jihad, is now married and pregnant and wants to
come home.
New
musical about Imelda Marcos
Sent
off in Wales match v. Cyprus
Re
elected president of Bolivia
Italian
nurse arrested in connection with several hospital deaths
BBC
journalist who has quit to become a nun
Won
the Mann Booker Prize
The
novel he wrote
New
wife of George who is in Britain arguing the case for return of the Elgin
Marbles (don’t want to upset anyone, but I would also love to see them returned
as a special case)
Minister
who apologized for saying that some disabled people were not worth the minimum
wage.
New
SNP leader
World’s
largest cruise ship which paid first visit to the UK
4
year old who qualified for a gundog handling championship
Footballer
announced his retirement
Ceramic
poppy installation visited by HM the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at the
Tower of London
She
was kicked out of Swiss Cottage Tescos for using her guide dog in the store
He
was locked into Waterstones in Trafalgar Square after closing time
In
Other News
She
would doze off in meetings
Edith
Cavell (a distant relative of mine by marriage)
Martin
McGuinness
1
– 0 England
Neil
Lennon
Liverpool
FC
31
GP wins
Mercedes
Marc
Marquez
Ben
Flower
A
‘Hippocratic’ oath
Jennifer
Gibney
Uruguay
National
Curry Week
Palestine
2
– 1 Wales
2
– 0 Iceland
Mark
Robbins
Judy
Finnegan ( this resulted in threats made by nutters against her daughter Chloe
Madeley)
Morris
dancers in blackface
The
republic of Ireland
Bob
the Builder
Michael
McIntyre
Richard
III’s
Julian
Assange
Red
Ladder Theatre Co. Leeds
2
– 2
1
– 1
Starbucks
Rio
Ferdinand
Bono
Michelle
Obama
A
gold Blue Peter badge
To
prevent ebola ( even though there are no cases in Ghana)
Greece
Match
was abandoned due to a mass brawl, after drones controlled by fans
Besiktas
Millfield
School
Liverpool
Everyman Theatre
12th
Vivienne
Westwood
Micky
Adams
Man
City 1 – Arsenal 0
John
Grisham
Porsche
Astana
Daniel
O’Connell
Dave
Gibbons
Hurricane
Gonzalo
India
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