In the News
Who or what are the following and why have they been in the news?
Philae
Major Oak
Sasha Pique Mebarak
Lotte Haas
Avengers Helicarrier
Prime Evil
Katie Swan
Howard Marks
New Horizons
Amjad Bashir
Elise Christie
Syriza
Salman bin Abdulaziz
Holm of Huip
Alexis Tsipras
Libby Lane
Michael Van Praag
Gary Street
Andrew Barratt
H is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald
Haris Sohail
Joel Grey
Sayida al Rishawi
Marshawn Lynch
The Hard Problem
Dippy
Alice Biggar
Colleen McCullough
In Other News
Who is the new head
of the African Union?
Who declared that he
will not be running for the US Presidency in 2016?
Which European
country banned arms exports to Saudi Arabia
Which much publicised
trial began in France?
Which team knocked
Chelsea out of the FA Cup?
– and Man City?
– and Spurs?
Which driver won the
Monte Carlo rally?
Which unusual new
Easter Egg was it announced would be available in 2015?
A judge in a French
court ruled that a couple would not be allowed to name their child after which
foodstuff?
Which 68 year old
European singer passed away?
Who apologised for
using the phrase ‘coloured actors’ on a US talk show?
Who said that if he
went back to 1995 he’d cheat all over again?
Lord Hall of the BBC
said what will become obsolete?
Where is the 2018
European Football Youth Cup to be held?
Which Wales and
British Lions great announced his international retirement last week?
Whose high profile
trial for sex offences began last week?
Which English city
suffered an earthquake of 2.9 on the Richter scale?
Which US Composer has
been announced as writing the theme for the new Fantastic Four movie?
Name the Stone Roses
front man who gave evidence against former TV weatherman Fred Talbot?
Which company secured
rights to animate the Mr Men books series?
What was the result
of the Liverpool v Chelsea Capital One cup semi final?
– and Spurs v.
Sheffield United semi?
Who are the (English)
FA officially backing in the FIFA presidency election?
Who had to apologise
for comparing the effect of a Trident submarine base to those of Nazi death
camps?
Scotland announced a
moratorium on which practice?
Which company
announced the largest ever annual profit, and what was the figure?
Which former Real
Madrid player announced he will also stand against Sepp Blatter?
Who confirmed he will
stand against Lord Coe in the election for IAAF president?
Which Radio station
will only play music composed by women on International Women’s day?
Which prominent Brit
was given one of the first of the revived Australian Knighthoods?
Politicians failed to
elect a new president of which country?
Which famous actor
quit Labour to join the SNP?
Whom did Andy Murray
defeat in his Australian Open semi final?
Which two countries
had to draw lots for a space in the African Cup of Nations quarter finals – and
which was successful?
Answers
In the news
ESA probe missing on
comet – search has been called off until May or June.
Sherwood Forest Tree
which is English entry for the European Tree of the Year competition
Baby boy born to
Shakira
Undersea
photographer, passed away
New Lego set costing
£230
Nickname of Eugene de
Kock - mastermind of South African
apartheid death squads, to be freed after 20 years in jail.
British player aged
15 who reached the final of the girl’s Australian Open
Author of Mr. Nice –
former drug dealer said he has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer
NASA probe that is
about to photograph Pluto
UKIP defector to the
Conservatives whom UKIP claimed was being investigated
New Overall European
short track speed skating champion
Far Left political
party that won the Greek General Election
New King of Saudi
Arabia
Scottish island on
sale for £350,000
New Prime Minister of
Greece
Consecrated Bishop of
Stockport
Head of Dutch FA who
will challenge Sepp Blatter for FIFA Presidency
England Women’s rugby
union coach who left by mutual consent
Postman convicted of
stealing parcels and selling them on ebay worth £15000
Winner of Costa Book
of the Year
Author who wrote it
Pakistan cricketer
who claimed he saw a ghost in his New Zealand hotel room
Actor, 82, father of
Jennifer Grey – came out as gay last week
ISIS terrorist Jordan
said that it may well free
Seattle Seahawks
running back who said “I am just here so I won’t get fined” 29 times in answer
to questions at a press conference in the lead up to the Superbowl
Tom Stoppard’s first
play for 9 years – panned by critics
Diplodocus skeleton
being removed from main entrance hall of Natural History Museum in London.
Made the news for
setting herself the challenge of spending less than £1 on food per day for a
month
Author of the Thorn
Birds – passed away
In Other News
Robert Mugabe
Mitt Romney
Germany
The Bettancourt
(L’Oreal heiress) trial
Bradford City
Middlesbrough
Leicester City
Sebastien Ogier
Marmite
Nutella
Demis Roussos
Benedict Cumberbatch
Lance Armstrong
The 9 pm watershed
The Midlands
Adam Jones
Gary Glitter
Winchester
Philip Glass
Ian Brown
Fox
1 – 0 Chelsea (2 – 1
aggregate)
2 – 2 Spurs win 3 -2
on aggregate
Prince Ali bin Al
Hussein
Lord Wigley
Fracking
Apple - £12 billion
Luis Figo
Sergei Bubka
Radio 3
The Duke of Edinburgh
Italy
Brian Cox
Thomas Berdych
Guinea and Mali –
Guinea went through
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