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The Magic Whip

Lars Peter Nordhaug

Armata T14

Lindsey Vonn

Bobby Heath

Sir Norman Bettinson

Robert Blay

Dave Goldberg

Richie Porte

Alessandra Ferri

Grant Ferguson

Gavin Caldwell

Richard Colton

Danae Stratou

Memphis Depay

John Whittingdale

Greg Clark

Pritti Patel

Amber Rudd

Anna Soubry

Sajid Javid

Matthew Hancock

Norman Lamb

Georgina Campbell

Woman of Algiers

Tracey Crouch

Killer Women

Paul Cook

Patagonian Toothfish

Marshal Hyon-Yong-Choi

Mary Creagh

Amelia Caller

Patrick O’Flynn

Roger Smith

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Manu Tuilagi

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Which club won The Championship?

What was the result in the European rugby championship?

For which team did Danny Jones, who tragically passed away during a rugby league match, play?

Who publically backed, and then later repudiated the Labour Party before and after the election?

Which French politician was suspended from the party he formed?

Which Spurs and England all time great suffered a severe stroke?

Which England player retired from international cricket?

Which European champion announced that she won’t run in this year’s world athletics championship in Beijing?

What was the score in the first leg champs league semi between Real and Juventus?

 – and Barcelona and Bayern?

Which excuse for defeat was given by Manny Pacquiao

What was the result in the final of the world snooker championship?

Which attraction quickly included a model of new Princess Charlotte?

Who is England’s new Director of Cricket?

Which singer passed away , aged 71?

The Who were confirmed for which festival?

The BBC4 show All Aboard! The Canal Trip – was filmed on which canal?

What did Graham Taylor deny he was ordered by the FA?

Which 4 teams contested the Championship play offs?

What was significant about May 8^th?

Who became Singapore’s first celebrity anti drug ambassador?

Which 4 teams contested the League 1 play offs?

Which party leader’s resignation was not accepted?

Who resigned from the Labour Party over its attitude towards business?

Whom did Andy Murray defeat in the final of the Madrid Masters?

Who won the Spanish GP?

Stephen Hawking is to appear where?

Which country banned the use of its National Anthem as a ringtone?

Who entered and then withdrew from the Labour Leadership contest?

With whom was it announced that Sally Bercow has had an affair?

Which british heptathlete has pulled out of Gotzis?

What was the score in the second leg champs league semi between Bayern and Barcelona?

– and Real and Juventus?

Which decision did Greece reach over the Elgin marbles?

What is the world’s most valuable brand, according to the Forbes Magazine list?

What has Sarah Brightman pulled out of?

Who was named Britain’s most influential Catholic?

What stipulation have AQA made about their new GCSE Music course?

What has happened to the USA men’s 4x100m sprint team from the 2012 Olympics?

Which british actress is on the jury at the Cannes film festival?

Who is the RFUs England player of the year?

Who won the Babcock Trophy?

Who quit The Simpsons?

Which former world Motorcycle champion passed away last week?

Whose dogs had to be deported from Australia?

A new earthquake struck which country?

Europa League – semi final Dnipro v. Napoli

Europa League – semi final – Seville v. Fiorentina

Which injury did Alberto Contador suffer in stage 6 of the Giro D’Italia?

Which tournament did Andy Murray quit due to fatigue?

How much were Aston Villa fined for crowd trouble in the match against West Brom?

Which royal event will only be screened by ITV in 2016?

Which musician passed away aged 89?