In the News
Who or what are the following and why
have they been in the news?
Mick Fanning
Natalie Fitzsimmons
Ashley Madison
Simon Brodkin
Pete Kennaugh
Bill Turnbull
Ray Flynn
Nigel Richards
Jules Bianchi
Xiao Yuan
Laura Kuenssberg
Ai Wei Wei
John Bercow
In Other News
The flag was raised over which embassy
in Washington DC for the first time in 54 years?
Who claimed that Senator John McCain
was not a war hero because he was captured in Vietnam?
Who won the Open in a play off?
Which team did GB defeat in the Davis
Cup quarter final, and which team will they face in the semi final?
Who was dropped from the England Ashes
team to make way for Jonny Bairstow for the 3rd test?
Tyson Fury said that Wladimir
Klitschko was as boring as what?
Which US Technology giant reported a
$3 billion loss?
Name the author of Billy Bathgate and
Ragtime who passed away this week
Where was the oldest fragment of the
Koran text discovered ?
What was the Champions’ League score
between Celtic and Stjarnan?
Who bought the Financial Times for
£844 million?
Where did the Louis Vuitton America’s
Cup World Series begin?
The California Supreme Court has given
permission for a civil suit over sexual assault claims against whom?
Which country’s football team had a
point deducted from its European campaign after a swastika was imprinted on the
pitch before a game against Italy?
Name the Maltese football team who
only lost to West Ham in the Europa League on penalties
Which jeep manufacturer recalled 1.4
million vehicles?
Obama paid a first visit to which
country since becoming president?
Answers
Who or what are the following and why
have they been in the news?
Australian surfer escaped from shark
during competition by punching it.
Won UK Monopoly championships –
beating her husband on the way
So called ‘Cheats website’ – dating
website for married people. Hackers threaten to expose members online
Comedian who gatecrashed FIFA meeting
and showered Sepp Blatter with fake banknotes.
Team Sky cyclist out of the Toru de
France through illness
BBC Breakfast presenter accidentally
used the C word on air
Pensioner received bionic eye for
macular degeneration
World Scrabble champ who won the
French language scrabble championships despite not speaking French
F1 Driver died months after crash,
funeral
Chinese librarian stole 100
masterpieces from gallery replacing them with his own fakes
BBC’s first female political editor
Chinese dissident artist given back
his passport
Speaker of the House of Commons
criticized for excessive use of chauffeur driven vehicle for short journeys
In Other News
Cuba
Donald Trump
Zach Johnson bt Marc Leishman and
Louis Oosthuizen
Defeated France – will face Australia
Gary Balance
His underpants
Microsoft
EL Doctorow
Birmingham
4 – 1 Celtic
Nikkei
Portsmouth
Bill Cosby
Croatia
Birkirkara
Fiat Chrysler
Kenya
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