Saturday, 8 August 2015

Answers to News Questions


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

Cadbury’s Smash
Dina Asher Smith
Jenny Ryan
Lord Sewel
Cecil
Bobbi Christina Brown
Land Rover BAR
Harry Clarke
Bob Brett
Walter Palmer
Clive Rice
Simon Reynolds
Saif Al-Islam
LaGuardia Airport
Jack Laugher and Chris Mears
Peter O’Sullevan
Mullah Omar
What Pet Should I Get?
David Bruck

In Other News

Apart from the yellow jersey, what else did Chris Froome win in this year’s Tour De France?
Which other countries are in Wales’ World Cup Qualifying group?
- And England’s?
Who won the Hungarian GP?
Who did Vladimir Putin say deserves a Nobel Prize?
Which rapper was briefly detained by police in Sweden on suspicion of drug possession?
Top Gear has been cleared by Ofcom or breaching rules over the use of which word?
Which former Cabinet Minister denied allegations of ‘groping’ a young man in his office?
What did investigators say was the cause of the Virgin Galactic crash?
What is the name of Amazon’s new music streaming service?
Which supermarket chain has banned sugary drinks like ribena?
Which University scrapped its new London base after no students signed up for courses?
Why is Disneyland Paris being investigated by European commissioners?
Unison have backed which Labour leadership candidate?
What was the score between Celtic v. FC Qarabag?
What was given to the British Museum last week?
Morrissey claimed he was groped in which airport last week?
Which artist received an apology from the Home Office for turning down a visa request?
A new vaccine with a 100% success rate in trials was announced for which disease?
On which island was wreckage, probably from MH370, washed up?
England bowler James Anderson was sidelined by what during the victorious 3rd Test?
Which two clubs are contesting the first ever women’s FA Cup Final to be held at Wembley?
Which city is to host the 2022 Winter Olympics?

Answers

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

Their aliens have been voted Britain’s favourite pre internet commercial
First british woman to run 100m under 11 seconds
The new Chaser
Peer who quit as deputy speaker of the Lords after video allegedly showed him snorting white powder with prostitutes
Lion shot in Zimbabwe after man paid £50,000 bribe
Daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown – died after 6 months in a coma
Ben Ainslie’s team in the America’s Cup Challenger series
Driver of bin lorry in Glasgow tragedy – inquiry at the moment.
Resigned as head of player development at LTA
American dentist who shot Cecil the lion
Former South African cricketer – passed away
Vicar who stole from his church then went on run to Germany – jailed
Son of Gaddaffi – sentenced to death
Slated for demolition
Won bronze in 3 metre springboard at diving world championships
Former horse racing commentator – passed away 97
Taliban Leader – Pakistan confirmed that he died two years ago
New ‘lost’ Dr. Seuss book published this week
In court for South Carolina church shootings – pleaded not guilty

In Other News

King of the Mountains
Serbia – Austria – Ireland – Moldova – Georgia
Scotland – Slovakia – Slovenia – Lithuania – Malta
Sebastian Vettel
Sepp Blatter
Snoop Dogg
Pikey
Kenneth Clarke
Co pilot error
Prime Music
Tesco
University of South Wales
Allegations that British and German visitors were charged more than French ones.
Jeremy Corbyn
1 – 0 Celtic
Grade 1 listed building status
San Francisco
Ai Weiwei
Ebola
Reunion
Side Strain
Chelsea and Notts County

Beijing

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