Friday, 2 October 2015

Answers to News Questions

In the News

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

Conrad Gillespie
Francesco Totti
Jonathan Rea
Cory Allen
Syriza
Call Me Dave
Emma Brockes
Viola Davies
Eddie Jones
The Brave Blossoms
Diego Coasta
Suzann Petersen
Mark Colborne
Lord Sewel
Daraprim
Martin Winterkorn
Yogi Berra
Simple Verse
Bloodhound
Red Peak
List of the Lost

In Other News

Jackie Collins passed away. What was the title of her first novel?
Which team won the Solheim Cup
Which famous art critic passed away?
Which former world leader did the Pope meet?
What was the score between Chelsea and Arsenal?
Who won the Singapore GP?
Which team won the Royal London One Day Cup final?
The world’s oldest package holiday ticket was found by researchers. Name the three destinations?
Which anniversary did ITV celebrate?
Why might Andy Murray pull out of the ATP tour finals?
Who is the new French Davis Cup captain
What was the score between England’s women footballers and Estonia?
Marine Le Pen is to appear in court in France on which charge?
Which company announced it is to cut exorbitant hospital shop prices?
EU interior Ministers agreed to accommodate how many refugees?
Which group announced a comeback after 37 years?
Who announced she is leaving Chelsea?
Which team were knocked out of the Capital One cup by Hull?
Radar is going to be used in the search for the tomb of whom?
The Ashcroft book claims that Boris Johnson demanded how much for London not to make a fuss during the election campaign?
Which song did Warners lose the copyright to in the US courts?
What was the Capital One Cup score between Spurs and Arsenal?
What was the RWC score between Scotland and Japan?
– and Australia and Fiji?
700 pilgrims were crushed to death where?
Which architect walked out of a Today programme interview?
Who contacted Elton John this week?
Francis gave the first ever papal address where?
Which team were accused of breaking the spirit of rugby world cup rules?
ITV fans are up in arms about the world cup anthem World In Union – why?

Answers

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

The World Dad Dancing Champion
Scored his 300th goal for Roma
Won World Superbike Title
Scored a hattrick of tries for Wales against Uruguay, then was injured
Won Greek General Election
Controversial biography of David Cameron by Lord Ashcroft and others
Radio Times interviewer – Robert De Niro walked out of her interview
1st Black actress to win top Emmy acting award
Australian coach of the Japanese Rugby Team
Japanese rugby team who defeated S. Africa by 34 – 32
Charged with violent conduct by FA following Arsenal – Chelsea match
Apologised for not conceding a hole in the Solheim cup match
Convicted of plotting to kill Prince Charles
Met Police have dropped drug inquiry due to lack of evidence
HIV drug – price put up 5000% by Turing Pharmaceuticals
VW boss resigned due to emissions test scandal
Former New York Tankees basketball great – credited with saying ‘It ain’t over till it’s over ‘ passed away
Won St. Leger – demoted to 2nd, then reinstated as winner
Richard Noble’s latest Land Speed Record attempt car
5th flag design added to other 4 in New Zealand New flag competition
1st novel by Morrissey

In Other News

The World is full of Married Men
USA
Brian Sewell
Fidel Castro
2 – 0 Chelsea
Sebastian Vettel
Gloucestershire bt Surrey
Jeddah, Mecca and Bombay
60th
If it is played on clay ( which it is going to be)
Yannick Noah
8 – 0 england
Inciting Racial hatred
WH Smith
120.000
Bay City Rollers
Eva CArneiro
Swansea City
Nerfertiti
£93 million
Happy Birthday to You
2 – 1 Arsenal
45 – 10 Scotland
28 – 13 Australia
In Saudi Arabia on the Hajj
Dame Zaha Hadid
The real Vladimir Putin
Congress in the USA
Wales
They dislike the Paloma Faith cover of the song, being used in ITV’s coverage so much that they have mounted an online petition to get ITV to stop using it.


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