In The News
Who or What are the following and why
have they been in the news?
Gladys Hooper
Nick Gargan
Mauricio Pochettino
Holigost
Simon Rookyard
The Blind Man
Dickson Chumba and Florence Kiplagat
Anthony Agogo
Red Road
Angus Deaton
Alexander Lukashenko
Sue Lloyd-Roberts
Marlon James
A Brief History of 7 Killings
Danny Cohen
Johnny Gray and Ross Ford
– and the Missing Scroll
Alison Sharland and Varsha Gohil
Sir Albert Bore
Adil Rashid
Jimmy Adams
Weald of Kent
George Bingham
Toki Sekiguchi
Scenic Railway, Margate
The Silkworm
In Other News
A former chief executive of Adidas
claimed that votes had been bought for which FIFA World Cup?
Which slogan was created above the
Long Man of Wilmington yesterday?
Alastair Cook scored the longest test innings
by an Englishman in test history with 263. How many minutes did he bat for?
Kenneth Clarke came out strongly in
favour of which campaign last week
What was the RWC score between
Scotland and Samoa?
And England and Uruguay?
– and Wales and Australia?
– and Ireland and France?
How much did Facebook UK pay in
corporation tax last year?
What was the result of the Rugby
League Grand Final last week?
Football – what was the score between
Wales and Bosnia?
– and Finland and Northern Ireland?
– and Scotland and Gibraltar?
– and Poland and the Republic of
Ireland?
– and England and Lithuania?
– and Wales and Andorra?
Who won the Russian GP?
The Government announced it will sell
its 14% stake in which company?
Tom Watson refused to apologise for
what?
Which former Nationwide and Antiques
Roadshow presenter passed away last week?
Which publisher, known for their
series of children’s books, introduced new titles for adults including
‘mid-life crisis’ etc?
It was claimed that Queen Victoria had
once used what?
Which ‘vehicles’ were banned from
roads?
Which pledge was made by Playboy
magazine?
Which shop had an advert banned for
oversimplifying the baking process?
Which Welsh referee will ref the NZ v
France RWC ¼ final?
Name the Irish captain out of the RWC
through injury?
Around 20 labour MPs defied the party
whip in the vote on what?
Which company have refused to reduce
hospital shop prices?
Which judges’ ruling on GCHQ caused
consternation?
Stephen Fry is leaving QI – who will
take over as chair?
Who had a one match stadium ban for
his complaints over refs?
Who is to be released into house
arrest under parole?
IN which US show did a graffiti artist
outwit the producers by spraying in Arabic slogans which declared that the show
was racist and rubbish?
What ruling did the High Court make
about the game of Bridge?
Answers
Who or What are the following and why
have they been in the news?
Oldest person ever to have a hip
replacement (112)
Chief constable of Avon and Somerset
resigned
Premier League manager of the month
Wreck of Henry V’s warship which has
been found
Winner of the world porridge making
championship
Unproduced screenplay by Hitchcock to
be broadcast on Radio 4
Winners of the Chicago Marathon
Olympic boxer, second celebrity out of
Strictly
Glasgow flats whose demolition didn’t
quite go to plan
Winner of Nobel Prize for Economics
Retained the presidency of Belarus in
election
BBC journalist – passed away from
leukaemia
1st Jamaican to win Man
Booker Prize
Book for which he won
Stood down as BBC Director of
Television
Banned for three weeks playing rugby
for Scotland for dangerous tackles
New Asterix Book based on wikileaks
Won right to fresh divorce settlements
Labour Birmingham Council leader to
step down
Worst figures ever by a debut test
bowler – 0 – 163 in 34 overs
Resigned as Hampshire captain
New Grammar school approved by
government
Instituted legal proceedings to
inherit his father’s title – Lord Lucan
10 year old knocked over playing touch
rugby with Boris Johnson
The oldest roller coaster in Britain –
reopened in Margate
Latest JK Rowling/Robert Galbraith
novel
In Other News
2006 Germany
Frack Off
836
The Yes campaign for staying in EU
36 – 33 Scotland
60 – 3 England
15 – 9 Australia
24 – 9 Ireland
£4327
Leeds 22 Wigan 20
2 – 0 Bosnia
1 – 1
6 – 0 Scotland
2 – 1 Poland
3 – 0 England
2 – 0 Wales
Lewis Hamilton
Royal Mail
Accusation about Leon Brittan
Hugh Scully
Ladybird books
Cannabis
Hoverboards
No more fully nude pics
Iceland
Nigel Owens
Paul O’Connell
Fiscal Charter
Marks and Spencer
That it can bug MPs
Sandi Toksvig
Jose Mourinho
Oscar Pistorius
Homeland
It is not a sport
