In The News

In the News

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

Megyn Kelly

Johanna Quandt

David Nobbs

Richard Lochhead

Alphabet Inc.

Vincent Uzomah

Jeremy Vine

Chris Froome

Alexander Pacteau

Cwtch Brew

Dilma Rousseff

Sesame Street

Stephen Lewis

Shinzo Abe

Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a boss

Nick Kyrgios

In Other News

Which food chain was criticized for taking 8% of tips paid to staff on credit cards?

Which communication technology retailer suffered a massive data hack?

Which team beat Arsenal 2 – 0 in their first premier league match of the season?

Which TV presenter was criticized for leaving his son off the rocks off Abersoch as part of a lifeboat training exercise?

A Bell from which famous sunken warship from WWII has been recovered?

Why did the media start criticizing David Beckham’s parenting skills?

Which did BBC Radio Times film critics vote as the best film entrance ever?

Which annual meteor shower occurred this week?

The Greek government announced a bailout package worth how much?

Which salad vegetable have scientists managed to cultivate on the International Space Station?

Which was the first company to promise an overhaul of its pricing structure in the wake of the furore over airport Vat?

What does the British kit for the world athletics championships lack which has upset some of the team?

What is Aldi’s new price pledge of a minimum price per litre for milk to farmers?

Which Asian country announced its own time zone last week?

How long did Lord Greville Janner’s appearance before Westminster Magistrates last?

Answers to News Questions

In the news

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

Ji So Yun

Tony Hayes

Estepona

Temperance

Adam Peaty

John Leslie ‘Les’ Munro

Lynn Anderson

James Guy

Myra Forde

Robert Conquest

Netflix

Gary Hunt

Abdul Rahman Haroun

Stu Henshall

Astra Giurgiu

Kairat Almaty

In Other News

In which country was Naomi Campbell convicted and given a suspended sentence for assaulting a photographer?

Which high profile lawyer was fighting against the death penalty passed on Saif Gaddafi?

Which Oscar winner revealed that she was bullied at school – which her school denied?

In which country did Cilla Black pass away?

The Duchess of Cambridge has gained her advanced certificate in which leisure activity?

What was the score in the Community Shield?

Which colour medal did Tom Daley win in the world diving championships?

Which phrase did Gwyneth Paltrow blame on her publicist?

Which is the world’s most googled museum?

Which former PM was the subject of child sex allegations?

President Obama made a keynote speech promising to clean up the USA’s act on what?

Who cut short his visit to the French Riviera?

Which 4 police forces are investigating sex abuse claims against Sir Edward Heath?

IN which city did the UK’s first Pot Noddle vending machine open?

Which momentous announcement was made by the muppets last week?

Which US rapper is currently in court facing bankruptcy proceedings?

According to Forbes magazine who is the world’s highest paid actor?

In which events did swimmer Adam Peaty win his 2^nd and 3^rd golds in the world swimming championships?

What was opened in Egypt this week?

Whose portrayal of Hamlet on stage has been lambasted by reviews of the previews before it has opened?

What was Australia’s first innings score in the 4^th test in Trent Bridge?

Which Jeremy Hunt scheme was dismissed as a gimmick?

Which company were the first to suspend betting on bake off?

The London Marathon announced they will begin to do what?

Answers

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

She scored Chelsea’s winner in the women’s FA Cup final v. Notts County

Jailed for 14 years for fixing LIBOR

Spanish town in which Cilla Black passed away

F Scott Fitzgerald story discovered in Princeton archives and finally published

Won world championship gold in 100m breaststroke in world swimming championships

The last ‘Dambusters’ pilot – passed away

Country and Western singer who had a huge hit with Rose Garden – passed away

World swimming championships – won mens 200m freestyle

Former brothel keeper denied threatening to expose Edward heath to avoid prosecution?

Historian – passed away

First company to promise to give a year’s paid leave for maternity/paternity

New world High Diving champion

Refugee who managed to walk nearly the full length of the Channel Tunnel

First baker to leave the Great british Bake Off

Knocked West Ham out of Europa League

Knocked Aberdeen out of Europa League

In Other News

Italy

Amal Clooney

Kate Winslet

Spain

SCUBA

Arsenal 1 – Chelsea 0 (Oxlade-Chamberlain scored)

Bronze

Conscious Uncoupling

Science Museum London

Ted Heath

Pollution and climate change

King Salman of Saudi Arabia

Scotland yard, Jersey, Wiltshire and Kent

Nottingham

Kermit and Miss Piggy have split up

50 cent

Robert Downey Jr.

50m breaststroke and mixed medley relay

A major extension to the Suez Canal

Benedict Cumberbatch

60 all out

Putting price tags on prescription medicines

Ladbrokes

Drug testing elite athletes

Mastermind Round One - Heat 2

Yes, this is the one which replaced the one we should have been seeing, had the allegations not been made about former Prime Minister Edward Heath. On a personal note, a quick perusal of the specialists showed me there were three of the four subjects I might get some unwikied points on.

The first of these was offered by Barbara Flaherty, who was answering on the Harry Potter novels. Well, I’ve read all of them and watched all the films. Barbara knows these books inside out though. She scored 15 points on fifteen questions, and watching her round you got the feeling that John Humphrys could have kept asking her questions for the full half hour and she wouldn’t have missed any. On the whole the round offered a lot for the casual Harry Potter fan – I scored 10 from the Clark armchair, but that’s not Barbara’s fault – she could only answer the questions that she was actually asked, and this she did admirably to set the bar extremely high.

LAM reader Jeremy Renals was making a very quick return to Mastermind. He played last year and was very very unlucky not to be given a repechage slot. Back then the Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe gave him 14 off 2 minutes, and he needed something of that ilk to give him a shot of qualifying by right as a winner. His subject was Modern Jazz, and that was the one of the specialists that I predicted would provide me with zero unwikied points. I was not disappointed on that score. I would imagine that Jeremy wasn’t disappointed with his 13 either. 2 points is a bridgeable gap on GK if you’re good enough, and Jeremy had scored 11 last year, so knew he was in with a shout.

Reverend Colin Williams offered us an appropriate subject in the shape of the English Reformation. Now, here’s a point. So far we had yet to see any of the contenders pass. Colin though passed 3 times – and that’s fine, passing is a viable tactic, but only if it makes you go faster. Colin obviously knew his stuff, but he wasn’t going quite as fast as either of the previous two contenders, and just managed to take his round into double figures by the end. You had the feeling that at 5 points behind he was out of the game by half time. As for his subject, this provided 6 for me.

Bringing the round to a close was scientist Chris Yates. He was answering on the Musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber. This one I fancied would be worth a decent few unwikieds for me, and indeed I was perfectly happy with the 9 I achieved. That sets my unwikied specialist aggregate score to beat at 26. Chris needed a score in the teens to give him a shout of winning the show, and that’s what he managed, 13, and once again no passes. I do like it when all four contenders have given the show respect by learning their specialists very well, and any double figure score is now highly respectable.

Colin’s general knowledge round brought me that rarity – a perfect round. I managed to answer all of his questions correctly. Colin didn’t, but again he produced a perfectly respectable double figure round, adding 12 points to his score to take him to 22. That was unlikely to win, but at least it meant that the opposition had something to think about, and sometimes that’s the best that you can hope to do. Jeremy Renals was next to return to the chair. He had looked calm, collected and in control throughout his specialist round, and this GK round saw him maintain this admirable composure. Usually, anything in the teens will give you a shout, and Jeremy managed a fine 16. His total of 29, in the context of the last couple of series, wouldn’t just put the last two contenders in the corridor of doubt, it would leave them in the carpark outside.

Which is not to say that it wasn’t worth giving it a go at this point. Chris Yates gave a wry smile as he took his place in the chair, but for the first minute and a half he was answering extremely well, and if anything maybe a little up on the clock. It couldn’t last, though. The first round GKs are marathons, not sprints, and in the last minute the wrong answers and passes began stacking up. In the end a round of 12 is a good one, but it left him some way behind. Still, in the context of repechage slots – 25 and 1 would have earned a repechage slot last series, so you never know – it’s just possible that we might be seeing Chris again.

Barbara, as she sat down for her GK round, was a complete contrast to Jeremy. Sadly, it seemed as if she was suddenly overwhelmed by the chair, and it is much to her credit that she pulled herself back from the brink after the first 4 or 5 questions. In retrospect, this wobble may well have cost her the chance of getting into double figures, and she finished with 23. That’s a decent Mastermind performance, and there’s no need to be unhappy with it. It wasn’t a winning performance on this occasion, though. Jeremy Renals made absolutely certain of his place in the semis this time round. That was an emphatic declaration of intent Jeremy. Very well played indeed!

The Details

Barbara Flaherty	The Harry Potter Novels of JK Rowling	15	0	8	4	23	4
Jeremy Renals	Modern Jazz 1945 - 1965	13	0	16	0	29	0
Colin Williams	The English Reformation 1532 - 1559	10	2	12	3	22	5
Chris Yates	The Musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber	13	0	12	1	25	1

Only Connect Season 11 - Match 4

Collectors v. Railwaymen

The collectors were, collectively, Daniel Nazarian, Anna Kirby-Hall, and captain Elliot Costi. Their opponents, the Railwaymen, were Sree Kanthamneni and captain Bob Thompson. Not knowing who to root for I settled on the Rails, since I was quite partial to railways in my younger days.

Round One – What’s the Connection?

Two reeds gave the Rails a picture set to start. We saw Elvis Presley – too many possibilities – then Chaser Paul Sinha. Hmm – Paul is the Sinner Man on the Chase – could it be that? No, the Rails had it with White Suit. Elvis wore a spangly one in his Las Vegas period. Very good shout that. The Colls began with com – internet domains being an obvious possibility. However I’d think that com would come last for that set, being the most obvious. Next was gem which seemed to blow that hypothesis out of the water. I needed the next – qual, to give me Of – regulators. The Colls also took sted. Fair set, but not easy. The Rails took water, and began with – pointing at your eye. Hmm – would I have taken a flyer on charades in the studio? The Rails knew it but went for the second clue – unfolding your palms to be sure. Now, when given the music set, as the second and third clues the Colls recognized both The Reynolds Girls and Tina Turner. Having done the hard part, they couldn’t put Reynolds and Turner together for painters.  Almost predictably the Rails were given a blast of The Rembrandts for the last one – and they didn’t get it, which was a little surprising. For their own last set they kicked off with Llanelli RFC. The first thing to occur to me was Scarlets. Which would have been the right answer since A for Adultery, the second, is The Scarlet Letter. The Rails had it with Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel. What a lovely set the last was. We began with Obama (1965) and then Washington My Dear (1968) Well, George Washington’s first lady was Martha , and Martha My Dear was a song on the White AlbumMicehelle Obama gives you Michelle – so first ladies names making up Beatles songs. Kudos to the setter for that. Roosevelt Rigby (1966) didn’t help the Colls, and so Hayes in the Sky with Diamonds (1967) gave them a point in the end. Which took the score to 8 -2 to the Rails.

Round Two – What comes Fourth?

The Rails were fortunate to opt for Two Reeds, since the first clue gave them a real chance of a 5 pointer – 31,102 verses begged for the answer – 2 testaments, being divisions of the Bible in increasing order. They needed 1,189 chapters and 66 books before they got it. Twisted Flax gave the Colls Garth Morrison – nope – George Purdy – nope . Anna clutched at the gun straw, and fatally went for a guess which was wrong. Given Peter Duncan the whole set became very clear, and the Rails – well, I’m afraid that they didn’t know that Peter Duncan was the last but one chief scout, and that Bear Grylls is the current incumbent. Eye of Horus gave the Rails ANOTHER five pointer chance! We saw an African lady in traditional costume, and I guessed it was Zulu, - phonetic alphabet – and working backwards we’d see a bottle of whisky. Next was a player for the New York Yankees, so I was right. They didn’t see it, nor did they see it when an X ray came up for the third picture. The Colls had a bonus on this one, and slightly narrowed the gap. With a rush of blood to the head, captain Elliot chose to use our unfavoured pronunciation of horned viper, and received AZ Alkmaar – hmm, Dutch football team – Bayern Munich – hmm, German football team – and chastened by their experience on the previous set had the sense to take the third clue – Netherlands. Something clicked, as these were the last 3 teams managed by Louis Van Gaal – so Man Utd would be the answer. Daniel had it. The Rails took Lion, and for the first time this round I would say that there was little chance of a 5 pointer, as they kicked off with riots. Next was Death of Lady Thatcher, and to be fair to them they had the connection at this point with Parliament being recalled. They took the last clue – Chemical weapons in Syria but neither team knew that the last one was Iraq air strikes. The Colls were left with water and Ditto – Rhenium. Now, I knew that Ditto can be abbreviated to Do -  Rhenium is Re, so my guess was that the last would be Fa, so being a polite sort I went for Football Association. The Colls had not a clue, while the Rails got it. That meant that they led by 11- 5.

Round Three – The Connecting Walls

The Colls desperately needed a good performance on the water wall. They could see there was a set of words connected with the outset or beginning of things, but couldn’t isolate them at first. Daniel got them working methodically and they resolved Genesis – Seed – Dawn – Fount. They labored for a while under the misapprehension that a set of words all preceded – er – or – or. I could see a set of words for areas of land, but they lighted upon a set of marks. Again they sniffed up a blind alley with tract, and eventually time ran out with just one line resolved. When resolved they could see that Question – Birth – Trade and Water were the marks – Stretch – Plot – Parcel and Belt were the areas of land. This left Barb – Fruit – Sect – Tract – and I’ll admit that I didn’t see that they can all be –arians. Very tough one that in my opinion. 4 points wasn’t great, and left them in danger of being well out of it before we even got to round 4.

The Rails began with a set of lawmakers – eventually leaving them to go for a set of comedians, then coming back, then leaving them, then coming back, then leaving them and finally untangling the set of stand up comedians – Whitehall – O’Briain – Solon and Djalili – which made it easier to get the lawmakers – Justinian – Hammurabi – Draco – Moses - . I could see mulled alcoholic drinks, and mild curses, but the Rails ran out of time. The mulled drinks were Glogg – Gluhwein – Bishop and Negus, leaving Rats – Brother – Bother and Damn as the curses. 6 points meant that they had a commanding lead of 17 – 9.

Round Four – Missing Vowels

The first set – ways to descend a mountain – fell 3 – 0 to the Rails, extinguishing any slight hopes that the Colls might have held. Famous people who lived together saw me beat both teams to get Michael Caine and Terence Stamp. Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore went begging, and the others fell one apiece. We had time for two of They might contain insects, which both fell to the Rails. In the end the score was a crushing 23 – 10.

Being harsh, both teams missed a fair bit of gettable stuff, but the Rails were clearly the better team and deserved to win comfortably. As for the Colls, well, it looked like one of those nights, but they will have to play much better to win their next match and stay in the competition. 

University Challenge - Round One - Match 4

Manchester v. York

Due to their remarkable run of success in the last few years it’s probably fair to say that Manchester have something of the air of marked men and women about them. That is to say that, like their football teams, they’re one of those outfits that you’re going to have to beat if you want to have a serious crack at the title. This year, Manchester’s team comprised of James Haughton, Osnat Katz, Jacob Roberts and their captain Graham Abbot. York have not had quite such an illustrious UC past, but another way of looking at that is that they had nothing to lose. They were represented by Barto Joly de Lotbiniere, Sam Smith (no, not the singer), Joseph McLoughlin and their captain, David Landon Cole.

Barto Joly de Lotbiniere knew that as soon as you hear the phrase ‘nephew of Charles I’ you hit the buzzer and answer Rupert. He was right too. This gave York bonuses on Germany, and they took a full house. This might have just been a flash in the pan, but it certainly made it look as if Manchester had their work cut out for them. This impression was reinforced when David Landon Cole buzzed in early to identify works by Noam Chomsky. The Presidential Medal of Freedom did not provide another full house, but the 5 points they gained took the tally to 40 unanswered points. Now, for the next starter, when asked for a phase of the moon I always answer gibbous, and it’s right more often than it’s wrong. Osnat Katz gave the same answer and reaped the reward of three bonuses on hedgerow fruits (aren’t they called Starburst now? Younger readers may need to ask their elders to explain that cultural reference.) but they failed to yield anything. For the picture starter Sam Smith won the buzzer race to identify and outline of the island of Madagascar. This earned a set of more island nations and frankly the way that they had a full set, even identifying St. Vincent and the Grenadines was very impressive. James Haughton was the first in to recognize a quotation from Leibniz, and this brought Manchester bonuses on that jolly funster, Philip Larkin. I managed 2, Manchester 1. This meant that at the 10 minute mark York were in command with 65 – 25.

The next starter asked which specific artform inspired a series of other works, and even before the first example was given I ventured the opinion that they would be paintings. “Sunday in the Park with George” confirmed it, and Girl With a Pearl Earring gave it to Osnat Katz. International Sporting Competitions provided Manchester with a good full set. David Landon Cole won the buzzer race to complete a quotation from HL Mencken. This gave them a full set on Genoa. The next starter was the first to go unanswered by either team – none of us knew the musical term tombeau. Joseph McLoughlin buzzed in too early for the next starter. To be fair I thought that the question was going for the Moon Io when it mentioned volcanically active, but after he’d answered, JP then continued to mention that the moon required is named after a merman in Greek myth. Osnat Katz went for Uranus, but it was Triton, and I’m afraid that that one will have to be looked upon as an opportunity missed. Sam Smith perpetrated York’s second consecutive incorrect interruption, suggesting that the Ruriks ruled Moscow. Close (although not THAT close geographically) but no cigar. James Haughton correctly zigged with Kiev.Two bonuses on economics reduced the gap to a starter and a bonus. For the music starter Jacob Roberts quickly recognized Tchaikovsky, but zagged with The Nutcracker, allowing Joseph McLoughlin to zag with Swan Lake. Three more excerpts from works which have a swan in them seemed a little tenuous. I had no idea about the first. When asked for a Nordic composer for the second – well, it’s a toss up between Grieg and Sibelius. I didn’t recognize it so went correctly with Sibelius. As for the last, well the dying swan was by Saint Saens. Now for the next starter, I don’t know much about Science, but it’s a fair bet that a term like lucifugous is going to have something to do with light. Graham Abbot thought so, and we were both right. Artificial sweeteners proved none too sweet for any of us, and each of those questions went begging. Barto Joly de Lotbiniere knew that Colm Toibin wrote the Testament of Mary – good shout, that. This took York into treble figures. They took a bit of time over it, but managed two out of three bonuses on German battleships of World War II. Sam Smith won the buzzer race to identify EBV as the Epstein-Barr Virus. Two bonuses took them to 125, and a 50 point lead at the 20 minute mark. Manchester were staring down the barrel of a gun at this point, and the unthinkable possibility of a first round exit for Manchester was becoming more thinkable with every minute.

Barto Joly de Lotbiniere identified a photograph of Anthony Gormley. Three other people or groups to have appeared as themselves in The Archers followed, but they missed out on Britt Ekland. (sarky comment overload). James Haughton took a flyer with the next starter, which required a Spanish language other than Castilian, and was right with Galician. With only about 5 minutes to go Manchester needed full sets, but only had one of a set on World Heritage Sites. Something about octahedral geometry followed – I didn’t understand it, but Sam Smith did and correctly answered 6. A set of bonuses on Theodore Roosevelt showed that York have the invaluable knack of discussing wrong options, but picking right answers. Sam Smith added to Manchester’s difficulties by buzzing early to identify two Seljuk Sultans. Another full set on Indonesia took them to their double century. York’s skipper knew the term ornithopter and York took 2 bonuses on crowns. Sam Smith, who was really finishing with a flourish, knew that the 2014 Tour de France began stage 3 in Cambridge. Human anatomy bonuses took York’s score to 245. Nobody knew that it was Tennyson who wrote “To strive, to seek, to find, but not to yield”. That man Sam Smith knew that Samarkand is in Uzbekistan, and bonuses on Benjamin Britten brought the score to 265. That was where the gong sounded, leaving York on 265, and Manchester on 90.

JP doesn’t do consolation very well, but his words “that’s not a great score Manchester” were true. But then, you can only play as well as the opposition allows you to play, and especially for the last 10 minutes York were on fire. In fact I would stick my neck out and say that they are the most impressive team we’ve seen so far. How far can they go? Who knows? But this at least was a very good performance.  

Jeremy Paxman Watch

He started early, with a rather dismissive “No, she was Australian” when York suggested that Germaine Greer might have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Now, we’ve seen in the past how sniffy JP can be when teams get an English lit question wrong. For the Philip Larkin bonuses he stressed that he wanted the titles and not the first lines, and when Jacob Roberts couldn’t answer “This be the verse” he observed, approvingly, “Well, at least let’s be grateful you didn’t give us the first line”

I have never seen JP’s flabber being quite so gasted as with James Haughton’s answer of Galician. He looked at the card in disbelief, paused, looked up with a wry smile and confirmed it was correct. “Of course it’s correct, but how could you know that without knowing which cities I was going to mention?” It’s called guessing, Jez. Well, either that or ESP.

Interesting Fact That I Didn’t Already Know Of The Week

The America’s Cup was actually originally called the Hundred Sovereign cup

In the News

In the news

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

Ji So Yun

Tony Hayes

Estepona

Temperance

Adam Peaty

John Leslie ‘Les’ Munro

Lynn Anderson

James Guy

Myra Forde

Robert Conquest

Netflix

Gary Hunt

Abdul Rahman Haroun

Stu Henshall

Astra Giurgiu

Kairat Almaty

In Other News

In which country was Naomi Campbell convicted and given a suspended sentence for assaulting a photographer?

Which high profile lawyer was fighting against the death penalty passed on Saif Gaddafi?

Which Oscar winner revealed that she was bullied at school – which her school denied?

In which country did Cilla Black pass away?

The Duchess of Cambridge has gained her advanced certificate in which leisure activity?

What was the score in the Community Shield?

Which colour medal did Tom Daley win in the world diving championships?

Which phrase did Gwyneth Paltrow blame on her publicist?

Which is the world’s most googled museum?

Which former PM was the subject of child sex allegations?

President Obama made a keynote speech promising to clean up the USA’s act on what?

Who cut short his visit to the French Riviera?

Which 4 police forces are investigating sex abuse claims against Sir Edward Heath?

IN which city did the UK’s first Pot Noddle vending machine open?

Which momentous announcement was made by the muppets last week?

Which US rapper is currently in court facing bankruptcy proceedings?

According to Forbes magazine who is the world’s highest paid actor?

In which events did swimmer Adam Peaty win his 2^nd and 3^rd golds in the world swimming championships?

What was opened in Egypt this week?

Whose portrayal of Hamlet on stage has been lambasted by reviews of the previews before it has opened?

What was Australia’s first innings score in the 4^th test in Trent Bridge?

Which Jeremy Hunt scheme was dismissed as a gimmick?

Which company were the first to suspend betting on bake off?

The London Marathon announced they will begin to do what? 

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 3^rd 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