Friday 7 February 2014

Answers to News Questions

In the News

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


1. Mohammad Ashgar
2. June Spencer
3. Eric Lawson
4. Fred Talbot
5. Jade Rabbit
6. Missy
7. Nathan Filer
8. The Shock of the Fall
9. Henning Mankel
10. The Beach of Falesa
11. Ambridge Extra
12. Marland Yarde
13. Baroness Morgan of Huyton


In Other News

1. Last week a discussion took place over whether the Union flag on the flag of New Zealand should be replaced by what?
2. What was unusual about the choir that performed evensong at Canterbury Cathedral last weekend?
3. Which banking group saw its customers unable to use their cards on the 25th?
4. Which announcement did Valerie Trierweiler make last week?
5. Which team were drawn to play Man City in round 5 of the FA Cup?
6. What was the result of the men’s singles in the Australian Open?
7. – and the women’s singles?
8. Which position did GB achieve in the European Bobsleigh championships?
9. It was revealed that the Royal Household overspent by how much last year?
10. Who is to be awarded a BAFTA Fellowship?
11. Who will play a British Prime Minister in the next series of 24?
12. Who was cleared of one of seven sex allegations against him in court?
13. Which French duo won 5 Grammys?
14. A new constitution was signed in which country last week?
15. Who was it revealed was actually ‘betrayed’ to the News of the World by a close family member?
16. Which disease was linked to high levels of DDT last week?
17. Who was told she will not be charged following revelations about drug use?
18. Who was singing while 33 weddings were carried out at the Gramm Awards?
19. What caused 13 workers in the Channel Tunnel to fall ill last week?
20. Which song is back in the charts as a protest against the extremely silly and offensive comments of UKIP councilor David Silvester that the current floods are a result of God’s anger about the Government legalizing same sex marriages?
21. Which legendary folk singer died aged 94?
22. What was the score in the Merseyside derby?
23. Who was selected to captain Wales in the 6 Nations against Italy?
24. Who is England’s T20 captain?
25. Who won the Critics Circle best actor award?
26. The Lords voted to ban smoking where last week?
27. 11,000 people have signed an online petition to deport whom from the USA?
28. What was the score midweek between Man City and Spurs?
29. And West Ham and Chelsea?
30. Who told Scotland that even if they were independent they would have to give up some financial independence to keep the pound?
31. What was the most watched show on the iplayer in 2013?
32. Who was on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine last week?
33. Who became the first global ambassador for Soda Stream?
34. Who refused to go back to Italy to be found guilty in a retrial?
35. Which London based radio station is going national?
36. The Archbishop of Canterbury visited which troubled African country last week?
37. Which footballer was banned last week from driving for 6 months?
38. Which one off Christmas special has now been commissioned for a whole series by the BBC?
39. Who or what did Prince Charles call ‘headless chickens’?
40. What was the outcome of the trial of Judge Constance Briscoe?
41. The maximum age for jurors in England and Wales is to be raised to what ?
42. Name the England cricket coach who resigned

Answers

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


1. Mentally ill British man sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan
2. Only original member of cast of Archers still appearing – playing Peggy Archer – given lifetime achievement award
3. Latest Marlboro man to die from smoking related causes
4. Former TV weatherman charged with sexual offences
5. Chinese lunar probe – broke down
6. Raccoon that dug its way out of a zoo in Somerset
7. Winner of the Costa Book Prize for his first novel
8. Title of his book
9. Crime writer who announced he is suffering from cancer
10. Never aired script written by Dylan Thomas to be aired on Radio 3
11. Digital Archers spin off axed
12. England rugby union back signed by harlequins
13. Dismissed as Chairman of OFTSED

In Other News

1. A silver fern
2. Their first all girl choir
3. Lloyds
4. She has officially ended her relationship with monsieur Hollande
5. Chelsea
6. Wawrinka beat Nadal 6 – 3, 6 – 2, 3 – 6, 6 - 3
7. Li Na beat Dominika Cibulkova
8. Silver.
9. £2.3 million
10. Helen Mirren
11. Stephen Fry
12. William Roache
13. Daft Punk
14. Tunisia
15. Jude Law
16. Alzheimers
17. Nigella Lawson
18. Madonna
19. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
20. It’s Raining Men by the Weather Girls
21. Pete Seeger
22. 4 – 0 to Liverpool
23. Alun Wyn Jones
24. Stuart Broad
25. Lenny Henry in Fences
26. In cars with children
27. Justin Beiber
28. 5 – 1 to City
29. 0 – 0
30. Mark Carney – Governor of the Bank of England
31. Top Gear
32. Pope Francis
33. Scarlett Johansson
34. Amanda Knox
35. LBC
36. South Sudan
37. Ashley Young
38. Still Open All Hours
39. People who deny the fact of climate change
40. The jury were dismissed after failing to reach a verdict
41. 75
42. Andy Flower

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