In the News
Who or what are the following, and why have
they been in the news?
Carol
Mills
Bardarbunga
Paul
Collingwood
Sean
Foley
Iain
Watters and Diana Beard
William
Pooley
Uxbridge
and South Ruislip
Abdel
Majid Abdel Bary
Steven
Moffat
Angel
di Maria
Helen
and Maurice Kaye
Zara
Neil
Young
Peter
Theo Curtis
Charles
Vacca
Kamla
Devi
Sir
Gerald Howarth
Joan
Rivers
Douglas
Carswell
KSC
Lokeren
Ashya
King
Jim
Murphy
Outlaw
Pete
In Other News
How
old was Lord Attenborough, who passed away last week?
Nick
Clegg visited which country to promote trade?
Which
clergyman began a week long fast and vigil for world peace?
Where
did Kate Bush kick off her 22 night residency last week?
Due
to a price crash, which drug can now be prescribed on the NHS to any men who need
it?
An
Earthquake struck the northern coast of which state?
How
was Lewis Hamilton forced out of the Belgian GP?
In
which rarely run event did Mo Farah beat Steve Ovett’s 36 year old British
Record?
What
was the score in the Rugby League Challenge Cup final?
A
mint condition issue of Action Comics 1- featuring Superman’s debut – sold for
a world record on ebay. How much?
Who,
rather surprisingly, spoke out about his dislike of manufactured boy bands?
What
was the score in the Man City v. Liverpool match?
Which
team added to Louis Van Gaal’s woes by inflicting a humiliating defeat on Man
Utd. in the Capital One Cup?
Francois
Hollande announced the new French Government. How many Governments does this
make during his presidency so far?
What
did the BSI introduce last week?
Which
dish caused all the furore over The Great British Bake Off last week?
Which
team knocked premier league Leicester out of the Capital One Cup?
– and QPR?
Which
106 cap veteran announced his international retirement last week?
What
was the score between Arsenal and Besiktas?
Who
was named as ‘new’ manager of Crystal Palace?
Where
did the second ODI between India and England take place?
Apple
announced that they would release what on 9th September?
Which
3 members of the Friends cast reunited for a ‘Friends’ sketch – and on whose
show?
Which
Hollywood couple tied the knot?
Which
team did Spurs beat in the Europa League?
To
whom did the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police apologise last week?
Answers
Who or what are the following and why have they
been in the news?
Speaker
John Bercow’s controversial choice for Clerk of the House of Commons
Icelandic
volcano erupting, no ash cloud as yet.
Captain
of Durham county cricket club, signed a new one year deal, putting off retirement
Coach
from whom Tiger Woods has split
The
two bakers in the Great British Bake Off bingate controversy
first
Briton to contract Ebola virus
The
constituency that Boris Johnson will contest in the next general election
Reported
as being a suspect in the beheading of James Foley
TV
Writer who ahd a great week – his first episode of Pete Capaldi’s Doctor Who
played to excellent reviews, and he won the Emmy for outstanding writing for
“Sherlock – His Last Bow”
Player
for whom Man Utd. paid Real Madrid a British record of £59.7million
Couple
who celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary
Spanish
retailer who dropped a child’s shirt after criticism that the striped top with
a yellow star looked like clothes holocaust victims had worn in the
concentration camps
Musician
who filed for divorce from his wife Pegi after 36 years
Journalist
freed from captivity by Islamic militant extremist group
Machine
gun instructor accidentally killed by 9 year old he was teaching
Woman
who was attacked by a leopard, and managed to kill it despite sustaining severe
injuries
Conservative
MP accused of creating racial tension by saying that ‘Enoch Powell was right’
about his rivers of blood speech.
In
a coma following a throat operation
Conservative
MP announced his defection to UKIP
Belgian
side who knocked Hull out of the Europa League
3
year old from West Midlands who became an internet sensation after using F word
while taking ice bucket challenge
Seriously
ill boy taken out of Southampton General Hospital by parents
Scottish
MP egged while making appearences against Yes vote
Book
by Bruce Springsteen due for publication
In Other news
90
India
Johan
Sentamu, Archibishop of York
Hammersmith
Apollo
Viagra
California
Taken
out by team mate Nico Rosberg deliberately ‘shutting the door’
2
miles
Leeds
23 – Castleford 10
$3.2
million
Simon
Cowell
3
– 1 Man City
MK
Dons
4
Digital
Kitemark
Baked
Alaska
Shrewsbury
Burton
Albion
Frank
Lampard
1
– 0 Arsenal
Neil
Warnock
Cardiff
iphone
6
Jennifer
Aniston, Courtney Cox-Arquette and Lisa Kudrow reunited on Jimmy Kimmel’s show
Brad
Pitt and Angelina Jolie
AEK
Limassol
victims
of the Rotherham child sex scandal
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