Quiz Diary - 2005-02

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• Kyoto Accord, which aims to curb the air pollution blamed for global warming, comes into force 7 years after it was agreed. Some 141 countries, accounting for 55% of greenhouse gas emissions, have ratified the treaty, which pledges to cut these emissions by 5.2% by 2012.
• Pont d’Alma tunnel where Diana crashed in 1997 is mapped with new technology
• Shoaib Akhtar fined US$500 (£265) at Pakistan Cricket Board disciplinary hearing for breach of contract on recent Australian tour
• Boeing unveils new long-distance 777-200LR plane
• Worshippers flock to Coimbra cathedral in Portugal to pay last respects to Sister Lucia
• Chinese authorities closed 12,575 net cafes in closing months of 2004
• Annika Sorenstam files for divorce, according to Golfweek magazine.
• Sri Lankan baby found in debris after tsunami is returned to parents, after DNA tests
• Japan's GDP fell by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2004, taking the country into recession.
• Michael Jackson rushed to hospital with "flu-like symptoms" and trial postponed for a week

15

• Alexander Popov retires. 50m/100m freestyle golds at 1992/96 Olympics
• Lebanon's army on high alert after explosion in Beirut kills former PM Rafik Hariri
• Controller of BBC1, Lorraine Heggessey, resigns to join become executive at Talkback Thames.
• The IOC's evaluation team arrives in London to inspect bid for 2012 Olympic Games - London is competing against Paris, New York, Madrid and Moscow
• GM agrees $2bn price with Fiat to get out of a deal forcing it to buy the Italian car maker
• London Assembly passes 2 motions calling on Ken Livingstone to apologise for making Nazi comment to Jewish journalist, Oliver Finegold.
• Rough sketch by Francis Crick showing 1st impression of DNA molecule released on the web
• Europe's most powerful rocket to date, the Ariane 5-ECA, blasts off from spaceport in French Guiana
• A blind engineering student in the US develops software that turns colour into musical notes
• Tiger Woods' caddie Steve Williams recovering from a racing car crash.
• Phil Mickelson completes 4 -shot win at Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
• Kimi Raikkonen injures thumb in 140mph crash at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya
• Petter Solberg wins the Swedish Rally
• European Court of Human Rights says that Helen Steel and David Morris (McLibel Two) should have been given legal aid in long fight against McDonald's libel action.
• Steve Davis ends Paul Hunter's hopes of defending his Masters title with a 6-5 victory at Wembley.
• CAF'S 2004 AWARDS
• Footballer of the Year:
  • • 1. Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon and Barcelona, Spain) (116)
    • 2. Didier Drogba (90)
    • 3. Jay-Jay Okocha (63)
  • Young Player of the Year: Obafemi Martins (Nigeria and Inter Milan, Italy)
  • Coach of the Year: Okey Emordi (Enyimba, Nigeria)
  • Club of the Year: Enyimba (Nigeria)
  • Team of the Year: Tunisia
  • Best African Champions League player: Vincent Enyeama (Enyimba, Nigeria)
  • Goalkeeper of the Year: Ali Boumnijel (Tunisia and Club Africain, Tunisia)
  • Best goal of the year: Benni McCarthy (South Africa) - Porto (Portugal) versus Manchester United (England), Uefa Champions League, 25 February 2004
  • Female Footballer of the Year: Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)
• South African Ryan Cox wins the Tour of Langkawi for Team Barloworld.

14

• Grammy awards
  • Ray Charles – 8 awards!
  • Record of the year – Here We Go again – Ray Charles and Norah Jones
  • Album of the year - Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and Various Artists
  • Song of the year - Daughters - John Mayer
  • Best new artist - Maroon5
  • Best female pop vocal – Sunrise – Norah Jones
  • Best male pop vocal - Daughters - John Mayer
  • Best pop performance by a group with vocal – Heaven – Los Lonely Boys
  • Best pop vocal album - Genius Loves Company
  • Best dance recording – Toxic - Britney Spears (1st ever)
  • Best electronic/dance album – Kish Kash – Basement Jaxx
  • Best rock vocal performance by a duo or group - Vertigo – U2
  • Best rock song – Vertigo – U2
  • Best rock album – American Idiot – Green Day
  • Best R&B song - You Don't Know My Name - Alicia Keys
  • Best R&B album - The Diary of Alicia Keys
  • Best rap song - Jesus Walks - Kanye West
  • Best rap album - The College Dropout - Kanye West
  • Best short video - Vertigo – U2
  • Best pop vocal collaboration - Here We Go Again (with Norah Jones)
  • Best gospel performance -Heaven Help Us All (with Gladys Knight)
  • Best R&B vocal performance by a duo or group - My Boo (Alicia Keys with Usher)
  • Best contemporary R&B album = Confessions - Usher
  • Best rap/sung collaboration – Yeah – Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris.
  • Best male pop vocal performance - John Mayer
  • Best traditional pop album - Stardust... The Great American Songbook: Volume III - Rod Stewart
  • Best rock instrumental performance - Brian Wilson
• Serbian President Boris Tadic says he will never accept an independent Kosovo
• Christina Aguilera to marry long-time boyfriend and music executive Jordan Bratman
• New Indonesian president to visit Malaysia for talks on treatment of illegal migrant workers
• Dinara Safina upsets Amelie Mauresmo to win the Paris Indoor Open.
• South Africa win final ODI for 4-1 series win, despite Kevin Pietersen century.
• Rugby Six Nations - *England 17-18 France
• Andy Roddick retains SAP Open title with victory over Cyril Saulnier in San Jose.
• Paul Hunter hopes of defending his Masters title ended by Steve Davis in 6-5 victory at Wembley
• Joachim Johansson beats Ivan Ljubicic to win Open 13 in Marseille
• In final of the Master, Darts, Phil Taylor beats Andy Fordham
• Phil Mickelson returns a 4-shot victory at Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
• Japan win Golf’s Women's World Cup with Ai Miyazato and Rui Kitada
• Niclas Fasth wins New Zealand Open after play-off with Miles Tunnicliff
• Snooker chiefs say Jimmy White will not be referred to as James Brown during the Masters.
• British National Squash Championships
  • Men - Lee Beachill,
  • Women - Lina Elriani
• Stefan Koubek named in Austria's Davis Cup squad to face Australia in March even though serving a drugs ban.

13

• Benjamin Raich wins men's slalom at Bormio
• Europe's most powerful ever rocket, Ariane 5, blasts off from Kourou spaceport, French Guiana
• Javier Alvarez beats Michael Gomez to win WBU super featherweight title
• Jimmy White says he changed his name to James Brown to ease snooker's financial problems
• Tony Blair warns supporters they cannot take the next election for granted
• Michael Howard says his grandfather may have come to Britain as an illegal immigrant
• Stan Richards (Seth Armstrong of Emmerdale) dies aged 74.
• Cricket dropped from 2006 Asian Games because none of region's top players would be available
• Rugby Six Nations:
  • Scotland 13-40 Ireland
  • Italy 8-38 Wales
• Karl “the Mailman” Malone announces retirement after 19 years in NBA (18 with Utah Jazz).
• Lee Beachill beats Nick Matthew to reach final of British National Squash Championships
• Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva sets new world indoor pole vault record of 4.87m
• Germany “celebrates” 60 years since the bombing of Dresden.
• Laila Ali retains her WIBA super middleweight title beating Cassandra Geiggar in 8 rounds
• U2’s “ Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own” tops UK Singles Charts

12

• US theatres go dark to mark death of Arthur Miller, aged 89
• Michael Gomez loses WBU super featherweight title to Javier Alvarez.
• US man charged with using internet chat room to set up a mass suicide pact for Valentine's Day
• Steve McFadden to return to EastEnders as hard man Phil Mitchell
• Jose Antonio Reyes is tricked in radio prank into admitting he would like to move to Real Madrid
• French police question a man who bluffs his way into Serena Williams' press conference in Paris.
• South African Ryan Cox wins the Tour of Langkawi (rides for Team Barloworld)

11

• Janita Kostelic adds slalom title to combined and downhill at world Championships in Santa Caterina
• Reportss says aviation officials in US had warnings airlines might be hijacked months before 9/11
• Charles and Camilla wait for public reaction to announcement of their engagement
• Pope John Paul II returns to the Vatican in his "popemobile" after treatment for throat spasms
• Jacqueline Wilson holds onto title of most borrowed author in annual public library lending charts
• Revealed that potential jurors in Michael Jackson abuse trial have links to singer's Neverland Ranch
• Law Lords say Roman Polanski can fight libel case against Conde Naste (publishers of Vanity Fair) in UK from France via video link
• Karen Stupples and Laura Davies to represent England at inaugural women's World Cup
• Lee McConnell breaks the Scottish indoor 300metre record time of 37.57 seconds.
• IOC recommends Kim Un-yong be expelled following imprisonment on corruption charges
• Jimmy White announces name change to Jimmy Brown as part of madcap sponsorship deal
• Lee Beachill and Linda Elriani reach semi-finals of British National Squash Championships

10

• Riyadh kicks off Saudi Arabia's 1st nationwide municipal elections, but women are banned
• Scientist say UK's MRSA problem may be due to emergence of clones of the superbug
• Suspected ETA car bomb injures 43 people at Madrid conference centre, hours before a royal visit.
• Russian oil giant Yukos to sue the government for $28.3bn.
• Man stabbed at opening of new Ikea store in north London
• Carly Fiorina resigns (sacked) as chairman and chief executive of Hewlett-Packard after dispute
• Consumer survey shows concern over use of radio frequency ID (RFID) tags in shops.
• England draw 0-0 with Holland in friendly at Villa Park.
• Wales 2- 0 Hungary - Craig Bellamy scores twice.
• Nick Dougherty wins European Tour Golfer of the Month for January.
• Kelly Holmes to be fined (£25k) for missing weekend's Norwich Union European Indoor trials

09

• New Zealand Open at Gulf Harbour Country Club course vandalised possibly as a result of authorised cull of ducks that damaged the course.
• Anthony Joseph Donegan accused of providing the car used by Real IRA in 1998 Omagh bombing.
• The Treasury holds back some paperwork relating to Black Wednesday – September 16th 1992
• Reality TV programme - The Guantanamo Guidebook made by Channel 4 recreates torture techniques used in Cuban detention centre
• Professor Ian Wilmut of the Rosilin Institute in Edinburgh and creator of Dolly the sheep, given permission to clone human embryos to study MND (Motor Neurone Disease)
• Hamas and Islamic Jihad say they are not bound by the Palestinian truce agreed with Israel in Egypt
• European stock market operator Euronext outlines details of proposed bid for London Stock Exchange
• Pope John Paul II to miss Ash Wednesday services for 1st in 26 years as pontiff
• David Coulthard says he preferred to race with Red Bull than become a Ferrari test driver
• Pete Doherty released from jail after 4 nights after his manager pays £100,000 bail
• Brit Awards:
  • British
    • Best male artist - The Streets
    • Best female artist - Joss Stone
    • Best group - Franz Ferdinand
    • Best album - Keane
    • Best single - Your Game (Will Young)
    • Best live act – Muse
    • Breakthrough act – Keane
    • Best pop act prize – McFly
    • Best rock act - Franz Ferdinand
    • Best urban act - Joss Stone
  • International
    • Best male artist - Eminem
    • Best female artist – Gwen Stefani
    • Best group - Scissor Sisters
    • Best album - Scissor Sisters
    • Best newcomer awards - Scissor Sisters
  • General
    • Outstanding contribution to music - Bob Geldof
    • Best song of the past 25 years – Angels

08

• Amir Khan's senior ABA Championships debut at light-welterweight sees him survive a knockdown.
• Israel confirms it will declare a truce with the Palestinians when Ariel Sharon meets Mahmoud Abbas
• Cricket Rankings:
  • Test batsmen
    • 1 Jaques Kallis SA 893
    • 2 Rahul Dravid Ind 882
    • 3 Ricky Ponting Aus 847
    • 4 Brian Lara WI 845
    • 5 Damien Martyn Aus 830
    • 6 Virender Sehwag Ind 808
    • 7 Sachin Tendulkar Ind 778
    • 8 Matthew Hayden Aus 771
    • 9 Kumar Sangakkara SL 752
    • 10 Andrew Strauss Eng 751
  • Test bowlers
    • 1 Glenn McGrath Aus 866
    • 2 Muttiah Muralitharan SL 850
    • 3 Shaun Pollock SA 840
    • 4 Shoaib Akhtar Pkn 811
    • 5 Anil Kumble Ind 780
    • 6 Jason Gillespie Aus 774
    • 7 Makhaya Ntini SA 761
    • 8 Shane Warne Aus 732
    • 9 Steve Harmison Eng 703
    • 10 Matthe Hoggard Eng 691
  • One-day batsmen
    • 1 Jacques Kallis SA 747
    • 2 Ramnaresh Sarwan WI 742
    • 3 Sachin Tendulkar Ind 740
    • 4 Adam Gilchrist Aus 730
    • 5 Yousuf Youhana Pkn 720
    • 6 Andrew Flintoff Eng 718
    • 7 Ricky Ponting Aus 717
    • 8 Stephen Fleming NZ 715
    • 9 Brian Lara WI 709
    • = Kumar Sangakkara SL 709
  • One-day bowlers
    • 1 Glenn McGrath Aus 859
    • 2 Shaun Pollock SA 853
    • 3 Chaminda Vaas SL 831
    • 4 Muttiah Muralitharan SL 830
    • 5 Jason Gillespie Aus 789
    • 6 Brett Lee Aus 776
    • 7 Jacob Oram NZ 759
    • 8 Makhaya Ntini SA 741
    • 9 Andrew Flintoff Eng 736
    • 10 Daniel Vettori NZ 709
• Denmark votes in what opinion polls say will be a victory for PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen
• Britney Spears sues insurance firms for failing to reimburse her for cancelling 2004 tour
• Singer Pete Doherty spends another night in jail after a delay in securing £150,000 in bail money
• Andre Agassi is to return to the US Davis Cup team after a five-year absence.
• BP's annual profits rise 26% to $16.2bn (£8.7bn) as the company benefits from soaring oil prices.
• Skype Technologies agrees partnership with Hutchison Global Communications.
• Phil Mickelson gets 1st win of 2005 at the Phoenix Open in Arizona.
• London film Critics Awards
  • Film of the year - Sideways
  • British film of the year - Vera Drake
  • Director of the year - Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
  • British director of the year - Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
  • Actor of the Year - Jamie Foxx (Ray)
  • British Actor of the year - Daniel Craig (Enduring Love)
  • Actress of the year – Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
  • British actress of the year - Eva Birthistle (Ae Fond Kiss) and Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
  • Special award in recognition of his 40-year career - Ken Loach.

07

• US appoints Lt Gen William Ward as special envoy to assist Palestinian security reforms
• Evening Standard British Film Awards
  • Best film - Vera Drake
  • Best actress - Imelda Staunton
  • Best Actor - Paddy Considine
  • Best screenplay – Pawel Pawlikowski
  • The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy - Simon Pegg
  • Readers' Film of 2004 - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
  • Alexander Walker Special Award - Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
  • ITV London Most Promising Newcomer Award - Emily Blunt and Nathalie Press - joint (My Summer of Love)
  • Technical Achievement Award - Roger Deakins (The Village and The Ladykillers)
• Spain's police intercept 227 trying to illegally enter the Canary Islands from Africa
• Bill Gates unveils EuroScience Partnership scheme much to annoyance of Euro Science Open Forum
• Manchester United's board consider latest proposal from US tycoon Malcolm Glazer
• Ellen MacArthur becames the fastest person to sail solo non-stop around the world when she finished on 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds
• Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry says he would turn down £50m for Steven Gerrard
• New England Patriots beat Philadelphia 24-21 to win 3rd Super Bowl in 4 years.
• Australia beat Pakistan by 31 runs in Sydney to complete a 2-0 win in the best of 3 VB Series final
• RBS Six Nations: Italy 17-28 Ireland.
• Gaston Gaudio beats local favourite Fernando Gonzalez to win the Bellsouth Open
• Xavier Malisse beats Jiri Novak to win 1st ATP Tour title - Millennium International Championships
• Phil Mickelson gets 1st victory of 2005 at the Phoenix Open in Arizona.

06

• US Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Best Actor - Jamie Foxx (Ray)
  • Best Actress - Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)
  • Best cast performance – Sideways
  • Best supporting actress - Cate Blanchett (The Aviator)
  • Best supporting actor - Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)
• Martin Mubanga, a British man held captive in Guantanamo Bay for 33 months to sue government
• Damien Traille's late try gives France 16-9 victory over Scotland in RBS Six Nations in Paris.
• Gavin Henson kicks penalty to give Wales 1st win over England in Cardiff for 12 years. Score 11-9
• Bode Miller wins the men's downhill at the World Championships.
• Tony Blair becomes Labour's longest-serving prime minister with 2,838 days at Number 10.
• Maria Sharapova beats Lindsay Davenport in a final set tie-break to win the Pan Pacific Open.
• African Union denounces appointment of Faure Eyadema as President of Togo..
• Stephen Hendry wins the Malta Open beating Graeme Dott 9-7
• Janica Kostelic wins downhill title at World Championships in Bormio, Italy.
• Pope John Paul II expected to broadcast traditional Sunday blessing from hospital room in Rome.
• Zab Judah beats Cory Spinks to become undisputed welterweight champion.
• Rastafarians converge on Ethiopia to mark what would have been Bob Marley's 60th birthday.
• Scott Dann retains his British middleweight title with a win over Alan Jones.
• South Korea's Song Bo-bae wins Singapore's Samsung Ladies Masters.
• Craig Parry beats Nick O'Hern in a play-off to win the Heineken Classic.

05

• Janica Kostelic wins (retains) combined title at World Championships in Bormio, Italy.
• Condoleezza Rice calls for a common approach towards Iran's nuclear programme.
• Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger named NFL's rookie of the year
• US court rejects government lawsuit accusing tobacco industry of covering up the effects of smoking
• 21st Bond film to be Casino Royale (Ian Fleming's 1st novel). 1967 film by John Huston
• Lawyers acting on behalf of Jude Law contact News of the World over recent story
• The total price of all Britain's private housing stock reaches the £3.3 trillion mark
• Pete Doherty spends the weekend in jail after failing to raise the money to secure his bail
• International Cricket Council agrees to allow bowlers to straighten their arms by up to 15 degrees.
• India's Narain Karthikeyan will drive for Jordan in 2005.
• German boxing great Max Schmeling dies at the age of 99.

04

• A World health study finds that alcohol causes almost as many deaths and disabilities globally as smoking and high blood pressure
• Condoleeza Rice visits UK at start of her 1st overseas trip as America's top diplomat
• Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who ordered the Beslan school siege in North Oseetia, warns he is planning further attacks.
• 5th biennial Meridian Cup (Africa's youth against Europe's) begins in Turkey
  • Africa - Cameroon, Egypt, Nigeria and Sierra Leone,
  • Europe – Turkey, France, Spain and Portugal
• Star Trek: Enterprise a prequel to the original axed by broadcaster UPN after 98 episodes.
• Luis Figo reveals he would relish a move to England this summer.
• Benjamin Raich wins the world combined skiing gold in Italy as Bode Miller fails to finish
• Britain's Mike Golding crosses the finish line of Vendee Globe in 3rd place

03

• Georgian PM found dead in Tbilisi flat, apparently from gas poisoning
• Pete Doherty arrested on suspicion of theft and assault after alleged incident at north London hotel. Film-maker Max Carlish said that he wouldn’t be pressing charges. New band Babyshambles
• Rangers beat Dundee United 7-1 to reach final of CIS Insurance Cup
• Ronnie O'Sullivan beaten 5-0 by Graeme Dott at Malta Open
• George W Bush's State of the Union address highlights Middle East goals and welfare reform
• Minardi sign 41-year-old Chanoch Nissany as their test driver.
• IRA withdraws its offer to put its weapons beyond use and blames British and Irish governments
• So Solid Crew’s Megaman in Old Bailey murder trial. Co-defendant Carl Morgan
• Ex-Formula One driver Cristiano da Matta seals a return to Champ Cars.
• The US Federal Reserve raises US interest rates by ¼ percent to 2.5%

02

• Pope John Paul II, 84, taken to hospital with breathing difficulties after falling ill with flu
• Former US President Bill Clinton is chosen to be the United Nations' special envoy for tsunami relief.
• A Sri Lankan court will decide if a baby, who survived the tsunami, can be given to a couple claiming him.
• Condoleezza Rice says lifting EU arms embargo on China could send "wrong signal".
• Spanish MPs reject plan by Basque leader, Juan Jose Ibarretxe, for greater autonomy
• Ex-chat show host and East Midlands MEP Robert Kilroy-Silk is due to launch his new party, Veritas
• Thousands of Rastafarians gather in Ethiopia for a month of events to remember Bob Marley
• Michael Jackson's child abuse trial potential jurors trimmed from 4,000 to 250
• Martina Hingis has no plans for comeback after losing in the Thailand Open
• Geraint Jones to open the batting for England through the series in South Africa.
• Nissan launch their new model the P32L
• Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards
  • Best new comedy - The History Boys
  • Best actor - Christian Slater (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
  • Best actress - Diana Rigg (Suddenly Last Summer)
  • Best supporting actress - Dame Judi Dench (All's Well That Ends Well
  • Best supporting actor - Samuel Barnett (The History Boys)
• Critics' Circle Theatre Awards
  • Best new play - The History Boys by Alan Bennett
  • Best actor - Richard Griffiths (The History Boys)
  • Best musical - The Producers
  • Best actress - Victoria Hamilton (Suddenly Last Summer)
  • Best director - Festen's Rufus Norris
  • Most promising playwright - Rebecca Lenkiewicz (The Night Season)
  • Most promising newcomer - Eddie Redmayne (The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?)
  • Best Shakespearean performer - Paul Rhys (Measure for Measure)
  • Design award - Christopher Oram (Suddenly Last Summer)

01

• UN finds no genocide in Sudan's Darfur region, but accuses government of systematic abuse
• King Gyanendra of Nepal announces he has sacked the government and is assuming direct power
• Injin Chi retains his WBC featherweight crown with a comfortable win over Tommy Browne.
• World-Anti Doping Agency (Wada) discovers 2nd "designer steroid" desoxy-methyl-testosterone
• Referee Andy Wain abandons game between Peterborough North End and Royal Mail AYL after showing himself the red card for confronting a player
• French prosecutors in Belgium hoping to charge self-confessed serial killer Michel Fourniret with 6 murders.
• Advice on amount of force householders can use against burglars to be published to stop confusion
• Exxon Mobil, world's largest public oil company, makes record $25bn profit in 2004
• Michael Jackson spends several hours in court as jury selection begins for his child abuse trial
• Former Worldcom boss Bernie Ebbers, accused of overseeing an $11bn fraud, never made accounting decisions, witness David Myers tells jurors.
• Trial opens in France to establish responsibility for 1999 fire in Mont Blanc tunnel which killed 39
• Doctors warn handheld Blackberry devices can cause arthritis in the thumb
• Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman criticises the BBC's plans to make 15% cuts in its news budget
• Nick Heidfeld wins the race to drive for Williams alongside Mark Webber in 2005.
• Former captain Keith Wood tips Ireland to triumph in this year's RBS Six Nations.
• Microsoft unveils finished version of its search engine – MSN Search
• Ernie Els says Tiger Woods will never dominate golf again, despite his recent revival in form.
• Aston Villa sign Cameroon international Eric Djemba-Djemba from Man Utd.

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