Quiz Diary - 2006-04

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• Deputy PM John Prescott hits back at allegations made by his former lover in a Sunday newspaper
• Wayne Rooney is a doubt for the World Cup after fracturing a metatarsal bone
• EU deadline on Mladic approaches
• Cadel Evans's wins the Tour of Romandie
• Economist John Kenneth Galbraith dies aged 97
• Snooker World Championship – Dott v Ebdon
• Egypt justifies extending emergency laws by 2 years with the recent bombings
• Marco Melandri overtakes Casey Stoner on the last lap to win Turkish Grand Prix
• Singer Pete Doherty to be questioned about drugs (well if anyone has the answers)
• UK Charts:
  • Singles:
    • 1. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
    • 2. Rihanna - SOS
    • 3. Infernal - From Paris To Berlin
    • 4. Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
    • 5. Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You're Dead
  • Albums:
    • 1. Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere
    • 2. Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward
    • 3. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions
    • 4. Kooks - Inside In/ Inside Out
    • 5. Massive Attack - Collected - The Best Of
• Antitrust hearing between Microsoft and the European Commission ends
• Alex Arthur retains European super featherweight title with technical decision over Sergey Gulyakevich
• Nearly 30 miners are killed in the latest disaster at a Chinese coal mine
• Acelino Freitas wins vacant WBO lightweight title with split decision over Zahir Raheem
• A Chinese mother whose son died in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre receives a "hardship" payment
• Gnarls Barkley score a chart double with their album going straight to number one
• Ricky Gervais's sitcom Extras wins 2 prizes at the Rose d'Or TV awards
• Britain's Beth Tweddle takes European gold in the asymmetric bars.
• England will host the 2019 Cricket World Cup

30 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which actor had to be rushed to hospital by air ambulance following a fall on the set of his latest movie “The Blood Diamond”?
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• 2. A cognac produced during the French revolution is said to be the most expensive drink on sale in Britain. How much would a glass of the 1790 cognac cost at the Lanesborough in London?
• £1,700 (makes £2.50 a pint almost bearable)
• 3. The MDA or Mobile Data Association said that Britons sent a record number of text messages last month. How many, was it 30 million, 300 million, 3 billion, 30 billion or 300 billion?
• 3 billion (actually 3.19 billion)
• 4. In which country are the World Ice Hockey championships taking place?
• France (Amiens)
• 5. “The List:” Who scored the three goals for Chelsea against Man Utd to win the Premiership title?
• Gallas, Cole and Carvalho

Topic of the Day: Sport

• 6. Nicknamed The Great Bambino whose2nd place in the pantheon of Baseball home run hitters is under threat from Barry Bonds?
• Babe Ruth
• 7. Which woman was the first to defend her Olympic javelin crown and after sport went into German politics?
• Ruth Fuchs
• 8. Which New Zealander won bronze in the 1500m at the 1972 Olympics and was the first non-American to win the New York City Marathon?
• Rod Dixon
• 9. In Athens which New Zealand cyclist collected gold at the 3000m Individual Pursuit?
• Sarah Ulmer
• 10. Which bay was ridden by Eddie Macken and won the Hickstead Derby 4 times from 1976 – 79?
• Boomerang

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• Charles Clarke admits foreign criminals have reoffended
• A group of Filipino mothers are aiming to set a new world record for mass breastfeeding.
• Papers lead with water cost of British supermarket salad ingredients on the countries of Africa
• US firm plans to introduce temporary Tattoos that can easily be removed in the future
• Wayne Rooney is a doubt for the World Cup after fracturing a bone in his right foot
• Bob Dylan opens the first New Orleans Jazz Festival since Hurricane Katrina
• Dutch government suspends nearly $150m in aid to Kenya because of concerns over corruption
• Vatican delays ordination of Chinese bishop who has not been approved by Pope Benedict
• Microsoft shares fall 11% after disappointing third quarter earnings
• Snooker World Championship - Semi-Finals:
  • Ebdon 17 - 16 Fu (after a superb fight back by Fu)
  • Dott 17 - 11 O'Sullivan (O'Sullivan makes minor revival before losing)
• Donald Trump speaks out against wind farms spoiling his golf-course view
• Human case of bird flu confirmed in Norfolk poultry worker
• Jacqueline Wilson speaks out in favour of parents telling bedtime stories
• Survey by NAHT shows that half of schoolchildren do not have a permanent head teacher
• Two more poultry farms have become infected by bird flu, causing the slaughter of more livestock
• Ricky Gervais's sitcom Extras wins 2 prizes at the Rose d'Or TV awards
• Keith Richards taken to hospital in New Zealand
• Birmingham and West Brom are relegated from the Premiership
• Valery Odin critical in hospital after collapsing at the end of a bout

29 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who after splitting from his wife Jessica Simpson in November of last year is rumoured to be dating MTV presenter Vanessa Minnillo?
• Nick Lachey
• 2. Charlie Sheen recently spoke out about his estranged wife, who is she?
• Denise Richards
• 3. More than 50,000 workers from which two countries are likely to migrate to Britain next year, according to a new report?
• Romania and Bulgaria
• 4. According to Conservative accounts submitted to Electoral Commission watchdogs, which MP spent £3,638 on, make up during last year's election campaign?
• Michael Howard
• 5. “The List:” Melvyn Bragg is currently presenting a series on “The Twelve Books That Changed The World”. Name the books
• Darwin: Origin Of The Species (1859); The First Rule Book of The Football Association (1863); William Shakespeare's First Folio (1623); Newton: Principia Mathematica (1687); Adam Smith: The Wealth Of Nations (1776); William Wilberforce: Speech to The House Of Commons (12th May 1789); The King James Bible (1611); Patent Specification For Arkwright's Spinning Machine (1769); Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women (1792); Michael Farraday: Experimental Research In Electricity (1855); Marie Stopes: Married Love (1918); Magna Carta (1215).

Topic of the Day: Letters

• 6. What name was given to an attack vessel disguised as a civilian ship, used against German U-boats during World War I?
• Q-Ships
• 7. Which series of books (later filmed) deals with prot a visitor from another planet?
• K-Pax
• 8. Sometimes called the “Bob Dylan” of rap, which New Jersey rapper began life with the name Tracy Morrow?
• Ice-T
• 9. Which group of ex-mercenaries travelled in a GMC truck and were lead by Colonel John Smith?
• The A-Team
• 10. Which song written by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar for the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette was also the title of a 1950 Doris Day/ Gordon MacRae film?
• Tea For Two

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• The Glastonbury Festival is hoping to expand to allow up to 173,000 people next year
• Cloudsat and Calipso missions launched to study how clouds and aerosols form
• Gordon Brown defends Deputy PM John Prescott amid growing pressure about his affair
• Cancer drug Herceptin backed for use in early stages of the disease by European Medicines Agency
• At least 5 of the foreign prisoners freed without being considered for deportation have reoffended
• New Italian parliament convenes
• Prince Harry launches a charity in Lesotho to support children orphaned by AIDS
• Moussaoui trial jury reconvenes
• Violence erupts at East Timor rally
• UN cuts daily rations in Darfur region in half due to a severe funding shortfall
• Snooker World Championships:
  • Ebdon leads Fu 15-9
  • Psycho Ronnie gnaws off his own tip, exchanges stares with TV camera and asks for a Dott supporter to be ejected - game score 8-8
• Independent Police Complaints Commission upholds 2 complaints by the family of Hayley Richards against Wiltshire Police
• 5 men appear at the Old Bailey in connection with the London bombing attempts of 21st July last year
• Damon Hill named as president of the British Racing Drivers' Club
• Scotland Yard investigate claim that Independent MP Peter Law was offered a peerage not to stand in Blaenau Gwent at the last election
• 4 men are jailed for nearly 30 years and 2 for 23 years for the murder of Mary-Ann Leneghan
• Police investigate Pete Doherty over newspaper pictures allegedly showing him injecting drugs
• Experts say the death of more than 200 dolphins found on Zanzibar's beaches is a mystery

28 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which singer has revealed that he loves the Antiques Roadshow?
• Will Young
• 2. Who did England’s hockey team beat 3-1 in bronze medal play-off at the men's World Cup qualifying tournament in China?
• Pakistan
• 3. Which party has David Cameron accused of “thriving on hate”?
• BNP
• 4. Which country had three women in the top ten of the 2006 London Marathon?
• Kenya (3rd, 8th and 9th)
• 5. “The List:” Name the three Kenyan men who finished in the top ten of the 2006 London Marathon?
• Felix Limo, Martin Lel and Evans Rutto

Topic of the Day: War – What is it good for?

• 6. What part of a Roman Legionnaire’s uniform was a balteus?
• A belt
• 7. Which ship was Napoleon on at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801?
• HMS Elephant
• 8. Which battle of 711 saw the Berbers under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths?
• Guadalette
• 9. How many Victoria crosses were awarded for the 1879 Battle of Rorke’s Drift?
• 11
• 10. What was the name of Prince Rupert’s dog killed at the Battle of Marston Moor?
• Boy

27

• John Hutton denies Tony Blair's government is in "meltdown"
• 35,000 chickens culled at Witford Lodge Farm in Hockering because of bird-flu
• Hospital heart surgery survival rates published for the 1st time - April 2004 - March 2005 = 96.6%
• Snoop Dogg arrested after a fracas at London's Heathrow Airport
• Quarterly crime statistics for England and Wales released
• Main opposition leader in Belarus, Alexander Milinkevich, jailed for 15 days
• Assistant rugby union coaches Joe Lydon, Phil Larder and Dave Alred removed from England set up
• Snooker World Championship - semi finals:
  • Peter Ebdon and Marco Fu finally end marathon session at 4-4
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan opens up a 5-3 lead over Graeme Dott
• 1st frame in Fu v Ebdon results in a re-rack after 15 minutes of very uneventful play
• AA Motoring Trust says average petrol price has reached a record level of 96.13p per litre
• Middlesboro reach final of UEFA Cup, beating Steaua Bucharest 4-2 (4-3 0n agg)
• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour criticises Ethiopia's human rights record
• Tony Blair robustly defends his ministers and laughs off claims of a personal "Black Wednesday"
• Former world champion Tomas Dvorak says he will quit at this summer's European Championships
• Construction work begins at the Twin Towers site in New York
• Jurors in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui sent home because of illness of jury member

27 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. In a “pot and kettle” situation which singer has accused Sir Elton John of stirring up a "soap opera" around his life?
• George Michael
• 2. Bill Gates recently met Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and President Tran Duc Luong, which country was he in?
• Vietnam
• 3. Lloyd Scott completed the London Marathon course in 2006 wearing a what: was it A: Dalek Suit, B: Diver’s Suit or C: Steel Dragon Costume?
• Steel Dragon Costume
• 4. A Sunday Mirror poll suggested 45.5% of those certain to vote in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham said they would vote what?
• BNP (unbelievable!)
• 5. “The List:” Which 2 comedies lead the nominations for the MTV Movie Awards, with five each?
• Wedding Crashers and The 40-Year Old Virgin

Topic of the Day: Around the World

• 6. Cabinda, Bengo and Zaire are provinces in which country?
• Angola
• 7. Graz is the largest city and capital of which Austrian state?
• Styria (accept Steiermark)
• 8. Located on both banks of the Maritsa river, what is the second largest city in Bulgaria?
• Plovdiv
• 9. Which major city in the Lorraine region is located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille?
• Metz
• 10. Which American state was to the south of the Mason-Dixon line and was founded by Lord Baltimore in 1634?
• Maryland

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• Patients who need kidney transplants will soon be able to receive organs from living donors who are unrelated to them under new regulations
• Shadow home secretary David Davis called on Charles Clarke to quit, saying his position had become "untenable"
• Chickens at farm in Norfolk are to be killed after dead birds tested positive for a strain of bird flu
• Former Williams chief designer Joerg Zander joins BMW Sauber
• China secures 4 oil drilling licences from Nigeria
• Foreign Secretary Jack Straw refused to advise Britons against travelling to Egypt in a gesture of "solidarity" following the bombings in Dahab
• Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott confesses to having had an affair with one of his secretaries
• World Snooker Championship
  • Marco Fu beats Ken Doherty 13-10 to reach semi-finals
  • Peter Ebdon defeats defending champion Shaun Murphy 13-7
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan defeats Mark Williams 13-11
• Figures show UK economy grew by 0.6% in the first three months of the year
• The top women players have declined to take up the chance to try to qualify for this year's Open. – deadline June 1st
• Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt heckled for the second time in three days by health workers
• Luiz Felipe Scolari offered the England manager's job
• MEPs reveal CIA ran more than 1,000 Extraordinary Rendition flights in Europe
• UN warns of malnutrition among the children of Darfur region
• Brian Lara re-appointed to the post of West Indies captain

26 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who will start shows on her new tour by descending from the ceiling on a giant cross?
• Madonna
• 2. Which Spanish water and waste company has put in a bid for Bristol Water?
• Agbar
• 3. At the Commonwealth Games Emma Snowsill and Brad Kahlefeldt completed a double for Australia in which event?
• Triathlon
• 4. In Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat of Chelsea who blasted over from close range in the last minutes to deny Chelsea the chance of extra time?
• Joe Cole
• 5. “The List:” Robbie Williams will be rejoining the reformed Take That for a few of the gigs on their current tour. Name the other members of the group.
• Jason Orange, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard (“the one everyone forgets”) Donald

Topic of the Day: Science Fiction Double Feature, Dr X will build a creature …

• 6. Which Missouri born science fiction author won three “retro Hugo’s” that is Hugo awards for years in which there was originally no winner and first won in 1956 with “Double Star”?
• Robert Heinlein
• 7. Which Science Fiction classic is set in a post-apocalyptic Utah abbey and takes place at intervals of hundreds of years apart as humanity attempts to rebuild?
• A Canticle for Leibowitz
• 8. Which prolific author wrote a number of series of books including the “Deathworld” and “Eden” cycles?
• Harry Harrison
• 9. Hominids, Humans and Hybrids make up which trilogy of novels by Robert J. Sawyer?
• The Neanderthal Parallax
• 10. Which Nebraskan born author of hundreds of books has been officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the World’s most translated author?
• L Ron Hubbard

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• Tesco unveils profits of £2.2bn, confirming its place as Britain's biggest supermarket chain
• BP says petrol could go above £1 per litre
• Taleban fighters say that they intend to target UK troops in Afghanistan
• Thousands attend victory rally in Kathmandu as the King reconvenes parliament
• South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun accuses Japan of denying Korean independence, by claiming islands midway between the 2 countries
• Arsenal draw 0 – 0 will Villareal in Champions League semi-final 2nd leg
• The independent MP and AM for Blaenau Gwent, Peter Law, has died aged 58
• Anti-war demonstrators protest against visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Athens
• World Snooker Championships:
  • Peter Ebdon opens up a 7-1 lead against defending champion Shaun Murphy
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams level at 4-4
  • Ken Doherty and Marco Fu level on 8-8
• Panama's president announces a $5.3bn expansion of the Panama Canal
• Ukraine marks the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster
• Tom Cruise spends 4 hours talking to fans at the UK premiere of Mission Impossible 3
• Nigel Mansell says Jenson Button is on verge of winning 1st GP and will be Britain's next world champion
• Poster promoting The Da Vinci Code is to be removed from church in Rome following complaints
• Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, appears unmasked in a video

25 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which actress has said that when she marries boyfriend Arun Nayar she will live part-time in India?
• Elizabeth Hurley
• 2. According to the latest estimates how many property millionaires are there in England and Wales, is it 60, 600, 6,000, 60,000, or 600,000?
• 60,000
• 3. Jose Mourinhi has ruled out getting in to a bidding war with Real Madrid over which English midfielder?
• Steven Gerrard
• 4. What was the Queen's birthday present from the Cabinet?
• A Spode tea set
• 5. “The List:” Which three teams did Great Britain’s Fed Cup team beat recently before losing to the Slovak Republic?
• Ukraine, Bulgaria and Hungary

Topic of the Day: Mystics

• 6. Which author of “The Satanic Bible” sometimes called the “founder of Satanism” died in 1997?
• Anton LaVey
• 7. Which 18th century Italian Count who was prosecuted in the affair of the diamond necklace claimed to be an alchemist and magician?
• Alessandro di Cagliostro
• 8. Which monk was killed by (amongst others) Felix Yusapov in 1916?
• Rasputin
• 9. Which Austrian Philosopher was the creator/founder of Anthroposophy or Spiritual Science?
• Rudolf Steiner
• 10. The author of “Diary of a Drug Fiend” which “Wickedest Man In the World” and founder of Thelema died in 1947
• Alistair Crowley

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• Unison general secretary Dave Prentis tells health workers conference it will back staff who opt to take industrial action over NHS job cuts
• King Gyanendra of Nepal vows to restore parliament
• Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre - a new agency to tackle child abuse and indecent internet images set up by the Home Office.
• George Michael's first UK tour in 15 years is sold out within hours of tickets being made available
• Environmentalist and anti-logger Silas Siakor wins Goldman Environmental Prize
• Scientist return Ynys Gau, the South Wales beef farm to trace the source of anthrax that killed 2 cows
• Coldplay receive three nominations at the 2006 Ivor Novello songwriting awards
• Peter Ebdon demolishes David Gray 13-2 in World Snooker Championships
• At least 22 people are killed and up to 150 injured in explosions at Egyptian resort of Dahab
• Health workers heckle Patricia Hewitt - at NHS Conference
• GB lose opening game in World Ice Hockey Championships 4-3 to Hungary
• Man Utd owner Malcolm Glazer released from hospital after suffering a stroke
• Peru sends aid to evacuees and declares a state of emergency in area near erupting Ubinas volcano
• Jurors begin deliberating verdict and sentence of al-Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui
• Sudanese and Hamas governments both distance themselves from tape recorded by Osama Bin Laden

24 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who has reportedly bought his wife an £8million necklace for her birthday?
• David Beckham
• 2. Which Australian player beat Stephen Lee to progress to the last 8 of the World Snooker championships?
• Neil Robertson
• 3. Researchers claim to have found a possible vaccine to prevent which hospital super bug?
• MRSA
• 4. Who recorded his 66th career pole position at the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola and broke the late Ayrton Senna's all-time record?
• Michael Schumacher
• 5. “The List:” Chris Byrd lost his IBF Heavyweight title to Vladimir Klitschko. But who hold the other three belts (WBO, WBA, and WBC)?
• Serguei Lyakhovich, Nikolay Valuev and Hasim Rahman

Topic of the Day: Diseases and Infections

• 6. What 2-word infection is commonly known as “flesh-eating bacteria”?
• Necrotizing fasciitis
• 7. El Tor is the name given to a particular strain of which bacterium?
• Cholera
• 8. Splenic fever and wool sorters disease are alternative names for which disease, the name of which comes from the Greek for coal?
• Anthrax
• 9. Which disease the first filovirus to be identified, is named after the German town where it was first observed in 1967?
• Marburg Disease
• 10. Which highly contagious infection of sheep and cattle was a word used in medieval times as a generic for “disease”?
• Murrain

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• 80,000 Belgians protest over murder of Joe Van Holsbeeck. Killed by theives for failing to hand over his MP3 player
• San Marino Grand Prix at Imola won by Michael Schumacher
• New tape aired on al-Jazeera of Osama Bin-Laden
• World champion Scott Harrison arrested after a disturbance at a Glasgow pub
• David Cameron switches attention to BNP – saying he hopes they fail to win any seats in the local election
• London Marathon:
  • Women: Deena Kastor
  • Men: Felix Limo
• Gareth Southgate says his club manager Steve McClaren is not yet ready for the England job
• 2 cows die of anthrax on a farm in South Wales (1st confirmed cases of in Britain for four years)
• UK Charts
  • Singles:
    • 1. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
    • 2. Rihanna - Sos
    • 3. Shayne Ward - No Promises
    • 4. Infernal - From Paris To Berlin
    • 5. Mary J Blige & U2 - One
  • Albums:
    • 1. Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward
    • 2. Zutons - Tired Of Hanging Around
    • 3. Kooks - Inside In/ Inside Out
    • 4. Massive Attack - Collected - The Best Of
    • 5. Streets - The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living
• Run-off required in New Orleans Mayoral elections
• Take That’s reunion tour starts today
• Microbicides, a new anti-HIV cream, being studied at conference in South Africa
• Iran calls its uranium enrichment programme "irreversible"
• Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer 6-2 6-7 6-3 7-6 to win Monte Carlo Masters title

23 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which football accepted a much needed lottery grant of £30,000 to increase the health and fitness of its staff?
• Manchester United
• 2. Who has revealed he has never read his wife Jordan's autobiography because he couldn't get past the first chapter?
• Peter Andre
• 3. Raluca Millen has been charged in connection with which robbery?
• The £53m from the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent
• 4. Which did Tom Cruise recently describe as "a champ"?
• Katie Holmes
• 5. “The List:” It’s the London Marathon today, can you name the 4 women who have won it for the UK?
• Paul Radcliffe, Liz McColgan, Véronique Marot, and Joyce Smith

Topic of the Day: Oh what a lovely war

• 6. Sometimes called the “Guerra de los pastels” which war of 1838 was an invasion of Mexico by French forces?
• The War of the Cakes (or Pastry War)
• 7. The Seven Year’s War was ended with the Treaty of Paris and which other treaty often relegated or forgotten all together?
• Treaty of Hubertusburg
• 8. Which was the last major battle of the Thirty Years War and was a victory for the French under Louis II de Bourbon?
• Lens
• 9. Edward III’s army was vastly outnumbered at Crecy but still won, who commanded the French forces?
• Philip VI of France
• 10. Which battle of 773-774 saw the Franks under Charlemagne defeat the Lombards under king Desiderius?
• Pavia

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• Tergat tips Haile Gebrselassie to win Sunday's Flora London Marathon.
• Michael Owen included in Newcastle squad to face West Brom
• Murphy puts Davis out of Snooker World Championships
• Zimbabwe's white farmers are invited to apply for land, previously seized by the government
• Goals from Riise and Garcia see Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 in FA Cup semi-final
• Appeals Court confirms victory of Romano Prodi
• Michael Schumacher takes pole position at the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola
• Arsenal and Tottenham draww 1-1 in Premiership
• G7 warn of rising oil prices
• Pramod Mahajan, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shot dead in Mumbai
• Chinese President Hu Jintao begins three-day trip to Saudi Arabia
• The doctor and nurses accused of infecting Libyan children with HIV will face a new trial
• Vladimir Klitschko stops defending champion Chris Byrd to win the IBF heavyweight title
• New Orleans takes to the polls in mayoral elections

22 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which Asian country has introduced a shoot-to-kill curfew?
• Nepal
• 2. Whose latest film “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” is in the running for the prestigious Palme d'Or award at this year's Cannes Film Festival?
• Ken Loach's
• 3. Which 6-time winner of the London Marathon has pulled out of this year’s event?
• Tanni Grey Thompson
• 4. Which car manufacturer made a $1.19bn loss in the past quarter?
• Ford
• 5. “The List:” Today we are blessed with an “On the Buses” film on TV, relive those memories with Stan and Olive, Blakey and Jack, my sides are splitting just at the thought. But until that happens how many of the 3 “priceless” gems that were “Buses” films can you name?
• On the Buses, Holiday on the Buses, and Mutiny on the Buses

Topic of the Day: Executioners

• 6. Who was employed by Charles II and is a by word for executioners appearing as a character in Punch and Judy shows, despite the fact that to dispatch the Duke of Monmouth he had to use 5 blows with the axe and finish the job with a knife?
• Jack Ketch
• 7. Slightly more humane than the last “gentleman”, which executioner developed the "long drop" technique of hanging, which ensured that the prisoners' neck was broken instantly resulting in death from asphyxia while unconscious?
• William Marwood
• 8. Executioners, Harry, Thomas and Albert all shared the same surname, what was it (also a film directed by Adrian Shergold)?
• Pierrepoint
• 9. Nicknamed “Master of Justice” who (sharing his name with a French motorcar) was the longest serving executioner of the Papal States?
• Giovanni Bugatti
• 10. Which organisation established in the 1920’s by Joe Adonis was responsible for the death (amongst many others) of Dutch Schultz?
• Murder Inc.

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• Queen celebrates 80th birthday at Windsor
• David Cameron proposes a tax on carbon emissions
• More Australian forces sent to Solomon Islands
• Google returns soaring quarterly profits
• Sony cuts the price of its, soon to be replaced, PlayStation2
• Ford makes a $1.19bn loss in the past quarter
• Prince Charles pays tribute to "darling Mama" ahead of 80th birthday dinner at Kew Palace
• Manchester United accepts a lottery grant of £30,000 to increase the health and fitness of its staff
• Davina McCall says she is "proud" of her failing BBC One chat show
• Nepal's King Gyanendra vows to "return power to the people" in an attempt to end mass protests
• CIA sacks employee for leaking secret information to the media
• Nicole Cooke wins the Fleche Wallonne title for the third time
• Nigeria repays $6.4bn of debt
• Rafael Nadal wins 40th straight match on clay at the Monte Carlo Masters

21 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Following his 10-5 defeat to Matthew Stevens who described the snooker table he played on as an "absolute joke"?
• Joe Swail
• 2. Bill Sweetenham has named a 46-strong squad for the European Swimming Championships. In which capital city will they be held?
• Budapest
• 3. Speciosa, a 9-1 shot recently won the Nell Gwyn Stakes. Where are they held?
• Newmarket
• 4. Which F1 team have signed Fabrizio del Monte as a test driver?
• Midland
• 5. “The List:” As Alan “the Lion of Gosforth” Shearer ponders his future, name the 3 club sides that he has played for.
• Southmpton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United

Topic of the Day: History, just pretend you're on Eggheads, Kevin has got one wrong this is your chance.

• 6. Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was a famous what: A: Anarchist, B: Atheist, C: Anthropologist
• “Well Dermot I’ve never heard of him I’ll go A” – correct, Anarchist
• 7. Was Bob Bemer involved in the development of: A: ASCII, B: The Long Jump C: CETI
• A: ASCII
• 8. Tycho Brahe had a silver and gold what: A: Personality, B: Set of duelling pistols, C: Nose
• It’s C: His nose lost during a duel
• 9. What garment killed Isadora Duncan: A: Glove, B: Scarf, C: Corset
• Her scarf got caught in the wheel of her Bugatti and as they say she never danced again
• 10.What was William LeBaron Jenny the first to build: A: Nuclear Submarine, B: Skyscraper, C: Cantilever Bridge
• Skyscraper

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• UEFA Cup semi-final, 1st leg - Steaua Bucharest 1- 0 Middlesbrough
• Home secretary expected to announce new restrictive orders for dangerous offenders released on probation
• At least 3 people have been killed in the ongoing protests in Nepal
• Firefox releases patch to fix 21 security flaws
• Glamorgan's Sophia Gardens will host an Ashes Test match between England and Australia in 2009
• PM Silvio Berlusconi refuses to accept defeat in the recent election despite a Supreme Court ruling
• In Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers call off scheduled peace talks in Switzerland
• Debenhams unveils £2bn floatation plan
• Over 60 are killed after buses plunge off roads in 2 separate accidents in northern India
• Billie Jean King wants All England Club to offer equal prize money for women
• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) apologises for sending out incorrect tax disc reminders
• Lance Armstrong plans to compete in the New York City Marathon in November
• President Bush urges President Hu Jintao to do more to close the US-China trade gap.
• Peter Doherty arrested in London hours after a court appearance.

20 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Six-times champion Steve Davis battled into the second round at the Crucible with a 10-4 win over which qualifier?
• Andy Hicks
• 2. Tony Blair has defended the higher salaries paid to which group of people after news that some were earning £250,000 a year?
• Doctors (specifically GPs)
• 3. Chinese President Hu Jintao has arrived in which country for the start of a tour?
• America
• 4. Which singer has been questioned by police after allegedly colliding with three parked cars?
• George Michael
• 5. “The List:” Name the four teams remaining in the Champions League?
• AC Milan, Barcelona, Arsenal and Villareal

Topic of the Day: Nature

• 6. Which organisation with nearly 3.5 million members moved its HQ to Swindon in 2005?
• The National Trust
• 7. Which 320 feet high promontory off the coast of North Somerset is part of the Mendips and a Site of Special Scientific Interest?
• Brean Down
• 8. Named after the site of the original meeting in Iran, what name is given to a convention dealing with wetlands of international importance?
• Ramsar Convention
• 9. Where in Bedfordshire are the headquarters of the RSBP?
• Sandy
• 10. What does CITES stand for?
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

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• Unions at Ryton plant near Coventry consider a strike over the loss of 2,300 jobs
• Handwriting experts say Saddam Hussein personally signed death warrants of 148 people in Dujail
• Queen has lunch with 99 people born on the same day as her, as part of her 80th birthday celebrations
• Lee Bowyer banned from driving for 42 days after pleading guilty to speeding at 99mph
• India beat Pakistan by 51 runs in Abu Dhabi in the second one-dayer – to level the series
• Arsenal beat Villareal 1 - 0 in Champions League semi-final leg one
• White House spokesman Scott McClellan resigns
• Former West Ham and Ipswich manager John Lyall has died at the age of 66.
• Katie Holmes gives birth to baby girl, Suri
• Midland sign Fabrizio del Monte as a test driver
• A strict, all-day curfew comes into force in the Kathmandu
• Police to review death of Stuart Lubbock at Michael Barrymore's home in 2001
• Chinese surgeons are accused of harvesting organs from prisoners
• Australian troops arrive in the Solomon Islands to oversee election
• Supreme Court confirms Romano Prodi's election win
• 1st HD DVD players go on sale in USA

19 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who beat Patty Schnyder in the Family Circle Cup to win her 2nd successive WTA Tour title?
• Nadia Petrova
• 2. What type of theories did Rowan Williams say wouldn’t undermine the Easter message?
• Conspiracy theories
• 3. Which Roman Catholic group have asked for a disclaimer to be placed on the “The Da Vinci Code” film?
• Opus Dei
• 4. Which qualifier caused a shock in the World Championship by beating 1998 winner John Higgins 10-4 in the first round?
• Mark Selby
• 5. “The List:” 9 of the 32 players in this years World Snooker Championships have won before, name them.
• Murphy, Davis, Ebdon, Doherty, Hendry, Parrott, Higgins, Williams and O’Sullivan

Topic of the Day: Horror Films

• 6. Sometimes credited as being the first horror film, “Le Manoir du Diable” is by which director?
• Georges Méliès
• 7. In Karl Freund’s 1932 film “The Mummy” who plays Imhotep, the mummy in question?
• Boris Karloff
• 8. Carl Boehm played the eponymous character in which Michael Powell, psychological horror film?
• Peeping Tom
• 9. Which low-budget 1964 film written and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis is the second part of his “Blood Trilogy”?
• Two Thousand Maniacs!
• 10. Which US state is the setting for the Blair Witch Project?
• Maryland

18

• Hospital nurse, Benjamin Geen, convicted of murdering two of his patients
• Peugeot to close its car plant at Ryton near Coventry with the loss of 2,300 jobs
• San Francisco marks 100th anniversary of major earthquake
• Cliff Richard backs a campaign by UK music industry to extend number of years musicians can receive royalties for their work from the current 50
• Champions League Quarter Finals - 1st Leg - AC Milan 0 - 1 Barcelona
• Ukrainian woman educated in Lincoln and at Oxford wins her appeal to stay in England
• Greenpeace says UN report grossly under-estimates the health effects of Chernobyl disaster
• New Zealand slump to 98-7 on day four of 1st Test against South Africa
• Oil hits a record price of $71.60 a barrel
• George Michael questioned by police after allegedly colliding with three parked cars.

18 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. What is the name of the coach that Andy Murray has parted company with?
• Mark Petchey
• 2. Which minister said in the Sunday Telegraph that white working class voters were being "tempted" by the British National Party?
• Margaret Hodge
• 3. Which former MP has called on Tony Blair to suspend all House of Lords appointments until the "cash for honours" row is resolved?
• Martin Bell
• 4. Eleven people were arrested in drug raids at which nightclub in Brixton?
• The Fridge
• 5. “The List:” Nine years after his death Notorious BIG has had his first number one in the UK charts with “Nasty Girl”. Name as many of the guest artists who appear on the song as possible.
• Avery Storm, DJ Green Lantern, Eightball, Fat Joe, Memphis Bleek, MJG, Pharrell Williams, Teairra Mari, and Usher

Topic of the Day: Around the World

• 6. Which Asian capital lies on the river Barada, thought to derive from the local word for “cold”?
• Damascas
• 7.Which Australian state capital is known as the city of churches?
• Adelaide
• 8. What is the nickname of New Orleans and also a 1987 Jim McBride film?
• The Big Easy
• 9. Which European capital city lies on the Manzanares river?
• Madrid
• 10. Beantown and the Hub of the Universe are nicknames for which American city?
• Boston

17

• Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse - won by Philip Carberry on Point Barrow
• Tel Aviv suicide bomb kills nine
• Witnesses say Saddam linked to Dujail killings
• Giant statue of Chairman Mao erected in Tibet by China
• Man Utd beat Tottenham 2-1 to keep Premiership alive - just
• Chelsea win 3-0 over Everton to be 1 point short of the title
• 5th anti monarchy protester shot dead in Nepal
• Neil Robertson knock Paul Hunter out of the World Championships 10-5
• Over 60 die when a tour bus crashes into a ravine en route to Veracruz in Mexico

17 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which former England cricketer said recently that England will struggle at next year's World Cup because they have placed too much emphasis on Test cricket?
• Geoff Boycott
• 2. Michael Jackson has reached an agreement over loan repayments with which entertainment company?
• Sony
• 3. Tracey Hallam is a leading British player in which sport?
• Badminton
• 4. Which country has said that it will donate $50m to help fund the Palestinian Authority, after the withdrawal of Western aid?
• Iran
• 5. “The List:” Name the last four teams left in this years FA Cup.
• Chelsea, Liverpool, Middlesbrough and West Ham

Topic of the Day: Birds

• 6. More than half of the species of birds are perching birds, what is the more correct name for this order?
• Passeriformes
• 7. Which member of the crow family has the scientific name Corvus monedula?
• Jackdaw
• 8. Spectacled, Desert, Mongolian and Oriole are all types of which family of birds?
• Finch
• 9. What in a bird is the ventriculus?
• Gizzard
• 10. Which birds of the family Dinornithidae became extinct in the early 16th century?
• Moas

16

• David Tennant's return as Doctor Who tops Saturday's TV ratings
• Iran says it will donate $50m to help fund the Palestinian Authority
• Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks says threat of electricity shortages hitting UK has been exaggerated
• Mario Etheridge charged after the shooting of a US rapper
• Former MP Martin Bell calls on Tony Blair to suspend all House of Lords appointments until "cash for honours" row is resolved
• Taleban fighters killed in attacks on police checkpoints in southern Afghanistan
• Police in Gaza hold a protest at Hamas government's failure to pay their wages
• Mikhail Khodorkovsky (former Yukos chief) attacked in jail where he is serving an eight-year sentence
• Eleven arrests in drug raid on The Fridge nightlcub in Brixton
• UK Charts:
  • Singles:
    • 1.Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
    • 2.Shayne Ward - No Promises
    • 3.Mary J Blige & U2 - One
    • 4.Orson - No Tomorrow
    • 5.Rihanna - Sos
  • Album:
    • 1.Streets - The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living
    • 2.Massive Attack - Collected - The Best Of
    • 3.Kooks - Inside In/ Inside Out
    • 4.Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
    • 5.Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Ra
• More generals join in the debate over the future of Donald Rumsfeld
• President Hu Jintao calls for talks between China and Taiwan
• Margaret Hodge says in the Sunday Telegraph that white working class voters are being "tempted" by the British National Party
• Easter Rising Paarade planned in Dublin - first for 37 years
• Mardy Fish beats Juergen Melzer 3-6 6-4 6-3 to win US Clay Court Championships in Houston
• India's Jeev Milkha Singh wins the China Open by one shot.
• Despite losing his second successive fight Audley Harrison says he has no intention of retiring.
• Pope Benedict XVI delivers Urbi at Orbi and urges solution to Iran nuclear crisis
• Chinese President Hu Jintao voices concern about pace of country's economic development
• Rowan Williams says conspiracy theories like “The Da Vinci Code” won’t undermine Easter message

16 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which acting captain hit hits 74 as England beat India by 5 wickets in the 6th ODI?
• Andrew Strauss
• 2. Who scored an own-goal in the Middlesboro v Charlton FA Cup game?
• Gareth Southgate
• 3. A study by Glasgow Researchers has found that which teenage group are more likely to self-harm than those in other social groups?
• Goths
• 4. Which Prime Minister voiced concern that there were more than a million spoilt and blank ballots in the recent election?
• Silvio Berlusconi
• 5. Man Utd's title hopes were dealt a crushing blow with a 0-0 draw at which relegated club?
• Sunderland

Topic of the Day: Scientists

• 6. After which Quaker scientist is the modulus of elasticity named?
• Thomas Young
• 7. Which 17th century French scientist wrote the “Lettres Provinciales” and the “Pensées” (originally called “Defense of the Christian Religion”)?
• Blaise Pascal
• 8. The figure Gabriel’s Horn with infinite surface area but finite volumewas invented by which Italian scientist?
• Evangelista Torricelli
• 9. Which Scottish scientist demonstrated colour photography in 1861, part of a series of investigations in to the perception of colour?
• James Clerk Maxwell
• 10. Which scientist gave his name to a medal awarded by the Royal Society of London?
• Benjamin Thompson (or Count Rumford)

Easter Sunday Bonus Questions: General knowledge

• 11. Lord Hopetoun was the first Governor General of which country?
• Australia
• 12. “Tipping the Velvet”, “Affinity”, “Fingersmith”, and “Night Watch” are the first four books by which author?
• Sarah Waters
• 13. What was the name of the Boy Genius in the 2001 animated film?
• Jimmy Neutron
• 14. Who wrote the controversial play “The Blue Room”?
• David Hare
• 15. Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton (collectively referred to as CMP) conceived the idea for which performance art group (who I saw in Las Vegas) during the 1980s while in New York City?
• Blue Man Group

15

• Burma's government extends its list of banned “terrorist” groups
• Rumours say that Renault want Michael Schumacher to drive for them next season
• The World Snooker Championship begins at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre
• Peace campaigner Norman Kember has given an emotional account of his ordeal as a hostage in Iraq
• New Economics Foundation and Open University say 16th April is the day when the UK reaches "ecological debt" this year - where it is consuming more than producing
• Audley Harrison loses on points to Dominick Guinn in California
• Chad cuts off diplomatic relations with Sudan
• Muriel Spark dies in Tuscany aged 88
• Russia says it will grant Hamas-led Palestinian Authority financial aid
• Pope Benedict XVI celebrates 1st first Easter vigil Mass at St Peter's
• Chelsea beat Bolton 2-0 to edge nearer to Premiership title
• One-day International, Indore: India 289-3 (49.1 overs) beat England 288 (50 overs) by seven wickets
• Chad threatens to stop producing oil if it does not receive $100m owed by a US-led consortium
• Libya stages a concert to mark 20th anniversary of US bombing raids on Tripoli and Benghazi
• Thousands take part in marches across Nepal against the absolute rule of King Gyanendra.
• Sheffield United clinch promotion to Premiership as Leeds draw with Reading
• 2 trains collide on Java, killing at least 13 people and injuring 26 others.
• Ricky Hatton refused mandatory defence and surrenders IBF light welterweight belt
• Danube reaches its highest level since 1895

15 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Struggling Wigan have parted company with thich coach after falling to the bottom of the Super League table?
• Ian Millward
• 2. Who was flown in RAF jets 299 times, at a cost of £467,000, between June 2001 and February 2005?
• Tony Blair
• 3. The Court of Appeal has ruled that which Swindon breast cancer patient should receive the drug Herceptin?
• Ann-Marie Rogers
• 4. Jon Ebsworth is a member of England’s squad which sport?
• Hockey
• 5. “The List:” Name the 6 players nominated as PFA Player of the Year.
• Joe Cole (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (Man United) and John Terry (Chelsea)

Topic of the Day: Food for Easter

• 6. Much of Escoffier's technique was based on that of which other French chef often seen as the founder of French haute cuisine?
• Antoine Carême
• 7. What was the name of the dish that he created in 1893 for Nellie Melba?
• Peche Melba (Peach Melba)
• 8. Escoffier was the first chef to receive which National honour in the 1920’s?
• Legion d’Honeur
• 9. In 1902 Escoffier published his first major cook book with over 5,000 recipes, what was it called?
• Le Guide Culinaire
• 10. At the turn of the century Escoffier ran which London restaurant for Cesar Ritz?
• Carlton

14

• World likely to suffer a temperature rise of more than 3C, says the government's chief scientist
• Pressure mounts on US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign over the Iraq war
• Chris Hoy wins the kilometre time trial at the World Track Championships
• Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms lose in third round of the European Championships mixed doubles.
• Condoleezza Rice says UN Security Council may have to look at options to compel Iran to "obey the international system" - what can she mean
• Organisers of the Royal Highland Show have banned all poultry and live birds
• Prodi and Berlusconi continue to argue over the election result
• Actors will perform the story of the Crucifixion on the streets of Manchester on Good Friday
• Romano Prodi looks set to be confirmed winner of Italy's election
• Burundi lifts a dusk-to-dawn curfew in place since the 1972
• Andy Murray parts company with coach Mark Petchey
• EastEnders actor James Alexandrou (Martin Fowler) to leave the soap
• Chris Hoy wins the kilometre time trial at the World Track Championships in France
• Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms lose in 3rd round of European Championships mixed doubles
• Romano Prodi looks set to be confirmed winner of Italy's election
• Many homes in Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania are flooded as he Danube reaches record levels
• Michael Jackson reaches an agreement over loan repayments with Sony

14 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which country defeated Canada 7-4 to win the world curling championships?
• Scotland
• 2. Iraqi leaders have strongly criticised which African President after he said civil war in Iraq was imminent?
• Mubarak
• 3. In which country did an aircraft crash killing 3 prominent MP’s?
• Kenya
• 4. Which two England footballers representatives said that they had not faller out over gambling?
• Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen
• 5. “The List:” Desert Orchid has just had his 27th birthday; name the 4 years that he won the King George VI Chase.
• 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1990

Topic of the Day: Comrades it’s the Russian Revolution

• 6. Which revolution of 1917 removed the Tsar and laid the foundations of the republic?
• February Revolution
• 7. Which party took power after the October Revolution?
• Bolsheviks
• 8. Dr. Israel Lazarevich Helphand helped plan the October Revolution and was involved in revolutionary activity throughout the World, by what pseudonym is he better known?
• Alexander Parvus
• 9. In July 1917 after Prince Lvov resigned who became the new PM?
• Alexander Kerensky
• 10. Which event of January 22nd 1905 was one of the pre-cursors to the Russian Revolution and saw unarmed demonstrators planning to petition Nicholas II gunned down by Imperial guards?
• Bloody Sunday

13

• UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei is in Tehran for talks
• Hannah Clark becomes the first British heart transplant patient to have her donor organ removed and her heart re-started
• Mudslides sweep through south-western Colombia killing 8 and injuring many more
• Terrorism Act 2006 comes in to force – making it illegal to glorify terrorism and distribute terrorist publications
• Fighting erupts in N’ Djamena between the government forces and rebels
• Queen due to distribute Maundy Money to 160 pensioners at Guildford Cathedral
• Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi refuses to accept Romano Prodi's election victory
• Britney Spears lawyer says that she is not being investigated after a visit from child protection officers
• Arsenal defender Sol Campbell is to have a scan on a possible broken nose
• Zacarias Moussaoui says he has "no regrets" over the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people
• Frankie Dettori threatens to quit the Jockeys' Association unless the minimum riding weight is raised
• Harry Redknapp fined £1,500 for abusing an official whilst at Southampton
• King Gyanendra of Nepal says there will be general election next year
• Google unveils a free online calendar

13 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Soon to be retired, how many caps did Matt Dawson win for England?
• 77
• 2. What is the first name of Miss Beckles in the new series “Don’t Mess With Miss Beckles”?
• Yolanda
• 3. Which Welsh swimmer won three golds at the World Short-Course Championships in Shanghai?
• Australia's Matthew Welsh (you couldn’t seriously believe he was British)
• 4. Whose outburst towards the umpire cost the Great Britain Davis Cup team a $2,500 fine?
• Andy Murray's
• 5. “The List:” Mission Impossible 3 is now gracing our cinemas, but who has directed the three films to date?
• Brian de Palma, John Woo, JJ Abrams

Topic of the Day: It’s the Nobel Prize in Literature

• 6. The USA had to wait 30 years for their first literature laureate, who was it?
• Sinclair Lewis
• 7. Which poet won in 1904 writing in the Occitan language of the Languedoc?
• Frédéric Mistral
• 8. Which Chilean woman won the Nobel Prize 41 years later using his (the answer to the previous question’s) name as part of her pseudonym?
• Gabriela Mistral (or Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga)
• 9. As WWII got underway which Finnish writer won the prize for “his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature”?
• Frans Eemil Sillanpää
• 10. Who when winning in 1991 became the first person to win the Nobel Prize and the Booker Prize?
• Nadine Gordimer

12

• Funeral of Gene Pitney in Connecticut
• Singapore announces decision to bid to host F1 race
• Prince Harry set to graduate from Sandhurst as a commissioned officer
• Eurotunnel warns that its continued existence depends on its creditors
• Egypt releases about 900 members of the militant group Gamaa Islamiya
• Britney Spears and Kevin Federline visited by child protection officers
• Court of Appeal rules that breast cancer patient, Ann-Marie Rogers of Swindon should receive the drug Herceptin
• Jury in Moussaoui trial hears recording of last minutes aboard hijacked Flight 93
• Radioactive water leak at a Japanese nuclear plant
• Singer June Pointer, the youngest of the US group Pointer Sisters, dies of cancer.
• Middlesbrough make the semi-final of the FA Cup beating Charlton 4-2
• World Rally chief Shekhar Mehta dies aged 60 in London.
• Police confirm that no explosive device was found on plane diverted to Prestwick airport
• Acting captain Andrew Strauss hits 74 as England beat India by 5 wickets in 6th ODI
• NHL's all-time top scoring left winger, Luc Robitaille, announces his retirement

12 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Graham Norton is to front a BBC reality TV show to find an actress to play the leading role in a stage version of The Sound of Music in London. What is it to be called?
• How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
• 2. Who is to design costumes for Madonna’s forthcoming World tour?
• Jean-Paul Gaultier
• 3. Which South African was Tiger Woods playing partner for the last round of the Masters?
• Tim Clark
• 4. Celtic won the SPL championship with a 1-0 win over which team?
• Hearts
• 5. “The List:” Ahead of the Rolling Stones recent concert in Shanghai, the Chinese government asked that the band not play which 4 songs because of their suggestive lyrics?
• Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Woman, Beast of Burden and Let's Spend the Night Together

Topic of the Day: Rivers of the World

• 6. Which river, the longest in Afghanistan, rises in the Hindu Kush?
• Helmand
• 7.Which river around 3,000km long is known in Tibetan as “the Lion river”
• Indus
• 8. The Shinano and the Tone are the two longest rivers in which Asian country?
• Japan
• 9. Which river sometimes called the Amnok makes a border between China and North Korea?
• Yalu
• 10. Which river flows through Seoul to empty into the Yellow Sea?
• Han

11

• Prodi hails Italy poll 'victory' with latest results showing 49.8% against 49.7%
• Mafia boss, Bernardo Provenzano arrested in Sicily after more than four decades on the run
• Carphone Warehouse launches a new deal whereby customers using TalkTalk will be able to make unlimited local and national calls from their home phone for £20.99 a month
• Memorial service for Dana Reeve, actress and widow of Christopher Reeve
• Andrew Flintoff named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer of the World for 2005
• Number of police mergers to produce “superforces” are given the go ahead
• Israel's cabinet formally ends premiership of Ariel Sharon, promoting Ehud Olmert to PM
• Iran says it has produced the enriched uranium needed to make nuclear fuel
• PM Silvio Berlusconi continues to dispute the election
• Muhammad Ali agrees to sell the marketing rights to his name
• Dead swan found in Fife with H5N1 virus came from outside of the UK
• Egypt confirm country's 12th case of a human contracting bird flu
• Nasdaq Stock Market buys 15% stake in London Stock Exchange for £447m

11 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which English Olympic silver medal winner said some British athletes have it too easy on lottery funding and need to work harder?
• Roger Black
• 2. In Derby 8 women recently raised over £2,000 to fight breast cancer in a 24-hour marathon of what sport?
• Pool
• 3. The FA have charged agent Jonathan Barnett with a breach of rules after which Arsenal player met Chelsea officials?
• Ashley Cole
• 4. Gorey Castle has just reopened to the public after the completion of a £4.6m restoration project. Where is Gorey Castle?
• Jersey
• 5. “The List:” Name the two scorers for Manchester United in their 2-0 win over Arsenal, their ninth successive Premiership victory?
• Wayne Rooney and Ji-Sung Park

Topic of the Day: Mike Baldwin is no longer with us – in memoriam

• 6. Which played Mike Baldwin for 30 years in Coronation Street?
• Johnny Briggs
• 7. He first appeared as a boyfriend of Which Rovers barmaid?
• Bet Lynch
• 8. What was Mike Baldwin’s middle name?
• Vernon
• 9. Mike was married to Alma Sedgewick, his affair with which prostitute caused their divorce?
• Julia Stone
• 10. What are the names of Mike’s three sons?
• Danny, Adam and Mike

10

• BBC Radio 2 breakfast host Terry Wogan launches first podcast of “Wake Up To Wogan” show
• Heavy snow falls bring traffic chaos to roads in the South East
• Former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling tells a US court he is "absolutely innocent"
• Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse is expected to announce the launch of a free broadband service for its Talk Talk customers
• Peru's Presidential elections looks set for a run-off between the top two candidates
• The Nepalese government continues to impose a curfew on the capital, Kathmandu
• UN annoucnes over 100 outbreaks of bird flu in Burma
• Scientist say Enceladus may be the "best bet" for life elsewhere in our solar system
• Kenyan aircraft crashes in the north of the country, killing 3 MP’s
• Sir Bobby Robson is recovering from lung surgery following a skiing accident
• George Bush denies media speculation that he is considering using nuclear weapons against Iran
• Two teenagers are found guilty of murdering sixth-form student Ben Bellamy in Swansea last year
• Italy's election still too close to call
• Nearly 50 die in fire at a trade fair in the northern Indian city of Meerut

10 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which Welsh snooker player spoke out against the sport’s lack of prize money and described the ranking system as a "lottery"?
• Matthew Stevens
• 2. Which coastal town recently introduced a speed limit of 20mph on the central roads to make them pedestrian-friendly?
• Blackpool
• 3. Liuzzi and Speed drive for which F1 team in the 2006 season?
• Torro Rosso
• 4. The cost of a first-class stamp has risen two pence to 32p, what is the price of a second-class stamp?
• 23p
• 5. “The List:” Name the 5 players who itied for third place in the US Masters.
• Jose Maria Olazabal, Retief Goosen, Tiger Woods, Fred Couples, and Chad Campbell

Topic of the Day: How well do you know your neutrino

• 6. Name the three “flavours” of neutrino?
• Muon, Tau and Electron
• 7. The neutrino was first postulated by which winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize for Physics?
• Wolfgang Pauli
• 8. What is the process of converting from one neutrino state to another called?
• Flavour oscillation
• 9. In April 2006, what fundamental property did scientists say that neutrinos had?
• Mass
• 10. In 2002 which two scientists were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the detection of cosmic neutrinos?
• Masatoshi Koshiba and Raymond Davis

09

• Shahriar Nafees hits 138 as Bangladesh make 355-5 against Australia on day 1of 1st Test in Fatullah
• Heart disease confirmed as cause of death of singer Gene Pitney
• A collision between a Japanese ferry and a suspected whale leaves 49 people injured
• Police charge 18-year-old man with murder of nurse Cheryl Moss outside hospital where she worked
• Italian voting continues
• Serbia & Montenegro beat GB in Davis Cup
• Heart disease confirmed as cause of death of singer Gene Pitney
• A collision between a Japanese ferry and a suspected whale leaves 49 injured
• Fire badly damages part of Charles Dickens' historic Kent home "Bleak House"
• UK Charts:
  • Singles:
    • 1. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
    • 2. Mary J Blige & U2 - One
    • 3. Ne*Yo - So Sick
    • 4. Orson - No Tomorrow
    • 5. Kooks - Naive
  • Albums:
    • 1.Morrissey - Ringleader Of The Tormentors
    • 2.Massive Attack - Collected - The Best Of
    • 3.Pink - I'm Not Dead
    • 4.Embrace - This New Day
    • 5.Kooks - Inside In/ Inside Out
• Government continues imposes 2nd day of curfew in Kathmandu
• Wasps beat Llanelli to win the Powergen Cup
• Chelsea come back from a goal down to thrash West Ham 4-1
• Man Utd beat perennial rivals Arsenal 2-0
• Phil Mickelson beat South Africa's Tim Clark by two shots to win his second Masters in three years at Augusta
• At least 29 women and children die in a stampede at an Islamic centre in the Karachi

09 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who returned a one-under par 71 to be the leading British player at Augusta after the first round of the Masters?
• David Howell
• 2. Who is the Tory chairman who said he "regretted" accepting loans from abroad but insisted it had not broken the law?
• Francis Maude
• 3. Which American cyclist is in a coma after a crash during the Circuit de la Sarthe race?
• Saul Raisin
• 4. A couple recently few from Cornwall to Newcastle to visit who after a year's wait to see one locally?
• A dentist
• 5. “The List:” Which three horses did Aintree legend Ginger McCain saddle for the Grand National yesterday?
• Ebony Light, Amberleigh House and Inca Trail

Topic of the Day: The Queen at Eighty – God bless her

• 6. In which country was the Queen when she found out that her father had died?
• Kenya
• 7. On which date did she accede to the British throne?
• 6th February (1952)
• 8. Where in Mayfair was the Queen born?
• 17 Bruton Street
• 9. Which future Archbishop of Canterbury baptised the Princess Elizabeth?
• Cosmo Lang (then Archbishop of York)
• 10. What are the Queen’s two middle names?
• Alexandra Mary

08

• Violent US storms leave 11 dead in Tennessee
• Grand National Day - Numbersixvalverde wins at 11-1
• Day 3 of the Masters - at the halfway stage Chad Campbell leads by three
• Qatar MotoGP Results:
  • 1. Valentino Rossi
  • 2. Nicky Hayden
  • 3. Loris Capirossi
• Suicide bomber hits NATO peacekeepers base in western Afghanistan
• Authorities in Nepal impose an all-day curfew in the capital
• Italy's two major parties continue campaigning acrimoniously
• China promises Cambodia $600m in aid
• Arnaldo Otegi, leader of banned Basque party Batasuna released from jail
• 2006 Tour of the Basque Country:
  • 1. Jose Angel Gomez Marchante
  • 2. Alejandro Valverde
  • 3. Antonio Colom
• Serbia & Montenegro lead Great Britain 2-1 after defeat of Murray and Rusedski in the doubles by Nenad Zimonjic and Ilia Bozoljac
• Over 12.5 million people tune in to watch the final scenes Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street
• Bodies of eight men found at a farm in Canada
• David Cameron makes 1st conference speech as leader and for "fast and deep" changes in Tory party

08 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which politician did Bono accuse of "exploiting" his image in the run-up to country's elections?
• Silvio Berlusconi
• 2. What are Larry and Glenda that have been causing major “problems” in Australia recently?
• Cyclones
• 3. Obviously the current “weapon of choice” with what has Naomi Campbell been accused of assaulting her housekeeper?
• A phone (mobile, this time)
• 4. Which DVD release of took over $100m in its first week?
• King Kong
• 5. “The List:” Alongside which two players did Tiger Woods begin his campaign for a 5th Masters title this week?
• Robert Allenby and Edoardo Molinari

Topic of the Day: Anyone who knows me will realise that my middle name is Versace, so here are 5 on “fashion”, enjoy darlings

• 6. In the 1940‘s William Sheldon assigned people into three categories of body types. Name them.
• Endomorphic, mesomorphic, and ectomorphic.
• 7. Which Parisian fashion house is jointly owned by Alain and Gerard Wertheimer?
• Chanel
• 8. Which new look coming soon after the Second World War had narrow shoulders, a constricted waist, a long, wide skirt, and emphasized the bust?
• The “New Look” (by Christian Dior in 1947)
• 9. With a net worth close to $2bn which Italian fashion designer was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 2002?
• Giorgio Armani
• 10. Which Italian born designer hired Jean-Paul Gaultier as his assistant in 1970?
• Pierre Cardin (yes he’s French but he was born in Italy)

07

• Tests being carried out on more birds after Britain's first case of H5N1 bird flu found in a dead swan
• Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, 2 retired New York policemen have been convicted of murder for participating in mafia killings for the Luchese family
• Matt Dawson announces that he is to retire
• Vice-president Atiku Abubakar says President Olusegun Obasanjo to resign "for breaking the constitution
• US Masters Day 2 - Chad Campbell records 6 birdies in a 5-under 67 to take a 3-shot lead
• Coronation Street stalwart Mike Baldwin's final scenes are broadcast after 30 years in the soap.
• UKIP to contest all Tory marginals after David Cameron's remark they were "closet racists"
• Head of UN nuclear watchdog will go Tehran next week to discuss Iran's nuclear programme
• Great Britain and Serbia & Montenegro end 1st day of Davis Cup tie in Glasgow level at 1-1
• Ex-Wales coach Mike Ruddock says he has settled his differences with the WRU.
• Between 100 and 200 people arrested in Nepalese riots
• Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, lose their case against Dan Brown in the High Court
• The comedy series The Royle Family will return in a one-off special
• European Commission temporarily suspends direct aid payments to the Palestinian government
• Aintree suffers a security breach, during the Fox Hunters' Chase a newspaper reporter entered the box with favourite Hedgehunter
• Spanish construction group Ferrovial launches hostile £8.75bn bid for UK airports group BAA

07 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which defending champion won the BellSouth Classic by 13 shots in Atlanta?
• Phil Mickelson
• 2. what is the title of the Pussycat Dolls Ft Will.I.Am’s latest single?
• Beep
• 3. Who is the director of the sequel to Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 film “Basic Instinct”?
• Michael Caton-Jones
• 4. What is the subtitle to the Ice Age sequel that is top of the US Film charts?
• The Meltdown
• 5. “The List:” Due to the late readiness of the new Wembley stadium which four acts have announced that they will have to move gigs?
• Bon Jovi, Take That, Rolling Stones, and Robbie Williams

Topic of the Day: American children’s writers

• 6. In which state of the USA was children’s writer Laura Ingalls Wilder born?
• Wisconsin
• 7. Which children’s author had her first published novel "The Primrose Ring " in 1915 but is best known for “Roller Skates”?
• Ruth Sawyer
• 8. "Stuart Little", "Charlotte's Web" and "The Trumpet of the Swan" are all by EB White. What do the initials EB stand for?
• Elwyn Brooks
• 9. Which American children’s author who has used the pseudonyms Rosetta Stone and Theo LeSieg, published his first work “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” in the 1930’s?
• Dr Seuss (Theodore Geissel)
• 10. Which woman wrote "The Witch of Blackbird Pond", "The Bronze Bow" and more recently "The Sign of the Beaver"?
• Elizabeth George Speare

06

• Preliminary tests on a swan found dead in Fife confirm the H5 avian flu virus
• Post mortem shows ex-British agent Denis Donaldson died from shotgun wound to the chest
• Tributes pour in for Gene Pitney after his death at the age of 65
• Northern Ireland Assembly members have been given until 24 November to set up a power-sharing executive
• A car bomb has exploded in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, killing at least 10
• Man Utd sign a £56m shirt sponsorship deal with AIG (American International Group)
• UEFA Cup: Middlesbrough 4-1 Basle (agg 4-3)
• US Masters - Round 1 - Vijay Singh leads
• Former mayor of New York, Giuliani describes 9/11 horrors at the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui
• Nearly 70 die when a boat capsizes in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti
• Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo sets up a committee to tackle violence in the oil producing Niger Delta.
• After recent accidents China says it will close all small coal mines by 2007
• Israeli doctors say they have repaired part of PM Ariel Sharon's skull, three months after he fell into a coma
• Chinese police investigate discovery of 121 human skulls
• Serbia pledges to hand over Ratko Mladic to The Hague tribunal by the end of April
• Gold price passes $600 an ounce
• Matthew Stevens speaks out against the sport’s lack of prize money and describes the ranking system as a "lottery"
• Formula One technical director Mike Gascoyne leaves Toyota
• Opposition activists in Nepal set to stage 4-day general strike, as part of anti-monarchy protests
• South Korean fishing trawler with 28 crew aboard is hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia

06 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which former World boxing champion has appeared in court over a car crash which left a man badly injured?
• Naseem Hamed
• 2. In which country has the Afghan who converted from Islam to Christianity arrived this week?
• Italy
• 3. Apple have released an update for which product to allow users to set volume controls after concerns over hearing loss?
• iPod
• 4. What is the name of the UK's biggest ports operator, that rejected a £2.2bn offer?
• AB Ports
• 5. “The List:” With Jacob Zuma once more in the news, name the last 4 Presidents of South Africa (includes the office of State President).
• Pieter Willem Botha (1984-1989), Frederik Willem de Klerk (1989-1994), Nelson Mandela ( 1994-1999), Thabo Mbeki (1999-)

Topic of the Day: As the Champions League reaches the semi-final, here are 5 to ponder

• 6. Which city is the only one that has won the European Cup/Champions League with more than one team?
• Milan
• 7. Who is the only man to have managed a team to win the European Cup three time?
• Bob Paisley
• 8. Which team have won the European Cup/Champions League on the most occasions?
• Real Madrid (9)
• 9. Who, in 1955, scored the first ever European Cup hat-trick, doing so for Budapesti Vörös Lobogó against Anderlecht?
• Péter Palotás
• 10. Which father and son skippered the same team to victory in the competition, doing so 40 years apart?
• Cesare and Paolo Maldini (AC Milan 1963 and 2003)

05

• Japan rejects China's offer to resume talks if Japanese leaders stop visiting the Yasukuni shrine
• Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he is resigning after prolonged protests over his leadership
• Sri Lanka lead by 182 in Kandy Test against Pakistan despite standing at 73-8 at the end of day two
• IRA denies shooting dead former senior Sinn Fein member Denis Donaldson in County Donegal
• Former Wonder Stuff drummer Martin Gilks dies in a London hospital after a motorcycle accident
• Champions Laeague
  • Juventus 0-0 Arsenal (0-2 on agg.)
  • Barcelona 2-0 Benfica (2-0 on agg.)
• Jacob Zuma says he showered after sex with an HIV-positive woman, thinking this would reduce his risk of infection
• Owner DSG International is to rebrand all 190 electrical products stores as Currys.digital replacing the name of Dixons
• DVD release of King Kong takes $100m in its first week
• Saddam Hussein dismisses a charge that he approved the execution of people under 18
• Gene Pitney found dead in hotel in Cardiff
• Bio-terror toxins and other poisons could soon be spotted much faster using tiny gold particles
• Tiger Woods starts campaign for 5th Masters title alongside Robert Allenby and Edoardo Molinari

05 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who has the WBC ordered to defend his title against Oleg Maskaev, with the winner to face James Toney?
• Hasim Rahman
• 2. Which French and US leading telecom companies have agreed to merge?
• Alcatel and Lucent Technologies
• 3. Which golfer won his sixth European title, capturing the Portuguese Open by one shot from Anthony Wall?
• Paul Broadhurst
• 4. Under the agreement with regulator Postcomm, the Royal Mail cannot increase the price of a first-class stamp to more than what before 2010?
• 37p
• 5. “The List:” Basic Instinct 2 is now out in the cinemas, name the two lead actors, one a detective and the other a doctor, that become involved in writer Catherine Tramell’s dangerous games?
• Detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) and Dr. Michael Glass (David Morrissey)

Topic of the Day: It's the arts

• 6. “I and the Village”, which features an upside-down female violinist, is an early surrealist painting by which Belarussian-born French artist?
• Marc Chagall
• 7. Which Pre-Raphalite had an obsession for exotic animals, and particularly wombats, often spending many hours at the "Wombat's Lair" at London Zoo in Regent's Park?
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• 8. Mickey Dugan, drawn by Richard Outcault, was one of the first recurring characters to appear in comics; by what colourful name was he known?
• The Yellow Kid
• 9. John Du Prez provided the music for which Tony Award winning musical based on a 1975 film?
• Spamalot
• 10. Who was court painter to Charles V and Philip II of Spain. A portrait of the latter being used as an aid in his marriage to Mary Tudor?
• Titian

04

• Middlesbrough midfielder Gaizka Mendieta will be out for 12 weeks after breaking his metatarsal
• Australia's Steve Elkington withdraws from the Masters with a groin injury
• Third of Thais vote 'none of the above'
• Jury in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui has decided he is eligible to face the death penalty when sentenced
• Madonna announces the dates of her forthcoming world tour, which starts in LA on 21st May
• NTL reaches an agreement with Virgin Mobile over terms of takeover offer
• Disgraced politician Tom DeLay says he will not seek re-election
• Violent storms leave nearly 30 dead in US states of Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois
• Champions League
  • AC Milan beat Lyon 3-1 to progress to semi-finals
  • Villareal 1 - 0 Inter Milan (1-0 on aggregate to Villareal)
• Bahrain orders a halt to all tourist cruises, 4 days after 58 people died
• Roger Federer is appointed a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF
• Two brothers have been acquitted of murdering 10-year-old Damilola Taylor
• England assistant Tord Grip says he is not worried about Michael Owen's lack of match fitness as the World Cup approaches
• Polling is taking place in a Kuwaiti council by-election in which women are allowed to vote for the first time
• Justin Gatlin invites Britons Mark Lewis-Francis and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey to train with him
• UKIP calls for David Cameron to apologise after he claimed its members were "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists, mostly" on a London radio station, LBC

04 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. What is the name of the disgraced former US lobbyist jailed for 70 months in Miami for conspiracy and fraud?
• Jack Abramoff
• 2. Which former Austrian ski coach has taken legal action against Jacques Rogge and Dick Pound?
• Walter Mayer
• 3. The majority of voters would like Tony Blair to step down within a year, according to a poll in which Sunday newspaper?
• News of the World
• 4. What did Cambridge say was a major factor in their defeat to Oxford in the 152nd Boat Race?
• The amount of water they took on during the race
• 5. “The List:” Aston Villa narrowly lost to Arsenal recently. Can you name the five scorers for Arsenal?
• Adebayor, Henry (2), Van Persie, and Diaby

Topic of the Day: Wimbledon’s round the corner

• 6. Just a mere 51 years ago a Great British pair proved their superiority by winning the Ladies’ Doubles, can you name either of them?
• Anne Mortimer and Ann Shilcok
• 7. At 6 feet 2½ inches who is the tallest woman to play at Wimbledon?
• Miss L.A. Davenport
• 8. The oldest seed at Wimbeldon was 41 the youngest 14, name them both.
• (Ricardo) Pancho Gonzales and Jenifer Capriati
• 9. Which woman has won 12 Ladies Doubles Championships and 7 mixed doubles, doing so between 1914 and 1934?
• Elizabeth Montague Ryan
• 10. Which future British “hope” lost the Boys tournament final to Bjorn Borg in 1972?
• Christopher “Buster” Mottram

03

• Queen approves New Zealand approves appointment of Judge Anand Satyanand as the next Governor-General of New Zealand
• 18 dead after multiple twisters strike US Midwest
• Cost of posting a first-class letter in the UK rises risen by 2p to 32p
• SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency), “Britain's FBI”, officially comes in to being to deal with "brutal, sophisticated 21st Century crime"
• PM Tony Blair dismisses claims of a rift between him and Gordon Brown
• Early indications are of a massive “no vote” in the Thai elections
• A Prison Reform Trust study warns of overcrowding in jails
• Manchester United striker Louis Saha says they can catch Chelsea in the Premiership
• Iran tests a second underwater high speed missile and plans more tests
• Alcatel and Lucent agree to merge
• A 13-year-old boy has become the first person in the UK in 14 years to die from measles
• Cambridge say the amount of water they took on during the 152nd Boat Race was a major factor
• Australia and China enter into Uranium deal to benefit World pollution
• Hassan Jihad cleared of stabbing schoolboy Damilola Taylor to death – verdict on the other defendants expected tomorrow
• Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has pleaded not guilty to all charges at a UN-backed special war crimes court in Sierra Leone
• Third one-day international, Goa: India 294-6 beat England 245 by 49 runs
• Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says his party won more than 50% in the recent election
• C-5 Galaxy military cargo plane crashes at Dover Air Force Base whilst taking off
• General Motors announces it will sell majority stake in GMAC to Cerberus Capital Management for for $14bn (£8bn)
• Jill Morell, US journalist, freed after being held in Iraq for nearly three months flies into Boston airport

03 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which Lib-Dem Treasury spokesman has become the party's deputy leader?
• Vincent Cable
• 2. Which American sport has said that it will launch an investigation into alleged past steroid by players?
• Major League Baseball
• 3. Which high-street bank has rejected an informal bid from Credit Agricole?
• Alliance & Leicester
• 4. Who recently admitted that the US has made thousands of tactical errors in Iraq?
• Condoleezza Rice
• 5. “The List:” Nicholas Blake QC's review of the deaths at Deepcut rejected calls for a public inquiry. Which 4 soldiers died at the Surrey training base in separate incidents between 1995 and 2002?
• Sean Benton, James Collinson, Geoff Gray and Cheryl James

Topic of the Day: How well do you know your war-shrines

• 6. What is the name of the controversial war shrine that is often visited by the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi?
• Yasukuni
• 7. The shrine is part of which religion?
• Shinto
• 8. What is the name of the list of Japanese soldiers killed in war that is kept at the shrine?
• The Book of Souls
• 9. How many class A war criminals are commemorated at the shrine?
• 14
• 10. The spirit of which former Japanese PM who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbour, is “housed” at the shrine?
• Hideki Tojo

02

• Crazy by Gnarls Barkley becomes the UK's first number one single based on download sales alone. It was used in adverts for Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show
• Charts:
  • Singles:
    • 1. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
    • 2. Ne*Yo - So Sick
    • 3. Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
    • 4. Embrace - Nature's Law
    • 5. Orson - No Tomorrow
  • Albums:
    • 1.Embrace - This New Day
    • 2.Massive Attack - Collected - The Best Of
    • 3.Journey South - Journey South
    • 4.Andy Abraham - The Impossible Dream
    • 5.Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae
• Oxford win the 152nd Boat Race
• American journalist Jill Carroll returns from Iraq to Boston, Massachusets and says her captors forced her to make a propaganda film.
• Pope Benedict XVI leads tributes to his predecessor, John Paul II, as people mark the anniversary of his death.
• Ballots are counted in Thailand's general election, with early indications of many protest votes in some areas.
• The Scottish National Party has choses Richard Lochhead as its candidate for the Moray by-election.
• Eight women raise more than £2,000 to fight breast cancer in a 24-hour pool-playing marathon in Derby.
• A helicopter lost in Iraq is believed shot down and the two pilots are feared dead, the US military says.
• Around 30,000 Swansea fans celebrate their Football League Trophy win.
• A speed limit of 20mph is introduced on Blackpool's central roads to make them pedestrian-friendly.
• Wales manager John Toshack unveils a plaque to mark what is believed to be the earliest film of a football international.
• Gorey Castle in Jersey reopens to the public after the completion of a £4.6m restoration project.
• The cost of a first-class stamp is to rise by two pence to 32p, and the price of a second-class stamp to increase to 23p.
• Folkestone and Dover Water start a hosepipe ban.
• Winston Churchill is the historical figure most people would want to travel back in time to meet.
  • 2 Elvis Presley
  • 3 Albert Einstein
  • 4 Marilyn Monroe
  • 5 Martin Luther King
  • 6 Mahatma Gandhi
  • 7 Princess Diana
  • 8 Nelson Mandela (alive!)
  • 9= Isaac Newton, Elizabeth I, John Lennon
• DUP leader Ian Paisley says it is nonsense to say the NI executive will be formed before the summer.
• An X-ray reveals the real cause of a three-month-old puppy's stomach upset is a 10 inch metal tent peg it swallowed.
• Bury Council in Greater Manchester plans to introduce text messaging to let residents know about services and appointments.
• Under-11s can now travel free on the Tube.
• Lord Sainsbury has been cleared of breaching the ministerial code over an undisclosed loan.
• Fingerprints could soon help police narrow down their list of suspects by giving clues about lifestyle.
• Sri Lanka's ruling coalition wins a landslide victory in local government elections, seen as a test of support for the peace process.
• Workers renovating a plaza in Buenos Aires discover a forgotten cemetery used by early immigrants in the 19th century.
• Mass burials are being considered in preparations for a possible bird flu pandemic, a newspaper suggests.
• Phil Mickelson defended his BellSouth Classic title in emphatic fashion with a 13-shot victory in Atlanta.
  • -28 P Mickelson (US)
  • -15 JM Olazabal (Spa), Z Johnson (US)
  • -14 JJ Henry (US), R Goosen (SA)
  • -12 J Byrd (US)
  • Selected others:
  • -10 L Donald (Eng)
  • -6 D Howell (Eng)
  • -4 I Poulter (Eng)
  • -3 P Harrington (Ire)
• Premiership leaders Sale crash out of the Heineken Cup after falling to an 11-6 defeat at the hands of Biarritz.
• Liverpool's Steven Gerrard wins the 'Player of the Round' award for the FA Cup quarter-finals.
• West Ham striker Teddy Sheringham says he wants to share the field with son Charlie before he retires from playing.
• Alan Curbishley insists that he has had no further talks with the FA regarding the vacant England manager's job.
• England beat Fiji 26-24 in the final of the Hong Kong Sevens.
• Fernando Alonso wins the Australian Grand Prix in Albert Park, Melbourne.
  • 1 Fernando Alonso (Renault)
  • 2 Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren)
  • 3 Ralf Schumacher (Toyota)
  • 4 Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber)
  • 5 Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault)
  • 6 Jacques Villeneuve (BMW Sauber)
  • 7 Rubens Barrichello (Honda)
  • 8 David Coulthard (Red Bull)*
  • Scott Speed finished 8th but was given a 25 second penalty
• Courtney Love sells a quarter of her stake in Nirvana's back catalogue for more than $50m
• Kenenisa Bekele wins the short and long course races at the World Cross Country Championships for a fifth successive time in Japan.

02 Quiz

• 1. Who are Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) and Thomas Calloway (Cee-Lo)?
• Gnarls Barkley
• 2. Jill Carroll was reporting in Iraq for what newspaper?
• Christian Science Monitor
• 3. Who is Bhumibol Adulyadej?
• King of Thailand
• 4. In what county is Gorey, Ireland?
• Wexford
• 5. On what hill is Gorey Castle, Jersey?
• Mont Orgueil
• 6. Who is the daughter of Ian Paisley who launched a legal action alleging gender discrimination against the DUP in 2005?
• Rhonda Paisley
• 7. What party did Baron Sainsbury of Turville support before moving to Labour?
• SDP (Social Democratic Party)
• 8. How many hours ahead of GMT is Sri Lanka?
• Six
• 9. In what area is the Henry Classification System used?
• Fingerprints
• 10. What three people won the Nobel Peace Prize the year after Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk?
• Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin (1994)

01

• A couple fly from Cornwall to Newcastle to visit a dentist after a year's wait to see one locally.
• People who are registered disabled or over 60 can travel free on off-peak buses in England and all buses in Scotland
• Condoleezza Rice admits the US has made thousands of tactical errors in Iraq
• Former boxing champion Naseem Hamed in court over car crash which left a man badly injured
• Jacques Chirac says he will sign the youth labour law that has triggered protests
• Most foolish person in the US:
  • 1. Michael Jackson (for the fourth year in a row)
  • 2= Dick Cheney
  • 2= Paris Hilton
  • 4. George W Bush
  • 5. Tom Cruise
• Figures within Iraq's Shia alliance say for the first time that Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari should stand down.
• Bmibaby starts flights between Newquay, Cornwall and two airports: Manchester International and Durham Tees Valley
• Global top Ten Albums of 2005:
  • 1. Coldplay, X&Y (8.3m)
  • 2. Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi (7.7m)
  • 3. 50 Cent, The Massacre (7.5m)
  • 4. Black Eyed Peas, Monkey Business (6.8m)
  • 5. Green Day, American Idiot (6.4m)
  • 6. Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor (6.3m)
  • 7. Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (6.1m)
  • 8. Eminem, Curtain Call (5.5m)
  • 9. James Blunt, Back to Bedlam (5.5m)
  • 10. Robbie Williams, Intensive Care (5.4m)
• Ryszard Krauze, a Polish businessman buys the former family home of Pope John Paul II and gives it to the Catholic Church.
• The Conservative party says it will not reveal lenders who have been repaid - but will tell the Electoral Commission most of them.
• Condoleezza Rice says the protests in the north-west of England did not ruin her enjoyment of the trip.
• The majority of voters would like Tony Blair to step down within a year, a News of the World poll shows.

01 Quiz

• 1. What 78-year-old Texas attorney did Dick Cheney shoot in the face, neck, and upper torso?
• Harry Whittington
• 2. Who did Ibrahim al-Jaafari replace as Prime Minister of Iraq?
• Iyad Allawi
• 3. bmibaby is the low-cost airline subsidiary of bmi. What did the company change its name to in 1959?
• Derby Airways (became British Midland in 1964)
• 4. What rank is held by Marcos Pontes in the Brazilian Air Force (FAB)?
• Lieutenant-Colonel
• 5. In what U.S. state was Condoleezza Rice born?
• Alabama (Birmingham)
• 6. Who wrote Memory and Identity - Conversations at the Dawn of a Millennium?
• Pope John Paul II
• 7. What Electronic proximity card is used by 5 million people on London Transport?
• Oyster card
• 8. Who is the editor of the News of the World?
• Andy Coulson
• 9. Newcastle upon Tyne is twinned with what Olympic city?
• Atlanta
• 10. Along with parts of HM Revenue and Customs and the Immigration Servic, what two organisations merged to form the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)?
• National Crime Squad, National Criminal Intelligence Service

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