Quiz Diary - 2006-06

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• World Cup: Quarter Finals
  • Germany 1 - 1 Argentina (Germany win 4 - 2 on penalties)
  • Ukraine 0 - 3 Italy
• England fans pour into Gelsenkirchen ahead of their World Cup clash with Portugal
• NHS statistics show that drink-related hospital admissions in England have reached record levels
• Labour chairman Hazel Blears says there will be no timetable for Tony Blair's departure
• New recording by Osama Bin Laden posted on an Islamist website
• Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi visits Graceland with President George W Bush
• Wimbledon: Day 5
  • Andy Murray beats Julien Benneteau in the second round
  • Brit Count (Started 15, remaining 1)
  • IN - Andy Murray,
  • OUT - Everyone else
    • Greg Rusedski , Alex Bogdanovic, Richard Bloomfield, Tim Henman, Joshua Goodall, Jamie Baker, Alan Mackin, Jamie Delgado, Martin Lee
    • Anne Keothavong , Naomi Cavaday , Katie O'Brien, Sarah Borwell, Melanie South
• Vatican is to open the archives of Pope Pius XI (1922-1939)
• Duncan Inglis and Sunkist sealed the Bunn Leisure Derby Tankard at the Hickstead Derby
• Model Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace chosen to go into secret house Big Brother eviction twist
• Television host Paul O'Grady admitted to hospital after suffering chest pains
• Renault-Nissan car partnership says it is open to expanding its alliance with other firms

30 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Boats carrying nearly 400 illegal immigrants have arrived on which Italian island, between Sicily and North Africa, the largets of the Pelagie Islands?
• Lampedusa
• 2. “Gentlemen & Players” is the latest bestseller by which author?
• Joanne Harris
• 3. Which news presenter is to be the next host of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs?
• Kirsty Young
• 4. According to a recent study what may be determined by conditions in the womb?
• Sexual orientation
• 5. “The List:” As Andy Akinwolere replaces Matt Baker in the Blue Peter team, name the other three member.
• Konnie Huq, Zoe Salmon and Gethin Jones

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Argentina

• 6. Who finished the “24 pass” goal against Serbia and Montenegro?
• Esteban Cambiaso
• 7. Despite missing a penalty against Arsenal in the semi-final of the Champions League which Villareal playmaker has been one of the stars of the competition so far?
• Juan Roman Riquelme
• 8. Which Premiership player was Argentina’s leading scorer in qualifying for the World Cup?
• Hernan Crespo
• 9. Which player will be forever remembered for his Mano de Dios?
• Maradonna
• 10. Which of their current squad became the 6th youngest player ever to score in the World Cup when he came on a a substitute in the Serbia and Montenegro game?
• Messi

29

• World Cup: - the nightmare continues - no matches!
• Gary Neville promises a match-winning performance from England against Portugal.
• Wimbledon: Day 4
  • Andy Murray is two sets to one up against Julien Benneteau when bad light stops play
  • Brit Count (Started 15, remaining 5)
  • IN
    • Jamie Delgado, Andy Murray, Martin Lee
    • Sarah Borwell, Melanie South
  • OUT
    • Greg Rusedski , Alex Bogdanovic, Richard Bloomfield, Tim Henman, Joshua Goodall, Jamie Baker, Alan Mackin
    • Anne Keothavong , Naomi Cavaday , Katie O'Brien
• Jonathan Ross responds to criticism of his conduct during interview with David Cameron
• Roskilde Festival opens in Denmark with Bob Dylan, Morrissey and Guns N' Roses on the bill
• Spanish PM says the government will talk with ETA
• Condoleezza Rice offers advice on "free elctions" to Pakistan
• US Court hears that Michael Jackson owes a former business partner $3.8m
• By-elections:
  • Blaenau Gwent
  • Bromley and Chislehurst
• Astana-Wurth team are cleared to race in this year's Tour de France
• Jan Ullrich cleared to compete in Tour de France after organisers dismiss doping allegations
• Fog rules out any play on the first day of the US Women's Open at Newport

29 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which President signed a law abolishing the death penalty and thereby reprieving 1,200 inmates?
• Gloria Arroyo
• 2. The Swedish coach Lars Lagerback said the referee's decision to send off which player was key to Germany's 2-0 victory?
• Teddy Lucic
• 3. Which producer of Dynasty, Charlie's Angels and Beverly Hills 90210, has died at the age of 83?
• Aaron Spelling
• 4. On whose Friday night cha show did Conservative leader David Cameron say that he still believed going to war with Iraq was the right thing to do?
• Jonathan Ross
• 5. “The List:” No football on television unbelievable, help anticipate its return, name the four remaining games.
• Germany v Argentina, Italy v Ukraine, England v Portugal and France v Brazil

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Italy

• 6. Which Italian defender won his 94th cap in the game against Ghana, to be 3rd in the all-time appearance list behind Paolo Maldini (126 caps) and Dino Zoff (112)?
• Fabio Cannavaro
• 7. Who scored the penalty against Australia to see them through to the last 8?
• Francesco Totti
• 8. In which year did Italy become the first team to win the competition on home soil?
• 1934
• 9. Which player was sent off in the game against Australia?
• Marco Materazzi
• 10. Who missed the final penalty kick of the 1994 tournament?
• Roberto Baggio

28

• Wimbledon Day 3 - Brit Count 10
• World Cup - no matches
• French PM Dominique de Villepin has said he has no plans to run for the presidency next year
• Gary Neville expected to be fit to play against Portugal
• Queen and the Royal Family cost the UK taxpayer £37.4m (62p each) in 2005
• The bodies of 2 girls who disappeared in Belgian have been found
• Rupert Murdoch says he may support David Cameron at the next election
• Senate confirms Henry Paulson as new US Treasury secretary to succeed John Snow
• Serb PM Vojislav Kostunica says Kosovo will always be part of Serbia
• US space agency begins a three-day countdown to the launch of next space shuttle mission
• Boxer Amir Khan accused of dangerous driving following a collision with a pedestrian
• Opera star Luciano Pavarotti cancels his UK tour dates due to ill health
• 14 referees sent home from the World Cup
• Sri Lanka beat England by 33 runs to win one-day international at Old Trafford for 4-0 lead in the series

28 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. After the latest eviction show Big Brother announced that how many new contestants will be entering the programme this week?
• 5
• 2. Who did an American World Cup commentator for television Station ABC in the US ay was the “most famous football player in the world”?
• Michael Beckham
• 3. "All it needs is an engaging storytelling approach, an emotional arc, credible performances and a more coherent musical score”. Which musical was the Toronto Globe describing?
• Lord of the Rings
• 4. Which director ha dismissed rumours that the character in his latest film is actually gay?
• Bryan Singer (of Superman)
• 5. “The List:” Yesterday Andy Murray beat the current Olympic doubles and singles champion Nicolás Massú. Name the other 4 winners of the men’s singles since tennis was re-introduced in to the Olympics.
• Miloslav Mečíř, Marc Rosset, Andre Agassi, and Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Brazil

• 6. After game 1, of which player did the Croatian goalkeeper say "I think he made three or four sprints of 10 metres or so. I was amazed looking on”?
• Ronaldo
• 7. How many stars are there on the badge of the Brazil team playing in the 2006 World Cup?
• 5 (one for each World Cup victory)
• 8. Brazil have lost 12 times at the World Cup in 90 matches, which is the only team to beat them twice?
• Hungary
• 9. How many times have Brazil been Olympic Champions?
• 0
• 10. What term is used for the 1950 World Cup group match between Brazil and Uruguay where Uruguay won 2-1 depriving them of the title?
• Maracanazo

27

• Author JK Rowling says 2 characters will die in the final Harry Potter book
• Police arrest 3 men over an alleged conspiracy to spread computer viruses
• Peers are to vote on who should be chosen as the House of Lords Speaker
• Wimbledon: Day 2 (Brit Count (like the pollen count but much lower) – was 15 is now 10)
  • Murray beats Massu, Henman beats Soderling, Safin beats Rusedski
  • IN
    • Tim Henman, Richard Bloomfield, Jamie Delgado, Alan Mackin, Andy Murray, Martin Lee, Joshua Goodall, Jamie Baker
    • Sarah Borwell, Melanie South
  • OUT
    • Greg Rusedski , Alex Bogdanovic
    • Anne Keothavong , Naomi Cavaday , Katie O'Brien,
• Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose has been arrested in Sweden
• UK troops killed in Helmond Province in Aghanistan
• World Cup:
  • Brazil 3 - 0 Ghana
  • Spain 1 - 3 France
• News presenter Kirsty Young is to be the next host of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs
• Tamil Tiger rebels express "regret" over murder of Rajiv Gandhi 15 years ago
• Israeli aircraft strike 3 bridges in Gaza amid heightened tension capture of Israeli soldier
• 35-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of model Sally Anne Bowman
• Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian survives an attempt to oust him from office

27 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which African President condemned some churches as "agents of violence and purveyors of falsehood", after church leaders called for a boycott of a national day of prayer?
• Robert Mugabe
• 2. Where was this years Canadian Grant Prix held?
• Montreal (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve)
• 3. The US authorities have charged seven suspected militants in connection with an alleged plot to destroy the country's tallest building. Which building?
• The Sears Tower
• 4. Which rival provided the tip-off that led US and UK competition authorities to investigate alleged price-fixing attempts by British Airways?
• Virgin Atlantic
• 5. “The List:” Wimbledon has started, sort of, and with the rain delays all of the Great British contingent have lasted an extra day. Name the 10 British men taking part this year's singles competition.
• Tim Henman, Richard Bloomfield, Greg Rusedski, Jamie Delgado, Alan Mackin, Andy Murray, Martin Lee, Joshua Goodall, Jamie Baker and Alex Bogdanovic

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Japan

• 6. Who was the Japanese goalkeeper that made some great saves in the game against Brazil before making an error to allow in Juninho Pernambucano’s speculative effort from distance?
• Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
• 7. Which of the Japanese players was actually born in Brazil?
• Alex
• 8. Continuing the Japan-Brazil connection, who is their coach at the World Cup in 2006?
• Zico
• 9. …and one more, who scored the Japanese goal against Brazil?
• Keiji Tamada
• 10. Which team have won the J-League the most times (4) since it started in 1992, and was the club for three years of the answer to question 8?
• Kashima Antlers

26

• Wimbledon: Day 1 - British players still in the competition - rain delays all but 44 minutes play
• Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle has backed stricter gun controls
• David Cameron says that the Tories will introduce a UK Bill of Rights if they get in to power
• Asafa Powell equals the year's fastest 200m, with time of 19.90s
• Warren Buffett to donate £20bn to Bill Gates' charitable foundation
• Boy George told that he will go to jail unless he serves 5 days of community service
• Gary Neville is back in light training
• World Cup:
  • Italy 1 -0 Australia (94th minute penatly - dodgy)
  • Switzerland 0 -0 Ukraine (3-0 on penalties to Ukraine)
• Luis Figo cleared for the game against england by FIFA
• Scientists have decoded the genetic make-up of Clostridium difficile
• Anti-pollution teams attack a 5-mile oil slick which leaked into the Menai Strait
• Cancer Research UK poll says the pub trade in Scotland has not been hit by the smoking ban
• East Timor's Premier Mari Alkatiri has resigned
• Mauritania vote in reform referendum
• JK Rowling says she is sad the Harry Potter saga is ending, and hints that 2 characters will die
• Australian politicians meet to discuss child abuse in Aboriginal communities

26 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Doctors warned, recently, of an increased risk of what when using mobile phones outdoors in storms?
• Lightning strikes
• 2. In the current series of Dr. Who who played the Abzorbaloff , a monster from the planet Klom?
• Peter Kay
• 3. Who does “Tiger Tim” meet in the first round of Wimbledon?
• Robin Soderling
• 4. Who, in a video broadcast, called Abu Musab al-Zarqawi “the Prince of martyrs”?
• Ayman al-Zawahri
• 5. “The List:” Name the four players sent off in the Portugal v Holland game.
• Costinha, Deco, Boulahrouz and Van Bronckhorst

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Australia

• 6. Tim Cahill scored two in their opener with Japan. But which English team did he join at the age of 16?
• Millwall
• 7. Who scored the goal against Croatia that saw them through to the second phase?
• Harry Kewell
• 8. Who is the coach of the side for the 2006 World Cup, who is moving on to manage Russia?
• Guus Hiddink
• 9. What is the official nickname of the Australian national side?
• The Socceroos
• 10. Which current England player made his debut in the 3-1 defeat by Australia in 2003?
• Wayne Rooney

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• Steelmaker Arcelor backs a merger bid from Mittal
• Pirates of the Caribbean sequel gets its premiere in Disneyland
• Four Russian embassy workers are killed by their kidnappers in Iraq
• World Cup:
  • England 1 - 0 Ecuador
  • Portugal 1 - 0 Holland
• Kevin Pietersen is given the all-clear to carry on playing for England after having a knee scan
• Nicole Cooke wins Women's National Road Race Championship in Beverley (7th national title)
• One-off Test in Buenos Aires - Argentina 19-25 New Zealand
• Paul Casey wins the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
• Jeong Jang wins the Wegmans LPGA in New York
• Canadian Grand Prix:
  • 1. Fernando Alonso
  • 2. Michael Schumacher
  • 3. Kimi Raikkonen
• A man is arrested in Morocco in connection with the £53m Securitas robbery in Kent
• Vietnam's president and prime minister step down
• UK Charts:
  • Singles:
    • 1. Nelly Furtado - Maneater
    • 2. Shakira Ft Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
    • 3. Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker
    • 4. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
    • 5. Automatic - Monster
  • Albums:
    • 1. Keane - Under The Iron Sea
    • 2. Fatboy Slim - Why Try Harder - The Greatest Hits
    • 3. Automatic - Not Accepted Anywhere
    • 4. Kooks - Inside In/ Inside Out
    • 5. Sandi Thom - Smile It Confuses People

25 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which fighter obviously is worried that he is going to get beaten very badly against Matt Skelton in the rematch as he has been preparing in an oxygen tent?
• Danny Williams
• 2. Which upholsterer became the 5th contestant to be voted out of Channel 4's Big Brother house?
• Lisa Huo
• 3. Which former Wimbledon champion has said that he will retire after this year's US Open?
• Andre Agassi
• 4. Which supermarket is to take legal action in a bid to stop a planned strike by distribution depot workers?
• ASDA
• 5. “The List:” Ghana has progressed to the second round, this is the sixth time that a nation from Africa has progressed beyond the group stages. Name the other four countries that have achieved this.
• Morocco, Cameroon, Nigeria (twice)and Senegal

Topic of the Day: World Cup: France

• 6. Prior to beating Togo which were the last team that France beat in the World Cup?
• Brazil (in the 1998 final)
• 7. Which player scored for France on his 30th birthday?
• Patrick Viera
• 8. In the game against Togo who won his 117th cap, surpassing Marcel Desailly's record mark of 116 appearances for France?
• Lilian Thuram
• 9. Which footballer and later national coach scored 13 goals in the 1958 tournament?
• Just Fontaine
• 10. France’s best win was a 10-0 defeat of Azerbaijan in 1995 but which team beat them 17-1 in England in 1908?
• Denmark

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• Australia come from behind for a five-try win over Ireland in Perth, 37 -15
• Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he will seek a 2nd term in office
• Philippines President Gloria Arroyo signs law abolishing death penalty, reprieving 1,200 inmates
• Richard Gasquet beats Jonas Bjorkman 6-4 6-3 in the final of the Nottingham Open
• Conservative leader David Cameron says going to war in Iraq was the right thing to do
• Royal Ascot - Les Arcs wins the showpiece Golden Jubilee Stakes
• Dutch MotoGP:
  • 1 Nicky Hayden
  • 2 Shinya Nakano
  • 3 Dani Pedrosa
• Former Wimbledon champion Andre Agassi says he will retire after this year's US Open
• Vessels carrying nearly 400 illegal immigrants arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa
• Renault's Fernando Alonso claims his 5th consecutive pole in qualifying for Canadian Grand Prix
• World Cup:
  • Germany 2 - 0 Sweden
  • Aregentina 2 - 1 Mexico
• US Led forces kill 65 Taleban rebels
• US TV's Aaron Spelling dies
• Dodo skeleton found in Mauritius

24 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone has been chosen by the Pope as his deputy. Of where is he currently the Archbishop?
• Genoa
• 2. Which horse ridden by Kieren Fallon won the Ascot Gold Cup?
• Yeats
• 3. The East Timor President, Xanana Gusmao, has threatened to resign unless which PM steps down?
• Mari Alkatiri
• 4. In the Brazil v Japan game did Brazil commit, 6, 16, 26 or 36 fouls in the game?
• 6
• 5. “The List:” Four Italian clubs are to face a sports court over allegations of match-fixing. Name them.
• Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Ghana

• 6. Whose opening goal after one minute and eight seconds in the game against the Czech Republic was the fastest at the 2006 World Cup?
• Asamoah Gyan's
• 7. Ghana had the youngest average age of any team at the competition, to within a year how old were they?
• 24 years and 203 days
• 8. Who did Ghana beat in the group stages to progress to round two?
• USA and Czech Republic
• 9. Which Ghanian player with the first name of Razak has a surname that sounds like another sport?
• Pimpong
• 10. What is the nickname of the African team?
• Black Stars

23

• Royal Ascot: Day 4 - Coronation Stakes won by Nannina
• Muttiah Muralitharan pulls out of Sri Lanka's tour of England for family reasons
• Kylie Minogue to begin postponed Australian tour in November following recovery from cancer
• Michael Hunter retains his European super bantamweight title against France's Tuncay Kaya
• The cast of Superman Returns attend the film's US premiere in Los Angeles
• Upholsterer Lisa Huo becomes the 5th contestant to be voted out of Channel 4's Big Brother house
• World Cup:
  • Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 Spain (Spain through)
  • Ukraine 1 - 0 Tunisia (Ukraine edge through to next round)
  • Togo 0 - 2 France (France through)
  • Switzerland 2 -0 v South Korea (Switzerland win group)
• US vice-president, Dick Cheney, says North Korea’s capabilities are "rudimentary"
• Hamid Karzi calls for a rethink on the fight against the Taleban
• US charge 7 people with planning to blow up the Sears Tower
• More than a million Cadbury chocolate bars are to be removed from shelves amid fears that they may be contaminated with salmonella
• ASDA is to take legal action in a bid to stop a planned strike by distribution depot workers
• Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe speaks out against churches and other government critics

23 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who said recently “It was really difficult for us playing in the midday sun with that three o'clock kick-off”?
• David Beckham
• 2. Who was the FIFA man-of-the-match for the England v Sweden game?
• Joe Cole
• 3. Which chef has accepted £75,000 libel damages over a newspaper article claiming scenes in one of his TV programmes were faked?
• Gordon Ramsay (Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares)
• 4. Gordon Brown says that he wants to keep and renew Britain's independent nuclear deterrent. Which submarines and missile systems need replacing?
• Trident missile system and the Vanguard submarines
• 5. “The List:” David Hockney's “The Splash” which sold for “2.6m is part of a trio of artworks, name the other two.
• “A Little Splash” and “A Bigger Splash

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Portugal

• 6. Portugal successfully navigated a World Cup group for the first time since which year when they finished in third place?
• 1966
• 7. Who is the current coach, that earlier this year turned down the opportunity to become the next England manager?
• Luiz Felipe Scolari (accept “Big Phil”)
• 8. Which Portuguese player also had the names da Silva Ferreira but was only ever known by his first name?
• Eusebio
• 9. Who is their leading goal scorer with 47 international goals?
• Pauletta (Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes)
• 10. Due to their picking up yellow cards in the first two group games which 5 palyers were rested from the final game against Mexico?
• Pauleta, Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco, Costinha and Nuno Valente

22

• 20 years to the day since the "hand of God"
• East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao has threatened to resign unless Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri steps down
• Royal Ascot: Day 3
  • Ladies' Day
  • Yeats ridden by Kieren Fallon wins the Ascot Gold Cup
• Sven-Goran Eriksson has defended his decision to bring just four strikers to the World Cup - rumours that he still plans to play Owen up front seem unfounded
• George Bush begins a visit to Hungary
• Red Cross humanitarian movement votes to admit Israel
• In an inspired moment Michael Owen vows to return to Germany to collect his World Cup winners' medal
• World Cup:
  • Czech Republic 0 - 2 Italy (Italy win group, Czech's out)
  • Ghana 2 - 1 USA (Ghana through to face Brazil, USA out)
  • Japan 1 - 4 Brazil (Brazil win group, Japan out)
  • Croatia 2- 2 Australia (Australia through, Croatia out)
• David Walton, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, dies
• Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, is chosen by the Pope as his deputy
• Italian clubs Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio are to face sports court over match-fixing.
• Seal ordered by a judge to pay his ex-manager commission on earnings from 1st two albums

22 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which Ducati rider suffered a broken collarbone after crashing at Catalunya?
• Sete Gibernau
• 2. Who admitted that he “messed up” after failing to win his first major by one shot last week?
• Colin Montgomerie
• 3. What is the name of the character played by Steve Coogan in his new BBC2 TV series?
• Tommy Saxondale
• 4. Superman is back with “Superman Return” name the last sequel to the 1978 “Superman” film.
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
• 5. “The List:” Henrik Larsson sort of scored a goal in the last minutes against England which 5 other players have scored at the World Cup 12 years apart?
• Pele, Uwe Seeler, Diego Maradona, Michael Laudrup and Sami Al Jaber

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Angola

• 6. Which Angolan player had the same name (phonetically, at least) as a group formed of Danish and Norwegian personnel and had 33 goals going in to the tournament?
• Akwa (Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco)
• 7. Andre Macanga received a second yellow card in the game against Mexico. In the history of the World Cup this as a landmark booking. What landmark?
• 1,500th caution in World Cup history
• 8. With which team did Angola draw their last group match?
• Iran
• 9. For which English side does defender Rui Marques play?
• Hull City
• 10. The Anoglan team are called the Palancas Negras what does this mean in English?
• The Black Impalas

21

• East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao calls for PM Mari Alkatiri to resign
• FA say Rio Ferdinand injury is clear
• Michael Owen returns home from the World Cup
• Police are questioning a 40-year-old man over the 1992 murder of young mother Rachel Nickell
• Children’s groups warn that children could be more at risk from sex offenders if "Megan's Law" is introduced in the UK
• Thames Water has missed its target for reducing leakages for the third year in a row
• World Cup:
  • Portugal 2 -1 Mexico (both teams through)
  • Iran 1 -1 Angola (both teams out)
  • Holland 0 - 0 Argentina
  • Ivory Coast 3 - 2 Serbia and Montenegro
• Attacks in Aberdeen on a seven-year-old boy and a man while wearing England shirts are being treated as racist assaults
• The otspoken Monsignor Denis Faul dies aged 75
• Dwain Chambers is selected in GB and Northern Ireland team for European Cup in Spain.
• Namibia starts a 3-day campaign to vaccinate the entire population against Polio
• President Bush says he wants to close Guantanamo Bay
• MySpace plans to introduce new restrictions on its site – to protect youngsters further
• Gordon Brown says that he wants to keep and renew Britain's independent nuclear deterrent

21 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who became the 4th person to be voted off Big Brother after receiving 87.9% of the public vote?
• Grace Adams-Short
• 2. Which superstar was rumoured to be having her second child in Africa, following the lead of Angelina Jolie, although the Namibian deputy environment and tourism minister, Leon Jooste said they may have been hoaxed?
• Britney Spears
• 3. Whose third one-day century led Sri Lanka to a 20-run win in the opening one-day match against England?
• Upul Tharanga's
• 4. Wen Jiabao, China's PM, has arrived in Africa for a tour of seven states aimed at boosting economic links and securing raw material supplies. Where did he visit first?
• Egypt
• 5. “The List:” Sir Ian Blair is under attack as Metropolitan Police Commissioner, can you name the three previous holders of the office?
• Sir John Stevens, Sir Paul Condon and Sir Peter Imbert

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Saudi Arabia

• 6. Saudi Arabia's winless World Cup sequence was extended to nine matches at this World Cup. The last time they won a game in the tournament finals was on 29th June 1994 when they beat which team 1-0?
• Belgium
• 7. Who was the Saudi keeper at fault when he slipped attempting to keep out Serhiy Rebrov's 35-yard shot in the game against Ukraine?
• Mabrouk Zaid
• 8. What, also the name of a Laurel and Hardy film, is the nickname of the Saudi team?
• Sons of the Desert
• 9. What nationality is the current coach Marcos Paqueta?
• Brazilian
• 10. Which team beat them 8-0 at the last World Cup in 2002?
• Germany

20

• England v Sweden - 38 years of hurt comes to an end, and then doesn't and then does and then...next England play Ecuador on Sunday and learn how to defend set pieces
• Michael Owen injured in first minute against Sweden
• George Bush faces an Austrian summit where the EU will call for closure of Guantanamo camp
• Craig Charles suspended from Coronation Street following allegations of drug taking
• Italian police arrest nearly 50 people in major anti-Mafia crackdown in Palermo
• World Cup:
  • Germany 3 - 0 Ecuador
  • Costa Rica 1 - 2 Poland
  • Paraguay 2 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago
  • England 2 - 2 Sweden
• Liberian ex-President Charles Taylor has arrived in the Netherlands where he is to be tried on war crimes charges
• BBC announces end of Top of the Pops
• Mary Pierce pulls out of Wimbledon with an injury
• PM and Queen are to get dedicated planes to fly them on official trips
• Conservative say that BBC's goal of a £180-a-year licence fee is too much.
• Gordon Ramsay receives libel damages over false newspaper claim that he faked scenes
• 2 former ministers of Indian-administered Kashmir are arrested in connection with a sex scandal.
• Arcelor calls off meeting where shareholders were due to vote on share buyback scheme

20 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. “The Path To Abstraction 1908 - 1922” is an exhibition at Tate Modern of which painter’s works?
• Wassily Kandinsky
• 2. Currently touring, with which instrument is the jazz musician, John Zorn associated?
• Saxophone
• 3. Which 81 year-old actor said his next film may be his last?
• Paul Newman
• 4. Who did former Cabinet Minister Lord Fowler criticise for a reported £18m 3-year BBC contract?
• Jonathan Ross
• 5. “The List:” Three of the current UK charts top ten are England Football anthems, name them.
• Embrace - World At Your Feet, Baddiel / Skinner / Lightning Seed - 3 Lions, Sham 69 & The Special Assembly Hurry Up England - The People's Anthem

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Sweden

• 6. Which goalkeeper is the most capped player for Sweden and for a long time was the most capped in the World?
• Thomas Ravelli
• 7. Strangely, the top scorer for Sweden is a player with that magical number of 49 (same as Sir Bobby), although he managed his 49 in just 43 games. Who is this striker who never managed to play in the World Cup?
• Sven Rydell
• 8. Who scored the 88th-minute winner against Paraguay?
• Freddie Ljungberg
• 9. In which year were Sweden Olympic Football Champions?
• 1948
• 10. Which current squad member played his 11th World Cup match, equalling the Swedish record shared by Bosse Larsson and Karl-Oskar Svensson, in the game against Paraguay?
• Henrik Larsson

19

• UK scientists develop new test making it easier to identify genetically inherited diseases in embryos
• Trial of Royce Roberts underway, a man who sent 32,000 sexual texts to various people including children
• Plans to ban glass in all of Glasgow's pubs by January 2007 to reduce violent attacks have been abandoned by the city's licensing board
• Post-mortems on two of the recent Guantanamo suicides takes place in secret
• Nearly 400 schoolchildren return from Germany after falling victim to a ticketing scam
• International pressure mounts against North Korea amid speculation long-range missile test-launch
• World Cup:
  • Togo 0 - 2 Switzerland (Togo out)
  • Saudi Arabia 0 - 4 Ukraine
  • Spain 3- 1 Tunisia
• Norway is starting construction on a "doomsday vault" in the Arctic which is designed to house all known varieties of the world's crops
• Japan wins a key vote at the International Whaling Commission meeting
• Sarah Jane Porter jailed for two-and-a-half years for recklessly infecting her lover with HIV
• In its closing arguments the prosecution in the Saddam Hussein trial call for his execution
• Lindsay Davenport withdraws from this year's Wimbledon Championships with back injury
• Superman gets rave reviews from critic’s previews
• Urban planners and experts meet at the World Urban Forum in Vancouver

19 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which 2 fighters fought for the British heavyweight title in June 2006?
• Scott Gammer and Mark Krence
• 2. Brazil managed their ninth consecutive World Cup win yesterday, which team were the last to beat them (at the World Cup)?
• France
• 3. Which French tennis player, whose surname sounds like an Indian Elephant driver, was beaten in the third round at Queens by Tim Henman?
• Nicolas Mahut
• 4. Which English player took 4-22 against Sri Lanka, the best figures in Twenty20 internationals?
• Paul Collingwood
• 5. “The List:” In the USA v Italy, for only the fourth time at a World Cup, three men were sent off. Name the players involved.
• Daniele De Rossi, Pablo Mastroeni, and Eddie Pope

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Trinidad and Tobago

• 6. What is the nickname of the T&T team?
• The Soca Warriors
• 7. Which Wet Ham player was their first choice keeper?
• Shaka Hislop
• 8. What World Cup distinction I now held by Trinidad and Tobago that was previously held by Northern Ireland?
• Smallest country (by population) to take part
• 9. What is the name of the white Port Vale player who declared his T&T roots to take part in the competition?
• Chris Birchall
• 10. Famous for his affinity with a good cigar, who is the coach of the Trinidad and Tobago team?
• Leo Beenhakker

18

• US Open Day 3 - Kenneth Ferrie is tied for the lead with Phil Mickelson
• Latest research suggests that Eating vegetables may prevent hardening of the arteries
• Jermain Taylor retains his middleweight world titles after a draw against Winky Wright
• Ducati's Sete Gibernau suffers a broken collarbone after crashing at Catalunya
• New reports say al-Qaeda were within 45 days of using cyanide on New York's subway in 2003
• World Cup:
  • Japan 0 - 0 Croatia
  • Brazil 2 - 0 Australia
  • France 1- 1 South Korea
• Hewitt wins at Queen's Club 6-4 6-4 over James Blake
• Slovak election result trickle in with Smer party having an early lead
• President Morales of Bolivia unveils an anti-poverty plan
• Japan raises fears about North Korea’s testing of its Taepodong-2 missile
• Ethiopia denies that its soldiers have crossed in to Somalia
• Eriksson says he may make changes for the Sweden game that take current yellow cards in to account
• Catalonia votes on a new charter that would declare it a nation within Spain
• At International Whaling Commission Australia present “proof” that Japan’s whaling techniques are cruel
• UK Charts:
  • Singles
    • 1. Nelly Furtado - Maneater
    • 2. Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker
    • 3. Shakira Ft Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
    • 4. Automatic - Monster
    • 5. Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home
  • Albums:
    • 1. Keane - Under The Iron Sea
    • 2. Sandi Thom - Smile It Confuses People
    • 3. The Feeling - Twelve Stops And Home
    • 4. Paul Simon - Surprise
    • 5. Nelly Furtado - Loose

18 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Cory Stillman, Eric Staal and Mark Recchi all play for which NHL team?
• Carolina Hurricanes
• 2. To which Serbian player did Andrew Murray lose in the 1st round at the Stella Artois Championships?
• Janko Tipsarevic
• 3. How many teams will take part in this year’s tour de France?
• 21
• 4. Which product is currently being advertised with the tagline “Fuel of Britain isn’t it”?
• Pot Noodle
• 5. “The List:” Argentina produced a routine performance against Serbia and Montenegro, with a few lucky goals along the way. Can you name the 5 different goal scorers?
• Maxi x 2, Cambiasso, Crespo, Tevez, and Messi.

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Paraguay

• 6. Which Paraguay striker said that it would have to rain for England to win the World Cup?
• Roque Santa Cruz
• 7. Who was the inspirational and slightly unorthodox goalkeeper who scored 8 international goals for Paraguay?
• Jose Luis Chilavert
• 8. Paraguay are sometimes called “La Albirroja”, a reference to their playing colours. What does Albirroja mean?
• White and red
• 9. In Athens the football team lost 1-0 in the Olympic final to Argentina. What was special about the silver medal that they won?
• It was the first (and only) Olympic medal that Paraguay have won
• 10. Who was the only Paraguayan footballer named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004?
• Romerito (Julio César Romero)

17

• Queen's official birthday
• Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London
• Henman loses to Hewitt at Queen's
• Two men arrested and four-year-old girl is found safe after reports of a child being put into a car boot
• World champion Valentino Rossi qualifies fastest for Catalan Grand Prix
• Conservationists say urgent action is needed to protect the world's oceans from human exploitation.
• Ron Wood checks into an clinic for alcohol dependency
• World Cup: Day 9
  • Portugal 2 - 0 Iran (Portugal through)
  • Czech Republic 0 - 2 Ghana
  • Italy 0 - 0 USA
• Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) has gone on sale on the web despite not being launched until November this year
• Japan and U warn N.Korea about nuclear test
• Australia 43 - 18 England
• 1st One Day International, Lord's Sri Lanka 257-9 (50 overs) bt England 237-9 by 20 runs
• Eriksson hints at Owen Rooney starting partnership against Sweden
• US space shuttle Discovery will be launched on 1 July
• China's PM arrives in Egypt for a tour aimed at developing economic links and securing raw materials

17 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. At the Stella Artois Championships who beat Andre Agassi in opening round?
• Tim Henman
• 2. Recently there was an earthquake in Hiroshima. Hiroshima is the capital of the Chugoku region of which island?
• Honshu
• 3. Of which Formula 1 team is Nick Fry the boss?
• Honda
• 4. David Beckham reacted strongly to criticism of his family published in which German newspaper?
• Bild
• 5. “The List:” The American Film Institute (AFI) has compiled a list of the 100 most inspirational films. Stephen Spielberg had five films in the top 100, name them.
• The Color Purple, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Schindler's List, ET and Saving Private Ryan

Topic of the Day: World Cup: England

• 6. Who, with 125, has the most caps for England?
• Peter Shilton
• 7. When England beat Germany 5-1 in 2002 who scored besides Michael Owen?
• Emile Heskey and Steven Gerrard
• 8. What nickname was given to Nat Lofthouse after his two goals against Austria in 1952?
• The Lion of Vienna
• 9. Michael Owen has 36 goals for England but who of the current squad is the 2nd highest with 16?
• David Beckham
• 10. What was toothless tiger “Nobby” Stiles’ real first name?
• Norbert

16

• Henman makes the semi-finals of the Stella Artois championship at Queen's Club
• Centrica to build a new power station at Langage, near Plymouth - Britain's 1st in five years
• Bill Gates says he will end his day-to-day role as head of Microsoft by July 2008
• East Timor rebels begin to disarm
• World Cup
  • Argentina thrash Serbia and Montenegro 6 – 0
  • Holland 2 - 1 Ivory Coast
  • Mexico 0 - 0 Angola
• Terence Pendelton the man who claimed £50,000 in benefits and yet drove a Rolls Royce has been convicted of benefit fraud
• Funeral of former Irish leader Charles Haughey in Dublin
• Home Office says Over 17,700 weapons were handed in during the 1st week of national knives amnesty
• South Africa is marking 30 years since the Soweto uprising
• Buratha Mosque in Baghdad attacked by a suicide “shoe-bomber”
• 2 men jailed for murder of gay barman Jody Dobrowski
• US Open – Day 2 – Steve Stricker leads by one - Tiger Woods misses his first major cut
• Nepal's government agrees to set up an interim administration that will include Maoist rebels.
• Trial of New York Times researcher Zhao Yan held in Beijing
• Former Cabinet Minister Lord Fowler criticise Jonathan Ross's reported £18m 3-year BBC contract
• Grace Adams-Short is evicted from the Big Brother house
• Miami beat Dallas 98-74 to even the NBA finals 2-2

16 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who said yesterday “Anyone can get old; all you have to do is to live long enough"?
• The Queen (at her birthday lunch)
• 2. Which radio station said that it would fine presenters who broke rules on swearing after an Ofcom review?
• BBC Radio 1
• 3. Which ex-Great Britain full-back returned to the game in a bid to help Wigan in their Super League plight?
• Kris Radlinski
• 4. The US Supreme Court has ruled that prisoners can file challenges to what as a means of execution?
• Lethal injection
• 5. “The List:” In the USA v Czech Republic Tomas Rosicky became the fifth player to score twice at the tournament, name the other 4.
• Miroslav Klose (Germany), Omar Bravo (Mexico), Paulo Wanchope (Costa Rica) and Tim Cahill (Australia)

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Poland

• 6. Where did Poland finish in 1974 and 1982?
• 3rd
• 7. In which year did Poland become Olympic Football Champions?
• 1972
• 8. Which player, a member of the side which were Olympic Champions, has the most caps for Poland with exactly 100?
• Grzegorz Lato
• 9. How many times have Poland qualified for the European Championships?
• None
• 10. Which Polish goalkeeper did Brian Clough call “a clown” before he provided some great saves to deny England a place in the 1974 World Cup?
• Jan Tomaszewski

15

• Queen celebrates 80th birthday again with banquet at the Mansion House in London - courses prepared by Richard Corrigan, Bryn Williams, Nick Nairn and Marcus Wareing
• An appeal by Gary Glitter against his 3-year sentence is rejected by a Vietnamese court
• A freight plane crash lands at Birmingham International Airport
• Crown Prosecution Service says Kate Moss will not be charged over claims she took cocaine
• World Cup: Day 7
  • Ecuador 3 - 0 Costa Rica (Ecuador and Germany are through)
  • England 2 -0 Trinidad and Tobago (Eeeeaasssyyy, England are through)
  • Sweden 0 -0 Paraguay
• Billie Piper to leave Doctor Who at the end of this series
• Tim Henman beats qualifier Nicolas Mahut to reach the quarter-finals at Queens
• United States is convening an international meeting in New York, to discuss troubles in Somalia
• Ronaldo cleared to face Australia after trip to doctors with dizziness
• Britain agrees that former Liberian leader Charles Taylor could serve a prison sentence in the UK, if he is convicted of war crimes
• Serbia recognises Montenegro's independence
• 72-year-old woman is charged with sending packages of weed killer and sugar to Tony Blair
• Indian share prices close up 6.9% - their highest ever single-day rise
• Edinburgh International Book Festival line-up announced – includes Harold Pinter and Seamus Heaney
• Bill Gates says he will end day-to-day role as head of Microsoft by 2008, to focus on his charity
• Twenty20 international at the Rose Bowl - Sri Lanka 163 beat England 161-5 by two runs
• Powergen is to close its Indian call centres, with staff in the UK dealing with customers instead.
• Gene Robinson, the gay US bishop, tells Anglicans he is not an abomination before God

15 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which make of car is advertised with the slogan “Give people the impression you work harder than you do”?
• Mercedes Benz
• 2. Jonathon Dimbleby has filed for divorce, who is his authoress wife?
• Bel Mooney
• 3. What is the name of Robbie Williams’ latest European Tour?
• Close Encounters
• 4. Which former England captain said that Andrew Flintoff's "matey" captaincy was partly to blame for the Test series draw with Sri Lanka?
• Mike Atherton
• 5. “The List:” Which two housemates have been nominated for Big Brother eviction?
• Nikki Grahame and Grace Adams-Short

Topic of the Day: World Cup: Costa Rica

• 6. How many times have Costa Rica appeared at the World Cup finals, including this one?
• 3
• 7. Costa Rica have only lost 2 World Cup group matches, name the teams that beat them?
• Germany and Brazil
• 8. In which year did Costa Rica beat Scotland 1-0 in the Group stages?
• 1990
• 9. Which of Costa Rica’s defenders has the most caps in the team with 118?
• Luis Marin
• 10. What is the nickname of the Costa Rican team?
• Los Ticos

Topic of the Day 2: World Cup: Ecuador

• 11. Which club has 6 players in the Ecuador squad?
• Liga Deportiva Universitaria (or LDU)
• 12. Which Ecuadorian defender plays for Aston Villa and is the only one to play in the UK?
• Ulises de La Cruz
• 13. Who nicknamed “Bambam” is the most capped player in the squad with 129 caps?
• Iván Hurtado
• 14. Which two players scored in both the first two games of the 2006 World Cup for Ecuador?
• Carlos Tenorio and Agustín Delgado
• 15. Who with 31 in 69 is the top scorer for Ecuador in international football?
• Agustín Delgado

14

• Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, a Muslim cleric convicted over the 2002 nightclub bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali is due to be released from prison
• RSC reveals plans to redesign main theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon
• Police arrest 300 people in Dortmund ahead of the World Cup match between Germany and Poland
• War crimes prosecutor says he has documented evidence of massacres in Darfur
• Queensland beat New South Wales 30-6 in Brisbane take the State of Origin series to a decider
• Apple investigates a newspaper story that staff in some of its Chinese iPod factories work under "slave" conditions
• Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen has agreed a four-year deal with Barcelona
• Tim Henman makes the 2nd round at Stella Artois beating Ramon Delgado
• French court jails 25 alleged Islamist militants for planning attacks in France
• Report says US government gave $1.4bn in bogus assistance to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• World Cup: Day 6
  • Spain 4 - 0 Ukraine
  • Tunisia 2 - 2 Saudi Arabia
  • Germany 1 - 0 Poland
• Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed striker Wayne Rooney is "match fit"
• Crystal Meth is to be reclassified as a class A drug
• British Egg Industry Council says certain countries should be banned from exporting eggs due to their high level of salmonella infection
• GMB rejects plans by TGWU and Amicus to create a “super union” with over 2 million members
• Surgeons in California try to separate a pair of 10-month-old conjoined twin girls
• Crew of space shuttle Discovery arrives at Kennedy Space Center ahead of a July lift-off
• Scientists describe the oldest true orb-weaving spider yet found: a specimen locked in Spanish amber
• Nature reports that scientists have interbred 2 butterfly species and created a third
• Gary Neville may miss match against Trinidad and Tobago.
• Miami Heat win game three of the NBA finals to trail Dallas 2-1 in the best-of-seven series
• Stella Artois Championships: Andy Murray loses 6-7 6-3 2-6 to Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic in 1st round

14 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which American led the LPGA Championship by two shots after round 1?
• Nicole Castrale
• 2. Franck Montagny is driving in f1 for Super Aguri. What nationality is he?
• French
• 3. Who is the current Defence Secretary who said that Afghanistan should not be allowed to return to a "haven for terrorism"?
• Des Browne
• 4. Which car is currently advertised with the song “Wonderful World”?
• Suzuki Vitara
• 5. “The List:” Nelly Furtado is currently top of the UK singles charts and has a new album out as well. Name her three albums to date.
• Whoa Nelly, Floklore and Loose

Topic of the Day: World Cup - Germany

• 6. Which German player is known as Prinz Poldi?
• Lukas Podolski
• 7. Who is the third goalkeeper alongside Kahn and Lehmann?
• Timo Hildebrand
• 8. Who scored the first goal in Germany’s 2006 campaign?
• Philip Lahm
• 9. With 4 which team contribute the most players to the squad of 23?
• Borussia Dortmund
• 10. Which team did Germany play in the first game of the World Cup 2006?
• Costa Rica

13

• Microsoft issues a major security update
• Heather Mills is to take legal action over newspaper claims that she worked as a prostitute in her 20s
• Colm Toibin wins the world's richest literary prize, the Impac award, for his novel “The Master”
• FTSE falls over 100 points to 5500 level
• Former Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey has died
• George Bush makes surprise trip to Iraq
• World Cup: Day 5
  • South Korea 2-1 Togo
  • France 0 - 0 Switzerland
  • Brazil 1 - 0 Croatia
• Companies warned that if they let staff watch the World Cup on broadband they could be fined £1,000 if they do not hold a TV licence
• Police apologise for the "hurt" they caused two brothers after an anti-terror raid in Forest Gate
• Japan's parliament votes to impose sanctions on North Korea over kidnapped Japanese
• David Beckham reacts to a series of articles concerning his family in the German media
• England record a 38-run win over Ireland in Stormont one-day international (Marcus Trescothick 113)
• Adrian Morley signs a four-year deal to move from Sydney Roosters to Warrington Wolves
• Carolina Hurricanes win game four in Edmonton to move within one victory of lifting the Stanley Cup
• Invitation to Spanish team Comunidad Valenciana to compete in the 2006 Tour de France is withdrawn amidst drug concerns

13 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which country did Chad President, Idriss Deby accuse of destabilising the area and exporting war?
• Sudan
• 2. Pete Doherty's lawyer has confirmed that the singer is in a detox clinic in which country?
• Portugal
• 3. Who rode 5 winners at combined odds of 779-1 at Goodwood?
• Frankie Dettori
• 4. At which circuit was this year’s British F1 Grand Prix held?
• Silverstone
• 5. “The List:” What were the five horses that Frankie Dettori rode for combined odds of 779-1 at Goodwood?
• Firenze, Balkan Knight, Satchem, Musical Romance and Star Of Canterbury

Topic of the Day: World Cup

• 6. In which country was footballer Miroslav Klose born?
• Poland
• 7. Which great Dutch striker is their current manager?
• Marco van Basten
• 8. What is the title of Crazy Frog’s World Cup 2006 song?
• We Are The Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)
• 9. Which team in the current World Cup has a player called Pinpong?
• Ghana
• 10. Football supporters from which African country have been refused visas by the German Embassy because they did not provide bank statements with their applications?
• Togo

12

• US Supreme Court rules prisoners can file challenges to lethal injection as a means of execution
• Earthquake hits city of Hiroshima
• Nikki Grahame and Grace Adams-Short nominated for Big Brother eviction
• Helen Tucker and Tim Brown win the Royal Windsor Triathlon to take the British titles
• Former Iraqi intelligence chief Barzan al-Tikriti thrown out of court
• Amnesty International accuses China of being one of the world's most secretive and irresponsible arms exporters
• Rail signallers vote for two 0ne-day strikes
• Roy Keane announces retirement from professional football
• World Cup: Day 4
  • Australia 3 -1 Japan (bring on video evidence)
  • Italy 2 – 0 Ghana (Andrea Pirlo and Vincenzo Iaquinta)
  • USA 0 – 3 Czech Republic (Tomas Rosicky x 2, Jan Koller)
• No 10 denies 'vigilante' campaign – over its slogan "don't moan, take action"
• Five men accused of killing Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford last year have denied her murder
• Craig Sweeney, a convicted paedophile released from prison early, has been jailed for life
• EU agrees to start Turkey admission talks
• Met chief Ian Blair defended amid Forest Gate row
• Palestinians set fire to the offices of the Hamas PM and parliament in Ramallah
• Stella Artois Championships: Tim Henman beats Andre Agassi in the pair's first meeting on grass
• Al-Qaeda in Iraq names Abu Hamza al-Muhajir to succeed Zarqawi
• US distances itself from remarks that the suicides at Guantanamo were "a good PR move"
• BBC Radio 1 says it will fine presenters who break rules on swearing after Ofcom upholds complaints

12 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which England footballer is currently being seen in averts for the new Hyundai?
• Peter Crouch
• 2. In Desperate Housewives who plays Edie Britt?
• Nicollette Sheridan
• 3. Which model has a daughter called Lila Grace?
• Kate Moss
• 4. NICE has issued draft guidance for the prescription of Herceptin, what does NICE stand for?
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
• 5. “The List:” England were thrashed 34 – 3 by Australia in the first test “down under” – who scored the three Australian tries?
• Latham, Gerrard, and Blake

Topic of the Day: Lifestyle

• 6. Which Sunday paper has the magazine “You”?
• Mail on Sunday
• 7. Which fashion and fragrance company makes Allure Sensuelle?
• Chanel
• 8. In which year was the first Glyndebourne Opera Festival held?
• 1934
• 9. Which country is the largest wine producer in South America?
• Argentina
• 10. Which pasta whose name means "priest strangler" in Italian, refers to a pasta shape that resembles a rolled towel?
• Strozzapreti

11

• US official says the suicides of 3 Guantanamo inmates were a good public relations move
• 200,000 march in Spain against government plans to open talks with the Basque separatist group ETA
• Protesters demonstrate against a visit to Nuremberg by Iran's vice-president for a World Cup match
• Audley Harrison knocks out America's Andrew Greeley in the 3rd round
• British Grand Prix - Button out with engine blow out, Alonso wins
• 2 England supporters arrested for having their bodies painted with Nazi insignia
• World Cup: - Day 3
  • Holland beat Serbia and Montenegro 1- 0
  • Mexico 3 - 1 Iran
  • Angola 0 - 1 Portugal
• Nadal wins French Open 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6 (7-4)
• Australia 34-3 England, in first game of 2-test series
• At Gateshead, Asafa Powell records a record equaling 9.77 for the 100m
• The Duchess of Cornwall's father Major Bruce Shand has died at the age of 89
• UK Charts:
  • Singles:
    • 1. Nelly Furtado - Maneater
    • 2. Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker
    • 3. Embrace - World At Your Feet
    • 4. Automatic - Monster
    • 5. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
  • Albums:
    • 1. Sandi Thom - Smile It Confuses People
    • 2. The Feeling - Twelve Stops And Home
    • 3. Ronan Keating - Bring You Home
    • 4. Paul Simon - Surprise
    • 5. Primal Scream - Riot City Blues
• The President of Chad Idriss Deby accuses Sudan of causing unrest in his country and the region
• Raymond van Barneveld wins the British Open

11 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. A UN report recently said that there are how many global migrants (people living outside their country of origin)?
• 191 million
• 2. Which World number two beat Martina Hingis to reach the semi-finals of the French Open?
• Kim Clijsters
• 3. Which African country has announced that the country is suffering from its first polio outbreak in more than a decade?
• Namibia
• 4. Which Liverpool striker is out of the World Cup after breaking his right leg in a friendly against China?
• Djibril Cisse
• 5. “The List:” Justine Henin-Hardenne has won the French Open for the third time. Name the last three women who managed 3 French Open singles wins?
• Steffi Graf, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, and Monica Seles

Topic of the Day: Flags

• 6. “A hazard has been cleared up and the cars can proceed at racing speed” - which F1 flag?
• Green
• 7. What name is given to the study of flags?
• Vexillology
• 8. What name is given to the flag of France although it could also be applied to that of a number of different countries that have 3 different colours?
• Tricolour
• 9. Which Asian flag is shaped like a double penant?
• Nepal
• 10. What name is given to the part of a flag furthest from the flag pole?
• Fly

10

• Sven-Goran Eriksson says England can win the World Cup
• England demolish Paraguay 1 -0 in Frankfurt, with inspired substitutions by Eriksson
• Taleban say Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death will not affect the fight against the West in Afghanistan
• Henin-Hardenne takes on Kuznetsova for the French Open title and wins for 3rd time in 4 years
• Separatist rebels blow up oil and gas pipelines and rail tracks in Assam
• Belmont Stakes in New York
• World Cup: Day 2
  • England 1 - 0 Paraguay
  • Sweden 0 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago
  • Argentina 2 - 1 Cote d'Ivoire
• Prince Philp celebrates 85th birthday
• With new guidelines on passport photos, agencies say they are rejecting 10,000 applications per week
• Mahmoud Abbas sets a date on July 26th for a referendum recognising Israel
• Haiti's new PM Jacques-Edouard Alexis takes office
• Frankie Dettori rides 5 winners at combined odds of 779-1 at Goodwood
• 3 detainees at Guantanamo Bay hang themselves in suicide pact
• Thousands of gay rights activists hold a rally in Warsaw
• Brasil 1 seals victory after a tight finish to the eighth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race

10 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Police were called to which singer and presenters home in Buckinghamshire after three trees surrounding it were chopped down without her knowledge?
• Cilla Black's
• 2. What is the subtitle of the third “Fast and the Furious” films due out in 2006?
• Tokyo Drift
• 3. Which Blue Peter presenter is to leave the show later this month?
• Matt Baker
• 4. Which 8-times English national badminton champion has announced that she will retire after the World Championships in Madrid in September?
• Julia Mann
• 5. “The List:” A “weak” German side opened up with 4 goals yesterday, admittedly it was against Costa-Rica but let’s just hope they don’t sort out the defence. Who were the 4 scorers in yesterday’s match?
• Paolo Wanchope (2), Miroslav Klose (2), Philip Lahm and Torsten Frings

Topic of the Day: Religion

• 6. Published in 1830 which religion’s main spiritual work was known as the “Golden Bible”?
• Mormonism (accept The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
• 7. Although Christians draw the line at 10, and even then this is sometimes way too many, how many commandments or mitzvoth does the Torah traditionally contain?
• 613
• 8. According to the Book of Mark which woman, the mother of two apostles, was one of the three women at the foot of the cross?
• Saint Salome (of the apostles, James and John)
• 9. Where did the saints Maximilian Mary Kolbe and Edith Stein both die?
• Auschwitz
• 10. Who was the first Guru or “Spiritual Master” of the Sikh faith?
• Guru Nanak Dev

09

• American Nicole Castrale leads the LPGA Championship by two shots
• 18th World Cup Starts – Opening match Germany v Costa Rica (kick-off UK time 17.00)
• Al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urges Palestinians to reject referendum on a future state
• NICE say people with early stage breast cancer should be able to get the drug Herceptin
• World Cup: Day 1
  • Germany 4-2 Costa Rica (Miroslav Klose – 2, Philip Lahm and Torsten Frings)
  • Poland 0 – 2 Ecuador (Carlos Tenorio and Agustin Delgado )
• 40,000 England fans expected in Frankfurt for the first game tomorrow against Paraguay
• Tottenham reject a £10m bid for Michael Carrick by Man Utd
• Pete Doherty's lawyer confirms the singer is in a detox clinic in Portugal
• US says a series of raids conducted following the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has yielded a "treasure trove" of new information.
• Thailand celebrates 60th anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's succession to the throne
• Big Brother housemate chosen from "Golden Ticket" members of the public in a live draw
• Sam Brodie evicted from BB House
• India says it will give Nepal 10 billion rupees ($218m) in aid
• US says Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was alive when Iraqi police arrived at the scene of the air strike
• French Open semi-finals:
  • Roger Federer beats David Nalbandian
  • Rafael Nadal beats Ivan Ljubicic
• House of Fraser and Iceland's Baugur talk about possible £349m takeover
• Sven-Goran Eriksson says he may use Wayne Rooney in the World Cup group stages
• George Galloway disowns the idea of a police boycott by Muslims
• Jamal Abu Samhadana, a Palestinian militant dies in an Israeli raid on the Gaza strip
• Japan's Cabinet has given its backing to new legislation which would create a defence ministry for the first time
• G8 finance ministers meet in St Petersburg
• Tony Blair is meeting the Jacques Chirac in Paris
• Baghdad imposes a precautionary curfew after the death of Zarqawi

09 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which team did Shaquille O'Neal guide to the NBA finals for the first time in their franchise history?
• Miami Heat
• 2. Which Jamaican challenger did Nikolai Valuev stop in the third round to defend his WBA heavyweight title?
• Owen Beck
• 3. In which German city are England based for their group games?
• Baden-Baden
• 4. How wide is the meteor crater that scientists have found under the East Antarctic Ice-sheet, 3 miles, 30 miles, 300 miles, 3,000 miles or 30,000 miles?
• 3,000 miles
• 5. “The List:” Zadie Smith has won he Orange Prize for Fiction with “On Beauty”, for which two previous books was she nominated?
• “White Teeth” and “The Autograph Man”

Topic of the Day: History

• 6. Which derogatory term originally meant, simply, non-Greek or someone whose (first) language was not Greek?
• Barbarian
• 7. To within 5 years either way when were the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and the Fabian Society both founded?
• 1884
• 8. Jumonville Glen, Great Meadows (also called Fort Necessity) and Monongahela wer all battles in which war?
• Seven Years War
• 9. The arrest and trial of the smugglers Andrew Wilson, William Hall and George Robertson in Edinburgh sparked which riots in 1736?
• Porteous
• 10. On the 13th February 1692 which clan were massacred by the Campbells at Glencoe?
• MacDonalds

08

• Edinburgh Festival Fringe, approaches the start of its 60th year
• Adare Manor in county Limerick will be the venue for the Irish Open from 2007 to 2009.
• UK appoints envoy to build international partnerships and tackle climate change
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq is killed in a US air raid
• China has ordered cinemas to stop showing The Da Vinci Code
• Indonesian volcano Mount Merapi shows increased activity
• Swiss say they have foiled a plot to attack an Israeli El Al airliner
• Ugandan rebels the Lord's Resistance Army prepare for talks with Ugandan government
• Gerrard said to be only 50:50 for the game against Paraguay
• Lib Dems pledge to cut basic income tax rate by 2p
• Eriksson says Rooney is injury free
• French Open semi-finals:
  • Svetlana Kuznetsova beats Nicole Vaidisova
  • Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Kim Clijsters
• Schoolboy, Jamie Hoggan, found guilty of throwing petrol bombs at a council headquarters in Clackmannanshire
• UN nuclear watchdog says Iran slowed uranium enrichment in May but output has picked up since
• US envoy to the UN criticises comments made by Kofi Annan's deputy about US policy
• Plaque marking the site of Adolf Hitler’s bunker is unveiled in Berlin.
• Indian share prices fall again - this time by over by 4%
• French government launches an online game challenging taxpayers to balance the national budget
• Carolina Hurricanes beat Edmonton Oilers 5-0 to take a 2-0 series lead in the Stanley Cup
• FIFA says all of Europe's top leagues must be reduced to 18 clubs for the start of the 2007-08 season
• Bank of England keeps UK interest rates steady at 4.5% for the 10th month in a row
• David Bowie and Chris Martin sign up for the 2nd series of Ricky Gervais' Extras

08 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which mount of Kieren Fallon was put down after the Derby, a result of the uneven ground according to Fallon?
• Horatio Nelson
• 2. Which country’s government claims the credit as the country's birth rate reaches its highest level since 1992?
• Australia's
• 3. From which airport did the England squad fly out to Germany?
• Luton
• 4. The President of which country has called for for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages?
• USA
• 5. “The List:” Annika Sorenstam is aiming to win her 10th major this week, which are the only 4 woman to have achieved this to date?
• Patty Berg (15), Wright (13), Louise Suggs (11) and Babe Zaharias (10)

Topic of the Day: Entertainment

• 6. “I wonder If God Is A Woman” is a line from “Strength of a Woman” by which singer born Orville Richard Burrell?
• Shaggy
• 7. Which play by Mike Leigh deals with the divisions within a left-wing secular Jewish family when one of the younger members finds religion?
• Two Thousand Years
• 8. Which character’s voice is produced by a swazzle?
• Mr Punch (in Punch and Judy shows)
• 9. J-Wave and FM Haro are radio stations in which country?
• Japan
• 10. In which Muppet sketch did Miss Piggy, Link Hogthrob and Dr. Julius Strangepork regularly appear?
• “Pigs in Space”

07

• Middlesbrough have appointed Gareth Southgate as their new manager
• Rafael Nadal makes the French Open semi-final as opponent Novak Djokovic retires
• Hello! magazine is taking legal action to stop websites publishing a leaked picture of Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh
• Campaign under way in Shetland to fight deportation of a Thai man, Sakchai Makao, who has lived there for 13 years
• Hamas agrees to withdraw a controversial militia from the streets of Gaza.
• Construction work has begun in Serpa, southern Portugal on the world's largest solar power station
• Taiwan's opposition Nationalist party backs a move to try to force President Chen Shui-bian from office, in wake of a scandal involving his son-in-law
• Wayne Rooney undergoes metatarsal scan
• Last all-female college at Oxford University, St Hilda’s, votes to allow men
• Iraq releases 600 prisoners, the first group of a proposed 2,500 as part of a national reconciliation initiative
• Houses in Bradford are searched following arrest of a man under the Terrorism Act.
• The US Senate has blocked a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage
• NHS deficit reaches £512m
• Bank of England gets £73.6m in costs from liquidators of lender BCCI after 12-year legal battle.
• US rejects a Council of Europe report dealing with “Extraordinary Rendition”
• Ofcom says more households are watching TV on Freeview than on analogue sets for the first time
• Chinese authorities reportedly block Google's English-language site
• Djibril Cisse breaks his leg in a friendly against China and will miss the World Cup
• Former London Broncos winger Abi Ekoku is appointed as the new Great Britain team manager.
• Super Aguri bring in Sakon Yamamoto to replace Yuji Ide.
• Carolina Hurricanes beat Edmonton Oilers 5-4 in opening game of the Stanley Cup final

07 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. The EU has reimposed a ban on all poultry imported from which country because of the spread of bird-flu?
• Romania
• 2. Which horse held off Ouija Board to win the Group One Coronation Cup at Epsom?
• Shirocco
• 3. Which of his travel books did Michael Palin announce that he was to give to every school in the UK?
• Himalaya
• 4. Why is the USA to stream live webcam pictures of its border with Mexico?
• So that the public can spot illegal immigrants
• 5. “The List:” Mirroring Spinal Tap, The Grateful Dead have had 4 keyboard players that. Recently, Vince Welnick died at the age of 55, but can you name the previous three who died of, respectively, a gastrointestinal haemorrhage, a car accident and a drug overdose?
• Ron McKernan, Keith Godchaux and Brent Mydland

Topic of the Day: Firsts

• 6. Which first happened when someone said "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you”?
• 1st telephone call
• 7. In which year did a train first use the Transcontinental Railroad travelling from New York City to San Francisco?
• 1876
• 8. In 1000 AD who discovered Vinland, becoming the first known European to set foot in North America?
• Leif Ericson
• 9. In 1717 “The Loves of Mars and Venus” became the first what to be performed in England?
• Ballet
• 10. in 1949 who landed his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute?
• Captain James Gallagher

06

• Craig Logan of RCA Records denies rumours that they were behind the amateur concerts staged by Sandi Thom
• Royal College of GPs discussing the possibility of a voluntary star-scheme as an indicator of quality
• IBM announces plans to invest over £3bn in India over next three years
• France’s government relaxes its stance on the expulsion of the children of illegal immigrants from it schools
• In Chile student s clash with police in protests over education reforms
• John Howard announces a study into whether the country should develop nuclear power
• Wayne Rooney turns out for light training, prior to tomorrow’s scan
• President Abbas tells Hamas to accept a plan for statehood that recognises Israel
• Number of deaths in Baghdad in 2006 passes 6,000
• Bombay Stock Exchange,closes below the psychologically important 10,000 mark.
• Namibia announces 1st polio outbreak in over a decade
• World number two Kim Clijsters beats Martina Hingis to reach the semi-finals of the French Open.
• University lecturers accept a pay deal, bringing to an end a three-month boycott of exam marking.
• Chinese engineers demolish temporary cofferdam barrier behind the Three Gorges Dam
• Scientists recover DNA from Neanderthal living 100,000 years ago –oldest human-type DNA so far
• Japanese racer Jun Maeda dies from his injuries following a crash during last week's TT practice.
• 8x English national champion Julia Mann to retire after World Badminton Championships in Madrid
• Tatyana Lebedeva records best jump of the season with a leap of 15m in the women's triple jump
• Middlesbrough set to announce Gareth Southgate as their new manager.
• US Open Qualifying: - Michelle Wie misses out by 5 shots but Ian Poulter gets through
• Billy Preston, singer and musician best known for his work with The Beatles, dies aged 59.

06 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which team did Brazil beat 4-0 in a World Cup warm up game in June?
• New Zealand
• 2. Which London stockbroker was the 2nd person to be evicted from the Big Brother house?
• Sezer Yurtseven
• 3. Bobbins and Frank are the main characters in which BBC2 police comedy?
• Feel the Force
• 4. Which footballer has a (to say the least) odd body-popping goal celebration?
• Peter Crouch
• 5. “The List:” New Tricks finished on TV yesterday can you name the main 4 actors who head up the UCOS (Unsolved Crime and Open Case) Squad?
• Alun Armstrong, Amanda Redman, James Bolam and Dennis Waterman

Topic of the Day:

• 6. Which word comes from the Latin for knowledge?
• Science
• 7. Which Italian physicist lived from 1564 – 1642 and pioneered the use of experiment to test scientific theories?
• Galileo Galilei
• 8. Which word, usually applied to a star, e.g. our Sun, is the region where an object stops being transparent?
• Photosphere
• 9. What type of wind gets its name from the Greek for “going downhill”?
• Katabatic
• 10. Which two-word phrase from Aristotle was previously used to describe scientists?
• Natural Philosophers

05

• World Environment Day
• Peugeot staff vote against strike
• Armed supporters of Hamas have stormed a TV office in Gaza complaining of reporting bias
• Czechs in coalition struggle after an inconclusive election
• Australia calls for help in East Timor from Asian countries
• “Global Deserts Outlook” by the UN's Environment Programme says Deserts 'need better management'
• England squad fly out to Germany from Luton Airport
• Police in Manchester appeal for help to catch a masked gunman who shot two children in the street
• Peru re-elects ex-president Alan Garcia
• An Islamist militia says it has seized Somalia's capital, Mogadishu
• Gunmen kidnap 50 in Baghdad
• Doctors have carried out the UK's first successful beating-heart transplant
• Mustafa Salman al-Jubouri jailed for the murder of aid worker Margaret Hassan
• Marion Jones wins her 3rd consecutive comeback race in New York
• New Zealand rider Bruce Anstey claims 5th Isle of Man TT victory in the superstock race
• Channel 4 sets up an internet radio station
• Japan revokes major art prize from Yoshihiko Wada after it is revealed he copied works from the Italian artist, Alberto Sughi

05 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which tennis player was hugged by former Russian President Boris Yeltsin at the French Open?
• Myskina
• 2. Which horse was 2nd in the Derby at 66-1?
• Dragon Dancer
• 3. Wesley Sneijder is a doubt for the World Cup after going off injured in a 1-1 draw with Australia. Which country does he play for?
• Holland
• 4. Which Ford driver won the Rally of Greece?
• Marcus Gronholm
• 5. “The List:” Who scored the goals for England against Jamaica?
• Peter Crouch, Frank Lampard, Michael Owen, and Jermaine Taylor (OG)

Topic of the Day: Still general

• 6. Which car company make the Signum and the Vectra?
• Vauxhall
• 7. Of what foodstuff is samsoe a type?
• Cheese
• 8. Who in the Bible was the mother of Joseph and Benjamin?
• Rachel
• 9. Who was the captain of the Pequod in Moby Dick?
• Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck)
• 10. Of the three Edinburgh universities, the smallest is named after a famous mathematician. What is it called?
• Napier (after John Napier)

04

• Czech polls end, but the result is too close to call
• 2 prisoners escape in a helicopter from a high security jail in Athens.
• Tehran warns of fuel disruptions
• NATO pledges new tactics to win the support of Afghan people
• 8 Tamil Tiger rebels escape from a jail in Batticaloa
• The Muslim Council of Britain elects Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari as its new general secretary.
• London Assembly Tory leader Bob Neill beats "A-list" candidates to fight the Bromley by-election
• UK Charts:
  • Singles:
    • 1. Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker
    • 2. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
    • 3. Keane - Is It Any Wonder
    • 4. Infernal - From Paris To Berlin
    • 5. Pink - Who Knew
  • Album:
    • 1. Orson - Bright Idea
    • 2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
    • 3. Feeder - The Singles
    • 4. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
    • 5. Pink - I'm Not Dead
• MPs respond to criticisms after they were handed free World Cup tickets by fast food giant McDonald's.
• Ikea is to charge British shoppers 5p for every plastic bag they use, in an effort to encourage energy efficiency.
• Pakistan bans The Da Vinci as blasphemous
• Trent Bridge: Stump on day 3: Sri Lanka 286-7 leading England by 288.
• Sven-Goran Eriksson confirms Jermain Defoe will travel to Germany
• Voting ends in Peruvian elections
• Programme of land redistribution starts in Bolivia

04 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Which film actor is to play King Botan in the Heavenly Sword video game on the PS3?
• Andy Serkis
• 2. Who scored a hat trick against Jamaica?
• Peter Crouch
• 3. In the 2005/06 season how many of the 92 managers in the Football League were sacked?
• 40
• 4. Who is the defending British Superbike Champion?
• Gregoria Lavilla
• 5. “The List:” With Andriy Shevchenko signing for Chelsea name the top 5 transfers in British football.
• Andriy Shevchenko; AC Milan - Chelsea £30m, Rio Ferdinand: Leeds - Man Utd £30m, Juan Sebastian Veron: Lazio - Man Utd £28m, Wayne Rooney: Everton - Man Utd £27m, Michael Essien: Lyon - Chelsea £24.5m

Topic of the Day: Ramblings

• 6. “Beyond Black”, “A Place of Greater Safety” and “Giving Up the Ghost” are books by which author?
• Hilary Mantel
• 7. At which ground do St Helens play their home rugby?
• Knowesley Road
• 8. Which car company make the Imprezza?
• Subaru
• 9. Will Gregory is the lead keyboards and synthesizer player in which pop group?.
• Goldfrapp
• 10. Located in the South-East of the state, what is the second most populous city in Queensland?
• Gold Coast

03

• Chariot seeks new financial backing after disappointing lottery sales
• Go-ahead is given for 'pharmed' goat drug, Atryn
• Eight foreign oil workers have been kidnapped in southern Nigeria
• Third Test at Trent Bridge(day two, start of play):Sri Lanka 231 v England 53-2
• Chelsea sign Jon Obi Mikel for £16m from Lynn Oslo
• Appeal for end to unrest in East Timor is made by Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer
• England beat Jamaica 6-0
• Sir Percy wins the Epsom Derby
• Wayne Rooney said to be improving well
• UN conference on AIDS agrees a declaration designed to be a global blueprint for tackling the disease
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi releases a tape calling for Sunnis to attack Shias
• Tony Blair due to have a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI
• Canadian police arrest 10 people in an anti-terror operation in Toronto

03 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Against which player did Maria Sharapova save three match points in first round of the French Open?
• Mashona Washington
• 2. Which two players have been reappointed as captains for 2007 Presidents Cup?
• Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus
• 3. In Rugby Union Dawson scored for the Barbarians against Scotland, what is his first name?
• Kieron
• 4. To whom did Judge James Ryan say “You have no hope - you have no future, you will spend every day for the rest of your life locked in a cage “?
• John Allen Muhammad
• 5. “The List:” With Andriy Shevchenko signing for Chelsea name the top 5 transfers in football.
• Zinedine Zidane; Juventus - Real Madrid £44m, Luis Figo; Barcelona - Real Madrid £37m, Hernan Crespo; Parma - Lazio £35.5m, Gianluigi Buffon; Parma - Juventus £32.6m, Christian Vieri; Lazio - Inter £31m

Topic of the Day: General

• 6. “Up the Bracket”, was the 2002 debut album by which band?
• The Libertines
• 7. Who directed the film “Withnail and I”?
• Bruce Robinson
• 8. Which company started by a man with the first name Ferruccio started off making high quality tractors?
• Lamborghini
• 9. The first mention of which people in historical records was in cuneiform writings from the Sumerians (3,000 BCE) being commonly identified with the ancient kingdom of Corduene?
• Kurds
• 10. Coming from the Greek for half-wing which order of insects are sometimes called "true bugs"?
• Hemiptera

02

• Preston Manager Billy Davies moves to Derby
• Archiveus virus “ransomware” cracked
• The Rolling Stones will begin their European tour in July
• Russia's parliament votes to dismiss the country's prosecutor-general, Vladimir Ustinov
• Rooftop protest ends at HMP Featherstone.
• Sgt Santos Cardona, a US Army dog handler, is convicted of Abu Ghraib abuse
• 200,000 people gather for Maoist rally in Kathmandu
• The Sea Princess docks in Southampton,
• 9 killed by a mortar attack in Baghdad
• Alan Johnson expresses an interest in replacing John Prescott as Labour deputy leader
• Looting continues in East Timor
• Kenya says it will provide free AIDS drugs to its citizens
• London stockbroker Sezer Yurtseven is evicted from the Big Brother house
• Cyber attacks hit the website of the Swedish police a day after raids against BitTorrent site
• US to stream live webcam pictures of border with Mexico so the public can spot illegal immigrants
• EU reimposes a ban on all poultry imported from Romania
• A man shot in an armed police raid is questioned in hospital after his arrest under the Terrorism Act
• Company behind Monday seeks new financial backing after disappointing sales
• 3rd Test at Trent Bridge – Day 1: England 53-2 at stumps in reply to Sri Lanka's 231 all out
• Tony Blair holds talks with new Italian PM Romano Prodi, in Rome
• Australia's government claims the credit as the country's birth rate reaches its highest level since 1992

02 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who said that he believes that KGB agents may have tried to recruit him during his gap year?
• David Cameron
• 2. Which team did Wales beat 2 - 1 in a friendly?
• Trinidad & Tobago
• 3. Which singer received an honorary "Legend Award" at MTV's Japan Music Video Awards in Tokyo?
• Michael Jackson
• 4. In which European capital city were more than 70 people arrested after activists tried to hold the city's first gay rights rally, despite a ban on the event?
• Moscow
• 5. “The List:” Name the three England goal scorers in their win over Hungary?
• Steven Gerrard, John Terry and Peter Crouch

Topic of the Day: Jupiter

• 6. Which storm that has raged for over 300 years is larger than Earth and rotates anti-clockwise?
• The Great Red Spot
• 7. Which gas makes up most of the atmosphere of Jupiter?
• Hydrogen
• 8. Name the 4 Galilean moons?
• Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto
• 9. Which space probe flew past Jupiter in 1973?
• Pioneer 10
• 10. NASA is planning a mission to study Jupiter in detail from a polar orbit. What is the appropriate name for this spacecraft planned to launch by 2010?
• Juno

01

• Midland owner Alex Shnaider considers an offer from a Dutch consortium
• Valentino Rossi signs a new one-year deal at Yamaha ahead of the Italian MotoGP.
• Ministers to close loophole allowing suspected illegal immigrants to get National Insurance numbers
• Pregnant Iraqi woman in labour shot dead by US forces whilst being rushed to hospital
• Gary Neville misses training because of a hamstring injury
• More student riots in Chile
• German woman, Sabine Hilschenz, found guilty of the manslaughter of eight of her children
• Report into Yorkshire Ripper says he probably committed more attacks.
• New York Stock Exchange and Euronext set to announce a merger deal
• Explosion at chemical plant (Terra Nitrogen (UK) Limited) in Billingham, Teesside
• Institute of Alcohol Studies report. – Binge Drinking Countries – Days per year
  • Finland: 32
  • Ireland: 32
  • UK: 28
  • Belgium: 27
  • Denmark: 21
  • Germany: 21
  • France: 20
  • Netherlands: 18
  • Spain: 14
  • Greece: 12
  • Sweden: 10
• Geraint Roberts, a farmer in Wales, is mauled by a 47-stone pig
• US says it is to put all troops in Iraq through ethical training
• “Little Britain” star David Walliams is to attempt to swim Channel to raise money for Sport Relief
• Accountants Deloittes says Premiership wages fell for the first time last year
• London City Airport closed for several hours after unexploded World War II bomb found nearby
• FIFA to investigate Arsenal over claims of secret payments to control another football club.
• Frank Lampard retains penalty duties for England despite the miss against Hungary
• Tim Henman criticises French Open officials for scheduling of his match against Dmitry Tursunov

01 Quiz

In the News:

• 1. Who, the head of Tesco, saw his pay rise by 25% to close to £4m?
• Sir Terry Leahy
• 2. Which country with 5.7m has taken over from South Africa as the country with the most people infected by AIDS?
• India
• 3. Which Big Brother contestant left the show, saying he could not deal with the prospect of fame?
• George
• 4. Which Feyenoord striker has joined Chlesea on a three-year deal?
• Salomon Kalou
• 5. “The List:” Just goes to show, Marilyn Monroe would only have been 80 today, anyway can you name the three men that she married in her short life?
• James Dougherty, Joe DiMaggio, and Arthur Miller

Topic of the Day: General

• 6. Who was the last ruling monarch in the United States?
• Queen Liliuokalani (of Hawaii)
• 7. In Star Trek, what was thr first name of the character played by James Doohan?
• Montgomery (Scott)
• 8. Which member of the CoBrA art movement died in May 2006?
• Karel Appel
• 9. Which Japanese word for task force was a term used for their air squadrons in WWII, although now it is more commonly applied to a group of superheroes?
• Sentai
• 10. In 1972 who was the last boxer that Floyd Patterson fought professionally?
• Muhammad Ali

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