Quiz Diary - 2005-11

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30

• Martina Hingis says she will return to professional tennis next year, more than three years after retiring
• Day 2 of the final England v Pakistan test

30 Quiz

• 1. Which current film is based on the true story of a 1930s widow who turns the abandoned Windmill Theatre into London's most famous nude revue?
• Mrs Henderson Presents
• 2. Which “celebrity” psychic currently has a book about Ghost Hunting in the UK bestseller list?
• Derek Acorah
• 3. Who have said that they are to "marry" in a private ceremony with only their parents as witnesses?
• Sir Elton John and David Furnish
• 4. How old was the former Manchester United and Northern Ireland star George Best who died recently?
• 59
• 5. Bernie Ecclestone has said that he will sell his interest in Formula 1 racing to which private equity firm?
• CVC Capital
• 6. Andy Murray accused the Lawn Tennis Association of hampering his older brother’s tennis career. What is his name?
• Jamie
• 7. Which actor who played Mr Miyagi in “The Karate Kid” films has died aged 73?
• (Noriyuki) Pat Morita
• 8. Gordon Brown has been accused of trying to stop plans for pension reform as outlined in which report because he thinks they are unaffordable?
• The Turner Report
• 9. Which convicted liar and jailbird has once more rejoined the Conservative Party?
• Jeffrey Archer
• 10. “The List:” The 4th series of "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" has started, name the three previous winners of the show?
• Tony Blackburn, Phil Tufnell and Kerry Katona

29

• Final test against Pakistan in Lahore - day 1: England end the day 248-6, with Collingwood 71 not out
• Andy Murray accuses the Lawn Tennis Association of hampering older brother Jamie's tennis career
• Saddam Hussein's trial has heard its first witness testimony, from, Wadah Ismael al-Sheik, a now deceased former Iraqi intelligence officer on a pre-recorded video
• Heavy snowfall in Gloucestershire leaves hundreds of motorists trapped
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has generated an estimated $408m (£239m) at the worldwide box office after its second weekend in US cinemas
• Carling Cup matches:
  • Aston Villa's terrible season continues as they lose 3-0 to Doncaster Rovers
  • Arsenal beat Reading 3 - 0
  • Birmingham progress against Millwall after a 2-2 draw at full time
• A man is charged with the murder of WPC Sharon Beshenivsky
• David "the Duke " Dickinson has his "chips" as he's voted off "I'm a Celebrity..."
• Met Office warns of icy and dangerous roads
• Arab satellite TV al-Jazeera has aired a video showing four Western nationals taken hostage in Iraq (among them UK citizen Norman Kember aged 74)
• The X Factor copyright case is settled out of court
• Drummer Tony Meehan, a founding member of UK pop group The Shadows, dies aged 62

29 Quiz

• 1. The Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has reviewed the priority list for flu vaccinations and upgraded the figure from 11 million people to what number?
• 13.2 million
• 2. Who did Bernard Hopkins label a "fake champion" ahead of their 3 December re-match in Las Vegas?
• Jermain Taylor
• 3. The Turner report to be published next week deals with what?
• Pensions
• 4. Which former world rally champion will be making his debut in the Dakar rally next month, driving a Volkswagen Touareg?
• Carlos Sainz
• 5. ABC has announced that Alias will finish after 5 series, which character does Jennifer Garner play?
• Sydney Bristow
• 6. Which rising Finnish star is confirmed as Renault's test driver for 2007?
• Heikki Kovalainen
• 7. What is the name of the World leader in human cloning who quit after using his own researchers' eggs in his tests?
• Hwang Woo-suk
• 8. Which author has released the 12th in his “Wheel of Time” cycle of novels, “Knife of Dreams”?
• Robert Jordan
• 9. Which band who split in 1996 have reformed?
• Take That
• 10. “The List:” Name the 12 celebrities that have taken part in the new series of “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here”?
• Sid Owen, Carol Thatcher, David Dickinson, Jimmy Osmond, Sheree Murphy, Kimberley Davies, Antony Costa, Jilly Goolden, Jenny Frost, Tommy Cannon, Bobby Ball and Elaine Jordan

28

• Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson compared Wayne Rooney to Old Trafford legend George Best after his side's 2-1 win at West Ham
• Jilly Goolden voted off "I'm A Celebrity ..."
• Fifth one-day international, Mumbai - India 224-5 beat South Africa 221-6 by five wickets, levelling the series at 2-2
• Real Madrid and England star David Beckham opens his own football academy in Greenwich, London
• Lewis Moody is banned for nine weeks after his red card against Samoa
• Ronaldinho named European Footballer of the Year for the second successive year. A full list of nominations below:
  • Adriano
  • Michael Ballack
  • David Beckham
  • Gianluigi Buffon
  • Cafú
  • Ronaldo Cristiano
  • Deco
  • Didier Drogba
  • Michael Essien
  • Samuel Eto'o
  • Steven Gerrard
  • Thierry Henry
  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Kaká
  • Frank Lampard
  • Paolo Maldini
  • Pavel Nedved
  • Alessandro Nesta
  • Jay-Jay Okocha
  • Raúl
  • Juan Riquelme
  • Arjen Robben
  • Carlos Roberto
  • Robinho
  • Ronaldinho
  • Ronaldo
  • Wayne Rooney
  • Andriy Shevchenko
  • Nistelrooy van
  • Zinedine Zidane
• The trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and seven aides on murder and torture charges resumes in Baghdad after a six-week break
• Major climate change conference begins in Montreal
• Sir Paul McCartney has vowed never to perform in China over their methods of fur production
• Radio Sagarmatha closed by police in Nepal
• England spinner Ashley Giles is a doubt for the final Test match against Pakistan, because of a hip problem
• The conduct of Met chief Sir Ian Blair after the police shooting of a Brazilian man is to be investigated
• Opposition front-runner Manuel Zelaya claims victory in the Honduras presidential election.

28 Quiz

• 1. Which country was declared the top gaming nation at the World Cyber Games?
• USA
• 2. New licensing laws mean that 60,326 outlets can sell alcohol for longer, but of these how may pubs and clubs, are getting 24-hour licences?
• 359
• 3. Which Pakistan player blamed "a moment of madness" that led him to scuff the pitch in the second Test against England.?
• Shahid Afridi
• 4. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali has been convicted of plotting to kill whom?
• President George W Bush
• 5. Who has been confirmed as Germany's first woman chancellor?
• Angela Merkel
• 6. Which West Indies opener will miss the final Test against Australia after undergoing a heart procedure?
• Chris Gayle
• 7. Which two “Simons” are involved in a £100m legal action over the copying of the format of the programme Pop Idol?
• Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller
• 8. Which Australian has been criticised for not doing enough to promote golf Down Under by compatriot Mark Hensby?
• Greg Norman
• 9. What is British Athletics is the WCDP?
• World Class Development Programme
• 10. “The List:” Who were the three main hosts for the 2005 Children in Need telethon?
• Terry Wogan, Natasha Kaplinsky and Fearne Cotton

27

• Jamie Cullum has become an ambassador for the Samaritans
• Contestants on "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!" face first eviction
• Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he may have three more years at the helm
• Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is told she must stay under house arrest for another year
• Chechnya is electing its first parliament since Moscow regained control of the region in 1999
• UK Charts:
  • Singles:
    • 1. Madonna - Hung Up
    • 2. Westlife - You Raise Me Up
    • 3. Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
    • 4. Simon Webbe - No Worries
    • 5. Girls Aloud - Biology
  • Albums:
    • 1. Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor
    • 2. Will Young - Keep On
    • 3. Take That - Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection
    • 4. Robbie Williams - Intensive Care
    • 5. Westlife - Face To Face
• Gabon holds a presidential election
• Honduras holds presidential election - incumbent - Maduro
• Police hunting killers of Sharon Beshenivsky arrest a 19-year-old man

27 Quiz

• 1. As Britain embraces 24-hour drinking which country has launched an ad campaign aiming to show the EU that its restrictive alcohol policies have health benefits?
• Sweden
• 2. What If I Had Never Tried It: The Autobography is by which sportsman?
• Valentino Rossi
• 3. Which Chinese city, home to 3 million people, faced 4 days without water amid fears of a chemical leak at the nearby Jilin plant?
• Harbin
• 4. Which Detroit Red Wings defenceman suffered a seizure and collapsed during a game against Nashville?
• Jiri Fischer
• 5. Which hotel group has sold 15 UK hotels for £382.4m ($654m) to Managed Hotels Unit Trust?
• Hilton Group
• 6. Which singer stars in the new Stephen Frear’s film Mrs Henderson Presents?
• Will Young
• 7. Whose “Poems Without Titles” from his time at the University of Minnesota in 1959-60, were sold in a New York auction for $78,000?
• Bob Dylan
• 8. Which former Wimbledon champion is included in Croatia's squad for the Davis Cup final against Slovakia?
• Goran Ivanisevic
• 9. Which TV show won an International Emmy Award for best non-scripted entertainment?
• Top Gear
• 10. “The List:” Recently La Blanchisseuse by Toulouse-Lautrec was sold for £12.6m, this puts him among the 5 most expensive painters ever sold. Name the top 4?
• Pablo Picasso, Peter Paul Rubens, Vincent Van Gogh, and Pierre August Renoir

26

• British gymnast Beth Tweddle wins bronze in the uneven bars final at the World Championships
• A 5.7 earthquake hits city of Ruichang in Jiangxi province
• Richard Burns, 2001 world rally champion, has died at the age of 34
• Tributes pour in for "Best the legend" and a minutes silence is declared before this weekend’s games
• Jimmy Osmond's bear Hummy causes trouble in "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here"
• IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton knocks out WBA holder Carlos Maussa
• The former Chad President Hissene Habre is released from detention in Senegal
• Hundreds of people return home after spending the night stranded by blizzards and ice
• The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa is said to have become the first probe to collect samples from the surface of an asteroid.
• Ukrainian President Yushchenko calls on World to recognise 1930s Great Famine as Soviet genocide
• “America's Army”, a popular computer game, is being increasingly used as a training tool by military
• Rugby League - Australia 0-24 New Zealand - to claim the Tri-Nations title in Leeds
• International Rugby Union:
  • Wales 24-22 Australia (not a good year for the Aussies then)
  • New Zealand complete the 'grand slam' over the home nations with a 29-10 victory over Scotland
  • England 40 -3 Samoa
• President Musaveni says his rival's arrest is a matter of counter terrorism
• The 2008 World Cup in Australasia will feature 10 nations with Australia, New Zealand, England, France and Papua New Guinea expected to receive direct entry.
• Former President Rafsanjani welcomes IAEA's decision not to refer Iran to the UN Security Council
• Jeffrey Archer reported to have rejoined the Conservative Party.
• Mountaineer Graham Hoyland aims to test clothing used in Mallory and Irvine's 1924 Everest climb
• A poor beam performance costs Britain's Beth Tweddle a bronze medal at the World Championships.
• Tour of Spain champion Roberto Heras faces 2-year ban after Spanish laboratory confirm EPO use

26 Quiz

• 1. David Nalbandian beat Roger Federer to win the Shanghai Master final, but which pair won the doubles, beating Paes and Zimonjic?
• Llodra and Santoro
• 2. Which World leader denied that he had Parkinson's disease in a marathon 5-hour speech?
• Fidel Castro
• 3. As part of his week-long Asian tour George Bush became the first US president to visit which country?
• Mongolia
• 4. How much did Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire take in its first 3 days of release in the UK, a new record?
• £14.9m
• 5. Ahead of next year’s super middleweight unification bout who has called Joe Calzaghe a slapper, despite the fact that Calzaghe has stopped 31 of his 40 opponents in an undefeated, 12-year career?
• Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy
• 6. Large deposits of which mineral have been found in Zimbabwe according to a statement by President Robert Mugabe?
• Uranium
• 7. Which German skier, the 1998 Olympic slalom champion, has retired after undergoing knee surgery following a serious training accident?
• Hilde Gerg
• 8. Who was taken to hospital after collapsing on the set of “I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!”?
• Elaine Lordan
• 9. The Director of the CIA recently said that they do not torture people, who is he?
• Porter Goss
• 10. “The List:” The longlist for the best animated feature film Oscar has been announced, how many of the 10 nominations can you name?
• Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Valiant, Chicken Little, Robots, Corpse Bride, Gulliver's Travel, Hoodwinked, Howl's Moving Castle, Madagascar and Steamboy.

25

• Ask The Family described by one critic as TV "made by morons for morons" is criticised by Dick and Dom the people who presented it
• Sir Elton John and David Furnish are to "marry" in a private ceremony with only their parents as witnesses
• The comedy legends that are Cannon and Ball join "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here"
• Police say Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges
• MP Francois Grosdidier publicly accuses rappers of fuelling the country's recent riots with their songs
• Journal Science says that the current levels of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere are higher now than at any time in the last 650,000 years
• Former Manchester United and Northern Ireland star George Best dies in hospital at the age of 59
• Motor racing supremo Bernie Ecclestone is to sell his interest in Formula One racing to private equity firm CVC Capital
• Noriyuki Pat Morita, Mr Miyagi in The Karate Kid, dies aged 73
• Gordon Brown accused of trying to stop plans for pension reform outlined in the Turner Report because he thinks they are unaffordable
• The Canadian PM, Paul Martin, unveils a C$5bn (£2.4bn) programme to fight poverty in native communities, at the end of a two-day summit
• Jiten Manjhi, a minister in the Bihar state is dropped after 12 hours
• Chinese media reveal extent of the toxic leak threatening water supplies along the Songhua river.
• Russell Crowe says his telephone throwing incident was blown out of proportion by the media
• Take That reform - 10 years after they split.
• Henrietta Knight and jockey Timmy Murphy overturn punishments handed out under the "non-trier" rule for their horse Harringay finishing 5th at Towcester
• Hiroyuki Tomita becomes the 1st Japanese gymnastic to win all-round World Championship gold for 31 years.

25 Quiz

• 1. Egypt arrested hundreds of members of which banned party as voters elected a second batch of legislators?
• The Muslim Brotherhood
• 2. According to government estimates how much has the collapse of the Rover car company in Birmingham cost the taxpayer?
• Over £231m
• 3. Of which reporter who died recently aged 77 did James Naughtie say “No one will ever forget that voice”?
• John Timpson
• 4. In the second test in Hobart recently who scored a 113 for the West Indies against Australia?
• Dwayne Bravo
• 5. Which singer ha been allowed to leave a live-in drug rehabilitation centre after spending 4 months there under a court order?
• Courtney Love
• 6. Which snooker player lost his place in the final stages of the China Open after missing his final qualifying match against Ricky Walden in Prestatyn?
• Steve Davis
• 7. Madonna has both the number one single and album in the UKK charts. The single is Hung Up but what is the album called?
• Confessions On A Dance Floor
• 8. Which horse gave trainer Henrietta Knight and owner Jim Lewis their sixth win in the Peterborough Chase?
• Impek
• 9. The Celtic chairman Brian Quinn said who would have to accept a substantial cut in wages if he wanted to join them?
• Roy Keane
• 10. “The List:” Robbie Williams has just topped a poll for Channel 4’s “The Biggest Selling Artists of the 21st Century in the UK”, which were the other 9 acts in the top ten?
• Coldplay, Dido, Eminem, Westlife, Norah Jones, Blue, Anastasia, The Stereophonics and Oasis

24

• Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has dismissed his entire cabinet and deputy ministers after voters rejected a draft constitution in a referendum
• Widespread shortages of the Xbox 360 mar the global launch
• Pakistan 462 & 268-9 dec drew with England 446 & 164-6
• Manchester United rule out renaimng Old Trafford as part of a sponsorship deal, after Vodafone end their partnership with the club
• Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is taken to a military court
• Nationwide police alert issued for 2 men wanted in the killing of WPC Sharon Beshenivsky
• PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Hawaii - Woods wins by 7
  • -13 T Woods (US)
  • -6 P Mickelson (US)
  • -1 M Campbell (NZ)
  • Level V Singh (Fij)
• Doctors say George Best is unlikely to last another day
• Portsmouth sack manager Alain Perrin
• International Rugby Board Awards:
  • Player of the year - Dan Carter
  • Team - New Zealand
  • Newcomer - Bryan Habana
  • Merit award - George Gregan
• Gordon Brown believes pensions proposals in the Turner Report are unaffordable
• Angela Merkel arrives in the UK to discuss the EU budget with Tony Blair
• World leader in human cloning, Hwang Woo-suk, quits after using his own researchers' eggs
• London Premiere of “Mrs Henderson Presents”
  • Director: Stephen Frears
  • Laura Henderson: Dame Judi Dench
  • Vivian Van Damm: Bob Hoskins
  • Bertie: Will Young
  • Tag line: The show must go on but the clothes must come off
• Broadcast magazine's Hot 100 list (Top 10)
  • 1 David Tennant
  • 2 Jamie Oliver
  • 3 Catherine Tate
  • 4 Bill Oddie
  • 5 Ant and Dec
  • 6 Paul O'Grady
  • 7 Julia Davis
  • 8 Richard Hammond
  • 9 David Mitchell, Robert Webb
  • 10 Hardeep Singh Kohli
• Next year's Dakar Rally will start in Portugal
• ABC says that Alias, starring Jennifer Garner, is to end for good in May after five series
• Japan says that the Hayabusa space probe landed successfully on its asteroid target
• Rising Finnish star Heikki Kovalainen is confirmed as Renault's test driver for 2007

24 Quiz

• 1. In which country did the WGC-World Cup take place?
• Portugal
• 2. In the recent Children in Need telethon who showed up for a showdown with Peggy Mithcell in the Old Vic?
• Catherine Tate as “Am I Bovvered” Lauren
• 3. Mahinda Rajapakse has taken office as the new President in which country?
• Sri Lanka
• 4. Which country secured the Rugby League European Nations Cup title with a 38-16 over Wales?
• France
• 5. Which two men met recently and gave different accounts over the direct control of the disbanded secret police, the Dina?
• Augusto Pinochet and Manuel Contreras
• 6. In the final of the Shanghai Masters who finally beat Roger Federer to end a run of 35 games unbeaten?
• David Nalbandian
• 7. After holding interest rates at 2% for 5 years which president of the European Central Bank (ECB), has hinted that interest rates could rise soon?
• Jean-Claude Trichet
• 8. Who said to the Queen "Are you disrespecting me?" at the 77th Royal Variety Performance?
• Catherine Tate (again)
• 9. Scientists at MIT have said that their design for an efficient LED mirrors that used by of which insect for 30 million years?
• Butterfly (specifically a Swallowtail)
• 10. “The List:” Which were the 5 top Internet Browsers in use in the UK ina recent industry poll:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Netscape

23

• Middlesbrough's Abel Xavier is given an 18-month ban for failing a drugs test
• Chile's ex-military ruler Augusto Pinochet is placed under house arrest and charged with tax evasion
• Champions League:
  • Anderlecht 0 - 2 Chelsea
  • FC Porto 1 - 1 Rangers
  • Fenerbahce 0 - 4 AC Milan
  • Inter Milan 4 - 0 Artmedia Bratislava
  • Liverpool 0 - 0 Real Betis
  • Real Madrid 1 - 1 Lyon
  • Rosenborg 1 - 1 Olympiacos
  • Schalke 04 3 - 0 PSV
• 2nd test -day 4 - Faisalabad - Pakistan 462 & 116-3 v England 446
• Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi says sorry for damaging the pitch in the second Test against England
• 2005 American Music Awards
  • Pop / Rock
    • Favorite Male Artist: Will Smith
    • Favorite Female Artist: Gwen Stefani
    • Favorite Band, Duo Or Group: The Black Eyed Peas
    • Favorite Album: American Idiot (Green Day)
  • Soul / Rhythm & Blues
    • Favorite Male Artist: R. Kelly
    • Favorite Female Artist: Mariah Carey
    • Favorite Band, Duo Or Group: Destiny's Child
    • Favorite Album: Destiny Fulfilled (Destiny's Child)
  • Country
    • Favorite Male Artist: Tim Mcgraw
    • Favorite Female Artist: Gretchen Wilson
    • Favorite Band, Duo Or Group: Brooks & Dunn
    • Favorite Album: Live Like You Were Dying (Tim Mcgraw)
  • Rap / Hip-Hop
    • Favorite Male Artist: Eminem
    • Favorite Female Artist: Missy Elliot
    • Favorite Band, Duo Or Group: The Black Eyed Peas
    • Favorite Album: The Massacre (50 Cent)
  • Adult Contemporary
    • Favorite Artist: Kelly Clarkson
  • Latin Music
    • Favorite Artist Shakira
  • Alternative Music
    • Favorite Artist Coldplay
  • Contemporary Inspirational
    • Favorite Artist: Mary Mary
  • Breakthrough
    • Favorite New Artist (All Genres): Sugarland
• New licensing laws mean that 60,326 outlets can sell alcohol for longer, but only 1,121, including 359 pubs and clubs, are getting 24-hour licences.
• Ahmed Omar Abu Ali convicted of plotting to kill President George W Bush
• Nigerian Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who skipped bail in the UK and dressed as a woman to get home is impeached
• Hugo Chavez of Venezuela agrees deal to provide cheap heating fuel to low-income Americans
• Goran Ivanisevic included in Croatia's squad for the Davis Cup final against Slovakia.
• Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are to visit survivors of the Pakistan earthquake
• British Gas criticised for adverts reminding customers that rival EDF Energy is French-owned
• Simon Cowell faces £100m legal action after claim by Simon Fuller that he copied the Pop Idol format
• Shahid Afridi says sorry for damaging the pitch in the second Test against England.
• Tiger Woods leads by three after the first round of the PGA Grand Slam for the year's major winners
• West Indies opener Chris Gayle to miss final Test against Australia after undergoing heart procedure
• Australian Mark Hensby says Greg Norman is not doing enough to help golf in his home country.
• Teenage prodigy Michelle Wie has set her sights on victory at this week's Casio World Open in Japan.
• 80 athletes named on England's world-class development programme
• Irish jockey Paul Carberry pleads not guilty to breaching the peace on a flight to Dublin from Spain
• Nick Skelton's Arko III is honoured by the British Horse Society with a place in its Hall of Fame

23 Quiz

• 1. The All Black s have made 13 changes for the game against Scotland, who are the only two players to keep their places?
• Captain Tana Umaga and lock Chris Jack
• 2. Which Latvian recently won the Women’s New York Marathon?
• Jelena Prokopcuka
• 3. Which country said that a chance to expand rugby union was missed by giving the 2011 World Cup to New Zealand?
• Japan
• 4., Who has his birthday honoured in China for the first time since his death sparked the Tiananmen protests of 1989?
• Hu Yaobang
• 5. Roy Keane has announced that he is leaving Manchester United. In his career to-date how many times has he been sent off (in all games played)?
• 13
• 6. In the new Harry Potter film who plays the Defence Agaainst the Dark Arts teacher, Alastor “MadEye” Moody?
• Brendan Gleeson
• 7. Who are to be BAR Honda’s main two drivers in the 2006 F1 season?
• Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button
• 8. Liberty X recently opened the seven-hour Children in Need programme with the official BBC single, what is it called?
• A Night to Remember
• 9. Which Zimbabwean reality TV contestant has won her battle to stay in the UK as a refugee?
• Makosi Musambasi (from Big Brother)
• 10. “The List:” Coca-Cola is replacing three of its drinks with two alternatives name the five drinks involved?
• Vanilla Coke, Vanilla Diet Coke and Diet Coke With Lemon (OUT), Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke and Black Cherry Vanilla Coke (IN)

22

• Seasonal flu vaccines are running low, officials warn - probably because of public fears over bird flu
• German parliament swaers in Christian Democrats, Angela Merkel, as the country's new chancellor
• Argentine abd Venzuelan Presidents Nestor Kirchner and Hugo Chavez hold unity talks
• Gillette Golden Boot awarded to Australian full-back Anthony Minichiello
• Unions in France begin a strike on the country's rail network
• 2nd test - day 3 - Pakistan 462 v England 391-7 at stumps
• Steve McClaren signs a new deal with the club keeping him at Middlesbrough until 2009
• Pakistan complain to cricket's authorities after Inzamam-ul-Haq's controversial run-out in the second Test against England
• All Blacks change 13 for Scotland match this weekend
• Crowds of Ukrainians gather in Kiev to mark first anniversary of the Orange Revolution
• Champions League Results:
  • Ajax 2 - 1 Sparta Prague
  • Barcelona 3 - 1 Werder Bremen
  • Bayern Munich 4 - 0 Rapid Vienna
  • FC Thun 0 - 1 Arsenal
  • Juventus 1 - 0 Club Brugge
  • Lille 0 - 0 Benfica
  • Man Utd 0 - 0 Villarreal
  • Panathinaikos 1 - 2 Udinese
• Gary Glitter denies accusations of having underage sex with two girls, say Vietnam police.
• Sweden launches an ad campaign aiming to show the EU that its restrictive alcohol policies have health benefits
• Hilton Group sells 15 UK hotels for £382.4m ($654m) to Managed Hotels Unit Trust
• Lib Dems say state pension age should rise to 67 to help pay for major reforms
• Kenyans have voted against a new constitution in a blow to the president
• Poems written by Bob Dylan, from his university days, sell at auction in New York for $78,000
• Angela Merkel is confirmed as Germany's first woman chancellor
• Argentine and Venzuelan Presidents Nestor Kirchner and Hugo Chavez hold unity talks
• International Emmy Awards:
  • Arts programming - Holocaust: A Musical Memorial Film from Auschwitz
  • Best performance by an actor - Thierry Fremont, Dans La Tete Du Tueur
  • Best performance by an actress - He Lin, Slave Mother
  • Children and Young People - Dark Oracle
  • Comedy - The Newsroom
  • Documentary - The Drama of Dresden
  • Drama series - The Eagle
  • Non-Scripted Entertainment - Top Gear
  • TV Movie/Mini-Series - Young Andersen
  • Directorate Award - ITV
  • Founders Award - Oprah Winfrey
• World Cyber Games.
  • Counter-Strike: Source - USA
  • Warcraft III: Frozen Throne - S Korea
  • Starcraft: Brood War - S Korea
  • Halo 2 (Xbox) - USA
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Kyung Hyun Ryoo (S Korea)
  • Dead or Alive: Ultimate (Xbox) - Tomoyuki Inui (Japan)
  • Fifa Football 2005 - Dennis Schellhase (Germany)
  • Need for Speed: Underground 2 - Giovani Magri (Brazil)
  • Overall winner USA, Briton 18th
• 2005 Gillette Awards:
  • Golden Boot - Anthony Minichiello
  • International forward of the year - Stuart Fielden
  • International back of the year – Anthony Minichiello
  • Newcomer-of-the-year – Manu Vatuvei
  • Coach of the year - Wayne Bennett
  • Referee of the year - Tim Mander
  • Developing nations award - Djamel Fakir
• 2002 Grand National winner Bindaree decides to go for one more Welsh and English National
• Britain's reigning Olympic three-day eventing champion Leslie Law is to relocate to America.
• Detroit Red Wings defenceman Jiri Fischer suffers a seizure and collapses during Nashville game

22 Quiz

• 1. Which country recently found that its population was 8-10% Muslim and not 1% as previously believed?
• Burundi
• 2. Which Walsall fighter did Amir Khan beat in Glasgow after 49 seconds of the 3rd round in his 3rd professional fight?
• Steve Gethin
• 3. How many people recently took part in the 2005 New York Marathon?
• 36,995
• 4. New Zealand won the vote to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup which two countires did they beat?
• Japan and South Africa
• 5. Who rallied from a set down to beat compatriot Mary Pierce 5-7 7-6 6-4 in the WTA Championships final?
• Amelie Mauresmo
• 6. Who has topped a TV chart of the best-selling album acts in the current millennium with 6.3m sales?
• Robbie Williams
• 7. Which Welsh coach promised to redouble his efforts after the 41-3 hammering recently by New Zealand?
• Mike Ruddock
• 8. Known as Black Tiger II and "Latino Heat" amongst others, which WWF wrestler whose mantra was "Cheat to Win" died on November 13, 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota?
• Eddie Guerrero (Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes)
• 9. Shares in which company rose above $400 for the first time, just 15 months after the firm's $85 a share flotation?
• Google
• 10. “The List:” Which 5 teams qualified for the World Cup through the play off route recently?
• Australia, Czech Republic, Spain, Switzerland and Trinidad & Tobago

21

• British driver Andy Priaulx clinches 2005 World Touring Car Championship after a pair of second-places in Macau
• George Best still critical in hospital
• George Bush pays a 4-hour visit to Mongolia, on the last leg of a week-long tour of Asia
• President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe have found uranium deposits and will use them for power
• Alexandre Premat wins both races in Malaysian round of A1 GP Championship to put France in lead
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire takes £14.9m in its first 3 days in the UK
• Jeff Lacy calls Joe Calzaghe a slapper ahead of next year’s super middleweight unification bout
• Germany's Hilde Gerg, the 1998 Olympic slalom champion, retires after undergoing knee surgery following a serious training accident
• New Midland F1 team will race under a Russian flag next season.
• 77th Royal Variety Performance at the Wales Millennium Centre,
  • Presenters:
    • Michael Parkinson
    • Sharon Osbourne
  • Performances by:
    • Charlotte Church
    • McFly
    • Bryn Terfel
    • Katherine Jenkins
    • Will Young
    • Sir Cliff Richard
    • Catherine Tate
    • Joe Pasquale
    • Shirley Bassey
    • Alan Carr
    • Blueman Group
    • The Skating Willers
    • Andrea Bocelli
    • Nicola Benedetti
    • Andre Portasio
    • Umbilical Brothers
    • Cast of Guys & Dolls
    • Caesar Twins
    • Il Divo
• Two girls, one aged 12, have told authorities that they had sex with former rock star Gary Glitter at his home in Vietnam
• 2nd test day 2 - Pakistan all out for 462 (Inzamam-ul-Haq top-scored with 109)
• Director Porter Goss says the CIA do not torture people
• 25 year anniversary of "Who Shot JR" in Dallas
• Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has asked President Moshe Katsav to call an early general election
• Actress Elaine Lordan is taken to hospital after collapsing on the set of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
• Spain puts 56 alleged Eta activists on trial in Madrid
• Christina Aguilera marries boyfriend and music executive Jordan Bratman in a ceremony in California.
• Tottenham boss Martin Jol says he was upset with West Ham fans chants aimed at Egyptian striker Mido in yesterday's 1-1 draw
• Lennox Lewis rules out any chance of a Klitschko rematch
• Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has had a museum and cultural centre opened in his honour in Louisville, Kentucky.

21 Quiz

• 1. Who was the only absentee from the top 30 on the US money list to take part in the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta?
• Phil Mickelson
• 2. Post-war Burundi declared which Muslim festival a public holiday for the 1st time?
• Eid al-Fitr
• 3. Which ex-Bayern Munich boss claimed he was offered the job as Hearts manager, but turned it down?
• Ottmar Hitzfeld
• 4. Which Colombian rocker won three Latin Grammy awards recently?
• Juanes
• 5. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has postponed the purchase of which plane that in recorded dogfights with other aircraft has defeated its opponents 70 times without a single loss?
• F-16
• 6. The wife of EastEnders star Ross Kemp dismissed an alleged assault on her husband as "a silly row" recently. Who is she?
• Rebekkah Wade
• 7. Microsoft has agreed to put how many books in the British Library are online in 2006?
• 100,000
• 8. Mark Viuka scored twice as Middlesbrough beat which side 3-0 in the UEFA Cup?
• Dnipro
• 9. In the controversial play about Princess Margaret “The Queen’s Sister” who plays Princess Margaret?
• Lucy Coku
• 10. “The List:” Four teams on the grid for the 2005 season have applied to change their names for next season. Who are they?
• BAR, Sauber, Jordan and Minardi

20

• Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni confirms he will stand for re-election
• Conservative leadership rivals David Davis and David Cameron accuse each other of opportunism
• Japanese space agency say Hayabusa probe got to within 17 metres (56ft) of asteroid target before contact was lost
• Scotland 18-11 Samoa at Murrayfield
• Shanghai Master – Finals:
  • Singles - D Nalbandian (ARG) beat R Federer (SUI) 6-7(4) 6-7(11) 6-2 6-1 7-6(3)
  • Doubles - Llodra/Santoro beat Paes/Zimonjic 6-7(6) 6-3 7-6(4)
• Gary Glitter arrested by Vietnamese police in connection with alleged child sex offences
• BBC criticises quality of TB vaccines produced by Powderject, firm linked to Lord Drayson
• Iran gives documents on nuclear bomb technology to United Nations inspectors it says it received from Pakistani scientist AQ Khan.
• Government says the collapse of Rover has cost the UK an estimated £231m, so far
• Courtney Love allowed to leave a live-in drug rehabilitation centre after spending 4 months there
• Steve Davis loses his place in the final stages of the China Open after missing his qualifying match.
• Racing at Windsor abandoned due to frosty conditions
• Impek gives trainer Henrietta Knight and owner Jim Lewis their sixth win in the Peterborough Chase
• George Best remains unconscious in intensive care
• Former Bayern Munich boss Ottmar Hitzfeld says Manchester United have offered him a position
• 6 people arrested in London over shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky
• Thousands of people have attended a Mass at the burial site of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco to mark the 30th anniversary of his death
• 2nd Test - Faisalabad, Day 1: Pakistan 300-4 at stumps
• Germany to hold a series of events marking 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials
• UK Charts:
  • Singles:
    • 1. Madonna - Hung Up
    • 2. Westlife - You Raise Me Up
    • 3. Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
    • 4. Girls Aloud - Biology
    • 5. Will Young - Switch It On
  • Albums:
    • 1. Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor
    • 2. Take That - Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection
    • 3. Westlife - Face To Face
    • 4. Robbie Williams - Intensive Care
    • 5. Il Divo - Ancora
• Dalai Lama visits Northern Ireland reconciliation centre, Corrymeela Centre in Ballycastle
• Celtic chairman Brian Quinn says Roy Keane will have to accept a substantial cut in wages if he wants to join them
• David Nalbandian beats Roger Federer in the Masters Cup final - 6-7 6-7 6-2 6-1 7-6, ending a 35 game winning streak
• The Welsh pairing of Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd win the WGC-World Cup after the final round was abandoned due to bad weather (England and Sweden joint second)
• New series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here starts with 10 contestants
  • Sid Owen
  • Carol Thatcher
  • David Dickinson
  • Jimmy Osmond
  • Sheree Murphy
  • Kimberley Davies
  • Antony Costa
  • Jilly Goolden
  • Jenny Frost
  • Elaine Lordan

20 Quiz

• 1. Which boxer has said that Danny Williams is a failure and has vowed to finish his career when they meet at London's ExCel Centre on 10 December?
• Audley Harrison
• 2. Who were the most well known couple to have a drink at The Old Western Hotel recently where one had a pint of Boot Hammer ale while the other drank half a pint of IPA?
• Prince Charles and Camilla
• 3. Best Mate completed 21 races before being pulled up in the Exeter Haldon Gold Cup and collapsing. How many times was he out of the first two places?
• None (14 1st and 7 2nd’s)
• 4. Who recently “mooned” the crowd at a ceremony to induct Rock Bands into the UK Music Hall of Fame?
• Ozzy Osborne
• 5. New research has shown that London's Millennium Bridge would have wobbled with as few as how many people walking in time?
• 160
• 6. Which pair in the World Golf Championship have the same surname?
• Anders Hansen/Soren Hansen of Denmark
• 7. John Toshack said: "That was the worst international performance that I have ever witnessed” after seeing Wales lose to which giant of the footballing World?
• Cyprus
• 8. Who said in tapes recently released of his compulsion to kill "It was like a train, a runaway train, there was no stopping it,"?
• Mark Chapman (on the murder of John Lennon)
• 9. As the Swiss players left the pitch after beating Turkey in the World Cup qualifier they were subjected to a hail of objects thrown by the crowd. Which Swiss defender was subsequently taken to hospital?
• Stephane Grichting
• 10. “The List:” Executions in the USA fell I 2004 with only 12 states executing 59 people. Can you name these states?
• Texas: 23, Ohio: 7, Oklahoma: 6, Virginia: 5, North Carolina: 4, South Carolina: 4, Alabama: 2, Florida: 2, Georgia: 2, Nevada: 2, Arkansas: 1, Maryland: 1

19

• WPC Sharon Beshenivsky is shot dead during an armed robbery at a travel agency in Bradford
• Gillette Tri-Nations Series - Australia 26-14 England
• Final of Shanghai Masters
• Round 2 of WGC-World Cup in Portugal
• Rugby Union Internationals
  • England lose 23-19 to New Zealand
  • Australia beat Ireland 30-14 at Landsdown Road
• Celtic moved three points clear at the top of the SPL after beating Rangers 3-0
• Bush visits China
• Writer and broadcaster John Timpson dies aged 77
• Children in Need raises £17.2m on the night of the telethon
• Mahinda Rajapakse, Sri Lanka's new president takes office
• Round 2 of WGC-World Cup in Portugal
• Shanghai Masters Singles – Semifinals
  • R Federer (SUI) beat G Gaudio (ARG) 6-0 6-0
  • D Nalbandian (ARG) beat N Davydenko (RUS) 6-0 7-5
• 15 failed Iraqi asylum seekers sent back home, despite protests that the country is not yet safe.
• Chile's General Pinochet meets his jailed ex-secret police chief Manuel Conreras over the disappearance of dissidents 30 years ago.
• UK historian David Irving held in Austria on suspicion of Holocaust denial
• Prince Albert II of Monaco formally enthroned
• European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet hints at a readiness to raise interest rates
• US civil jury finds actor Robert Blake liable for his wife's 2001 killing and orders him to pay $30m
• Russell Crowe pleads guilty to assaulting a hotel clerk by throwing a telephone at him in New York
• Torri Edwards looks for World Indoor Championships comeback after return from drugs ban

19 Quiz

• 1. The Pakistan captain said he was delighted to secure a victory for his devoted home town followers in Multan. Who is he?
• Inzamam-ul-Haq
• 2. Col Barry Venable, a Pentagon spokesman has admitted using which “incendiary weapon” in the battle for the Iraqi town of Fallujah?
• White phosphorus
• 3. Greg Rusedski's bid to finish the year as British number one ended when he was knocked out in the first round of a Challenger event in the Ukraine. Which Russian beat him?
• Igor Kunitsyn
• 4. Which retailer has blamed the “poor products” on the shelves of British Home Stores for a slide in profits?
• Philip Green
• 5. Which 10 times champion jockey rode his 100th winner of the season with Millenaire at Folkestone?
• Tony McCoy
• 6. Nick Horny has been shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize for which novel?
• A Long Way Down
• 7. A controversial late penalty saw England Under-21s lose 3-2 on aggregate to which team in the European Championship qualifier?
• France
• 8. A £30m funding package aimed at promoting renewable electricity sources and reducing carbon emissions has been unveiled by the energy minister. The extra funding, will go in to LCBP over the next three years. What does LCBP stand for?
• Low Carbon Building Programme
• 9. The case for ID cards has been branded "bogus" by which former MI5 chief?
• Stella Rimmington
• 10. “The List:” Madonna is currently number one in the UK charts for the 11th time, with the song “Hung Up”. Name her other 10 number one hits?
• Into the Groove, Papa Don’t Preach, True Blue, La Isla Bonita, Who’s That Girl, Like a Prayer, Vogue, Frozen, American Pie, and Music

18

• Pensions Commission wants a higher state pension and a rise in the age it can be claimed to 67
• Roy Keane has left Manchester United by mutual consent
• George Best is back in intensive care with a new infection.
• Jose Mourinho cancels a news conference in response to untrue newspaper reports
• A series of suicide bombings in Khanaqin, Iraq has left 100’s of people dead or injured
• Media tycoon Conrad Black has been charged with 11 counts of fraud in the US, linked to a $2.1bn (£1.2bn) sale of hundreds of Canadian newspapers
• Mahinda Rajapakse wins just over 50% of the vote in the Sri Lankan Presidential election
• British revisionist historian David Irving detained in Austria on charges of denying the Nazi Holocaust
• Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai 2005
  • Singles - Gold Group
    • Gonzalez (CHI) vs Gaudio (ARG)
    • Puerta (ARG) vs Davydenko (RUS)
  • Doubles - Gold Group
    • Black/Ullyett beat Bjorkman/Mirnyi 7-5 4-6 6-4
    • Llodra/Santoro beat Huss/Moodie 6-4 4-1 ret (Huss injured)
  • Singles - Red Group
    • Nalbandian (ARG) beat Ljubicic (CRO) 6-2 6-2
    • Federer (SUI) beat Coria (ARG) 6-0 1-6 6-2
  • Doubles - Red Group
    • Arthurs/Hanley beat Knowles/Nestor 6-3 6-4
    • Bryan/Bryan beat Paes/Zimonjic 7-5 6-7(7-5) 7-6(9-7)
• Google shares rise above $400 for the first time, just 15 months after the firm's $85 a share flotation.
• Government takes 1st steps towards bidding for 2018 World Cup by launching a feasibility study
• UN formally rejects a US invitation to visit the Guantanamo prison camp because of restrictions
• Fidel Castro denies he has Parkinson's disease in a marathon 5-hour speech
• Longlist for the best animated feature film Oscar - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Valiant, Chicken Little, Robots, Corpse Bride, Gulliver's Travel, Hoodwinked, Howl's Moving Castle, Madagascar and Steamboy.
• Japan says a chance to expand rugby union was missed by giving 2011 World Cup to New Zealand
• Zimbabwean Big Brother star Makosi Musambasi has won her battle to stay in the UK as a refugee
• Round 2 of WGC-World Cup in Portugal - Luke Donald and David Howell lead after round 1
• Science journal says some dinosaurs grazed on grass

18 Quiz

• 1. Great Britain's were beaten 6-20 in a rugby league Tri-Nations game against Australia recently. What is the nickname of the Australia side?
• Kangaroos
• 2. Latest figures show that UK inflation has fallen back to wwhat level?
• 2.3%
• 3. Valentino Rossi failed in his bid to match whose record of 12 wins in a season when Marco Melandri won the final race of the MotoGP season in Valencia?
• Mick Doohan
• 4. According to a recent survey by Napster how many albums does the average UK person own?
• 126
• 5. Which sportsman did former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson urge to live life on the edge?
• Wayne Rooney
• 6. Scoring 196 runs which Pakistani player was named Man of the Match from the first England v Pakistan test?
• Salman Butt
• 7. Which top sprinter has said that he may race in the Tour de France because 2006 Giro d'Italia route offers few stage win opportunities?
• Alessandro Petacchi
• 8. Which 2 drug firms struck a deal this week over the production of antiviral treatment Tamiflu?
• Roche and Gilead
• 9. Jonah Lomu has said that New Zealand will complete the Grand Slam against the home nations after thumping Wales and Ireland. When did New Zealand last complete the Grand Slam?
• 1978
• 10. “The List:” Moustapha Akkad the Producer of Eight of the Halloween films has died this week, can you name the Seven sequels to the 1978 classic?
• Halloween II (aka The Nightmare Isn’t Over), Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Halloween H20, Halloween Resurrection (hope you correctly switched between Roman and “Arabic” numerals)

17

• New Zealand will host the 2011 Rugby World Cup after beating bids from Japan and South Africa.
• Robert Hoyzer sentenced to more than two years in jail for his part in Germany's biggest match-fixing scandal
• World Golf Championship starts:
  • Argentina (Angel Cabrera/Ricardo Gonzalez)
  • Australia (Mark Hensby/Peter Lonard)
  • Chinese Taipei (Wang Ter-chang/Chang Tse-peng)
  • Colombia (Eduardo Herrera/Diego Vanegas)
  • Denmark (Anders Hansen/Soren Hansen)
  • England (Luke Donald/David Howell)
  • France (Thomas Levet/Raphael Jacquelin)
  • Germany (Alex Cejka/Christian Reimbold)
  • Holland (Maarten Lafeber/Robert-Jan Derksen)
  • India (Jyoti Randhawa/Arjun Atwal)
  • Ireland (Padraig Harrington/Paul McGinley)
  • Japan (Yasuharo Imano/Takuya Taniguchi)
  • Mexico (Pablo Del Olmo/Alejandro Quiroz)
  • Paraguay (Carlos Franco/Marco Ruiz)
  • Portugal (Jose-Filipe Lima/Antonio Sobrinho)
  • Scotland (Stephen Gallacher/Scott Drummond)
  • Singapore (Mardan Mamat/Lam Chih Bing)
  • South Africa (Tim Clark/Trevor Immelman)
  • South Korea (K.J. Choi/Chang Ik-Je)
  • Spain (Sergio Garcia/Miguel Angel Jimenez)
  • Sweden (Henrik Stenson/Niclas Fasth)
  • United States (Stewart Cink/Zach Johnson)
  • Venezuela (Carlos Larrain/Manuel Bermudez)
  • Wales (Stephen Dodd/Bradley Dredge)
• A £30m funding package aimed at promoting renewable electricity sources and reducing carbon emissions has been unveiled by the energy minister
• Case for ID cards is branded "bogus" by former MI5 head, Stella Rimmington
• UK's first FBI-style “Most Wanted” website is launched by Crimestopper
• Sri Lankans vote for president, incumbent = Mahinda Rajapakse, main opposition candidate = PM Ranil Wickramasinghe
• $100 laptop for children across the world makes its debut at UN internet summit in Tunis.
• Newly released US files say Nixon told military leaders to lie to the public about Cambodia
• Europe's Ariane rocket launched from Kourou spaceport, French Guiana
• John Lennon's killer talks of a "compulsion" to kill in tapes set to air for the first time
• Plans to send remains of Star Trek actor James Doohan into space are delayed for 2 months
• Construction of a tsunami early-warning system starts off the Indonesian coast.
• Sony BMG recalls all the CDs that use the controversial anti-piracy software
• England stand-in captain Marcus Trescothick may have to return home from the tour of Pakistan because of a family accident.
• Wales manager John Toshack criticises his players after their 1-0 friendly defeat in Cyprus
• FIFA calls a news conference to address violence at end of the Switzerland-Turkey World Cup tie
• Cartier Awards:Horse of the Year: Hurricane Run

17 Quiz

• 1. Which animated film is top of the US box office with the main character voiced by Zach Braff?
• Chicken Little
• 2. Sete Gibernau has left Honda and signed for which team in 2006?
• Ducati Marlboro
• 3. Tom Cruise has hired a new publicist and firing his old one, Lee Anne DeVette. What is unusual about him firing her?
• She’s his sister
• 4. The recent bill to detain people for up to 90 days was defeated, it contained a “sunset clause” what was this?
• The commitment to review the bill after one year
• 5. Gavin Henson has apologised to his Wales team-mates for controversial comments in his book. What is the name of his book?
• My Grand Slam Year
• 6. Royal National Institute for the Blind's Talking Book Service has celebrated its 70th anniversary. The most requested author is Catherine Cookson, which is he most popular novel?
• Fenwick House
• 7. Which unseeded player created one of the shocks of the season by beating sixth seed Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-4 to win the Paris Masters?
• Tomas Berdych
• 8. Which actress appears in the new Harry Potter film as gossip columnist Rita Skeeter?
• Miranda Richardson
• 9. Which Ricky Gervais follow-up to The Office has received, a record, five nominations at the British Comedy Awards?
• Extras
• 10. “The List:” Our Vic sealed an eighth win for Martin Pipe in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham last weekend. Name the other six different winners?
• Celestial Gold (2004), Shooting Light (2001), Lady Cricket (2000), Cyfor Malta (1998/2002), Challenger Du Luc (1996), Beau Ranger (1987)

16

• England lose the first Test by 22 runs as Pakistan bowl them out for 175 in Multan - next test in three days in Faisalabad
• Retailer Philip Green warns that profits will fall at BHS because of “poor” products on the shelves
• UK Music Hall of Fame inductees - Rock heroes - Pink Floyd, The Who and New Order. Posthumous places to John Peel and Jimi Hendrix
• VP of Malawi, Cassim Chilumpha, to appear in court in connection with corruption allegations
• Government says some of UK's most sensitive lakes and streams show signs of recovery, from acid rain and pollution
• Police in Uganda shoot a man dead as riots continue over arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye
• Audley Harrison accuses Danny Williams of being a failure and vows to finish his career
• St Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pugols is named the National League's Most Valuable Player
• New Zealand's Nigel Vagana gets a one-match suspension for a dangerous challenge on Paul Deacon
• All Blacks coach Graham Henry accuses England of secretly film his side's training session
• 2006 World Cup finals play offs - round 2 - 1st and 2nd leg scores below:
  • Uruguay v Australia, 1-0, 0-1, Australia win 4-2 on penalties
  • Norway v Czech Republic, 0-1, 0-1
  • Spain v Slovakia, 5-1, 1-1
  • Switzerland v Turkey, 2-0, 2-4, Switzerland through on away goals
  • Trinidad & Tobago v Bahrain, 1-1, 1-0
• Charles Clarke orders extradition of Babar Ahmad to US to face trial on alleged terrorism offences
• Pentagon confirms US troops used white phosphorus bombs in the battle for the city of Falluja
• Whitbread Prize Shortlists:
  • Novel
    • Nick Hornby - A Long Way Down
    • Salman Rushdie - Shalimar The Clown
    • Ali Smith - the accidental
    • Christopher Wilson - The Ballad of Lee Cotton
  • First novel
    • Tash Aw - The Harmony Silk Factory
    • Diana Evans - 26a
    • Peter Hobbs -The Short Day Dying
    • Rachel Zadok - Gem Squash Tokoloshe
  • Biography
    • Nigel Farndale - Haw-Haw
    • Richard Mabey - Nature Cure
    • Alexander Masters - Stuart: A Life Backwards
    • Hilary Spurling - Matisse The Master
  • Poetry
    • David Harsent - Legion
    • Christopher Logue - Cold Calls
    • Jane Yeh - Marabou
  • Children's book
    • Frank Cottrell Boyce - Framed
    • Geraldine McCaughrean - The White Darkness
    • Hilary McKay - Permanent Rose
    • Kate Thompson - The New Policeman
• After twenty nights of rioting the French Senate is set to pass emergency laws a day after the lower house of parliament voted for a three-month extension

16 Quiz

• 1. Which company, the second-largest soft drinks seller in the UK, selling about £700m worth of drinks each year, has unveiled plans to float on the Stock Exchange?
• Britvic
• 2. England U21 recently drew 1-1 in the first leg of their European Championship play-off against France. Who is the current U21 manager?
• Peter Taylor
• 3. Variety Club has named which X Factor judge show business personality of the year?
• Simon Cowell
• 4. Which former British World F1 champion won the inaugural Grand Prix Masters race at Kyalami, Johannesburg?
• Nigel Mansell
• 5. How much have the EU offered France to help recover from the recent riots?
• 50m euros
• 6. Which US Solheim Cup star won the Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions?
• Christina Kim
• 7. Which company announced plans to launch a free internet television service in 2006?
• American Online (AOL)
• 8. The Chinese province of Guangdong has announced plans to build jails just to hold inmates with which disease?
• HIV/AIDS
• 9. In which African country has the largest ever International conference on malaria opened this week?
• Cameroon
• 10. “The List:” Name the eight women who took part in the 2005 WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles?
• Davenport, Sharapova, Schnyder, Petrova, Pierce, Mauresmo, Clijsters and Dementieva

15

• French President Jacques Chirac pledges to create jobs for young people in an effort to stop the recent riots
• Alistair Darling announces plans to trial X-ray screening and body scanners to boost security on the UK rail network
• Pakistan started day four of the first Test against England on 125-2 in their second innings and moved to 315-7 - 174 runs ahead
• European Championship qualifier – late penalty sees England U21s lose 3-2 on aggregate to France
• N Ireland 1-1 Portugal (Stephen Craigan OG, Warren Feeney)
• A bomb explosion in Karachi has led to fresh concerns about the security of the England cricket team
• James Toney calls off fight with Rob Calloway as a match-up with Hasim Rahman looks likely
• Poor diets cost the NHS £6bn a year in ill-health - three times as much as smoking, a study suggests
• The Conservative motion to cancel the part of the Licensing Act allowing extended hours is defeated by 74 votes in the Commons
• Israeli and Palestinian officials reach a deal on reopening Gaza's border crossings - the Condoleezza Rice brokered deal should see borders re-open in late November
• Numbers on death row and executions in the US fell in 2004:
  • Texas: 23
  • Ohio: 7
  • Oklahoma: 6
  • Virginia: 5
  • North Carolina: 4
  • South Carolina: 4
  • Alabama: 2
  • Florida: 2
  • Georgia: 2
  • Nevada: 2
  • Arkansas: 1
  • Maryland: 1
• Madonna plays a small set of 5 five songs at the Koko Club - formerly the Camden Palace - where she gave her first live UK performance in 1983
• Annual Country Music Awards to take place in New York at Madison Square Garden for the 1st time
• China to publicly mark birthday of Hu Yaobang, whose death sparked the Tiananmen riots
• All Black centre Ma'a Nonu faces a hearing after being cited for a tackle on Ireland's Gordon D'Arcy
• Inflation falls to 2.3%
• Kenya's Francis Kamau wins the third annual Beirut International Marathon.
• Tony McCoy rides his 100th winner of the 2005-06 seaso
• Alessandro Petacchi says that he may race in the Tour de France because 2006 Giro d'Italia route offers few stage win opportunities
• New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez is named the American League's Most Valuable Player.

15 Quiz

• 1. The Ethiopian PM recently defended his handling of opposition protests, in which more than 40 people died. Who is he?
• Meles Zenawi
• 2. Which capital city has imposed a short-term ban on public meetings?
• Paris
• 3. Which leading driver was forced out of the Rally of Australia after colliding with a kangaroo?
• Petter Solberg
• 4. Porfirio Ramirez a man denied compensation for being shot by mistake during a police drugs raid in 1991 was sentenced to eight years house arrest after trying to hi-jack a plane this week. What was unusual about this?
• He is in a wheelchair
• 5. Which two players competed in the final of the 2005 WTA Championships?
• Mary Pierce and Amelie Mauresmo
• 6. Lord Lichfield has died what relation was he to the Queen?
• First cousin once removed
• 7. Who scored a hat trick in Spain’s World Cup play-off against Slovakia?
• Luis Garcia
• 8. After 1 week of retirement Vitali Klitschko says a rematch with which boxer could tempt him back?
• Lennox Lewis
• 9. More than 2,000 people attended the funeral of which Syrian film producer at the weekend?
• Moustapha Akkad
• 10. “The List:” Great Britain beat New Zealand 38-12 in the rugby league tri-nations tournament in November, name the 5 different GB try scorers?
• Stuart Fielden, Paul Deacon, Brian Carney (2), Chev Walker, Keith Senior

14

• 1st Test - Multan, Day 3: Pakistan 274 & 89-1 v England 418
• Beijing has unveiled its five official mascots for the 2008 Olympic Games - Bei Bei, Jing Jing, Huan Huan, Ying Ying and Ni Ni – cartoon versions of a panda, a carp, a Tibetan antelope, a swallow and the Olympic flame
• Defence Secretary John Reid says British troops could start leaving Iraq from next year
• After 1 week of retirement Vitali Klitschko says a rematch with Lennox Lewis could tempt him back
• Nigel Mansell wins the inaugural Grand Prix Masters race at Kyalami, Johannesburg
• More than 2,000 people attend the funeral of Syrian film producer Moustapha Akkad.
• Police say Australian nuclear reactor was possible target for terrorism suspects arrested last week
• US Solheim Cup star Christina Kim wins the Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions.
• Variety Club Awards 2005:
  • Britain's most popular presenter - Richard Whiteley
  • Show business personality of the year - Simon Cowell
  • Terrestrial TV personality – Gordon Ramsey
  • Outstanding contribution to showbusiness - Stephen Fry
  • Multichannel TV personality of the year - Gail Porter
  • Recording artist of the year - Katie Melua
  • Comedy award - Catherine Tate
  • Film award - Imelda Staunton
  • Theatre award - Richard Griffiths
  • Outstanding new talent award - James Lomas
  • Musical theatre award - Mary Poppins
  • Children's TV presenter - Reggie Yates
  • Radio presenter - Victoria Derbyshire
  • Host: Myleene Klass
• EU offers France 50m euros to help recover from the recent riots
• Liberia's election gets praise from around Africa
• American Online (AOL) announces plans to launch a free internet television service in 2006
• Mexico threatens to severe diplomatic ties with Venezuela after Hugo Chavez accuses Vincente Fox of being a puppy dog to the US
• Britvic, announces plans to float its shares on the London Stock Exchange
• Chinese province of Guangdong announces plans to build jails just to hold inmates with HIV/AIDS
• Largest ever International conference on malaria opens in Cameroon

14 Quiz

• 1. Lindsay Davenport will finish the year as Women’s number one, but who is currently second?
• Kim Clijsters
• 2. Israel marked the 10th anniversary if the death of which leader, killed by right-wing activist Yigal Amir?
• Yitzhak Rabin
• 3. Which Belgian won his first World Rally Championship event in the Rally Australia?
• Francois Duval
• 4. The UN children's agency has started a massive campaign to immunise 800,000 children in which disputed area of the World?
• Kashmir
• 5. The Indian PM Manmohan Singh has asked who to restore democracy in his kingdom?
• Nepal's King Gyanendra
• 6. David Howell won the HSBC Championship by three strokes from Tiger Woods. Where did the opening event of the 2006 European Tour take place?
• Shanghai (honestly)
• 7. Which long believed extinct group returned to the UK charts at number 26 with “Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango)”?
• Bananarama
• 8. Having won for the last 10 years which woman is absent from the list of nominees for the Peoples Choice Awards in the USA?
• Julia Roberts
• 9. Which F1 has said that it will join Williams in switching to Bridgestone tyres from Michelin next season?
• Toyota
• 10. “The List:” James Mangold is to direct the new Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line”, but which 5 other films has he already directed?
• “Heavy”, “Cop Land”, “Girl Interrupted”, “Kate and Leopold” and “Identity”

13

• Queen attends the annual service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in London
• England v Pakistan 1st Test: Multan, day two (stumps): Pakistan 274 v England 253-3
• Doctors to carry out tests on Andrew Stimpson whose body appears to have cured itself of HIV
• Lyon sees its first riots during two weeks of unrest
• Burkina Faso goes to the poles with President Blaise Compaore expected to win
• Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi defends his handling of recent opposition protests, in which more than 40 people died
• 2005 CAF Champions League Final- Ahly of Egypt 3-0 Tunisia's Etoile Sahel *Chinese President Hu Jintao heads to Spain for final leg of a 3-country European tour
• UK Charts:
  • Singles
    • 1. Madonna - Hung Up
    • 2. Westlife - You Raise Me Up
    • 3. Son Of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville
    • 4. Simon Webbe - No Worries
    • 5. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
  • Albums:
    • 1. Il Divo - Ancora
    • 2. Westlife - Face To Face
    • 3. Kate Bush - Aerial
    • 4. Robbie Williams - Intensive Care
    • 5. Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection
• China confirms an eighth outbreak within a month of H5N1
• Ariane 5-ECA launch is postponed shortly before lift-off
• Indian PM Manmohan Singh asks Nepal's King Gyanendra to restore democracy in the kingdom
• David Cameron receives the backing of former leader William Hague
• A judge rules a woman can sue former Kiss singer, Gene Simmons for allegedly portraying her as a "nymphomaniac" on TV
• Sven-Goran Eriksson salutes his side after their dramatic 3-2 victory over Argentina.
• Scotland’s, Walter Smith congratulates his team after their draw with USA
• Peoples Choice Awards Nominations:
  • Favourite Female Movie Star
    • Sandra Bullock
    • Angelina Jolie
    • Nicole Kidman
  • Favourite Male Movie Star Nicolas Cage
    • Samuel L. Jackson
    • Johnny Depp
  • Favourite Leading Lady Cameron Diaz
    • Reese Witherspoon
    • Renée Zellweger
  • Favourite Leading Man
    • Jamie Foxx
    • Brad Pitt
    • Adam Sandler
  • Favourite Female Action Star
    • Jennifer Garner
    • Angelina Jolie
    • Catherine Zeta-Jones
  • Favourite Male Action Star
    • Matthew McConaughey
    • Brad Pitt
    • The Rock
  • Favourite On-Screen Match-Up
    • Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt in Mr. and Mrs. Smith
    • Chris Rock & Adam Sandler in The Longest Yard
    • Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers
  • Favourite Daytime Talk Show Host
    • Ellen DeGeneres
    • Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa
    • Oprah Winfrey
  • Favourite New TV Comedy
    • Everybody Hates Chris
    • How I Met Your Mother
    • My Name is Earl
  • Favourite New TV Drama
    • Commander in Chief
    • Criminal Minds
    • Prison Break
  • Favourite TV Comedy
    • Everybody Loves Raymond
    • That '70s Show
    • The Simpsons
  • Favourite TV Drama
    • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    • Desperate Housewives
    • Law & Order: SVU
  • Favourite Reality Show Competition
    • American Idol
    • Fear Factor
    • Survivor
  • Favourite Reality Show Other
    • Extreme Makeover
    • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
    • Supernanny
  • Favourite Female TV Star
    • Jennifer Garner
    • Teri Hatcher
    • Jennifer Love Hewitt
  • Favourite Male TV Star
    • Ray Romano
    • Charlie Sheen
    • Kiefer Sutherland
  • Favourite Late Night Talk Show Host
    • Jay Leno
    • David Letterman
    • Conan O'Brien
  • Favourite Female Performer
    • Kelly Clarkson
    • Faith Hill
    • Gwen Stefani
  • Favourite Male Performer
    • Toby Keith
    • Tim McGraw
    • Usher
  • Favourite Group
    • The Black Eyed Peas
    • Destiny's Child
    • Green Day
  • Favourite Funny Female Star
    • Drew Barrymore
    • Ellen DeGeneres
    • Queen Latifah
  • Favourite Funny Male Star
    • Chris Rock
    • Adam Sandler
    • Will Smith

13 Quiz

• 1. What award did Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano win this week?
• European Tour's Rookie of the Year
• 2. Which country has 150 steps to take in next two years to secure EU membership, including; Zero tolerance on torture and More cultural rights for Kurds?
• Turkey
• 3. The CPS prosecuted how many defendants for racially aggravated offences in 2004-05?
• 4,660
• 4. Peru has announced it is withdrawing its ambassador in which country due to their attitude toward Peru's former leader, Alberto Fujimori?
• Japan
• 5. Two minutes silence was observed this week to commemorate Armistice Day - Britain's oldest veteran, was Henry Allingham who laid a wreath at a British memorial in France, how old was he?
• 109
• 6. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw attacked which ex-ambassador’s memoirs as an "unacceptable" breach of trust?
• Sir Christopher Meyer
• 7. Who plays June Carter Cash in the forthcoming film “Walk the Line”?
• Reese Witherspoon
• 8. Which MotoGP champion is taking part in a three-day test with Ferrari?
• Valentino Rossi
• 9. Who scored two goals for England against Argentina yesterday?
• Michael Owen
• 10. “The List:” Don King now represents all four heavyweight world champions, who are the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO title holders?
• Hasim Rahman (WBC), John Ruiz (WBA), Chris Byrd (IBF) and Lamon Brewster (WBO)

12

• A new diagnostic test by Imperial College London for active tuberculosis infection could potentially save million of lives
• England take on Pakistan in 1st test - First Test, Multan, day one (stumps): Pakistan 244-6 v England
• Pre-World Cup “friendly”
  • England 3-2 Argentina, Owen scores 2 in a classic game, now for the World Cup
  • Scotland 1-1 USA
• Rugby Internationals
  • England 26-16 Australia
  • Ireland 7-45 New Zealand
• UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrives in Baghdad on a surprise visit and urges reconcilliation
• A short-term ban on public meetings comes into force in Paris, after another night of unrest across France.
• Computer problems at Gatwick cause svere delays
• Man Utd launch an investigation into claims their dressing room was bugged during the win over Chelsea
• India and Pakistan open a third crossing on the Line of Control in Kashmir to help earthquake victims
• A man dies after a shooting at a US cinema showing rapper 50 Cent's controversial film Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
• WTA Championship in Los Angeles
  • Mary Pierce beat Lindsay Davenport 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (8-6)
  • Amelie Mauresmo beat Maria Sharapova 7-6 (7-1) 6-3
• World Cup Qualifiers – 1st Leg:
  • Spain 5-1 Slovakia
  • Uruguay 1-0 Australia
• A 14-year-old girl has been charged in connection with the stabbing of Natashia Jackman at Collingwood College, Camberley
• Liberian presidential candidate George Weah demands re-run of the election
• Thousands of supporters of Jacob Zuma gather outside a court in South Africa
• Short-term ban on public meetings due to come into force in Paris
• Petter Solberg forced out of the Rally of Australia after colliding with a kangaroo
• UN children's agency has started a massive campaign to immunise 800,000 children affected by last month's quake in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
• Porfirio Ramirez a man denied compensation for being shot by mistake during a police drugs raid in 1991 is sentenced to eight years house arrest after trying to hi-jack a plane
• UN team investigating killing of former PM Rafik Hariri meets President Emile Lahoud

12 Quiz

• 1. Which band that have just recorded a new album have also recruited a new bassist, Richie Edwards?
• The Darkness
• 2. Vitali Klitschko has relinquished which version of the heavyweight title?
• WBC
• 3. The Bank of England's rate committee has left interest rates unchanged at what %?
• 4.5%
• 4. Recently the Children's Minister was defending a new curriculum that would be flexible and "age specific". Who is she?
• Beverley Hughes
• 5. Which film currently showing at the cinema is by the director of Vanilla Sky’ and ‘Almost Famous’?
• Elizabethtown
• 6. Which Malaysian explosives expert, known as the “Demolition Man”, who is believed to have built the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attacks, was killed in Indonesia this week?
• Azahari Husin
• 7. Whose claim that he wrote Britney Spears' hit “Sometimes” was dismissed by an Indianapolis court?
• Steve Wallace
• 8. Venus Express has just been launched on a 5-month mission to Venus, which gas is the main constituent of the atmosphere?
• Carbon Dioxide
• 9. Which Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver recently scored his 100th career touchdown before being suspended for the remainder of the season?
• Terrell Owens
• 10. “The List:” Saudi Arabia has joined the WTO after 12 years of trying to gain entry. There are currently 148 members. Only three start with unique letters, name them?
• Oman, Qatar and Venezuela

11

• Two minutes silence at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, to commemorate Armistice Day - Britain's oldest veteran, 109-year-old Henry Allingham, to lay a wreath at a British memorial in France
• Feast Day of St Menas (or Mannas), who was believed by the Greeks to have the power to locate lost objects, especially sheep
• 120th anniversary of the birth of George Smith Patton
• 80th anniversary of first BBC radio play (The White Château by Reginald Berkley)
• 30th anniversary of Angolan independence from Portugal
• Rupert and Linda Wise and Paul Shulton "held hostage" by the Iranian Navy two weeks ago are released
• Hasim Rahman confirmed as WBC heavyweight champion after Vitali Klitschko retirement
• China hints it is planning to gradually increase the value of the yuan next year
• Lindsay Davenport ends the year number one in the world after Kim Clijsters is knocked out in LA
• US sprint hurdler Larry Wade is hit with a two-year ban after testing positive for a banned steroid
• MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi takes part in a three-day test with Ferrari
• Kathy Cash upset at the portrayal of her mother Vivian Liberto Distin in “Walk the Line”
  • Director - James Mangold
  • Johnny Cash - Joaquin Phoenix
  • June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon
  • Elvis Presley – Tyler Hilton
  • Roy Orbison - Johnathan Rice
  • Vivian Liberto Distin - Ginnifer Goodwin
• Jack Straw attacks ex-ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer for breaking trust with his memoirs
• Royal photographer Lord Lichfield has died at the age of 66 after suffering a major stroke
• The World Trade Organization (WTO) has approved Saudi Arabia's application for membership after 12 years of talks.
• CPS says that race hate crime cases rose by almost a third in England and Wales in 2004-5
• US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes an unexpected stop in Iraq
• Palestinians commemorate the first anniversary of the death of their former leader, Yasser Arafat
• The Chinese government has hinted that it is planning to gradually increase the value of the yuan next year

11 Quiz

• 1. Today in which year saw the body of the Unknown Soldier buried under the Arc de Triomphe, whilst the body of an unknown British soldier returned from France was interred in Westminster Abbey?
• 1920
• 2. By what score did Colchester United beat Leamington in the FA Cup first round?
• 9-1
• 3. Who is the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and 2nd in command overall?
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
• 4. Wigan moved up to second in the Premiership table with a 2-0 away win against which team?
• Portsmouth
• 5. Which company has said that it is to republish its 2001 results because they were overstated by $300m to $400m?
• General Motors
• 6. Which actor was born today in 1974 in Louisiana?
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• 7. What is the name of the Pussycat Dolls follow up single to their hit 'Don't Cha'?
• Stickwitu
• 8. In the current serialisation of “Bleak House” which explosive character does Johnny Vegas play?
• Krook
• 9. Who said “I think it was a wrong decision - I just hope in a longer time we don't rue it”?
• Tony Blair (on detention vote)
• 10. “The List:” *Marcus Trescothick will captain England in the first Test against Pakistan after Michael Vaughan is ruled out. How many of the last 10 different England captains can you name (excluding Vaughn and Tescothick)?
• Mark Butcher, Nasser Hussein, Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Allan Lamb, Graham Gooch, Chris Cowdrey, John Emburey, Mike Gatting and David Gower

10

• Lord Lichfield treated in hospital after suffering a stroke
• Bank of England's rate committee leaves interest rates unchanged at 4.5%
• Marcus Trescothick will captain England in the first Test against Pakistan after Michael Vaughan is ruled out
• Tony Blair to chair a meeting of the cabinet - after losing his first ever Commons vote yesterday
• Police say that fingerprints of a man killed in Indonesia match those of the "Demolition Man", bomb expert Azahari Husin
• UN chief Kofi Annan postpones a scheduled visit to Jordan in the wake of three explosions that killed over 50 people - al-Qaeda claims responsibility
• Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf leads from George Weah in Liberian presidential election
• A memorial service is to be held for Richard Whiteley in York Minster
• General Motors says it is to republish 2001 results - overstated by $300m to $400m
• China reports two more outbreaks of a bird flu
• Israeli VP Shimon Peres appeals against defeat in the Labour leadership poll by trade union leader Amir Peretz, alleging voting irregularities
• President Jose Sulaiman indicates that Hasim Rahman will receive the WBC heavyweight title
• Chuck Berry sues three US karaoke music distributors for royalties on his songs
• Thousands demonstrate in Azerbaijan against the parliamentary elections results

10 Quiz

• 1. Alistair Cook has been called up as cover for Michael Vaughn for which county side does he play?
• Essex
• 2. Jamie may currently be making a Great Escape but which other self-sufficiency expert come chef is showing us The View From River Cottage?
• Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
• 3. Who has become the second WBC heavyweight champion in a row to retire while holding the title?
• Vitali Klitschko
• 4. “Pray, and let God worry” is a quote from which religious reformer born today in 1483 in Eisleben, Germany?
• Martin Luther
• 5. Which team will McLaren’s technical director Adrian Newey join for the 2006 F1 season?
• Red Bull
• 6. Who top scored for England in the second innings of their defeat by Pakistan A?
• Paul Collingwood
• 7. Who did Amelie Mauresmo beat to win the Advanta Championships title in Philadelphia?
• Elena Dementieva
• 8. Tony Blair said his authority was intact despite suffering his first House of Commons defeat as prime minister. How many Labour MP’s “rebelled” in the vote?
• 49
• 9. The vote on increasing detention to 28 days was passed, what was the majority?
• 33
• 10. “The List:” . Queen's performance at Live Aid in 1985 has been named the world's greatest rock gig in an industry poll, which 9 artists made up the remainder of the top ten?
• Jimi Hendrix, Sex Pistols, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Rolling Stones and Radiohead

09

• MPs voted against a bill to allow police to detain terror suspects for up to 90 days without charging them, by 322 votes to 291, with 49 Labour MPs rebelling – inflicting Tony Blair’s first ever Commons defeat as leader
• National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations say that a national curriculum for babies and toddlers is "absolute madness"
• Rioting has continued in France for a 13th consecutive night
• Police have launched an investigation into claims that video tapes and DVDs handed out at mosques in Dewsbury were being used to recruit terrorists
• Votes are being counted in Liberia's presidential poll
• Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn are awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Over 57,000 watch Celtic beat Rangers 2-0 in the CIS Cup
• Skipper Michael Vaughan flies to Multan with the rest of the England team
• Macedonia to be granted European Union candidate status
• Steve Wallace's claim that he wrote Britney Spears' hit record "Sometimes" is dismissed by a judge in Indianapolis
• Scientists meet in Geneva to discuss (amongst other things) abolishing the leap second
• New Zealand name a completely different side for their next tour game against Ireland from that that beat Wales
  • Team: L McDonald; D Howlett, M Nonu, A Mauger, S Sivivatu; N Evans, P Weepu; T Woodcock, K Mealamu, J Afoa; J Eaton, A Williams; S Lauaki, R McCaw (capt), M Tuiali'i.
  • Replacements: A Hore, S Taumoepeau, C Hayman, C Jack, R So'oialo, J Cowan, M Muliaina
• England captain Michael Vaughan stays with the squad but Alastair Cook of Essex is called up as cover
• Sixth ODI, Rajkot: India 197-3 (34.5 overs) bt Sri Lanka 196 (42.5 overs) by 7 wickets
• WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko retires from the sport after failing to recover from injury
• Venus Express lifts off on a Russian rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

09 Quiz

• 1. Name the two Chinese snooker players taking part in the Travis Perkins UK Championship qualifiers in Prestatyn?
• Ding Jun Hui and Liang Wen Bo
• 2. Which group have the UK number one album and single in the charts?
• Westlife
• 3. Which two Internet pioneers are to receive America's highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, today?
• Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn
• 4. The lead singer with which band has bought a copy of his own band's new CD on eBay to stop it being leaked?
• The Darkness (Justin Hawkins)
• 5. From which country did the European probe to Venus take off today?
• Kazakhstan
• 6. Who beat Kim Clijsters with a 6-1 4-6 7-6 win in the first round of the WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles?
• Mary Pierce
• 7. Jose Mourinho said Chelsea's display in losing to which team recently was the worst since he came to Stamford Bridge?
• Real Betis
• 8. At the recent MTV Europe awards who was voted Best male?
• Robbie Williams
• 9. Police have launched an investigation into claims that video tapes and DVDs handed out at mosques in which West Yorkshire town (home of Eddie Waring) were being used to recruit terrorists?
• Dewsbury
• 10. “The List:” To-date which three ex-Yugoslav republics have been granted EU candidate status
• Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia

08

• Rioting continues in France for a 12th consecutive night
• Justin Hawkins lead singer of The Darkness buys a copy of his own band's new CD on eBay to stop it being leaked
• Roberto Heras is suspended by Liberty Seguros after a suspected positive doping test
• ISAF Rolex World Sailor Of The Year Awards 2005:
  • Ellen MacArthur
  • Anton Paz Blanco and Fernando Echavarri Erasun (Tornado World Champions)
• Graham Rix takes over as head coach at Hearts
• Teachers in Kansas will be told to tell pupils that Darwin's theory of evolution is unproven, and that the universe is so complex that it may have been created by a higher power, after a school board vote
• Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is refused bail by a Chilean judge, as Peru seeks his extradition
• Naseem Hamed announces that he will be coming out of retirement to fight six fights in an American TV Network sponsored deal
• Queen's performance at Live Aid in 1985 is named the world's greatest rock gig in an industry poll.
• Markus Winkelhock, son of the late F1 driver Manfred, to test for Midland.
• Government sticks to plans to hold terror suspects for up to 90 days - but agrees to review after a year
• China's leader Hu Jintao and his wife are set to arrive in London for a 3-day state visit.
• Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano named European Tour's Rookie of the Year
• Philadelphia Phillies, Venezuelan pitcher Ugueth Urbina, arrested on a charge of attempted murder
• All Blacks coach Graham Henry changes the whole team that beat Wales for Saturday's game against Ireland at Landsdowne Road, in Dublin
• Terrell Owens apologises to his Philadelphia Eagles team-mates and the team's fans for the comments that led to his suspension
• Key Cabinet ministers cut short foreign trips to help support Blair’s vote on new terror laws
• File-sharing group Grokster shuts service as part of a landmark settlement with entertainment industry
• Man dies from bird flu in Vietnam - the 42nd victim in the country since its resurgence in 2003
• ChampCar champion Sebastien Bourdais says he is running out of time to break into F1.
• Tour match, Lahore, day three: Pakistan A 138 & 246-4 bt England 126 & 256 by six wickets
• Inmarsat-4 F2, one of the largest communications satellites ever built, is scheduled for launch
• Australia says it has averted a large-scale terrorist attack, after police across 2 states make 16 arrests.
• 4 sailors taking part in the Transat Jacques Vabre race between Le Havre and Brazil are resuced after capsizing

08 Quiz

• 1. At the recent MTV Europe awards who was voted Best female?
• Shakira
• 2. What is the name of Westlife’s current number one album?
• Face To Face
• 3. Whose decision to come out of retirement after a 3 year lay off for a six-fight deal by American television has been criticised by Barry McGuigan?
• Naseem Hamed
• 4. Which Venezuelan baseball player, a star of the Philadelphia Phillies, has been arrested on a charge of attempted murder?
• Ugueth Urbina
• 5. Who won the latest series of Mastermind recently becoming only the second person to win both Mastermind and a million pounds on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
• Pat Gibson
• 6. Who is the writer and producer of the “hard hitting drama” on BBC1 “Trial and Retribution”?
• Lynda La Plante
• 7. Which New Zealand fly-half scored 26 points in their 41-3 win over Wales at the Millennium Stadium?
• Dan Carter
• 8. Who is currently showing us his “Egyptian Journeys” on BBC2?
• Dan Cruickshank
• 9. The abolition of which unit of time is being discussed at a scientific conference in Geneva?
• Leap Second
• 10. “The List:” New Zealand have named a completely different 15 for the game against Ireland, how many can you name?
• McDonald; Howlett, Nonu, Mauger, Sivivatu; Evans, Weepu; Woodcock, Mealamu, Afoa; Eaton, Williams; Lauaki, McCaw, and Tuiali'i.

07

• Kate Bush's double album "Aerial" released the first since the "Red Shoes" in 1993
• Day 2 of 1st England v Pakistan tour match at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
• British heavyweight champion Matt Skelton's December fight with Kevin McBride is cancelled
• Images of burgers filled with bone and gristle are to appear across the UK in the Food4Thought campaign by British Heart Foundation
• Unseeded Tomas Berdych shocks sixth seed Ivan Ljubicic to win the Paris Masters
• Honda's Marco Melandri denies Valentino Rossi a record 12th win of the season in Valencia
• World premiere of “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
  • Director: Mike Newell
  • Harry Potter: Daniel Radcliffe
  • Hermione Grainger: Emma Watson
  • Ron Weasley: Rupert Grint
  • Draco Malfoy: Tom Felton
• RNIB's talking book service celebrates 70 years of making books available to the visually impaired
• Great Britain's beaten 6-20 in the rugby league Tri-Nations game against Australia
• Los Angeles, Porsche WTA Championships start
• Wasps second row Simon Shaw looks set to miss England's Test against Australia on 12 November
• Man Utd end Chelsea's 40-match unbeaten run as Darren Fletcher scores the crucial goal
• British Comedy Awards Nominations:
  • Actor
    • Chris Langham (Help, The Thick of It)
    • Matt Lucas and David Walliams (Little Britain)
    • Ricky Gervais (Extras)
  • Actress
    • Ashley Jensen (Extras)
    • Catherine Tate (The Catherine Tate Show)
    • Tamsin Greig (Green Wing, Love Soup)
  • Entertainment personality
    • Ant and Dec (Saturday Night Takeaway, I'm a Celebrity)
    • Jonathan Ross (Friday Night with Jonathan Ross)
    • Paul O'Grady (The Paul O'Grady Show)
  • Newcomer
    • Ashley Jensen (Extras)
    • Chris Addison (The Thick of It)
    • David Mitchell (Mock the Week, Peep Show)
  • New TV comedy
    • Extras
    • Help
    • The Thick Of It
  • TV comedy
    • Extras
    • Little Britain
    • The Catherine Tate Show
  • TV comedy drama
    • Christmas Lights
    • Not Only But Always
    • Shameless
  • Entertainment programme
    • Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
    • Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
    • The X Factor
  • International show
    • Curb Your Enthusiasm
    • Kath & Kim
    • The Simpsons
  • Film
    • Festival
    • Sideways
    • The Incredibles

07 Quiz

• 1.Which Supergroup have returned to the UK charts with “Retrospectacle”?
• Supertramp
• 2. WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz has filed a lawsuit against which other boxer?
• James Toney
• 3. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is leaving in January to be replaced by which man currently head of President George W Bush's Council of Economic Advisers?
• Ben Bernanke
• 4. Which company is sponsoring the soon to be held Snooker UK Championships?
• Travis Perkins
• 5. Which friends actor is set to produce a sci-fi horror movie called “The Watch”?
• Matt LeBlanc
• 6. Who is the current Sri Lankan captain who hit 86 in their total of 261 in the fourth one-day international against India?
• Marvan Atapattu
• 7. Where are England due to play Argentina in a football friendly this weekend?
• Geneva
• 8. Who has succeeded George Burley as manger (head coach) of Hearts at Tynecastle?
• Graham Rix
• 9. Kate Bush’s new album “Aerial” is out today, but what is the name of her son whose picture adorns the sleeve of the recent single “King of the Mountain”?
• Bertie
• 10. “The List:” in the new BBC2 series Rome who are playing Caesar, Marc Anthony, and Pompey the Great?
• Ciaran Hinds, James Purefoy, and Kenneth Cranham

06

• Gay Anglican bishop Gene Robinson calls for Catholicism’s attitude to homosexuals to be confronted
• The Biggest Selling Artists of the 21st Century in the UK
  • 1. Robbie Williams (6.3m sales)
  • 2. Coldplay (6.2m)
  • 3. Dido (5.7m)
  • 4. Eminem
  • 5. Westlife
  • 6. Norah Jones
  • 7. Blue
  • 8. Anastasia
  • 9. The Stereophonics and
  • 10. Oasis
• Andrew Lloyd Webber to become sole owner of a string of historic London theatres including London Palladium and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
• Japan's space agency cancels planned touchdown on asteroid Itakawa space probe Hayabusa
• Golden Joystick Awards:
  • PlayStation 2 Game of the Year - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • GameCube Game of the Year - Resident Evil 4
  • Xbox Game of the Year - Halo 2
  • PC Game of the Year - Half Life 2
  • Carphone Warehouse Handheld Game of the Year - Super Mario 64 DS
  • Best Film-Based Game of 2005 - Resident Evil 4
  • BBC Radio One - Colin and Edith's Best Game Soundtrack of 2005 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • The Sun Online - Online Game of the Year - World of Warcraft
  • Publisher of the Year - Nintendo
  • Retailer of the Year - Play.com
  • The Game One Gaming Innovation of the Year - PSP
  • The One to Watch for Xmas - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  • The Sun's One to Watch for 2006 - Resident Evil 5
  • Hero of 2005 - CJ from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Villain of 2005 - Officer Tenpenny from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • The Girl's Choice for 2005 - The Sims 2
  • Editor's Game of the Year - Resident Evil 4
  • Unsung Hero of the Year - Fahrenheit
  • Nuts Magazine's Ultimate Game of 2005 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Wales coach Mike Ruddock promises to redouble efforts after 41-3 hammering by New Zealand
• France win the European Nations Cup after a comfortable success over Wales.
• World champion Sebastien Loeb will drive Citroen for Belgian team Kronos in 2006 Championship
• Chemist Patrick Arnold indicted as part of the BALCO case for his alleged part in drug manufacture
• Banned pole vaulter Janine Whitlock fails in her bid to compete in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
• Australian Stuart O'Grady signs a one-year deal with the CSC cycling team.
• New York Marathon
  • Women 2005
    • 1. Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:24:41
    • 2. Susan Chepkemei (KEN) 2:24:55
    • 3. Derartu Tulu (ETH) 2:25:21
  • Men 2005
    • 1. Paul Tergat (KEN) 2:09:30
    • 2. Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:31
    • 3. Meb Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:56
  • Wheelchair Division – Women: Edith Hunkeler (SUI) 1:54:51, Men: Ernst Van Dyk (RSA) 1:31:10
• New Azerbaijan Party wins the election in Azerbaijan
• Day 1 of 1st England v Pakistan tour match at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
• Prince Charles and Camilla visit San Francisco
• Spanish MotoGP from Valencia
• Fifth One Day International - India v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, and South Africa v New Zealand at Centurion Park
• NASCAR Nextel Cup
• UK charts:
  • Singles:
    • 1. Westlife - You Raise Me Up
    • 2. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
    • 3. Pharrell Ft Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That
    • 4. Craig David - Don't Love You No More
    • 5. Sugababes - Push The Button
  • Albums:
    • 1. Westlife - Face To Face
    • 2. Robbie Williams - Intensive Care
    • 3. Rod Stewart - Thanks For The Memory - Great American 4
    • 4. Katherine Jenkins - Living A Dream
    • 5. Prodigy - Their Law - The Singles 1990-2005
• Pakistan now says more than 73,000 died in the quake that devastated the country's north and Kashmir
• Athletics - Rio World Cup
• Andy Roddick says shortening the season should help the increasing number of injuries on the tour

06 Quiz

• 1.What is the title of Robbie Williams’s number one UK album?
• Intensive Care
• 2. Which pair are set to be the openers for the 1st test match against England on 12th November in Multan?
• Salman Butt and Shoaib Malik
• 3. The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted two possible new moons around which planet?
• Pluto
• 4. Which Croatian-born South Australian tuna fisherman owns the Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva?
• Tony Santic
• 5. The Tories called for an inquiry into claims that David Blunkett broke ministerial rules over company directorship, because of his involvement with which company?
• DNA Bioscience
• 6. F1 newcomers Midland have confirmed who as one of their two race drivers for the 2006 season?
• Christijan Albers
• 7. David Hesterbey has been jailed for one year for breaking in to which actress’s Malibu House?
• Jennifer Aniston
• 8. The 1st anniversary of the murder of which Dutch director was marked in the Netherlands recently?
• Theo van Gogh
• 9. Jean Chretien the former Liberal PM of which country has said that a report partly blaming him for a corruption scandal is unjust?
• Canada
• 10. “The List:” At the recent MTV Europe awards: Best UK & Ireland act was Coldplay, which other 14 countries had a best act award?
• Denmark, Finland, Holland and Belgium (as one), France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, and Sweden

05

• Italian Ivan Basso skips the Giro d'Italia as he aims to win his first Tour de France crown in 2006
• Australian Stuart O'Grady signs a one-year deal with the CSC cycling team
• Prince Charles and Camilla visit Marin County
• Gone With The Wind actress Olivia de Havilland is to be honoured with a tribute by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June of next year
• Great Britain play Australia at the JJB Stadium
• WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison takes on challenger Nedal Hussein
• Kate Bush gets rave reviews for Aerial, her first album in 12 years
• Most Popular Browsers in the UK:
  • 1.Microsoft Internet Explorer - 93.37%
  • 2.Mozilla Firefox - 4.94 %
  • 3.Apple Safari - 0.99 %
  • 4.Opera - 0.39 %
  • 5.Netscape - 0.23 %
• 2 Japanese prison guards walk free from court despite being found guilty of killing an inmate with a high-pressure hose (Mikio Otomaru and Masahiro Takami received suspended sentences)
• Lord Snowdon is offered a private viewing of a controversial drama about his ex-wife Princess Margaret “The Queen’s Sister”
• Church leaders in Poland start to consider evidence for beatification of Pope John Paul II
• Coca-Cola ditches Vanilla Coke, Vanilla Diet Coke and Diet Coke With Lemon for Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke and Black Cherry Vanilla Coke
• 3rd Annual Urban Music Awards:
  • Best R&B act - Jamelia (album “Thank You”)
  • Best garage artist – Lethal B (for “Against All Odds”)
  • Best Chart Act – Raghav
  • Best album - Roll Deep (“In At the Deep End”)
  • Best hip-hop act - Skinny Man (for "I'll Be Surprised")
  • Newcomer award - Sway Dasafo (for "Flo Fashion")
  • Best reggae act - Maxi Priest
  • Best drum and bass act - Roni Size
  • Best jazz act - Courtney Pine.
  • Best DJ - Ras Kwame
  • Best entrepreneur - Marcus Miller
• Amir Khan beats Walsall fighter Steve Gethin in Glasgow after 49 seconds of the 3rd round

05 Quiz

• 1. Which Italian cyclist has said that he will drop the Giro d'Italia as part of his plan to win his first Tour de France crown in 2006?
• Ivan Basso
• 2. Which artist at number 5 in the UK album charts has the real surname of Blounte?
• James Blunt
• 3. The Pakistan coach has said that he will stick with the same opening batsmen for the entire Test series against England, who is he?
• Bob Woolmer
• 4. Which film directed by Kirk Jones has been dubbed the 2005 Mary Poppins?
• Nanny McPhee
• 5. Actress Mary Wimbush has died aged 81, which character does she voice in the Archers?
• Julia Pargetter-Carmichael
• 6. What is the name of the team led by ex-F1 Japanese driver Aguri Suzuki that has applied to join the 2006 season?
• Super Aguri Formula One
• 7. Which two countries have apparently agreed to compete as a single team in the 2006 Asian Games and the 2008 Olympics?
• North and South Korea
• 8. Which former Soviet nuclear submariner is the majority shareholder in Heart Football Club?
• Vladimir Romanov
• 9. Makybe Diva won an historic third consecutive Melbourne Cup recently as 17-5f, but which horse was 2nd at 70-1?
• On a Jeune
• 10. “The List:” Next year it’s all change in F1, with new teams coming in and old teams disappearing, can you name the 26 drivers who took part in this years F1 season?
• Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, Takuma Sato, Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella, Mark Webber ,Nick Heidfeld, Kimi Raikkonen, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jacques Villeneuve, Felipe Massa, David Coulthard, Christian Klien, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli, Narain Karthikeyan, Tiago Monteiro, Christijan Albers, Robert Doornbos, Patrick Friesacher, Alex Wurz, Pedro de La Rosa, Antonio Pizzonia, Anthony Davidson

04

• Prince Charles and his Camilla to visit hurricane-hit New Orleans
• Former Friends actor Matt LeBlanc is to produce a sci-fi horror movie called “The Watch”
• A police reinvestigation into Deepcut Barracks deaths is criticised in a report by another force
• Post-war Burundi declares Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr a public holiday for the 1st time
• About 100,000 books in the British Library are going to be put online by Microsoft
• Ex-Bayern Munich boss Ottmar Hitzfeld claims he was offered the Hearts job - but turned it down.
• Ruud van Nistelrooy says Roy Keane's criticism of Man Utd players might help the club.
• Honda deny they will be anything less than 100% committed to BAR next season.
• Colombian rocker Juanes wins three Latin Grammy awards
• 3-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva will race at the annual Spring Carnival named after her
• Yesterday’s MTV Awards in full:
  • Best male: Robbie Williams
  • Best female: Shakira
  • Best group: Gorillaz
  • Best rock: Green Day
  • Best hip-hop: Snoop Dogg
  • Best alternative: System of a Down
  • Best song: Coldplay - Speed of Sound
  • Best R&B: Alicia Keys
  • Best pop: The Black Eyed Peas
  • Best album: Green Day - American Idiot
  • Best new act: James Blunt
  • Best video: The Chemical Brothers - Believe
  • Best act - MTV Adria: Siddharta
  • Best African act: 2 Face
  • Best Danish act: Mew
  • Best Dutch & Belgian act: Anouk
  • Best Finnish act: The Rasmus
  • Best French act: Superbus