Weekly News Quiz
In the know
FirstNews
Issue 415
30th May - 5th June 2014
Part A: Words
Part B: Pictures
A1) In a recent ICM poll, how many people were in favour
of Scottish independence from the rest of the UK?
What news do these pictures tell us this week?
A3) Who are Henry Weir and Sally Walton and why are they
in the news this week?
A4) The recent death of a bodyboarder has caused
coastguards in Northern Ireland to warn about what risk?
A5) Oops! What unusual ‘item’ was left in the back of a
London taxi cab recently?
B1
B2
Hampshire’s only Quidditch
team played their Quidditch
match this week, beating
Reading Rocs 120-10
Home News, page 5
Caters
A2) As First News went to press, who looked likely to be
the next Egyptian President?
B3
B4
A6) A DVD of a popular book-turned-play has made it to a
British research base in the Antarctic for a special screening
– what is it?
A8) It seems plants prefer classical music rather than
pop music – can you name the composer who got plants
growing in Corelli College’s experiment?
A9) An army group, calling themselves the National
Council for Peace and Order, have taken control of which
country?
Isabelle M Côté
B5
B6
Researchers at Google
have used images from
NASA satellites to make
some impressive time-lapse
videos of our changing
planet
Science, page 6
NASA
A7) Name two of the pests which have been causing a
nuisance in Waitakere District court, in New Zealand?
a dozen ducklings who got
trapped down a drain have
been rescued with the help
of a 14-year-old schoolgirl
Animals, page 8
A10) What is another name for a bullfighter?
Part C: Place
Part D: Person
Part E: Object
The world’s second-oldest-leader,
90-year-old Robert Mugabe, is said to
be stepping down as president of his
country. Where in the world?
Who is this person and why is he in
the news this week?
What is this object and why is it in the
news this week?
?
Part F: Statistics
What news do these numbers tell us this week?
F1) 59% of children
F2) 0.05 seconds faster
F4) 1/3
F5) 27%
F3) 7.8 g
F6) £1.2 million
Weekly News Quiz
In the know
FirstNews
Issue 415
30th May - 5th June 2014
Part A: Words
A1) 34%, ‘Is Britain breaking?’, Front page
A2) Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, the ex-army chief, ‘Sisi set to be Egypt president’, News In Brief, Headlines, page 2
A3) Sally Walton and Henry Weir are GB and England hockey players and are interviewed in First News this week to promote the
Hockey World Cup (starting 31st May). ‘Taking on the world’, Sport, page 27
A4) They are warning about rip tides or rip currents. These are strong, fast-moving currents on the surface of the water and can
drag a swimmer or surfer away from near the beach into deeper water. ‘Rip-tide warnings’, Northern Ireland, Home News, page 5
A5) A baby – luckily the cab driver managed to reunite the baby with its mum soon afterwards! ‘Baby on board’, Crazy But True,
page 22
A6) ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’, ‘Chilly screening’, Crazy But True, page 22
A7) An infestation of maggots and fleas has hit the court! There are plans to refurbish the court after complaints it was too
cramped and not fit for purpose. ‘Itchy ankles’, 5. New Zealand, World News, page 7
A8) The Russian composer Tchaikovsky (pronounced Ch-eye-kof-ski), or rather his music for the ballet version of Shakespeare’s
‘Romeo and Juliet’, produced healthy plants for the pupils. They demonstrated how playing music to their plants had made a
difference at the Chelsea Flower Show, News In Pictures, page 6
A9) Thailand, ‘Troops in charge’, 9. Thailand, World News, page 7
A10) Matador – it comes from the Spanish word ‘matar’ to kill. ‘Matadors mauled’, 2. Spain, World News, page 7
Part B: Pictures
B1) 29-year-old Nadia Aly spent more than eight hours in Jellyfish Lake, Palau, and took a selfie to record the event, ‘New depths
for selfie craze’, Front page
B2) The first UK inland surf lake is planned for Dolgarrog, North Wales, and is due to be opened Easter 2015, ‘Inland surf lake’, 4.
Dolgarrog, Home News, page 5
B3) 24-year-old actor Emma Watson has graduated, with an English degree, from Browns University in America, ‘Emma Watson
gets degree’, Headlines, page 2
B4) A memory card, recovered from a camera lost at sea for two years, has been found and is still working! ‘Sunken memories’, 1.
Canada, World News, page 7
B5) Say cheese! Are you one of the 36,422 people in NASA’s Global Selfie for Earth Day? See more at www.gigapan.com/
gigapans/155294. ‘The Earth made from selfies’, Science, page 12
B6) Singer Ed Sheeran is donating over £1 million to set up a youth club in his home town of Framlingham in Suffolk, ‘Sheer
kindness’, Headlines, page 3
Part C: Place
Zimbabwe, ‘President, 90, set to quit job’, News In Brief, Headlines, page 2
Part D: Person
It’s Education Secretary Michael Gove who is in the news denying claims that he has banned American fiction, including John
Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice And Men’ and Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’. They are, however, being taken off the GCSE English
Literature exam, ‘Book shake-up’, Headlines, page 2
Part E: Object
It’s a face cream and it’s in the news because 13 companies are taking out microbeads from the ingredients of face cream
because they can harm marine life, ‘Brands ditch dangerous beads’, News In Brief, page 2
Part F: Statistics
F1) ...in a First News poll know that the WW2 D-Day Landings took place on 6th June 1944, ‘6 in 10 kids know D-Day date’,
Headlines, page 2
F2) ...that’s how much the Jamaican relay team beat the old world 2x400m relay record by in a winning 1m 18.63 seconds! Sport
In Numbers, Sport, page 28
F3) ...that’s what an American cliff swallow bird can do in a turn. ‘Nature’s pilots’, Science, page 12
F4) ...of pollution in the Chinese capital city of Beijing is caused by car exhaust fumes, ‘Scrap order’, 8. China, World News, page 7
F5) ...of people who join the Army are 16 or 17 years old, ‘UK criticised over soldier age’, Headlines, page 2
F6) ...has been spent doing up Taunton swimming pool in Devon, News In Numbers, Home News, page 5