Easy
Question: Which band played a tearful final show in July 2015?
Answer: Grateful Dead
Question: During the Cuban Missile Crisis, who was Soviet Premier?
Answer: Nikita Khrushchev
Question: In the 2015 British General Election, which party won?
Answer: Conservative
Question: What is Franklin D. Roosevelt's middle name?
Answer: Dwight
Question: By 2012, what percentage of US newspapers are being recycled?
Answer: 0.58
Question: Spanish newspaper Marca dubbed Beckham what in 2004?
Answer: Forrest Gump
Question: How many trees does it take to make 1 ton of newspaper?
Answer: 24
Question: A.C. Milan was once owned by which of these politicans?
Answer: Silvio Berlusconi
Question: The Dallas Morning News is published in which state?
Answer: Texas
Question: Which of the following countries is NOT a democracy?
Answer: North Korea
Question: Two freight trains collided in which state in May 2013?
Answer: Missouri
Question: Jimmy Carter beame U.S. President in which decade?
Answer: 1970s
Question: Prime Minister's are free to use Chequers, what is it?
Answer: Country Retreat
Question: Which hacking group declared war on ISIS in November 2015?
Answer: Anonymous
Question: Which of these newspapers only comes out on a Sunday?
Answer: News of the World
Question: The French presidential election was won by who in 2012?
Answer: Francois Hollande
Question: Which product was given UNESCO world Heritage status in 2015?
Answer: Champagne
Question: Which country was involved in a civil war in 2013?
Answer: Syria
Question: Which country was hit by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013?
Answer: Philippines
Question: Which famous US news broadcaster died in July, 2009?
Answer: Walter Cronkite
Question: Which U.S. state was struck by a tornado in May 2013?
Answer: Oklahoma
Question: The Canadian Head of State is who?
Answer: The Queen of England
Question: Which country was Juan Peron the President of?
Answer: Argentina
Question: Which BBC show did John Barnes appear on in 2011?
Answer: Russell Howard's Good News
Question: Who succeeded North Korea's Kim Jong-il in 2011?
Answer: His son
Question: Who was the first female prime minister of Australia?
Answer: Julia Gillard
Question: USA Today, launched in 1982, is which kind of publication?
Answer: News
Question: News Corp. has which ticker symbol?
Answer: NWS
Question: Who did Vladimir Putin work for before becoming a politician?
Answer: KGB
Question: The Irish political party Sinn Fein was founded by who?
Answer: Arthur Griffith
Question: Which U.S. President served first?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Question: What will you find on the 'Reddit' website?
Answer: Social News
Question: What is the first name of the wife of Jeb Bush?
Answer: Columba
Question: Telegraph.co.uk is what kind of website?
Answer: News
Question: In what job would you need an autocue?
Answer: Newsreader
Question: Which country did News Corp originate from?
Answer: USA
Question: In 2000, who became President of Syria?
Answer: Bashar Al-Assad
Question: In what year was Al Jazeera launched?
Answer: 1996
Question: Which country declared a state of Emergency in June 2015?
Answer: Tunisia
Question: What is Baltimore's main newspaper called?
Answer: The Sun
Question: The first Prime Minister of Great Britain was who?
Answer: Robert Walpole
Question: NWS is the ticker symbol for which company?
Answer: News Corp.
Question: Which country held a November 2015 referendum on a new flag?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: Which of these brands is not a magazine brand?
Answer: The Global Review
Question: What are you most likely to do on CNN.com?
Answer: Check News
Question: The Australian Head of State is who?
Answer: Queen of England
Question: Which of this selection of US newspapers circulates the most?
Answer: USA Today
Question: Which of these is a national daily newspaper in the UK?
Answer: The Independent
Question: Which daily newspaper was thirty years old in 2000?
Answer: Sun
Question: Bill Clinton became U.S. President in which decade?
Answer: 1980s
Question: Who became the all time NFL leading passer in November 2015?
Answer: Peyton Manning
Question: In which country is Gerry Adams a leading politican?
Answer: Northern Ireland
Question: Which nation was Cuba once a colony of?
Answer: Spain
Question: Who was the North Korean leader who died in 2011?
Answer: Kim Jong-il
Question: Bill Clinton was how old when he became U.S. President?
Answer: 46
Question: Which country had a government shutdown in October 2013?
Answer: USA
Question: What nationality is the wife of Jeb Bush?
Answer: Mexican
Question: Perez Hilton's website features what?
Answer: Celebrity News
Question: Who designed the Embryo Chair?
Answer: Marc Newson
Question: What is the predominant color in the logo for News Corp?
Answer: Black
Question: In what year was News Corp launched?
Answer: 2013
Question: Donald Trump deleted a tweet about whose wife in July 2015?
Answer: Jeb Bush
Medium
Question: Starting with the earliest, put these US newspapers in the order they were founded.
Answer: The New York Times
Question: Shortly after the 2010 UK general election, which British Prime Minister resigned?
Answer: Gordon Brown
Question: L'Equipe is a French daily newspaper covering mainly which subject?
Answer: Sport
Question: The buck stops here' is a phrase associated with which U.S. President?
Answer: Harry S. Truman
Question: Which country was placed under a state of emergency for 3 months in November 2015?
Answer: France
Question: Vladimir Putin was succeeded by who as Russian President in 2008?
Answer: Dmitry Medvedev
Question: In 1848 the London Daily News carried the world's first what?
Answer: Weather Forecast
Question: Which sports brand were amongst companies to ditch Donald Trump in July 2015?
Answer: NASCAR
Question: Where did Morgan Tsvangirai become the Prime Minister of in 2009?
Answer: Zimbabwe
Question: These inventions are separated by about a century each. Rank them chronologically.
Answer: Newspaper
Question: In what year was the Magna Carta, the foundation of English libery, signed?
Answer: 1215
Question: In the 2008 U.S. Democratic primary race who did Barack Obama defeat?
Answer: Hillary Clinton
Question: In which city did an abandoned building collapse in June 2013?
Answer: Philadelphia
Question: In which European country is Il Mondo one of the main national daily newspapers?
Answer: Italy
Question: Who ran against John McCain in the 2008 presidential election?
Answer: Sarah Palin
Question: The renowned 'Blood and Iron' speech was given by which politician?
Answer: Otto von Bismarck
Question: The first drug was released in October 2015 that slowed the decline of…?
Answer: MS
Question: If you were reading the newspaper 'Le Figaro' in which country would you be?
Answer: France
Question: When Barack Obama became U.S. President in 2009 how old was he?
Answer: 47
Question: Who ran against Barack Obama's in both the 2008 & 2012 U.S. presidential elections?
Answer: Joe Biden
Question: Kermit, the famous explorer, was the son of which American president?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Question: Barack Obama defeated who in the 2012 U.S. presidential election?
Answer: Mitt Romney
Question: Who ran against Mitt Romney in the 2012 U.S. presidential election?
Answer: Paul Ryan
Question: What song did Barack Obama sing at a eulogy for Clementina Pinckney?
Answer: Amazing Grace
Question: With which newspaper is the cartoonist 'Giles' chiefly associated?
Answer: Sunday Express
Question: Handmade is the name of the new handicraft store launched by whom in October 2015?
Answer: Amazon
Question: Who said in 2013 'who am I to judge?' when talking about gay priests?
Answer: Pope Francis
Question: Barack Obama was defeated by who in the 2008 U.S. presidential election?
Answer: John McCain
Question: Which nation claimed Russian Caspian missiles fell there in October 2015?
Answer: Iran
Question: Dimitry Medvedev was succeeded by who as Russian President in 2012?
Answer: Vladimir Putin
Question: The 'Rivers of Blood' speech was delivered by which politician?
Answer: Enoch Powell
Question: Which country launched nuclear tests and threats of war in 2013?
Answer: North Korea
Question: In the 2012 presidential election, which French President was defeated?
Answer: Nicolas Sarkozy
Question: In which state was there an explosion at a fertilizer plant in April 2013?
Answer: Texas
Question: As of 2010, what is the largest business newspaper in the US by circulation?
Answer: Wall Street Journal
Question: Which country entered recession for a third time in November 2015?
Answer: Japan
Question: The first British Prime Minister is generally regarded as who?
Answer: Robert Walpole
Question: Which country is Silvio Berlusconi the former Prime Minister of?
Answer: Italy
Question: Which US tabloid newspaper gave the world the infamous 'Bat Boy'?
Answer: Weekly World News
Question: UKIP, a new political party causing waves in England in 2014 is lead by who?
Answer: Nigel Farage
Question: Before becoming a judge on 'Britain's Got Talent', what was Piers Morgan's job?
Answer: Newspaper editor
Question: What was the name of Twitters news service launched in October 2015?
Answer: Moments
Question: Which nation rejected an asylum plea from Julian Assange in July 2015?
Answer: France
Question: Which Swiss site, a rival to Reddit, admitted to financial problems in July 2015?
Answer: Voat
Question: Who was the first woman to read the 'Nine O'clock News' on BBC TV?
Answer: Angela Rippon
Question: In which country was the Westgate shopping mall attack in September 2013?
Answer: Kenya
Question: In what category did 'Al Jazeera English' first win an Asian Television Award?
Answer: Best News Report
Question: The youngest U.S. Vice President of the 20th century was who?
Answer: Richard Nixon
Question: What does the first letter B stand for in the abbreviation BBC?
Answer: British
Question: In 2011, which nation became the newest member of the United Nations?
Answer: South Sudan
Question: The book publisher HarperCollins is owned by which media group?
Answer: News Corp
Question: Which U.S. state did Arnold Schwarzenegger govern for two terms?
Answer: California
Question: Carlos Acosta embarked on a world tour in 2015 in which field?
Answer: Ballet
Question: Complete that tile of a 2015 film starring Tom Cruise 'Bridge of ___'?
Answer: Spies
Question: Which country's political system is the political system of Canada based on?
Answer: United Kingdom
Question: In 2010, the Labour Party in Britain elected who as their leader?
Answer: Ed Miliband
Question: What appeared on page one of The Times on 3 May 1966 for the first time?
Answer: News
Question: What newspaper caught Sarah Ferguson on camera trying to sell access to Prince Andrew
Answer: News of the World
Question: Which of these major networks dumped Donald Trump for its coverage in July 2015?
Answer: ESPN
Question: Immediately prior to becoming Prime Minister, which Cabinet post did John Major hold?
Answer: Chancellor
Question: F. W. de Klerk became president of which of these countries in 1989?
Answer: South Africa
Question: Which comedian replaced Simon Hoggart as the chairman of Radio 4's News Quiz in 2006?
Answer: Sandi Toksvig
Question: Karl Marx was a European correspondent for which US newspaper?
Answer: New York Tribune
Question: Jack Dorsey was appointed permanent CEO of which company in October 2015?
Answer: Twitter
Question: Which Conservative party leader did not become Prime Minister?
Answer: William Hague
Hard
Question: The New York State Department fined which bank for its conduct on foreign exchange in November 2015?
Answer: Barclays
Question: In which section of the newspaper are you most likely to read stories about Chris Couch?
Answer: Sport
Question: Who was Bill Clinton's vice-president?
Answer: Al Gore
Question: Who was elected leader of the UK in 2010?
Answer: David Cameron
Question: Which of these people is NOT somebody you're likely to read about in the overseas section of the newspaper?
Answer: Richard Madeley
Question: What is the surname of the former U.S. Presidential candidate who has the first name Mitt ...
Answer: … Romney
Question: After the 2010 United Kingdom general election, which two parties formed a coalition government?
Answer: Conservatives & Liberal Democrats
Question: Melissa Theuriau had fan videos posted of her on YouTube and was then voted 'TV's Sexiest News Anchor' in which magazine?
Answer: Maxim
Question: Who said in 2013 'when you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy'?
Answer: Edward Snowden
Question: Which of these noteworthy people are you most likely to read about in the sport section of the newspaper?
Answer: Brian Bateman
Question: In the German parliamentary election in 2013, who won a third straight election victory?
Answer: Angela Merkel
Question: The quote 'I want every girl, every child, to be educated' was said in 2013 by a native of which country?
Answer: Pakistan
Question: The US signed a groundbreaking environmental accord with which nation in November 2015?
Answer: Cuba
Question: Which of these men was a political theorist?
Answer: Edmund Burke
Question: How much was the jackpot worth, when The Mirror newspaper offered it's first bingo game on the 21st of September 1981?
Answer: 30000
Question: If you run a shop specializing in magazines, newspapers and other general items, what is your job?
Answer: Newsagent
Question: Peter Robinson announced in November 2015 he would step down as First Minister of where?
Answer: Northern Ireland
Question: In what year did 'Al Jazeera English' first win a Concentra (Belgium): Breaking News Award?
Answer: 2008
Question: In what year did the Banana Wars start?
Answer: 1898
Question: The online version of a newspaper published on which day is the 15th most popular site in Oz?
Answer: Sunday
Question: In 2002 which Spanish newspaper run a poll of Real Madrid legends that placed Michael Laudrup in 15th place?
Answer: Marca
Question: Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was born in which city?
Answer: Glasgow
Question: In which year did the British Government scrap the shilling (s) and pence (d) coins and divide the pound into units of ten, including half, one, two, five, ten and 50 pence denominations?
Answer: 1971
Question: Which Canadian city was flooded in July 2013?
Answer: Toronto
Question: Which show did the Canadian-American journalist Peter Jennings anchor between 1983 and 2005?
Answer: ABC's World News
Question: Since 2009, which group of political activists have been attempting to influence U.S. politics?
Answer: Tea Party
Question: Which former President claimed in 2015 that there was 'no hope' for middle east peace?
Answer: Carter
Question: In October 2013 the U.S. government went into 'shutdown' because of which piece of Barack Obama's legislation?
Answer: Healthcare
Question: When was the Al Jazeera Media Netowrk founded?
Answer: 1996
Question: Hillary Clinton was replaced as U.S. Secretary of State by who when she retired in 2013?
Answer: John Kerry
Question: Which U.S. state was Barack Obama the senator for before he ran for the presidency in 2008?
Answer: Illinois
Question: When John Major became British Prime Minister in November 1990, who was U.S. President?
Answer: George H. W. Bush
Question: Spanish newspaper Marca voted Zinedine Zidane's goal against which side as the best goal ever?
Answer: Bayer Leverkusen
Question: Todd Harrell was charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication in April 2013, which band is he a member of?
Answer: 3 Doors Down
Question: A popular video on YouTube is of a Fox News reporter falling over, by what name is she infamously known as?
Answer: Grape Lady
Question: In the news in November 2015, Sapo is the criminal investigation unit for which country?
Answer: Sweden
Question: The President of where said 'we have not said that we possess chemical weapons, nor have we said that we do not possess them'?
Answer: Syria
Question: Which of these is a real book release from 2015, the latest in a long running series?
Answer: The Girl in the Spiders Web
Question: Which nation caused controversy by launching their first air strike on Syria in October 2015?
Answer: Russia
Question: TV crews and news channels display live 24/7 feeds of what during the election of a new Pope?
Answer: Vatican Chimney
Question: In a 2002 poll by Spanish newspaper 'Marca' Michael Laudrup was voted in what position in an all time list of Real Madrid legends?
Answer: 15th
Question: The Prime Minister of which country said 'I will tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk and the onslaught of smiles'?
Answer: Israel
