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