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Weekly News QuizIn the knowPart A: WordsA1) Who stars as Romeo in the new film version ofShakespeare’s play about young love? Douglas Booth, ‘Whereforeart thou Romeo?’, The Big Interview, page 17A2) How much food is wasted in Scotland every year? 566,000tonnes, according to organisation, Zero Waste Scotland, News InNumbers, Home News, page 5A3) How many volts, simulating lightning, were used tocharge a mobile phone at Southampton University? 200,000volts, ‘Charge your phone in a flash’, Science, page 9A4) Why did 12-year-old Bailie Kershaw win a Pride of BritainAward? He saved his dad’s life. When his father had a heart attack,Bailie kept him alive by clearing his father’s airways and performing CPR,‘The children who are the Pride of Britain’, Headlines, page 3A5) What was the final score in the Rugby Super LeagueGrand Final? Wigan beat Warrington 30-16, Sport In Numbers, Sport,page 24A6) Tourists and Venetians are standing on walkways in theItalian city of Venice waiting for the ‘Acqua Alta’ but what is it?It is the Venetian word for their high tide – which floods into the city ofVenice in Autumn and Winter, News In Pictures, page 4A7) American special troops tried to capture the leader of theal-Shabab terrorist organisation which attacked the Westgateshopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. What is his name? AbdikadirMohamed, 7. Somalia, World News page 7A8) Who does celebrity chef and businessman, Levi Roots,say is his Literacy Hero? His mum, who helped him to read and write,Special report, page 6A9) Staff are celebrating the birth of the first tiger cub to beborn at London Zoo for 17 years but what is the name of thenew baby’s mother? Melati, ‘Paw-fect cub’, Animals, page 8A10) What does the NCA, otherwise known as the ‘British FBI’,stand for? The National Crime Agency, ‘The British FBI’, Headlines, page2Part F: StatisticsPart B: PicturesPart C: Place Part D: Person Part E: ObjectWhich country has just been hit byTyphoon Fitow?Cancun,Mexicothe Great Rubber Ducky Race 2013,News in Pictures, page 4China, Headlines, page 3?What news do these pictures tell us this week?What news do these numbers tell us this week?F1) 9 libraries – are set to close in Sunderland today (11 October) to help Sunderland City Council save £850,000, Front Page, page 1 F2) 7wickets – was the winning margin for Afghanistan over Kenya to qualify, for the first time, for the Cricket World Cup, Sport In Numbers, page24 F3) Six months – The length of time scientists believe the alpine swift spend in the air non-stop, Science, page 9 F4) 81 Gromit statues– are being auctioned off to raise money for Bristol Children’s Hospital, Home News, page 5 F5) 270 tube stations in London – have beenincluded in a song by Jay Foreman, ‘Tube tunes’, Crazy But True, page 10 F2) 12 shanty towns – in Rio de Janeiro, have been taken over bysoldiers to try and drive the criminals out of these poor areas of the city before the 2014 Football World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, 6.Brazil, World News, page 7Learning through newsB1Pakistani schoolgirl,Hampshire’s Malala Yousafzai only Quidditch(picturedteam with played David Beckham,) their Quidditch is inthe match running this week, for the beating NobelPeace Reading Prize, Rocs ‘Malala 120-10 up fortop prize’, Home Headlines, News, page page 5 2B3Canadian astronautand internet sensationCommander Chris Hadfieldreturned Labour’s to Tristram Earth this Hunt week, isthe after new spending Shadow five Education monthsSecretary, in Headlines, space, page 2Headlines, page 3B5Who is this person and why is he inthe news this week?FirstNewsIssue 38211th - 17th OCT 2013TwitterThe Luminos car, acompetitor from StanfordUniversity, USA, races on dayone of the World 2013 SolarChallenge, News In Pictures,page 4Gymnast, Kristian Thomas, whohas made world history by becomingthe first British man to get a WorldChampionships medal on the vault,Sport, page 24B2B4What is this?Jeb Corliss standing in thegap in Mount Jianglang – hehas just glided down, ‘China,World News, page 7Japanese gymnast, Kenzoa dozen Shirai, ducklings making the who first gottrapped ever quadruple down a twist drain in have thebeen Artistic rescued Gymnastics with the World helpof Championships, a 14-year-old schoolgirl Sport InNumbers, Animals, Sport, page page 8 24B6Buckingham Researchers Palace at Google hostedhave its first used official images football fromNASA match satellites to celebrate to make thesome Football impressive Association’s time-lapse 150thvideos birthday, of our ‘BuckinghamchangingPalace football planetstadium!’,Headlines, Science, page 63King Henry VIII’s famous ship, theMary Rose. It was recovered from thebottom of the sea (where it had beenan for x-ray 437 of years), one of 21 the years young ago sloths on 11 atOctober Chester Zoo 1982. that You recently can now passed go and a full seethe restored health Mary Rose check, at PortsmouthHistoric Animals, Dockyard, page This 8Week InHistory, Headlines, page 2www.FirstNews.co.uk/forschoolsJeb CorlissGetty