Weekend news quiz

1.    Which newly reformed band brought the curtain down on this year’s Glastonbury Festival?

2.    What nickname have tennis fans given to the new Centre Court roof at Wimbledon?

3.    The penalty for failing to wear a seatbelt in a car is to rise from £30 to how much?

4.    The BBC came under fire for sending 415 people to cover which event?

5.    Accounts have revealed that last year’s cost to the tax payer for the Royal Family amounted to how much per person?

6.    Who managed England’s Under 21 team who were beaten 4-0 by Germany in the European Championship final?

7.    Michael Jackson’s mother has been granted temporary custody of the singer’s three children.  According to his will, who has been named as their guardian if she was unable to fulfil this duty?

8.    Researchers are to tag which breed of seabird nesting on the Farne Islands to get an insight into why their numbers have gone into dramatic decline?

9.    Birmingham City Council is looking into whether it can trademark which dish first created in the 1970s?

10.    What sort of insect is the Harlequin, which has spread to most parts of the UK preying on other insects?

ANSWERS

1.    Blur

2.    Rufus

3.    £60

4.    Glastonbury

5.    69p

6.    Stuart Pearce

7.    Diana Ross

8.    Puffin

9.    Balti

10.    Ladybird

Compiled by Beverly Taylor