The Ultimate News Quiz 2008

with quizmasters Andy Marr and Kirsty Young

Click to see who’s on each table.

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Newsnight
Kirsty Wark
Jeremy Paxman

BBC TV News
Dermot Murnaghan
Sophie Raworth

BBC 24
Jon Sopel
Ben Brown

Radio 4
James Naughtie
Martha Kearney

Sky News
Kay Burley
Adam Boulton

Five News
John Suchet
Kate Gerbaux

Channel 4 News
Jon Snow
Alex Thomson

ITV News 1
Mary Nightingale
Mark Austin

ITV News 2
Alastair Stewart
Katie Derham

GMTV
Fiona Phillips
Andrew Castle

Q. Which two political leaders signed a bipartisan agreement on global warming on August 1 at the Pacific port of Long Beach?

Q. Lion's Mane, Sea Wasp and Mauve Stingers were in the news last summer. What were they?

Q. Name the product boycotted by Beyonce, Lil Kim and Jay-Z last year.

Q. Which internet phenomenon was originally named after a Hawaiian word meaning "fast"?

Q. Beatriz Pinzon Solano was the lead character in a hit Colombian TV series. What is she better known as?

Q. What gruesome items were sold to a New York undertaker for $7,000?

Q. What species of whale died after getting lost and swimming up the Thames as far as the Houses of Parliament?

Q. Who joined the debate about skinny models by attacking the "talking toothpicks" who fill the pages of glossy magazines?