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36 7 days 5 – 6 DECEMBER 2020 7 days 37 7days IT’S BEEN A GOOD WEEK FOR... BTS The South Korean boy band (right) have iNewsQuiz become the first group to have a foreign- language song enter the US charts at No 1. ‘Life The stories that shaped the week Goes On’, sung predominantly in Korean, topped 1 Which animated character will the US Billboard 100 chart in its debut week. adorn a commemorative 50p coin? Transformational biology A 50-year-old 2 Who had a Major accident that biological challenge has been solved by AI left him needing a walking boot? researchers at Google, which could accelerate the development of drugs for cancer and other 3 More than 1,000 people signed up diseases. Researchers will be able to predict for an “egg-throwing contest” at the the shape of proteins, and understand how Making a unveiling of a statue of whom? they perform specific tasks in the body, in days rather than years in the once-in-a-generation 4 What connects Lewis Hamilton, breakthrough. The development could also help Prue Leith and Margaret Atwood? feed the world and even solve the plastic crisis. meal of it 5 Which country said it had landed Sore eyes An effective new treatment to a robot probe on the Moon? restore vision is on the horizon. It works by injecting genetically modified stem cells into MPs don’t know if the Scotch egg is more 6 What pantomime role will Olivia the eye to mend damaged retinas. Letters from strangers An unwell 10-year-old Sir David Attenborough The broadcaster Colman play in BBC Two’s version from Chartham in Kent, Abbie Paice, received and natural historian, 94, will receive a lifetime than a snack. So what do the people who of Cinderella this Christmas? Rewilding Beavers have built their first dam in thousands of birthday cards and presents from achievement award at the Rose d’Or Award in Exmoor in more than 400 years, following river well-wishers around the world after her mother recognition of his 60-year career. The awards, make them think, asks Kasia Delgado 7 A statue of whom appeared restoration work by the National Trust. The dam shared on social media that she loved receiving set up in 1961, celebrate achievement in on the empty Edward Colston at the Holnicote Estate near Minehead has been letters in the post. entertainment programming. plinth in Bristol in a tribute to the made by the first beavers to be released into the n a year as strange as 2020, dish, hence the “Scotch” part of its started. Our regular-sized ones are actor Dave Prowse? wild by the trust in its 125-year history. Inspirational teachers Ranjitsinh Disale, a Climate change Global emissions goals are now perhaps it is fitting that this week name, but others believe it has nothing perfect for a light lunch.” teacher from a village school in India, who within “striking distance” following pledges of the most hotly debated topic in to do with Scotland and arrived here The Gourmet Scotch Egg Company 8 Alien, Sausage, Dragon, Seahorse, Maggie O’Farrell (inset) The author’s fought for the education of girls, won action from big polluters such as China and the the UK has been the Scotch egg. from India, after British soldiers in York agrees. “We view Scotch eggs Viking, Blob, Swan, Bush Baby – all lauded book about the short life of this year’s Global Teacher Prize. He US, a think-tank has said. If all nations meet their IThis humble ball of egg, meat and returned home from the colony having either way,” says Kate Dawson, who will appear in which TV show? Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, was gave away half of the $1m (£740,000) net-zero emissions targets, the world is heading breadcrumbs has for days graced enjoyed the dish nargisi kofta – an egg makes the dish herself for the business, named Waterstones book of the year. prize, sharing it with the runners-up. for 2.1°C of warming by the end of the century – front pages, radio shows and television wrapped inside lamb mince and fried. “but they can be a substantial snack 9 What did German divers Jamie Frost, a UK teacher who ran just short of the Paris Agreement goal of limiting news segments. The matter in question: Whoever we have to thank (or blame, if you have one of ours. They are the searching the Baltic for discarded Osteoporosis sufferers Scientists a free maths tuition website, was warming to between 1.5°C and 2°C. is it a meal or a snack? depending on one’s taste buds), the size of tennis balls, but they can also fishing nets stumble upon? have identified a gene that plays a awarded a one-off Covid Hero prize. The furore began when Cabinet Scotch egg appears to have enjoyed life be served with salad, chips or potatoes key role in the ageing of bone, tendon, Heritage highlights The 5,000-year-old minister George Eustice said that a as a substantial meal in certain homes and you have a meal. We’ve seen many 10 Whose son is set to join ligament and cartilage, which they hope Green living Hundreds of Scottish sarsen stones at Stonehenge were Scotch egg would count as a substantial in Victorian Britain. In Mrs Beeton’s restaurants doing this.” a Formula One team for the can be used to treat age-related diseases homes are to become the first in the world illuminated with images of unsung meal, and could therefore be served 1861 Book of Household Management, she Louise Wagstaffe, an experienced chef first time next year? connected to the skeletal system. to use 100 per cent green hydrogen for heritage champions from across the with alcohol by pubs in tier two areas. advises to serve one for supper with who founded social enterprise Delicious heating and cooking in a trial that could UK who have worked to keep the Michael Gove, perhaps unaware “good brown gravy”. The sausage meat By Design, feels the nation might be Andrea Levy The late author of the prize- lead to households across the country UK’s heritage accessible during of the hornet’s nest he was kicking, could also, she suggested, be replaced asking the wrong question about Scotch winning Windrush novel ‘Small Island’ will replacing fossil fuel use. the pandemic. said shortly afterwards: “A couple of with pounded anchovies. eggs. “Perhaps the question should be: Answers below become the first writer of colour to have her pen Scotch eggs is a starter, as far as I’m As time went on, Scotch eggs became how is it that we’ve failed to support added to the Royal Society of Literature’s historic Hope After her work dried up, Michael Schumacher. 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Scotch egg with a Clearly, not all Scotch eggs are open their doors? 4’s Radio present made history as the first woman to referee a seeking out villages and hamlets The 62-year-old with gastropubs and delis Today Stuart Bee All will will All Thatcher. Margaret 4. Nobody, then, is any across the UK serving hearty runny centre (top) created equal. For David Laing, who “Every chef who has a Scotch egg as 3. men’s Champions League game. She officiated in called Hope. Along the way, sailor from Florida was Biden. Joe Snowman. The Briggs’ clearer on the topic – but items bigger than a fist. for the Hind’s Head owns Scotch egg company The Clucking part of their offer knows whether or not 2. the match between Juventus and Dynamo Kiev. she raised money for The Bike rescued after clinging to his AFP, KRISTY NOBLE Raymond Raymond what is clear is that the very Heston Blumenthal loves Pig in Redcar, it can certainly be a meal they would call it a substantial meal,” 1. She previously refereed Liverpool and Chelsea in Project, a charity that donates capsized boat 86 miles off the answers answers Quiz News nature of the Scotch egg has a Scotch egg. “They remind if it’s high enough quality. He uses rare- she adds. “For me, a Scotch egg is a i a Super Cup game in 2019. refurbished bikes to refugees. US coast for almost 48 hours. changed over the years since it me of picnics as a child,” the breed pork, game or venison to swaddle wonderful snack. Coupled with a lovely was invented. celebrity chef tells iweekend. “We a large free-range egg. He says plenty summer salad, it would make a light Luxury department store Fortnum used to go to Windsor Great Park in of his clients eat them as the main dish, lunch.