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1. International news: The priests under the Pope at the Vatican are called Cardinals. They are 115 and they shuts themselves in the Sistine Chapel to vote. This is called a conclave. Whoever is elected pope must get at least 77 votes. When the ballots are counted, they are burned. Through a small chimney at the Sistine Chapel, people can see if black smoke or white smoke comes out . This time, black smoke came four times before they elected a new pope, and sent out white smoke. For the first time the Pope is from outside Europe. He is 76 years old and comes from Buenos Aires in Argentina, but his parents had emigrated from Italy. His name is Jose Mario Borgoglio. As Pope, he has a different name. What name?

• 1. Pius I• X. Franciskus I• 2. Gregorius I

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2. Local news: Olympia School in Kävlinge has had some problems. The school administration resolved it by forbidding students to bring special things from home. In an interview with students in the sixth grade, they thought it was good that the school introduced this ban. What is it that students at Olympia School in Kävlinge may not bring to school?

• 1. Rollerblades• X. Laser pens• 2. Mobilephones

Page 4: Newsweek 11

3. Local news: There has also been news about schools in Malmö. Last Friday pupils at Heleneholmsskolan and Munkhätteskolan were told to leave school and take the day off. What was it that had happened?

• 1. A fire had started in the chemistry classroom

• X. They had found guns on the roof of one of the schools

• 2. They had received a threat that there would be a bomb at the school

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4. Google:On Tuesday the 12th of March, Google had this "doodle". It was only in Sweden. It´s because the person that you could learn more about if you clicked at the doodeln would have turned 123 years and was one of Sweden's most famous writer, composer, song writer, artist and lute player. The instrument in the doodeln is a lute. He was born in Gothenburg and died in Stockholm. During his 84 years, he had traveled around the world, worked in different places and wrote songs about it. He will be in our new 50-kronor banknote. What was his name?

• 1. Carl Michael Bellman

• X. Evert Taube

• 2. Carl Anton

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5. St Patrick´s Day:Google had another doodle last week. It was these dancers that symbolized that it was Ireland's National Day. The day is also known as St. Patrick's Day, after Ireland's patron saint. He lived in the 400's and was a missionary in Ireland. It is alleged that he also cleared Ireland of all snakes, but they're back now. People celebrates the day by dressing in green and perhaps dance the dance that the figures in the doodeln do. This dance is not older than 1994. Then you could see the dance for the first time in the pause entertainment at ESC held in Dublin, Ireland. What is dance called?

• 1. Squaredance

• X. Swingdance

• 2. Riverdance

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6. Sport: Football.Pia Sundhage has made her first major tournament with the Swedish women's national football team. It was in a Cup played every year in southern part of Portugal. In the group stage, Sweden was second on the same points as the USA, but with worse goal difference. In the match for third place Sweden lost on penalties to Norway. The result: USA number one, number two Germany, Norway finished third and Sweden fourth, but Sweden did not lose a single match during ordinary time. What's the name of the tournament?

• 1. Algarve Cup• X. Costa Brava Cup• 2. Confederations Cup

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7. Dead: A Swedish princess died last week. She was 97 years. 1943 she met the Swedish Prince Bertil (King Carl Gustaf's uncle). They fell in love. She came from a working-class mining family in Swansea, Wales. The rules said that the Royals could only marry another royal. So they could not marry each other. This rule was removed in 1976 and after having been a couple for 33 years, they finally could get married, but then it was too late to have children. Bertil died in 1997, and now his widow died. On Saturday she was buried. What was her name?

• 1. Louise• X. Lilian• 2. Charlotte

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8. Entertainment: Last Saturday there was a concert at the Malmo Arena with of one of Sweden's most popular artists. He calls his concert "Showtime" and he sang many of his hits. During ABBA's world tour in 1979, he sang in the choir. 1980, he represented Sweden at ESC with his own song “Just nu". His biggest hit came in 1982 and is named “Sommaren är kort" What is the name of the artist who was at Malmö Arena last Saturday?

• 1. Tomas Ledin

• X. Ulf Lundell

• 2. Tommy Nilsson

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9. The words of the week: St. Paul's Church in Malmö will be rebuilt. First the old green copper roof should be removed and replaced with silver-gray aluminum roofs. Then some other changes should be made. This is expected to cost around 40 million Swedish kronor. What´s another word for: to tidy up, improve or repair?

• 1. Renovate

• X. Reserve

• 2. Devaluate

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10. Born this week: On Sunday the 17th of March 52 years ago (1961) Alexander Bard was born in Motala. He has worked with many different things, but is best known as a songwriter and music producer. He has also formed many different groups that he had been a member in. One of the first groups he formed and had met again and with the song "Rockin‘ the Ride" they participated in this year's Melodifestivalen. What is the name of the group?

• 1. Vacuum• X. Bodies Without Organs

(BWO)• 2. Army of Lovers

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11. This week in history:On Saturday the 16th of March 221 years ago (1792) there was a big party at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. It was a costume ball. One of the main guests was King Gustav. A group of nobles wanted to kill him. They drew lots and Jacob Johan Anckarström would get to the party and shoot the king. Although the shot hit the back the king survived. But there was not the medicine that there is today, after 13 days Gustav died in blood poisoning and pneumonia. What was the number King Gustav had?

• 1. The Third• X. The Fourth• 2. The Fifth

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12. This week in TV:This old soccer goalkeeper has become a competitor on all kinds of television shows. He has played football in Egypt, made three matches in Arsenal and finished his last season with Hammarby. Now he seems to be in every game show. It started in the "Maestro" in SVT. Then he was in the “Hela Sveriges fredag" and now he is on TV 3's diving program “Kändishoppet". What's his name?

• 1. Rami Shaaban• X. Kennedy Bakircioglü• 2. Erkan Zengin

Page 14: Newsweek 11

13. Sport: Swedish Championship For the first time the bandy finals were played indoors. They were played at Friends Arena on ice. On Friday, there should be grass, because then Sweden meets Ireland in football at a World Cup qualifier-game. The women's bandy SM final was played on Saturday. Sandviken beat AIK 4-2. Men's final was played on Sunday. What team became Swedish champions by winning 9-4 before a record crowd of 38,747?

• 1. Sandvikens AIK• X. Villa Lidköping BK• 2. Hammarby IF

Page 15: Newsweek 11

1. International news: The priests under the Pope at the Vatican are called Cardinals. They are 115 and they shuts themselves in the Sistine Chapel to vote. This is called a conclave. Whoever is elected pope must get at least 77 votes. When the ballots are counted, they are burned. Through a small chimney at the Sistine Chapel, people can see if black smoke or white smoke comes out . This time, black smoke came four times before they elected a new pope, and sent out white smoke. For the first time the Pope is from outside Europe. He is 76 years old and comes from Buenos Aires in Argentina, but his parents had emigrated from Italy. His name is Jose Mario Borgoglio. As Pope, he has a different name. What name?

• 1. Pius I• X. Franciskus I• 2. Gregorius I

Page 16: Newsweek 11

2. Local news: Olympia School in Kävlinge has had some problems. The school administration resolved it by forbidding students to bring special things from home. In an interview with students in the sixth grade, they thought it was good that the school introduced this ban. What is it that students at Olympia School in Kävlinge may not bring to school?

• 1. Rollerblades• X. Laser pens• 2. Mobilephones

Page 17: Newsweek 11

3. Local news: There has also been news about schools in Malmö. Last Friday pupils at Heleneholmsskolan and Munkhätteskolan were told to leave school and take the day off. What was it that had happened?

• 1. A fire had started in the chemistry classroom

• X. They had found guns on the roof of one of the schools

• 2. They had received a threat that there would be a bomb at the school

Page 18: Newsweek 11

4. Google:On Tuesday the 12th of March, Google had this "doodle". It was only in Sweden. It´s because the person that you could learn more about if you clicked at the doodeln would have turned 123 years and was one of Sweden's most famous writer, composer, song writer, artist and lute player. The instrument in the doodeln is a lute. He was born in Gothenburg and died in Stockholm. During his 84 years, he had traveled around the world, worked in different places and wrote songs about it. He will be in our new 50-kronor banknote. What was his name?

• 1. Carl Michael Bellman

• X. Evert Taube

• 2. Carl Anton

Page 19: Newsweek 11

5. St Patrick´s Day:Google had another doodle last week. It was these dancers that symbolized that it was Ireland's National Day. The day is also known as St. Patrick's Day, after Ireland's patron saint. He lived in the 400's and was a missionary in Ireland. It is alleged that he also cleared Ireland of all snakes, but they're back now. People celebrates the day by dressing in green and perhaps dance the dance that the figures in the doodeln do. This dance is not older than 1994. Then you could see the dance for the first time in the pause entertainment at ESC held in Dublin, Ireland. What is dance called?

• 1. Squaredance

• X. Swingdance

• 2. Riverdance

Page 20: Newsweek 11

6. Sport: Football.Pia Sundhage has made her first major tournament with the Swedish women's national football team. It was in a Cup played every year in southern part of Portugal. In the group stage, Sweden was second on the same points as the USA, but with worse goal difference. In the match for third place Sweden lost on penalties to Norway. The result: USA number one, number two Germany, Norway finished third and Sweden fourth, but Sweden did not lose a single match during ordinary time. What's the name of the tournament?

• 1. Algarve Cup• X. Costa Brava Cup• 2. Confederations Cup

Page 21: Newsweek 11

7. Dead: A Swedish princess died last week. She was 97 years. 1943 she met the Swedish Prince Bertil (King Carl Gustaf's uncle). They fell in love. She came from a working-class mining family in Swansea, Wales. The rules said that the Royals could only marry another royal. So they could not marry each other. This rule was removed in 1976 and after having been a couple for 33 years, they finally could get married, but then it was too late to have children. Bertil died in 1997, and now his widow died. On Saturday she was buried. What was her name?

• 1. Louise• X. Lilian• 2. Charlotte

Page 22: Newsweek 11

8. Entertainment: Last Saturday there was a concert at the Malmo Arena with of one of Sweden's most popular artists. He calls his concert "Showtime" and he sang many of his hits. During ABBA's world tour in 1979, he sang in the choir. 1980, he represented Sweden at ESC with his own song “Just nu". His biggest hit came in 1982 and is named “Sommaren är kort" What is the name of the artist who was at Malmö Arena last Saturday?

• 1. Tomas Ledin

• X. Ulf Lundell

• 2. Tommy Nilsson

Page 23: Newsweek 11

9. The words of the week: St. Paul's Church in Malmö will be rebuilt. First the old green copper roof should be removed and replaced with silver-gray aluminum roofs. Then some other changes should be made. This is expected to cost around 40 million Swedish kronor. What´s another word for: to tidy up, improve or repair?

• 1. Renovate

• X. Reserve

• 2. Devaluate

Page 24: Newsweek 11

10. Born this week: On Sunday the 17th of March 52 years ago (1961) Alexander Bard was born in Motala. He has worked with many different things, but is best known as a songwriter and music producer. He has also formed many different groups that he had been a member in. One of the first groups he formed and had met again and with the song "Rockin‘ the Ride" they participated in this year's Melodifestivalen. What is the name of the group?

• 1. Vacuum• X. Bodies Without Organs

(BWO)• 2. Army of Lovers

Page 25: Newsweek 11

11. This week in history:On Saturday the 16th of March 221 years ago (1792) there was a big party at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. It was a costume ball. One of the main guests was King Gustav. A group of nobles wanted to kill him. They drew lots and Jacob Johan Anckarström would get to the party and shoot the king. Although the shot hit the back the king survived. But there was not the medicine that there is today, after 13 days Gustav died in blood poisoning and pneumonia. What was the number King Gustav had?

• 1. The Third• X. The Fourth• 2. The Fifth

Page 26: Newsweek 11

12. This week in TV:This old soccer goalkeeper has become a competitor on all kinds of television shows. He has played football in Egypt, made three matches in Arsenal and finished his last season with Hammarby. Now he seems to be in every game show. It started in the "Maestro" in SVT. Then he was in the “Hela Sveriges fredag" and now he is on TV 3's diving program “Kändishoppet". What's his name?

• 1. Rami Shaaban• X. Kennedy Bakircioglü• 2. Erkan Zengin

Page 27: Newsweek 11

13. Sport: Swedish Championship For the first time the bandy finals were played indoors. They were played at Friends Arena on ice. On Friday, there should be grass, because then Sweden meets Ireland in football at a World Cup qualifier-game. The women's bandy SM final was played on Saturday. Sandviken beat AIK 4-2. Men's final was played on Sunday. What team became Swedish champions by winning 9-4 before a record crowd of 38,747?

• 1. Sandvikens AIK• X. Villa Lidköping BK• 2. Hammarby IF

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