Friday 16 November 2018

The newsquiz: 25 questions about the week

The top solo online scorer in last week's newsquiz was Toby Brown with an impressive 19. The top team was the Penmans with 20. Other high scores included Tom Savage, Janet Boyle and the Adam Batstone with Lucy Thorpe who all scored 17. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual, it is 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

May day: Thursday's front pages
1. Exactly how many pages was the EU withdrawal agreement document that was unveiled this week?
2. Two Cabinet ministers Dominic Raab and Esther McVey quit over the EU withdrawal agreement. Raab resigned as Brexit Secretary but what was McVey’s position?
3. By Friday morning at least 20 MPs had submitted letters of no confidence in the Prime Minister to the backbench 1922 Committee. How many letters are needed to trigger a vote of no confidence?
4. Asked whether she would be able to 'deliver the runs' for Britain, Theresa May said she would dig in and fight like one of her sporting heroes. Who was she talking about?  
5. Who announced he would not resign from the Cabinet saying: 'I think it’s absolutely vital that we focus on getting the right deal in the future, and making sure that in the areas that matter so much to the British people, we can get a good outcome’?     
6. Backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg reacted to the draft deal over Brexit, before the Cabinet agreement, by saying: ‘____ ____ have gone up all over Whitehall. It is a betrayal of the Union’? What are the two missing words?
7. Who became the 18th minister to quit under Theresa May’s premiership when he resigned as Minister for Transport?
8. Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright said that ‘the Government has listened’ and will now implement what in April next year?
9. Susanna Dinnage, global president of Discovery's Animal Planet, was appointed as chief executive of what?
10. What is the name of the Lib Dem peer who faced a three-year Parliamentary suspension after an investigation found he offered a woman 'corrupt inducements' for sex?
11. Giant portraits of soldiers who died in World War One were etched across UK beaches to mark 100 years since the war ended. Who conceived the idea?
12. US President Donald Trump tweeted that there was no reason for the fires that swept through California 'except that ____ ____ is so poor.’  What are the two missing words?
13. The death toll around which incinerated northern Californian town rose to almost 60, making it the deadliest wildfire in the state's history?
14. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was talking to Pakistan over a Christian woman whose acquittal on blasphemy charges has put her life in danger. What is her name?
15. Title-winning manager Claudia Ranieri returned to the English top flight with which club?
16. A Neo-Nazi couple who named their child after Adolf Hitler were found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of belonging to which banned terrorist organisation?
17. Donald Trump’s frosty meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron was followed up by a tweet by the US President saying that the French were starting to do what in Paris before the US came along?
18. A 58-year-old British tourist from Aylesbury died while on holiday in Morocco after being bitten by what?
19. What historic act did Frank-Walter Steinmeier undertake?
20. The first of many superheroes created by Stan Lee, who died age 95, were astronauts who gained super powers after being bombarded with cosmic rays. What were they called?
21. What weapon was used to kill mother-of-five Sana Muhammad at her home in Ilford?
22. England’s record goalscorer Wayne Rooney played in the 3-0 victory over the USA, meaning he has earned how many caps?
23. A pearl and diamond pendant was sold for $36m (£28m) at Sotheby's auction house in Geneva. Which historical figure did the pearl once belong to?
24. Why did ITV introduce piano versions of the theme tunes of The Chase, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and This Morning?
25. Where will entertainer John Barrowman, ex-football manager Harry Redknapp and Chaser Ann Hegerty be next week?

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