Friday 25 January 2019

It's Friday, it's newsquiz day!

The best solo scorers in last week's newsquiz were Sally Tipper and Gavin Devine both with 17, ... the same as the top team score by Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe. Other strong scorers were Janet Boyle and Toby Brown who both scored 16 and Dominic Hurst and Hannah Tomes who clocked up 15 each. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Let me know how you get on.


Today's front pages
1. The spokesman for European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said it was 'pretty obvious’ that what would be necessary if the UK were to leave without an agreement?
2. Who said at a Confederation of British Industry lunch in Davos that: 'Not leaving would be a betrayal, but leaving without a deal would also be a betrayal’?
3. On what date will Theresa May’s Brexit Plan B motion be debated in Parliament?
4. Theresa May scrapped the fee that EU citizens were to pay to apply to continue living in the UK after Brexit. How much was the proposed fee?
5. The Queen, in a speech in Sandringham, said: 'I for one prefer the tried and tested recipes, like speaking well of each other and respecting different points of view; coming together to seek out the common ground; and never losing sight of the ____ ____’. What are the missing two words?
6. The Queen joined members of the Women's Institute in Sandringham to play a live game of what television quiz show - and came out on the winning side?
7. Brexiteer Tory Jacob-Rees Mogg suggested the Queen might appear 'in person’ to dissolve Parliament to stop MPs passing a bill blocking a no-deal Brexit. What is the official term for such an act?
8. Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after being charged with a breach of the peace and how many sexual offences?
9. Tom Enders, the chief executive of which company, said 'we will have to make potentially very harmful decisions for the UK' in the event of no deal Brexit?
10. Which company announced it was closing 140 UK branches, putting 1,270 jobs at risk?
11. Footballer Emiliano Sala went missing in a plane crash while on his way to Cardiff City after signing from which footballer club?
12. Jack Shepherd, who has been on the run since he was sentenced to six years in jail for the killing of Charlotte Brown in a speedboat accident, handed himself into police in which country?
13. Sir James Dyson announced he is moving the production of his vacuum cleaners from the UK to which country?
14. Who announced that he was planning to sue a woman for defamation after she accused him of raping her in a Paris hotel?
15. Actress Tina Malone faces contempt proceedings after re-tweeting what?
16.  Former BBC broadcaster Simon Mayo will host a show on a classical radio station starting in March. What will the station be called?
17. The remains of Australian explorer Captain Matthew Flinders have been found under which London station?
18. Who announced he is to become a parent with his long-term boyfriend Ryan Channing?
19. What is the name of the app launched by Pope Francis this week?
20. Who was called ‘an inspiration’ after being awarded Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards for his role as Ryan Stocks in Emmerdale?
21. Why was 36-year-old Nathan Sutherland of Phoenix in the headlines?
22. Financial specialist Martin Lewis dropped his lawsuit over his face being used in scam adverts, after Facebook agreed to pay how much to a new project run by Citizen Advice?
23. Actor Windsor Davies, who died this week aged 88, had a number one hit in 1975 with his It Ain't Half Hot Mum co-star Don Estelle. What was the name of the song?
24. In an attempt to fight ‘misinformation and rumours,’ WhatsApp limited the number of messages each user can forward to their contacts. What is the new limit?
25. Krispies in Exmouth, owned and operated by husband and wife team Tim and Kelly Barnes, beat nine other finalists to win what title?

Answers here

No comments:

Post a Comment