Friday 18 January 2019

Time to tackle this week's newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Toby Brown with 18, narrowly ahead of Jamie Johnson and Janet Boyle on 17 and Ginger Elvis on 16. The top team was the Penmans, with Daisy, who scored 20. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 


Prince Philip's crash dominates today's front pages
(Questions 7 and 8)
1. The Government survived Labour's no-confidence motion over Brexit by how many votes?
2. Who warned that there would be a 'different tone' in British politics if the UK failed to leave the EU and predicted a 'less tolerant society' and a 'more nationalistic nation'?
3. What did Labour MP Tulip Siddiq postpone so that she could vote in the Brexit debate on Tuesday night?
4. A letter published in The Times signed by 31 people, including a former Arsenal goalkeeper, pleaded with the UK to stay in the EU? What country did they come from?
5. Who tweeted about Brexit: 'If a deal is impossible, and no one wants no deal, then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is?’
6. Why did the BBC move Theresa May’s statement outside of 10 Downing Street on Wednesday evening from BBC1 to BBC2?  
7. Prince Philip was pulled from his overturned Land Rover after a crash on which royal estate?
8. What make of car was involved in the collision with Prince Philip’s Land Rover?
9. Which high street retailer announced the closure 17 of stores, putting 1,045 jobs at risk?
10. Two firefighters and a Spanish woman died and more than 40 people were injured in an explosion at a bakery in which city?
11. What is the name of the Spanish tennis player who knocked out Andy Murray in the first round of the Australian Open in what could be Murray's last professional match?
12. David Duckenfield, the former police officer in command at Hillsborough when 96 people were killed, appeared on trial on charges of manslaughter at which court?
13. A shopping centre in Kirkcaldy, Fife, is to be auctioned off with a reserve price of how much after it failed to attract enough tenants?
14. Which singer was reportedly dumped by Sony, his record label for 30 years, following the release of a documentary which accused him of sexually abusing women?
15. 50,000 people gathered on a central square in Plovdiv, the oldest city in Bulgaria, to celebrate what?
16. McDonald's lost its Big Mac trademark after a legal battle with which Irish fast food chain
17. More than 20 people were killed in a terrorist attack at the DusitD2 hotel in which city?
18. The world's most-liked photo on Instagram is now an image of a what, with more than 23 million likes?
19. Who returned as manager to the football club where he won two European Cups as a player?
20. Which company’s two-minute social media video about 'toxic masculinity’ led to a lively social media exchange involving people including broadcaster Piers Morgan and model Chrissy Teigen?
21. The Ministry of Justice is considering banning prison sentences of less than what period in England and Wales because they are 'long enough to damage you and not long enough to heal you’?
22.  Who tweeted: 'I am not egg-xpecting but it's egg-celent to hear everyone is so happy for us... We're happy for us too! Egg-cited for this next chapter in our lives... Now can everyone leave me alone and go back to staring at an egg?’ 
23. Coronation Street's Charlie Lawson admitted it is ‘highly likely’ he would have done what if he had not become an actor?
24. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders what became the most popular colour for cars for the first time in 2018?
25. The Australian towns of Port Augusta and Tarcoola topped which list this week?

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