Friday 8 February 2019

Test your knowledge with the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Gavin Devine with an impressive 18, pipping Janet Boyle with 16 and Liz Gerard on 15. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with an impressive 20. The Penmans scored 18. Here is this week's quiz ... as usual 25 questions about the events of the last seven days. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.


Friday's front pages
1. European Council president Donald Tusk said in Brussels: 'I have been wondering what that ___ ___ ___ ___ looks like for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan to carry it (out) safely.’ What are the four missing words?
2. Which former Labour leadership contender said the idea he could be asked to 'row in behind' Government policy on Brexit meant he was now considering resigning from the party?
3. ‘Bollocks to Brexit’ demonstrator Mark Johnston, who rushed Theresa May’s motorcade outside the headquarters of the European Commission, was carrying a placard that said what?
4. Nissan has confirmed that which of its cars, originally planned for its Sunderland plant, will now be made in Japan, saying Brexit uncertainty is not helping it to plan for the future?
5. Why was Scottish Conservative MP Ross Thomson escorted from the Strangers' Bar in the House of Commons by police on Tuesday?
6. A man died in Devon after a tree fell on to a car as a storm with what name hit southern parts of the UK?
7. The BBC said its licence fee will increase by £4 per year in April to what price?
8. HMV was rescued from collapse by a Canadian music entrepreneur but how many of its stores closed this week?
9. Actor Liam Neeson has revealed in an interview that he walked the streets carrying what while looking to kill a 'black bastard' after someone close to him was raped?

10. Why could Cardiff City face a Premier League points deduction?
11. According to NHS Digital what percentage of people in the UK aged over 16 drink more alcohol than the recommended safe level?
12. Who was given a one-year suspended prison sentence and fined €2.2m (£1.9m) after admitting tax fraud?

13. A candlelit vigil has been held to remember four young children killed in a house blaze in which town?
14. An outbreak of what has led to all horse racing been cancelled in Britain until at least next Wednesday?
15. Who was voted as the most influential figure of the 20th Century in the finale of the BBC Icons series?
16. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of starting a fire killing ten people in an apartment block in which city?
17. Headteacher Richard Jarrett said he ordered Rolf Harris to leave the grounds of his school in which English town?
18. Which publication has Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos accused of blackmail after it threatened to publish nude photos of him?
19. The House Democratic Women’s Working Group invited all women attending Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to wear what in honour of the legacy of women’s suffrage in the US?

20. Who went viral as the 'Queen of the Condescending Applause’ after her performance at the State of the Union address in Washington?
21. What did BBC presenter John Humphrys say he should have done years ago?
22. Actress Danniella Westbrook said she had agreed to three months rehab on the advice of which television presenter?
23. Why was 56-year-old Adrian McManus in the headlines?
24. What did Lincolnshire police recommend should be placed on a sufficiently high platform to make it difficult for vandals?
25. Which band were criticised by fans for a lack-lustre half time performance at the Super Bowl?


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