Friday 19 April 2019

Time to tackle the Good Friday newsquiz ...


It maybe Easter but there is no escaping the newsquiz. So grab yourself a hot cross bun and test your knowledge of the week’s events. Last week’s top solo scorers were Tom Savage and Janet Boyle, both with 19. Toby Brown scored 18 and Sian Brewis, The Sub Editor (I know who you are) and Dave Bromage all scored 17. Bruce and Sarah Hayward, with a PB 21, were the top team. Ellie Rewcastle, with help from a couple of Telegraph subbing colleagues, got 20. Here’s this week’s quiz, as usual 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 


1. In a live presidential broadcast Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild the cathedral of Notre Dame 'even more beautiful than it was’ in how many years?
2. Different editions of a novel by which writer held the first, third, fifth, seventh and eighth slots in Amazon France’s bestseller list this week?
3. Around 180,000 what are housed on the roof of the cathedral of Notre Dame and ‘miraculously’ survived the fire?
4. Who was ’not planning to run’ for Prime Minister but has ‘kept the door slightly ajar’?
5. Home Secretary Sajid David said he could easily have fallen into a life of crime as he ‘grew up on what was once tabloid-dubbed Britain’s most dangerous street’? The street he was referring to was Stapleton Road in which city?
6. UKIP candidate Carl Benjamin, at the launch of the party’s European election campaign, refused to apologise for a tweet that said he 'wouldn’t even ____' Labour MP Jess Phillips. What is the missing word?
7. Who said this week: 'To have my kids there, it's come full circle. My dad was here in 1997 and now I'm the dad with two kids there’?
8. Eco-protesters were arrested after gluing themselves to the door, smashing windows, spraying graffifi on the walls and sloshing oil on the buildings of which company's London HQ?
9. What was the name of the 29-year-old journalist who was shot dead in riots in Derry?
10. According to the Mueller report, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Donald Trump that a Special Counsel had been appointed, the President slumped back in his chair and said: ‘Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my ____.’ What is the missing word?
11. Why was 15-year-old Daniel Hegarty back in the headlines?
12. Millionaire landlord Paul Bussetti is to appear at Westminster magistrates court after posting a video of what last November?
13. At least 29 people, killed in a bus accident on the Portuguese island of Madeira, were tourists from which country?
14. Actor Bradley Welsh, who played gangster Mr Doyle in the second Trainspotting movie, was shot dead in which city?
15. Professional footballers are boycotting social media for 24 hours starting today (Friday) in a bid to highlight racism. What is the campaign called?
16. Nine-year-old Frankie Macritchie was killed by a dog while on holiday at a holiday park in which seaside town?
17. Which healthcare group was fined £300,000 over the death of 14-year-old Amy El-Keria at a hospital in East Sussex?
18. Which bank became the first to promise compensation to all victims of fraud?
19. Actress Mya-Lecia Naylor, who appeared in TV shows Almost Never and Mille Inbetween and in films including Absolutely Fabulous and Cloud Atlas, died this week. How old was she?
20. Who said she was ‘lucky to be alive’ after fleeing barefoot in her pyjamas after a fire broke out in her London home?
21. British teachers Milly and Toby Savill were killed when they accidentally reversed their buggy over a ravine's edge on which Greek island?
22. Which actress has revealed she is raising her seven-year-old as a girl - after introducing the child to the world as a boy?
23. Spurs beat Manchester City in a seven-goal Champions League match to set up a semi-final against which team?
24. Who took to Twitter to say: 'Anyone with any adult life experience knows there are two sides to every story. I haven't got the time or energy to correct some of the utter nonsense I've read on here’?
25. Why did 192,000 people stay up until after 2am on Monday?

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