The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Jamie Johnson with 20, just ahead of Jake Hurfurt, Toby Brown and Janet Boyle on 19. The top team was the Penmans with 19, narrowly ahead of Dora Allday and Miles Dilworth with 18.5. 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.
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| Farewell to Gavin Williamson: Thursday's front pages (Questions 1 and 2) |
1. Sacked Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson denied leaking information on Huawei, saying: 'I absolutely promise, hand on heart, I did not leak this. I realise my ____ will say I did, but I swear on my children’s lives I did not.’ What is the missing word?
2. Penny Mordaunt replaced Gavin Williamson to become the first ever female UK Defence Secretary. What was her previous Cabinet position?
3. The leader of which party made an early declaration that it was 'the big winner’ in yesterday’s local elections?
4. Labour MP Fiona Onasanya became the first politician to lose her seat in the Commons by voters using a recall petition, meaning a by-election will be held in which constituency?
5. MPs passed a Labour Party motion which made the UK parliament the first in the world to declare what?
6. English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson had milkshakes thrown over him in which two Northern towns? Half a point for each.
7. What began in London on Tuesday, will hear witnesses in Belfast, Leeds, Edinburgh and Cardiff, and is expected to last three years?
8. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was jailed for 50 weeks after being found guilty of what charge?
9. Which two football teams confirmed their promotion to the Premier League? Half a point for each.
10. Two men were charged with preventing lawful burial after two bodies were discovered in what in a house in Canning Town, London?
11. Which city became the first in the UK to report a drop in childhood obesity after introducing a programme to help parents set boundaries for their children?
12. Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya lost her case against new rules by the International Association of Athletics Federations which restricts what in female runners?
13. Politician Juan Guaidó was stripped of his parliamentary immunity in which country?
14. Actor Peter Mayhew, who died aged 74, played which role in five different films?
15. What is the full eight-word title of the Queen's highest award that was given to the Duchess of Cambridge?
15. What is the full eight-word title of the Queen's highest award that was given to the Duchess of Cambridge?
16. What did Marc Marshall, 54, do in the dock of Inner London Crown Court after being jailed for fraud?
17. Musician Pete Doherty needed hospital treatment after being injured by what animal?
18. Who made his first public appearance since 2014 in an 18-minute video?
19. What verdict did the Southwark coroner record at an inquest into the death of 37-year-old burglar Henry Vincent?
20. Norwegian marine experts believe that a white beluga whale they found wearing a harness was doing what?
21. Why was Tottenham Hotspur fan Neil Markham of Banbury in the headlines?
22. John Singleton, who died aged 51, was the youngest film-maker and the first African American, to be nominated for a best director Oscar. What was the name of the film?
23. Marks & Spencer removed what from the recipe of its Percy Pig sweets in response to consumer demand?
24. Lukas Bates, 30, got stuck as he crossed the finish line of the London Marathon as his ten-foot outfit was too tall. What was he dressed as?
25. Ed Sheeran's Supermarket Flowers, You Raise Me Up by Westlife and Over The Rainbow by Eva Cassidy were all included in which top ten?
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