Friday 22 November 2019

It's time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scores in last week’s newsquiz were Liz Gerard with 19, Tom Savage and Adam Shergold 17, Gavin Devine, Paul Bowen and Toby Brown with 16. The top team score was 17 by Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe. 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. 

Today's front pages

1. In an interview with Emily Maitlis for BBC’s Newsnight, The Duke of York claimed he could not have had sex with a teenage girl because he was at home after attending a children’s party at Pizza Express in which town?
2. The Duke of York said he stayed at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York home, even though he had been in jail for procuring a minor for prostitution, because 'my judgment was probably coloured by my tendency to be too ____.’ What is the missing word?
3. Which university announced that the Duke of York had stood down as chancellor after a student panel called for his resignation?
4. In a speech at the CBI conference Boris Johnson said he would shelve a planned cut in corporation tax from 19 per cent to 17 per cent, claiming he would put how much money into public services instead?
5. The Labour Party launched its election manifesto with what five-word slogan?
6. In its election manifesto Labour’s big policy was a promise to increase spending on the NHS by an average of what per cent a year?
7. Who, when asked if the Government was responsible for poverty, replied: 'It’s not the government, though, is it? Everybody just says ‘the government’ as if it is this sort of bland blob that, you know, you can just go and blame’?
8. Who caused a stir by wearing a t-shirt with an image of the Labour leader, taken in 1984, holding a Photoshopped placard reading: ‘Jeremy Corbyn is a racist. Endeavour'?
9. Impeachment inquiry chairman Adam Schiff said Donald Trump’s conduct had been far more serious than anything done by who?
10. Prosecutors in which country dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange in 2010?
11. A student union has called for safety checks on university accommodation after a blaze which destroyed a block of flats in Bolton that were known by what name?
12. Jesse Kempson, 27, was found guilty of whose murder by strangling her in his Auckland hotel room and burying her body in a suitcase?
13. Who said this week: 'I couldn't be happier and if I was not as happy as I am, I wouldn't be here. What can I promise? Passion'?
14. What was the profession of Terry O’Neill, CBE, who died aged 81 and who was once married to actress Faye Dunaway?
15. Geoffrey Bran, 71, of Carmarthenshire was found not guilty of murdering his wife of 38 years. How did she die?
16. Who was charged with 14 offences, including an attempted rape, one intent to rape, 10 sexual assaults and two indecent assaults?
17. Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo was found guilty of the murder of his pregnant ex-wife at her home in Ilford by using what weapon?
18. The UK was called an illegal colonial occupier by Mauritius after it ignored a deadline to return control of which islands?
19. Why did actor Ralf Little say he had been suspended from Twitter?
20. Metal detectorists George Powell and Layton Davies were convicted of stealing a Viking hoard worth how much which they uncovered in a field in Herefordshire?
21. Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts took a photo of who into the jungle as her luxury item on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here? 
22. Glastonbury Festival confirmed that who will play its headline slot at its 50th anniversary celebrations next year?
23. How did England cricketer Jofra Archer get around the ground before the first day of the New Zealand v England Test match?
24. Following in the footsteps of actresses Claire Foy and Olivia Coleman who will play the Queen in the next series of TV series The Crown?      
25. Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli said the fact that 200 people complained about what was 'very sad’?

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