The newsquiz ... election special

There was some excellent scores in last week’s newsquiz. Janet Boyle scored 21, just ahead of Liz Gerard, Alex Richman, Toby Brown and Tom Savage who all scored 20. Dave Bromage delivered a personal best with 19, the same score as Paul Bowen. Ed Mortimer and Alan Geere both scored 18. The top team was Miles Dilworth and Ben Wilkinson with 22. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe notched up 21 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 19. Here is this week’s newsquiz which, hardly surprisingly, includes a fair few General Election questions. There are, as usual, 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

The election exit poll dominates today's early editions

1. In his victory speech Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he would get Brexit done - 'no ifs, no buts, not maybe’ - by what date?

2. Boris Johnson finished his victory speech by saying 'let's get Brexit done, but first, my friends, let's get ___ done.’ What is the missing word?

3. Jeremy Corbyn said he would not lead the party at another election but would stay on as Labour leader during a process of what? 

4. This morning bookmakers Betfair said who was 2/1 favourite to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader?

5. Liberal leader Jo Swinson lost her East Dunbartonshire constituency to the SNP by how many votes?

6. Who became the Liberal Democrats’ joint acting leaders after Jo Swinson lost her seat? Half a point for each 

7. Which MP lost the seat he had held for 49 years?

8. The SNP increased its number of seats in Scotland and now holds how many of the country’s 59 constituencies?

9. Which constituency, held by Tony Blair during his time as Prime Minister, elected a Conservative for the first time since 1931?

10. Nigel Dodds, the leader of the DUP in Westminster, lost his seat to which party? 

11. What was the first constituency to announce a General Election result? 

12. A four-year-old boy with suspected pneumonia was photographed sleeping on a floor because of a lack of beds at which hospital? 

13. What is the name of the New Zealand volcano where at least eight people were killed?

14. Serial rapist Joseph McCann, who carried out sex attacks on 11 women and children, was given how many life sentences at the Old Bailey?
15. What did Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev say was part of 'chronic anti-Russian hysteria’?

16. Which country elected Sanna Marin as the world's youngest Prime Minister?

17. Climate activist Greta Thunberg became the youngest ever recipient of what title?

18. Whose career saw him teaching botany at Durham University, presenting television programmes such as Don’t Ask Me and fronting his own shows on botany, Britain and Europe and winning a Bafta?

19. Who attended a court hearing in New York using a walking frame as he was suffering injuries from a car accident in August?

20. Television presenter Peter Purves, 80, said being dropped as a commentator from what event felt like he had been 'kicked in the stomach’?

21. Which former football manager, who died at the weekend age 87, won the first division title with Aston Villa and managed six other English football teams? 

22. What two items made up the artwork, called the Comedian, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan which was reportedly sold in Florida for $120,000? 

23. Marie Fredriksson, who died age 61, had six UK top ten hits with which band? 

24. Former EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa won I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here. Who came second and third? Half a point for each.

25. Who, with more number one singles and albums than any other artist and with the most weeks (79) at number one in the charts, was named the UK's artist of the decade by the Official Charts Company?

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