A selection of today's front pages
1. Which American company said it was a 'great day’ when it announced its coronavirus vaccine may be 94.5 per cent effective?
2. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was self-isolating, released a video saying he was 'in good health’, had 'no symptoms’ and was as fit as what?
3. Why did Sir Alex Allan, the Government's independent adviser on standards, resign?
4. The Government announced a green industrial revolution which included plans for cars powered wholly by petrol and diesel to not be sold in the UK from what year?
5. Newspapers reported that what nickname for Carrie Symonds, circulating among former adviser Dominic Cummings’s supporters, had particularly riled Boris Johnson?
6. Which Government minister was the first to be interviewed on ITV’s Good Morning Britain after a boycott, imposed in April, was lifted?
7. Prime Minister Boris Johnston announced extra spending of £4billion a year on defence which he said would 'end the era of ___, transform our armed forces and bolster our global influence’. What is the missing word?
8. Who donated $1million to the vaccine programme at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville because the hospital was 'good to her and her family through the years’?
9. Taxi driver Ali Sakallioglu, Britain's longest-suffering Covid patient whose family were told there was 'zero chance’ he would survive, returned home and gave TV interviews this week after spending how many days in hospital?
10. In a meeting with MPs what did Prime Minister Boris Johnson describe as a disaster and 'Tony Blair's biggest mistake’?
11. Why was 43-year-old Spanish businessman Gabriel González Andersson in the headlines?
12. His autobiography was called Bananas Can't Fly, he married four times, was awarded the CBE in 2008 and had a No 1 hit with I Pretend in 1969. Who is he?
13. Who described an investigation into how the BBC secured an interview with Princess Diana for Panorama in 1995 as 'a step in the right direction’?
14. Which company said it 'fundamentally disagreed’ with a £17.9million fine and a ruling by the Competition and Markets Authority that said its contracts kept costs artificially high?
7. Prime Minister Boris Johnston announced extra spending of £4billion a year on defence which he said would 'end the era of ___, transform our armed forces and bolster our global influence’. What is the missing word?
8. Who donated $1million to the vaccine programme at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville because the hospital was 'good to her and her family through the years’?
9. Taxi driver Ali Sakallioglu, Britain's longest-suffering Covid patient whose family were told there was 'zero chance’ he would survive, returned home and gave TV interviews this week after spending how many days in hospital?
10. In a meeting with MPs what did Prime Minister Boris Johnson describe as a disaster and 'Tony Blair's biggest mistake’?
11. Why was 43-year-old Spanish businessman Gabriel González Andersson in the headlines?
12. His autobiography was called Bananas Can't Fly, he married four times, was awarded the CBE in 2008 and had a No 1 hit with I Pretend in 1969. Who is he?
13. Who described an investigation into how the BBC secured an interview with Princess Diana for Panorama in 1995 as 'a step in the right direction’?
14. Which company said it 'fundamentally disagreed’ with a £17.9million fine and a ruling by the Competition and Markets Authority that said its contracts kept costs artificially high?
15. Former England goalkeeper Ray Clemence, who died aged 72, spent his entire senior career with three clubs. Liverpool was one, name the other two. Half a point for each.
16. At the High Court this week barrister Hugh Tomlinson said that who had published posts that were an 'untrue and unjustified defamatory attack, published and republished to millions of people’?
17. Why did a speech by Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani in Washington prompt Four Season’s Total Landscaping to tweet that its creosote is ‘dry to the touch in 30 minutes’?
18. The Queen and Prince Philip were photographed looking at cards from their great-grandchildren to celebrate their wedding anniversary which is today (Friday). In what year were they married?
19. Which footballing knight said he would ‘absolutely' be willing to donate his brain to dementia research after his death?
16. At the High Court this week barrister Hugh Tomlinson said that who had published posts that were an 'untrue and unjustified defamatory attack, published and republished to millions of people’?
17. Why did a speech by Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani in Washington prompt Four Season’s Total Landscaping to tweet that its creosote is ‘dry to the touch in 30 minutes’?
18. The Queen and Prince Philip were photographed looking at cards from their great-grandchildren to celebrate their wedding anniversary which is today (Friday). In what year were they married?
19. Which footballing knight said he would ‘absolutely' be willing to donate his brain to dementia research after his death?
20. SpaceX’s Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station with four astronauts on board. Three were American but what was the nationality of the other?
21. Actor George Clooney revealed he thanked how many of his closest friends, who helped him out when he was struggling, by giving them a million dollars each?
22. BBC Radio 1 is to play a censored version of the Pogues’ Fairytale of New York this Christmas that removes which two words? Half a point for each.
23. Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher’s record of how many Formula One's World Championship wins?
24. Neuroscientist Darragh Ennis, nicknamed The Menace, made his first TV appearance as what this week?
25. Radio 1 DJ Jordan North faced his fear of snakes during a trial on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here by shouting out the name of his happy place - which then went viral. Where is Jordan’s happy place?
21. Actor George Clooney revealed he thanked how many of his closest friends, who helped him out when he was struggling, by giving them a million dollars each?
22. BBC Radio 1 is to play a censored version of the Pogues’ Fairytale of New York this Christmas that removes which two words? Half a point for each.
23. Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher’s record of how many Formula One's World Championship wins?
24. Neuroscientist Darragh Ennis, nicknamed The Menace, made his first TV appearance as what this week?
25. Radio 1 DJ Jordan North faced his fear of snakes during a trial on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here by shouting out the name of his happy place - which then went viral. Where is Jordan’s happy place?
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