Friday 3 September 2021

Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Liz Gerard and Robert Rea both with 19.5. Janet Boyle scored 18.5, Stuart Bagnell 17, Jayme Bryla and Ed Mortimer 16.5 and Gavin Devine 15.5. Tony Smith scored 14 ... impressive given that he was in his Covid sickbed. On the mend now I trust. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 20.5, ahead of the Roberts Family on 18.5, Team Swindle on 18 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 16.5. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

Today's front pages

1. Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban's takeover will be resettled in the UK under a scheme called 'Operation ___ ___’. What are the two missing words?
2. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee that there had been an order to destroy what at the British embassy in Kabul because he didn't want to hand the Taliban a 'propaganda coup’?
3. In which city did Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab hold talks with other political leaders and Government officials meet Taliban leaders to discuss evacuations from Kabul airport?
4. Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove was filmed busting dance moves at a nightclub in which city?
5. Police shot and killed a 'violent extremist' after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a Countdown supermarket in which city?
6. Which company announced it was looking to hire 55,000 staff globally - with about 40,000 jobs in the US, 2,500 in the UK and the remainder mostly in India, Germany and Japan?
7. The spending limit on a contactless card is to rise to what amount from October 15?
8. Media regulator Ofcom rejected a record number of complaints about broadcaster Piers Morgan saying he didn't believe what the Duchess of Sussex said in her Oprah Winfrey interview? To the nearest thousand, how many complaints were there?
9. What was the name of the hurricane that caused chaos, including more than 40 deaths, in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia?
10. Who wrote on Instagram: 'This is absolutely 100 per cent the stuff that dreams are made of! I'm right here! I'm back where I belong! Let's make it happen once again’?
11. Which newspaper paid substantial damages and apologised to England cricketer Ben Stokes and his mother after it put details of a family tragedy on its front page?
12. The Prince’s Foundation said it was investigating allegations that individuals could pay £100,000 to do what?
13. Andy Murray said he 'lost respect' for Stefanos Tsitsipas during a US Open match where the Briton accused his opponent of 'cheating' by doing what?
14. Actor Ed Asner, who died aged 91, was best known in the UK for his role as the city editor of the fictional Los Angeles Tribune. What was his character’s name?
15. An appeal to the US supreme court failed to block the introduction of an extreme abortion law, which bans termination at around six weeks and offers no exceptions for rape or incest, in which state?
16. A 27-year-old man was arrested after a 31-year-old woman fell to her death from which Scottish landmark on Thursday night?
17. NHS England said Inclisiran, given as a twice-a-year injection, could soon be offered as a treatment for what and could save 30,000 lives in a decade?
18. There is now no country in the world that uses what, according to the UN, after supplies in Algeria finally ran out?
19. Gogglebox's Andrew Michael, who died aged 61, missed one series of the show in 2015 because he was standing as a candidate for which political party in that year’s General Election?
20. Team GB won their first-ever gold medal at which team sport with a Paralympic Games victory over the USA?
21. Dame Sarah Storey became the most successful British Paralympian of all time when she won the women’s cycling road race taking her tally to how many gold medals?
22. The Duke of Sussex made a surprise virtual appearance at the GQ Men of the Year awards where he presented a prize to the team behind what?
23. England players were racially abused as they continued their unbeaten World Cup qualifying campaign by beating Hungary in Budapest by what score?
24. Transport for London said it would remove advertising for which TV programme from the side of double-decker buses after concerns on social media that it could put passengers, including children, at the risk of sexual assault?
25. Abba announced that their first studio album for 40 years will be released in November followed by concerts where virtual avatars will play their hits? What is the name of the album?

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