Friday 26 November 2021

Time to tackle the newsquiz ...

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Jayme Bryla with 23, ahead of Marguerite Turner 21.5, Liz Gerard 20, Gavin Devine 19 and Stuart Bagnall 17. The top team score was 22.5 which was scored by Simon, Sue and Will Cole, Phil and Maura Parsons and the Roberts Family. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 21.5, Three Legs drinkers Bryan, Heather, Peter, Thom and Rosie 20 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 17.5. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

A selection of today's front page

1. Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his thread and muttered the words ‘forgive me’ three times during a speech to which organisation?
2. Where did Prime Minister Boris Johnson say was 'very much my kind of place’ with its 'very safe streets, discipline in schools, heavy emphasis on new mass-transit systems’?
3. A newly-identified coronavirus variant led the Government to put travel restrictions, including suspending flights until a hotel quarantine system is in operation, on six countries. They are South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and which other?
4. How many people were confirmed drowned in the deadliest Channel crossing on record on Wednesday?
5. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin reacted to a letter from Boris Johnson on the Channel crossing crisis by saying: 'We consider the British prime minister's public letter unacceptable and counter to our discussions between partners. As a result ___ ___is no longer invited.’ What is the missing name?
6. Cody Ackland, 24, appeared at which magistrates court charged with the murder of 18-year-old Bobbi-Anne McLeod who disappeared while on her way to meet her boyfriend?
7. What name has been given to new legislation which will mean that anyone who kills an on-duty police officer, firefighter, paramedic, prison officer or medic will receive a mandatory life sentence?
8. Which Government department announced it will relocate 9,000 staff to a new office complex in Newcastle, owned by billionaire property tycoons David and Simon Reuben?
9. Three people were seriously injured when police fired shots during a demonstration against Covid-19 restrictions in which European city?
10. The Met Office issued an amber wind warning for parts of north-east England and Scotland from this afternoon (Friday), as the result of a storm called what?
11. A couple were stabbed to death as their two children were asleep upstairs in their home in a village in which county?
12. Which MP tweeted 'mothers in the mother of all parliaments are not to be seen or heard it seems’ after being told she could not bring her baby into the Commons?
13. Six people, including two children, were killed when a car crashed into a Christmas parade in which American state?
14. The Royal family appeared to have fallen out with the BBC after Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and Clarence House said which documentary, broadcast on Monday, had made 'overblown and unfounded claims’?
15. Who called for mourners to be strengthened to 'combat evil with good' and 'build a society of ever greater justice’ in a message read out at the funeral of MP Sir David Amess?
16. Footballer John Fleck was stretchered off and taken to hospital after receiving lengthy treatment on the pitch when he collapsed while playing for which team?
17. Rudy Guede was freed early from jail, having served 13 years of a 16-year sentence for the murder of who?
18. Which country declared three-days of national mourning after 46 people, including 12 children, were killed in a bus crash in Bulgaria?
19. Manchester United parted ways with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær after his side’s 4-1 defeat to which team?
20. A farmer’s son in Rutland discovered a Roman villa beneath a field that contained a mosaic depicting scenes from which epic poem?
21. The Brit Awards announced it will scrap which categories from next year?
22. Who branded Instagram's nudity policies as sexist and compared the social stigma around the female nipple to that of the 'lies' told about the Pilgrims' 'peaceful' treatment of Native Americans at Thanksgiving?
23. TV presenter Richard Madeley left I’m A Celebrity after a hospital visit and issued a statement saying: 'By leaving the camp, I had consequently broken the ___ ___ and as such I’ve had to leave the castle and all the wonderful celebs that remain in the camp.’ What are the two missing words?
24. Giuseppe Dell’Anno won this year’s Great British Bake Off after a final round in which contestants had to make food for what event?
25. Adele burst into tears and briefly left the stage after being introduced to who during her An Audience With concert?

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