The contrasting Partygate pages on Thursday
1. Reacting to the Sue Gray report into lockdown parties, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs: 'Frankly, I have been appalled by some of the behaviour, particularly in the treatment of the ___ and the ___ staff.’ What are the two missing words? Half a point for each.
2. The Sue Gray report said that on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral, exit logs indicated that the last person left the Downing Street party at what time? a) 2.45am b) 3.11am c) 4.20am
3. Sue Gray’s report revealed that she stopped investigating a gathering in Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat, as the Metropolitan Police were running a separate inquiry, where music by which pop group was played?
4. What did Tory MPs John Baron, David Simmonds and Julian Sturdy all do after the Sue Gray report was published?
5. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that every household in the UK was to get an energy bill discount of how much this October?
6. What is the name of the school in Uvalde, Texas, where 21 people, including 19 children, were shot dead?
7. Who did 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos shoot before heading to the school in Uvalde, Texas, armed with a handgun and a rifle?
8. How old was Russian tank commander Vadim Shishimarin who was jailed for life for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion of Ukraine?
9. Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was 'not a special operation, it is the ___ of the Ukranian people’. What is the missing word?
10. Which union’s members voted for industrial action with 89 per cent in favour of strike action and 11 per cent against?
11. Former Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan was sentenced to how long in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy after plying him with gin at a party in 2008?
12. Anthony Albanese became only the fourth Labor leader since World War Two to oust a Liberal prime minister in what country?
13. Which carmaker agreed to pay £193million to settle 91,000 legal claims in England and Wales linked to the ‘dieselgate' emissions scandal?
14. Dame Deborah James, who is receiving end of life care after being diagnosed with bowel cancer, visited the Chelsea Flower Show and said she hoped that what might one day feature in her daughter Eloise's wedding bouquet?
15. Ray Liotta, who died aged 67, was best known for playing real-life mobster Henry Hill in which film?
16. Who told the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial that Depp 'never pushed me, kicked me or threw me down any stairs’?
17. Former political prisoner Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said Iran forced her to do what at the airport before authorities would let her fly home?
18. Who was charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men between 2005 and 2013 in London and Gloucestershire?
19. Mother Amy Blyth, 23, said she will 'never mentally recover' after walking with her 18-month-old son in Tenterden, Kent? What happened?
20. Who decided to remove the titles Miss and Mrs, which have been featured since 1884, from its honours boards?
21. The BBC apologised after two messages, apparently written by someone training, appeared on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen. One said 'weather rain everywhere’, what did the other say?
22. Manchester City beat Liverpool to the Premier League title by how many points?
23. Andy Fletcher, who died aged 60, was the co-founder and keyboardist of which legendary electronic band?
24. Who said of a family film clips documentary, which is to be broadcast on the BBC on Sunday evening, that ‘private photos can often show the fun behind the formality’?
25. Air passengers arriving at Gatwick were confused when prankster Max Fosh built a 60-metre sign on the approach which said welcome to where?
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