Time to tackle the newsquiz

Last week’s newsquiz was clearly a tough one with scores well below usual. The top solo scorer was George Mann with 18, ahead of Marguerite Turner on 17, Jayme Bryla on 15 and Gavin Devine on 14. The top team was Three Legs drinkers Peter and Stacey with 19, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 17, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 16 and Lou, Joe and Sam on 15. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

Today's front pages

1. At the beginning of his pre-World Cup press conference speech which one of these did Fifa president Gianni Infantino not say? a) Today I feel Qatari b) Today I feel African c) Today I feel woman d) Today I feel gay e) Today I feel disabled.
2. What did Iran’s footballers decline to do before their World Cup game against England?
3. Germany's players covered their mouths ahead of their World Cup match against Japan and the German Football Association said it was taking Fifa to the Court of Arbitration for Sport as a protest over what?
4. Portugal footballer Cristiano Ronaldo scored against Ghana making him the first player to have done what?
5. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Ukraine for the first time since becoming Prime Minister and promised how many millions of pounds to bolster Ukrainian air defence?
6. After the Supreme Court ruled that Holyrood did not have the power to hold Indyref2 without Westminster’s consent, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told an Edinburgh rally: ‘Today our independence movement also becomes Scotland’s ___ movement.’ What is the missing word?
7. What guidance by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority was described by Labour's Jess Phillips as 'really irresponsible’, by the SNP's Stewart McDonald as ‘absurd' and by senior Tory backbencher David Davis as ‘bonkers’?
8. The Office for National Statistics reported that what had reached a record level of 504,000?
9. RMT boss Mick Lynch, announcing four 48-hour strikes in December and January, said 'I'm not the ___, I'm a trade union official and I'm determined to get a deal.’ What is the missing word?
10. Leaked documents suggest that an offshore trust linked to which Tory peer received £29million from PPE deals she had promoted through the Government’s VIP lane?
11. Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are to strike for which two dates next month in their biggest walkout in the NHS's history? Half a point for each date.
12. Jamie Barrow, 31, appeared at which city’s magistrates’ court charged with the murder of a mother and two children who died after a house fire?
13. A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous region of which island killing almost 300 people?
14. What was the name of the LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs where a gunman killed five people?
15. Six people were killed in what establishment in Virginia after a manager opened fire?
16. Dr Feelgood and Ian Dury and the Blockheads guitarist Wilko Johnson, who died aged 75, appeared as royal executioner Ser Ilyn Payne in which television series?
17. Who tweeted: 'The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei’?
18. Whose lawyers argued, at a Special Immigration Appeals Commission, that their client was trafficked for sexual exploitation when a minor and that removing her UK citizenship was unlawful?
19. Former paralympics athlete John McFall and astrophysicist Rosemary Coogan were selected to train as what?
20. A furnace - an industrial landmark since the 1970s that stood 365ft high and produced 3.6million tons of iron a year - was demolished, changing the skyline of which English town?
21. What is the name of the former rugby league player who raised £1.8million for motor neurone disease by completing seven ultra marathons in seven days?
22. Apple, David Beckham, Ineos founder Jim Ratcliffe and Spanish fashion billionaire Amancio Ortega were all reported to be interested in buying what?

23. Camilla, the Queen Consort, rehomed a selection of what, that had been left in tribute to the late Queen, to a London nursery?
24. US President Joe Biden pardoned two Thanksgiving turkeys with what names at the White House? Half a point for each.
25. Who was the first campmate to be voted off this year’s I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Jayme Bryla with 23, ahead of Marguerite Turner on 21.5. Also on the leaderboard were George Mann and Rob Lawrence with 21, Janet Boyle with 20.5, Stuart Bagnall and Robert Rea 20, Gavin Devine, Giles Borg and Toby Brown 19 and Phil Lambell 17. Three Legs drinkers Peter, Stacey, Nicki, Les, Simon and Jim were the top team with 22.5, narrowly ahead of Simon, Sue and Will Cole with 22. Maura and Phil Parsons scored 20.5, Neil and Jo Benson 19, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 18 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 17. 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 pages

1. In his Autumn Statement Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the Office for Budget Responsibility had judged 'that the UK, like other countries, is now ___ ___.' What are the two missing words?
2. In his Autumn Statement Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that in England, the NHS budget would increase by how much a year for the next two years?
3. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt told the Commons that he was raising the national living wage from £9.50 per hour to what amount?
4. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt also announced that what would no longer be exempt from duty from April 2025?
5. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, challenged by Labour deputy Angela Rayner at PMQs over bullying complaints, denied throwing what at staff?
6. Under a new agreement, signed by Home Secretary Suella Braverman in Paris, the UK will pay France how much a year in an attempt to stop people crossing the English Channel in small boats?
7. A Dutch court found three men guilty of murder for shooting down a passenger jet with which flight number over Ukraine in 2014 killing 298 people?
8. President Volodymyr Zelensky disagreed with Nato and US President Joe Biden and said he had 'no doubts' that Ukraine was not to blame for what?
9. The G20 meeting, attended by world leaders, was held on which island?
10. A coroner said that two-year-old Awaab Ishak died from a respiratory condition caused by what in the flat where he lived with his parents in Rochdale?
11. A woman was arrested after six people were killed and 81 wounded in an explosion in which city?
12. Why was former American television host Jay Leno in the headlines?
13. Asda said it was limiting what to two boxes for each customer because of supply disruptions?
14. Wimbledon relaxed which rule to relieve a 'potential source of anxiety’ for female tennis players?
15. What was Budweiser responding to when it tweeted: 'This is awkward’?
16. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos promised to give away his $124billion fortune during his lifetime and gave $100mlllion to who to donate to charities of her choice?
17. England beat Pakistan to win the men's T20 cricket World Cup with who being named player of the tournament?
18. Comedian Joe Lycett said he would do what if David Beckham did not end his multimillion pound deal with Qatar to promote the World Cup?
19. England’s World Cup team flew to Qatar on a Virgin chartered plane called what, in an apparent act of defiance?
20. In his controversial interview with Piers Morgan, footballer Cristiano Ronaldo referred to former colleague Wayne Rooney and others as what animals who were going to criticise him?
21. Australian soap Neighbours, which stopped broadcasting in July, is to be resurrected by which company?

22. Former rugby player, and the Princess Royal’s son-in-law Mike Tindall, was accused of breaking Royal Protocol by calling who 'f***ers' on I’m A Celebrity?
23. Who quit due to injury saying: 'Roly polys are for six-year-olds, not fifty-year-olds!’?
24. Who raised more than £1million for Children In Need by completing a 24-hour treadmill challenge?
25. Syabira triumphed over Sandro and Abdul to win what?

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It's newsquiz time

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Rob Lawrence with an impressive 24 - a personal best.  Marguerite Turner scored 22 and Marion Fountayne on 21. Janet Boyle, Stuart Bagnall, George Mann and Nick Turner all scored 20, Robert Rea and Jo Wadsworth scored 19, Toby Brown, Phil Lambell, Gavin Devine and Tony Smith all got 18 and Jayme Bryla 16. The top team was The Thee Legs drinkers of Peter, Stacey, Kevin, Mandy, Les and Ian with 21, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons and Neil and Jo Benson on 20. Jess Devonport and Nicholas Collins scored 19 and Adam Batstone, Lucy Thorpe, Ben and Bella 18. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and let me know your score.

A selection of today's front pages

1. A senior civil servant told the Guardian that Sir Gavin Williamson, during his time in Cabinet, told staff to 'slit your throat’ and, on another occasion, to do what?
2. Sir Gavin Williamson, who resigned from the Government, had previously been sacked by both Boris Johnson and Theresa May from which Cabinet positions? Half a point for each.
3. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer challenged Rishi Sunak over his decision to promote Sir Gavin Williamson, describing him as a cartoon bully with a pet what?
4. Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s entry into the I’m a Celebrity camp prompted who to say that, if his mother had died of Covid: 'I wouldn't be here now. I would have gone if he had walked in’?
5. Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock sang a song by which artist to his I’m A Celebrity campmate Seann Walsh?
6. Nurses voted for their first ever national strike, with Health Secretary Steve Barclay saying demands for a pay rise of what per cent were 'out of step' with the economic circumstances?
7. Who said he had warned former Prime Minister Liz Truss about going at a 'breakneck speed' with economic measures telling her ‘you will have two months if you carry on like this’?
8. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced an additional bank holiday on Monday, May 8, next year to mark what event?
9. UN Secretary General António Guterres opened the COP27 climate summit by saying that the world was on 'the ___ ___ ___ ___ with our foot still on the accelerator’. What are the missing four words?
10. Chief Constable Chris Noble told the National Police Chiefs’ Council conference that 'we're not going to arrest our way out of' what?
11. Russia's defence ministry said it had completed the withdrawal of troops from which Ukrainian city after saying it was not possible to continue supplies?
12. Which 34-year-old singer, a child prodigy who had two UK top ten hits when he was ten, was found dead at his Californian home?
13. Why was 23-year-old Patrick Thelwell arrested in York?
14. Former England rugby player Levi Davis, 24, who was reported missing, was last seen on CCTV leaving The Old Irish Pub in which city?
15. A Tanzanian passenger plane crashed into which lake, as it attempted to land, killing at least 19 people? 
16. The Red Roses will meet the Black Ferns at which event at Eden Park, Auckland, tomorrow (Saturday)?
17. Actor Leslie Phillips, who died aged 98, was well-known for appearing in the Carry On film series and as the voice of what in the Harry Potter movies?
18. What was the name of the actor, who played Arthur Fowler in the BBC soap EastEnders for 11 years, who died age 92?
19. Qatar World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman was accused of 'harmful and unacceptable' comments after saying that what was 'damage in the mind’?
20. The court sheriff in Edinburgh ruled that a man claiming to be Arthur Knight, who was arrested on a Covid ward, was actually Nicholas Rossi who was wanted in the US for what crime?

21. Which one of these football clubs does not have three or more players in Gareth Southgate’s England World Cup squad? a) Arsenal b) Liverpool c) Manchester United d) Newcastle United
22. England cricketers beat India in the Men's T20 World Cup by scoring 170 without loss to set up a final against which team on Sunday?
23. Who apologised for ‘disrespectful behaviour’ including referring to a woman as a 'slightly boring girl you meet in the pub who thinks you want to have sex with her’?
24. Wreaths of purple poppies were among those laid at memorials as part of the Armistice Day services. What does the purple poppy commemorate?
25. Who made a TV advert, showing him delivering a rolled up carpet, to announce his first tour in 12 years?

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It's newsquiz time ...

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Stuart Bagnall with 21, just ahead of Marguerite Turner, Gavin Devine, George Mann and Nick Turner who all scored 20 and Toby Brown on 19. The top teams were Neil and Jo Benson and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 22, ahead of Joe and Lou Hart on 20 and Adam Batstone, Lucy Thorpe and Meg on 19. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

A selection of today's front pages

1. The Bank of England warned that the UK is facing its longest recession since records began, as it raised interest rates by the highest amount in 33 years to what per cent?
2. Home Secretary Suella Braverman was accused of using inflammatory language by refugee charities and opposition parties for saying that southern England was facing what?
3. The Home Office was facing a judicial review after reports of severe overcrowding at which immigration ‘processing’ centre, which is meant to hold 1,600 people but had been housing about 4,000?
4. Home Secretary Suella Braverman travelled from Dover to the immigration 'processing' centre using which type of transport?
5. Why was Andrew Leak, 66, from High Wycombe, in the headlines?
6. Explaining his decision to become a contestant on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here, former Health Secretary Matt Hancock told The Sun: 'The truth is, I haven't lost my marbles or had one too many ___ ___.’ What are the two missing words?
7. I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here was not the only reality TV show that ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock signed up for? Which other programme will he be appearing on?
8. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reversed a decision and told the Commons that he would attend the COP27 climate summit in which country next week?
9. According to a new biography, Out of the Blue, former Prime Minister Liz Truss made a list of requests to embassies before her visits, including a warning there should be 'absolutely no ___ on anything, ever’. What is the missing word?
10. Sir John Saunders, chairman of the inquiry into the Manchester Arena bomb, said how many of the 22 people who died 'did have a chance’ of survival but that the performance of the emergency services 'was far below the standard it should have been’?
11. Which company is facing a lawsuit from former employees who claimed they were not given enough notice that they had lost their jobs, only finding out when they were locked out of their work accounts?
12. A stampede in which city left more than 150 people dead and hundreds more injured on a narrow street during Halloween festivities?
13. Which company announced profits of £7.1billion ($8.2billion) between July and September, more than double its profit for the same period last year?
14. Rock ’n’ roller Jerry Lee Lewis, who died aged 87, had a number 1 hit in the UK in 1957 with which song?
15. Who was shot in the leg during a gun attack on his convoy while holding a protest against his country’s government?
16. A sewage leak made the sea brown and turned which Cornish coastal village into a public health hazard on Sunday?
17. FA Cup legend Ronnie Radford, who died aged 79, was known for an iconic goal for non-league Hereford United against which top flight side in 1972?
18. A 42-year-old man appeared in court in San Francisco accused of a hammer attack on whose husband?
19. Kirsnick Khari Ball, better known as hip hop singer Takeoff, who was killed by a stray bullet at a shooting at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas, was a member of which Grammy-nominated rap trio?
20. Communications regulator Ofcom said it was looking at changes to telecoms rules that could bring about the end of which office equipment?
21. What word, describing the feeling of living through a period of war, inflation and political instability, was chosen as Collins Dictionary's word of the year?
22. Comedian James Corden admitted ‘inadvertently' using a joke on The Late Late Show about guitar lessons which had originally been told by which other comedian?
23. Mars announced it was to trial a tub of Celebrations this Christmas with which chocolate bar missing?
24. Liverpool FC manager Jurgen Klopp said he was humbled to become only the second foreign national to be awarded the Freedom of Liverpool? Who, in 1994, was the first?

25. Who became the first artist to have every spot in the US Top Ten singles chart and tweeted '10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I am in shambles’?

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