Friday, 24 March 2023

Test your knowledge with the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Gavin Devine and George Mann both with 19, just ahead of Marguerite Turner on 18, Robert Rea on 17, Lee Corden on 16 and Hilary Scott on 15. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 22, ahead of Three Legs drinkers Thom, Rosie, Craig, Peter and Stacey and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 20, Neil and Jo Benson on 19 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17. 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.

A selection of today's front pages

1. The Commons Privileges Committee into whether former Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament over lockdown gatherings was chaired by which veteran Labour MP?
2. Jacob Rees-Mogg - apparently suggesting the Commons Privileges Committee’s grilling of Boris Johnson was a kangaroo court - tweeted that 'Boris is doing very well against the __’. What is the missing word?
3. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Brexit deal for Northern Ireland was passed by 515 votes to 29 but how many of his backbenchers rebelled and voted against?
4. Which one of these senior Tories did not vote against the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland? a) Kwasi Kwarteng b) Liz Truss c) Iain Duncan Smith d) Priti Patel
5. Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker said that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson risked 'looking like a pound shop ___ ___' by voting against the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland? What is the missing name?
6. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak revealed he earned how much, to the nearest million pounds, over the last three years, paying £1,053million in tax?
7. The Bank of England raised the interest rate for the 11th time in a row, taking it to what per cent?
8. What is the name of the SNP chief executive, married to outgoing party leader Nicola Sturgeon, who resigned after taking responsibility for misleading the media about party membership numbers?
9. Department for Work and Pensions figures revealed that three per cent of families in the UK, at least 2.1 million people, used what in the year to March 2022?
10. Russian President Vladimir Putin was filmed driving through which Ukrainian city?
11. The International Criminal Court based in which city issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin saying he was responsible for war crimes including the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine?
12. The Prince of Wales thanked British troops for 'defending our freedoms' in a secret visit to a military base in which country?
13. King Charles's state visit to Paris and which other French city, where pension protests included setting light to the city hall, was postponed?
14. A 363-page report condemned what as institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic?
15. Which retailer was reported to be looking to end more than seven decades as a 100 per cent employee-owned business after a £230million annual loss?
16. Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson is suing actress Gwyneth Paltrow for $300,000 dollars at a court in Utah claiming that she did what?
17. A man was charged with two counts of attempted murder after two men were set alight as they walked home from mosques in which two English cities? Half a point for each.
18. A Nigerian senator and his wife were convicted at the Old Bailey of exploiting a 21-year-old man by bringing him to London to do what?
19. Former US President Donald Trump is facing possible criminal charges over allegations he covered up hush money payments of $130,000 (£100,000) to who?
20. A research ship named Petrel toppled over injuring 35 people while in dry dock in which UK city?
21. The BBC halted the latest series of which programme after one of its presenters was hurt in an accident?
22. Which TV newscaster announced he was retiring from regular broadcasting after nearly five decades on air?
23. Footballer Harry Kane scored a penalty against Italy to became England's all-time top scorer with how many goals?
24. Court advocate Marnie Swindells became Lord Alan Sugar’s latest business partner after winning this year’s The Apprentice. What is her business?
25. Which artist began her first tour in five years with a three-hour and 15 minutes set, 44 songs and an impressive stage dive in front of a record 80,000 fans in Arizona?

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