Friday, 7 April 2023

The Good Friday newsquiz

Last week’s newsquiz was clearly a bit tougher than usual with scores well below average. The top solo scorers were Janet Boyle and George Mann with 21, ahead of Antony Tiernan on 20, Marguerite Turner and Neil Benson on 19, Rebekah Sharrock on 18, Robert Rea on 17, Gavin Devine on 16 and Lee Corden and Jayme Bryla on 15. The team quizzers struggled with only Maura and Phil Parsons on 18 Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 15 making the leaderboard. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not butter yourself a hot-cross bun with cheese, pour yourself a glass of wine, give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. Former US president Donald Trump appeared in a Manhattan court charged with how many counts of falsifying business records?
2. After his court appearance, Donald Trump said: 'I have a Trump __ judge, with a Trump __ wife and family, whose daughter worked for Kamala Harris and now receives money from the Biden-Harris campaign’. What is the missing word?
3. Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell, who stood down as the SNP's chief executive, was in police custody for almost 12 hours following his arrest and was charged with what?
4. Who defeated fellow Conservative MP Flick Drummond in a contest to select the candidate for the new constituency of Fareham and Waterlooville?
5. What percentage of members of the National Education Union who took part in a poll, voted against a Government pay offer, meaning teachers in England are to strike on April 27 and May 2?
6. Who did Prime Minister Rishi Sunak describe as 'an inspiration', former PM Boris Johnson say was a 'fearless and original flame’ and another ex-PM David Cameron call ‘a giant’?
7. A controversial Labour party advert, claiming that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak does not believe what, attracted cross-party criticism?
8. The Government announced that Bibby Stockholm was heading to Dorset. What or who is Bibby Stockholm?
9. Tory MP Scott Benton had the party whip suspended after he responded to a fake investment fund seeking an 'expert adviser’ which had been set up by which newspaper?
10. Which country became the 31st member of Nato?
11. Thomas Cashman, who murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel at her home in Liverpool, was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of how many years in prison?
12. Which Conservative minister was banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding on the M1?
13. Kashif Anwar was jailed for a minimum of 20 years for killing his pregnant wife by pushing her 50 feet off a cliff edge at which Scottish beauty spot?
14. Russian blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed when he was handed a bomb hidden in what at a St Petersburg café?
15. A 12-year-old boy was charged with the murder of a 60-year-old grandmother who died when she was hit by a car in which city?
16. Julia Wendell, 21, from Poland received DNA results that proved she was not who?
17. Which celebrity declared this week that: 'As far as I am concerned, I no longer have a brother’?
18. Campaigners and politicians expressed outrage after a 21-year-old man was given a 270-hour community order when the high court in Glasgow found him guilty of what?
19. A virus that can cause meningitis and is carried by what creatures has been detected in several areas in England, according to a health risk assessment?
20. England footballers will wear what colour shorts instead of white at this summer's Women's World Cup after players expressed period concerns?
21. Who returned to his old employer, two years after they had sacked him, saying ‘I have my eyes wide open’ and promising to 'focus on the job in hand’?
22. Video-sharing site TikTok was fined £12.7million by the UK's data watchdog for failing to do what?
23. The Government announced that most smartphones in the UK will emit a siren and vibrate for ten seconds in a test of a public alert system at 3pm on what date?
24. England footballers beat which country in a penalty shootout to win the first Women's Finalissima?
25. Who won best actress at the Olivier Awards for her role in the West End show Prima Facie?

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