Friday, 21 April 2023

Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Janet Boyle and Toby Brown with scores of 24, just ahead of Marion Fountayne and George Mann on 22. Robert Rea and Paul Bowen scored 21, Gavin Devine, Jayme Bryla and Hilary Scott 20, Marguerite Turner 19, Sian Brewis 18, Antony Tiernan 16 and Lee Corden and Peter Cockerill 15. The top team was the Three Legs drinkers Peter, Stacey, Thom and Tim on 24, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 23 and Nick Collins and Jess Devonport on 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.

Today's front pages

1. Dominic Raab resigned as Deputy Prime Minister and which other Cabinet position?
2. In his resignation letter Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab was critical of the report on his behaviour, writing: 'In setting the threshold for __ so low, this inquiry has set a dangerous precedent.’ What is the missing word?
3. In a speech at a London academy Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said teenagers will be made to study what in 'some form’ until the age of 18?
4. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the standards commissioner over shares held by his wife in a childcare company called what?
5. Official figures showed food and drink inflation reached what per cent in March, well-above the headline inflation rate of 10.1 per cent?
6. The Government announced that the building of 14 new what would be cancelled over cost and safety concerns?
7. Colin Beattie stood down from what position in the Scottish National party following his arrest as part of the ongoing police investigation?
8. The Duchess of York, when asked if she would be attending King Charles’s Coronation, replied: ‘No I'm not because it's a state occasion and being divorced you can't have it __ __.’ What are the two missing words?
9. What was the name of the activist group whose protests caused a 15-minute delay to the Grand National?
10. Which Welsh area is to have its name changed and its logo scrapped from Monday?
11. A London coroner changed the wording on the death certificate of psychologist Stephen Wright from 'natural causes’ to 'unintended complications' of what?’
12. Which media company settled a lawsuit for $787.5million (£634million) with the voting machine company, Dominion, which argued it was damaged by claims that the 2020 presidential vote had been rigged against Donald Trump?
13. SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful space rocket ever built, blew up shortly its after launch in which US state?
14. At least 400 people were killed and hundreds wounded in clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in which country?
15. Two teenage brothers and a 20-year-old man were charged with murder after a shooting at what family event in Alabama that killed four and injured 32?
16. A Russian court rejected an appeal by journalist Evan Gershkovich, charged with spying, against his pre-trial detention. Gershkovich is a reporter with which newspaper?
17. A protester disrupted the World Snooker Championship by climbing on to a table mid-game and covering it in what?
18. A competition for under 14s to catch and kill what in New Zealand was cancelled after complaints from animal welfare groups?
19. Mark Sheehan, who died aged 46, was the co-founder and guitarist of which Irish rock band?
20. Rebekah Vardy trademarked what phrase which covers everything from her roles in broadcasting, beauty lotions, stationary, jewellery and fashion design?
21. A campaign called for what to be ditched from the club badges of Manchester United and Manchester City saying it symbolises the slave trade?
22. Why was Scottish ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski disqualified from the GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race?
23. Estate agents warned that what ‘naff’ feature could bring the price of a property down by £15,000?
24. Who was filmed taking a phone booking for the Indian Streatery, a family-run independent Indian restaurant in Birmingham?
25. What did the Pope, author JK Rowling, footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, rapper Jay-Z, singer Beyoncé and television presenters Ant and Dec all lose this week?

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