Friday, 8 December 2023

Time to tackle the newsquiz

There were some higher than average scores in last week’s newsquiz. The top solo scorer was Robert Rea with 22.5, just ahead of Tom Savage, George Mann and Toby Brown on 22, Damon Wake on 21, Marion Fountayne, Nick Turner and Liz Gerard on 20 and Johnny Jenkins on 17. The top team was Jack Elsom and Monica Greep with a massive 24, just ahead of the Boulogne boozers Pete, Stacey, Amanda and Kevin on 23. Others on the leaderboard were Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe, Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Neil and Jo Benson on 22, Maura and Phil Parsons on 21.5 and Thom and Tim on 21. 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. 

Some of today's front pages


1. Robert Jenrick resigned as Immigration minister, telling PM Rishi Sunak that what was 'a triumph of hope over experience’?
2. Home Secretary James Cleverly unveiled plans to increase the minimum salary, for skilled workers from overseas who could be granted a visa, from £26,200 to what amount?
3. Former Prime Minister told the Covid Inquiry that he regretted suggesting what was 'bollocks' in a handwritten note?
4. At the Covid Inquiry former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was interrupted by four women, who were ordered to leave, holding pieces of paper that spelled out the message: 'The dead can't hear __ __.’ What are the missing two words?
5. Boris Johnson wore a hat showing his support for which football team as he arrived to give evidence to the Covid Inquiry?
6. Labour leader Keir Starmer was criticised for a Daily Telegraph article in which he named Margaret Thatcher, and which other two former PMs, as examples of how politicians can effect meaningful change? Half a point for each.
7. The Government announced that what will rise from £159 to £169.50 - an increase of 6.6 per cent? .
8. What is the name of the US Secretary of State who met Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron in Washington and then issued a warning to Israel to put a 'premium on civilian protection’?
9. Passengers were trapped for four hours and plunged into darkness on trains heading to and from which London railway station after damage to overhead cables?
10. A German nurse was stabbed to death and two other people, including a British man, were injured near which European landmark?
11. Which former teacher, who died aged 79, served as a Member of the European Parliament for 15 years, was minister of state for Europe and Africa in Gordon Brown’s government and became a life peer?
12. Prince Harry lost his legal challenge at the High Court in a bid to be allowed to do what?
13. At least 22 people died after a volcanic eruption on Mount Marapi in which country?
14. Writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who died aged 65, appeared in which TV drama series as Jeremiah ‘Jimmy' Jesus, between 2013 and 2022?
15. Who was named Time Magazine's person of the year as someone who had 'found a way to transcend borders and be a source of light’?
16. 
Oslo's mayor Anne Lindboe said she was looking at ways of reducing the carbon footprint of what?
17. Golf's governing bodies announced changes to ball specifications which will shorten the distance professional golfers can propel tee shots by approximately how many yards?
18. Who became the oldest player to win the UK Snooker Championship, two days before he celebrated his 48th birthday?
19. The Lionesses failed to qualify for the Women’s Nations League and the Olympics despite a win over Scotland by what score?
20. Actress Brigit Forsyth, who died aged 83, made her name as Bob’s long suffering wife Thelma in which BBC television series?
21. Anchor Maryam Moshiri apologised for doing what at the start of a BBC news bulletin at noon on Wednesday?
22. Which word, slang for 'style, charm or attractiveness’ was named Word of the Year by Oxford University Press, publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary?
23. Why was faded Union Flag bunting, metal pedestrian barriers and old ring-binders in the headlines? 
24. Which former footballer was criticised for saying that women 'shouldn't be talking with any kind of authority in the men's game’?
25. Who was the first person to be evicted from this year’s I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here?

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