Friday 29 March 2024

The Good Friday newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle on 20, ahead of George Mann and Robert Rea on 18 and Toby Brown on 15. The top team was the Bournemouth Golfers featuring Adam Batstone, Julian Diamond and David Kohn on 20. Broad Oak drinkers Peter, Stacey, Amanda, Kevin and George scored 19, Maura and Phil Parson 18, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 17 and Neil and Jo Benson 16. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not butter yourself a hot-cross bun (with cheese of course), pour yourself a glass of wine, give it a go and let me know your score.

A selection of yesterday's front pages

1. The Princess of Wales released a video telling the world she had cancer and saying: 'My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of __ chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment.’ What is the missing word?
2. What is the name of the Moscow concert hall where terrorists killed at least 137 people?
3. Russia charged how many men, who seemed to have been beaten up when they appeared in court, with committing an act of terrorism?
4. What was the name of the Baltimore bridge that collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship?
5. The UN security council voted to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza - but which was the only country to abstain?
6. After China was blamed for a campaign of global cyber attacks, ministers were accused of a muted response with the SNP's defence spokesman saying Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden had 'turned up at a gunfight' with what?
7. High Court judges ruled that the US must give assurances that who has freedom of speech protections and will not receive the death penalty before he can be extradited?
8. Which company was branded ‘uninvestable’ by shareholders who pulled out of plans to invest £500million, leaving it at risk of an emergency Government takeover?
9. Simon Harris became the new leader of Fine Gael, paving the way for him to become Ireland's youngest taoiseach. How old is he?
10. Forty-five people were killed, with an eight-year-old being the only survivor, in a bus crash in which country?
11. A convoy of more than 100 what were used in a protest outside Parliament on Monday?
12. Dave Calhoun will leave his position as chief executive of which company at the end of the year as it faces growing concerns over its safety record?
13. According to British Social Attitudes research, just 24 per cent of people across England, Scotland and Wales, the fewest on record, are satisfied with what?
14. Sean Combs's houses in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by federal agents as he faces accusations of sexual abuse. How is he better known?
15. Which fast food chain announced it was closing nearly a tenth of its outlets, 43 of its 450, as they were ‘underperforming’?
16. George Gilbey, who died after a fall at work near Southend, featured in eight series of which television programme?
17. Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years by a New York court for defrauding customers and investors of his now-bankrupt firm FTX which dealt in what?
18. Two men were found guilty of murdering Cody Fisher, who played football for which academy side, on the dancefloor of a nightclub on Boxing Day in 2022?
19. Rowers taking part in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race were told not to enter the Thames, to cover cuts and to wear footwear after high levels of what were found in the river?
20. Why was 40-year-old Jasmin Paris from Midlothian in the headlines?
21. Which company asked a US police department to stop using its product to hide the faces of suspects on social media?
22. Wales missed out on qualification for Euro 2024 after a penalty defeat to which team?
23. Award-winning actress Olivia Colman, commenting on gender pay disparity, said that if she was called what, she would be earning a lot more money?
24. Whose trousers were censored by North Korea's state TV channel, reportedly because denim is seen as a 'symbol of American imperialism’?
25. It was announced that Ernie, who has worked every day at Warwick Castle for 30 years, will be retiring to the Yorkshire Dales. What is Ernie?

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