Friday 12 April 2024

Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Robert Rea with 20, ahead of George Mann on 19, Marion Fountayne and Toby Brown on 18 and Andy Reed on 17. The top team was Bruce and Sarah Hayward also on 20 ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17.5. 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.

A selection of today's front pages

1. Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said having dinner with who was 'entirely in line with precedent’?
2. Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh said that what incident would not change the organisation's demands in talks on a ceasefire deal?
3. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his vow to do what and declared: 'There is a date.’
4. The Cass Review said children had been let down by a lack of research and made 32 recommendations on how '__ services' for young people should operate. What is the missing word?
5. It was announced that what is to become a separate criminal offence in England and Wales, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying it would send the message that 'enough is enough'?
6. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologised after being accused of ruining the credibility of what?
7. Former gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner reacted to the death of ex-NFL footballer OJ Simpson by posting what two-word message on social media?
8. Two political advisers, after keeping a secret for 50 years, revealed that which politician had an affair with a deputy Press secretary, 22 years younger than him?
9. Police charged a 25-year-old man with the murder of Kulsuma Akter, who was stabbed to death as she pushed her baby in a pram in which city?
10. In a witness statement to the Horizon IT inquiry, former sub-postmaster and campaigner Alan Bates said the Post Office was being run by 'little more than thugs in __' in 2010. What is the missing word?
11. New York Mayor Eric Adams told people to go about their normal day and that first responders were 'working to make sure the city is safe’ after what event?
12. Who declared, in a 20-page document, that sex change operations and surrogacy were 'grave threats to human dignity'?
13. The Arizona Supreme Court reinstated a law from 1864 that bans what, with offences punishable by two to five years in prison?
14. Who said his three eldest children were 'fine' after they were taken to hospital following a three-car crash in Germany.
15. Government minister Kevin Hollinrake called for an investigation into allegations that factories in China were mass-producing fake what for export?
16. Who delivered a list of recommendations about Parkinson's to Downing Street and said the disease 'makes you wish you hadn't been born'?
17. Everton were fined a further two points for a second breach of Premier League financial rules meaning they have been deducted how many points in total this season?
18. Who took part in the Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Monday for the first time?
19. The president of the Paris 2024 Olympics said the triathlon could be delayed, or the swimming leg cancelled, for what reason?
20. World Athletics announced Olympic gold medal winners would be paid for the first time at the Paris games. How much, in dollars, will a gold medalist be given?
21. Joe Kinnear, who died aged 77, managed clubs including Wimbledon and Newcastle United after a playing career which saw him make 258 appearances for which team?
22. A total eclipse of the Sun could be seen by people in which three countries?
23. Who did Dorset council apologise to after their vehicles were given parking tickets?
24. A new version of which game, designed to be more collaborative and less 'intimidating', is to be launched?
25. Why was Russ Cook, known as the Hardest Geezer, in the headlines?

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