Hopefully, we will see many more bylines over the next couple of weeks.
We finished as always with the newsquiz. This week’s joint winner with scores of 17.5 were Bryony Jewell and Leigh McManus, who were narrowly ahead of Bhvishya Patel with 17. Bhvishya’s score of 16 last week was, unusually, not beaten by anyone online. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe did manage a joint 16 though. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual, it is 25 questions about the week. See if you can beat Bryony and Leigh's score.
Russia's front page domination
1. How many Russian diplomats did Theresa May say would be expelled from Britain?
2. According to Theresa May the nerve agents used to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia belong to a group known as what?
3. Who was accused by Russia's Major-General Igor Konashenkov of talking like a 'market wench' which reflected his 'extreme intellectual impotency’?
4. Which three countries joined with the UK to say, in a joint statement, that Russian involvement was 'the only plausible explanation’ for the Salisbury poisonings?
5. Jeremy Corbyn defended his position on the Russian poisoning affair by saying we should not resign ourselves to a ‘new cold war of escalating arms spending, proxy conflicts across the globe and a ______ intolerance of dissent’? What is the missing word?
6. How did Theresa May greet a tattooed woman as she went on a walkabout in Salisbury following the poisonings?
7. Sir Ken Dodd died at the house where he was born in 1927 in which area of Liverpool?
8. Ken Dodd had one Number 1 hit in the UK with a song that was the biggest-selling single of 1965 and the third-biggest selling single of the 1960s. What was it called?
9. Unilever has chosen which city as its new headquarters for its food and refreshment division?
10. Who said he wasn’t told he had lost his job until three hours after it was tweeted?
11. At least six people were killed after a footbridge collapsed near which university (full name please)?
12. How old was Stephen Hawking, who died this week age 76, when he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease?
13. Labour MP Debbie Abrahams claimed she had been the victim of a ‘bullying culture’ after she stepped aside from what role in the shadow cabinet?
14. An inquiry was called for after it was revealed that girls in which town were drugged, beaten and raped at the hands of a grooming gang active since the 1980s?
15. Tens of thousands of students across America walked out of their classrooms for how many minutes on Wednesday in a protest about gun laws?
16. Peter Williams was born in Cheshire, appeared on Last of the Summer Wine, advertised Tetley beer and became a household name by presenting a TV progamme for 14 years. How is he better known?
17. Egyptian engineering student Mariam Moustafa, 18, died after being attacked by a gang of girls in which city?
18. Who missed the last two days of the Cheltenham Festival after damaging his leg when he fell from Al Boum Photo?
19. Which retailer withdrew a red shirt with 96 on the back that some believe referred to the Hillsborough disaster?
20. In his spring statement Chancellor Philip Hammond announced a consultation which could lead to the end of what three monetary denominations?
21. Who was suspended after apologising for a ‘moment of madness’?
22. Which city was named the most attractive place to work and live in the UK based on nine qualities of life, in a survey commissioned by Royal Mail?
23. Which newspaper was voted Newspaper of the Year in this week’s Press Awards?
24. Protesters stormed the arena at Crufts as the winner was presented with Best in Show. What was the name of the winning dog?
25. Walkers Crisps is marking its 70th anniversary by releasing six flavours to celebrate the nation's favourite dishes - one for each decade. Coronation chicken represents the 1950s and roast lamb and mint the 1960s. Name any two other flavours. Half point for each.
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