Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Jaymes Bryla with an impressive 21. Other top scorers were Tom Savage and Toby Brown who both scored 19, Kieran Cocoran and Gavin Devine on 18 and Liz Gerard and Ian Watt on 17. The top teams were the Roberts family with 20.5, Dave Bromage's team with 18.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 question's about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

How the papers reported the December election

1. How many MPs voted against holding a General Election on December 12?

2. In what year did the UK last hold a General Election in December?

3. Which one of these MPs has not announced that they will be standing down at the December 12 election: Nicky Morgan, David Lidington, Jo Johnson, Justine Greening, Anna Soubry and Gloria De Piero?

4. How many of the rebel 21 Tory MPs, thrown out of the party in September, met Boris Johnson on Tuesday night and were invited to rejoin?

5. Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked outgoing Speaker John Bercow as a ‘great servant’ but added that it was the longest retirement since whose?
6. Chancellor Sajid Javid said he was 'completely shocked’ by a rebuff by which celebrity who he described as 'incredibly rude'?

7. Who was formally suspended from the House of Commons for six months for offering to buy drugs for sex workers and failing to cooperate with an investigation?

8. The US House of Representatives passed a resolution, by 232 in favour and 196 against, to proceed with what?

9. Maurice Robinson, 25, was charged with four offences at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court related to the 39 bodies found in a lorry container last week. Name one of the four charges.

10. How were Alistair Raddon, 28, and Danny Maggs, 22, injured?
11. What is the name of the military dog, praised by US President Donald Trump, which was injured after chasing and cornering Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria?

12. BBC journalist Samira Ahmed told an employment tribunal that she was paid a maximum of £465 for each Newswatch episode whereas Jeremy Vine was paid how much per episode for presenting Points of View?

13. Chief executive Jack Dorsey has announced that Twitter will ban what from November 22?

14. The body of British backpacker Amelia Bambridge, 21, from Worthing was found off the coast of which country?

15. What is the name of the 50-year-old London Fire Brigade commissioner who was accused of 'remarkable insensitivity’ by an official report into the Grenfell fire after saying she would not have done anything differently on the night?

16. Which animals were credited with protecting The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library from the Californian wildfires?

17. Which platform pledged to remove images, drawings and cartoons showing methods of self-harm or suicide following the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell?

18. McDonald's apologised for, and cancelled, a Halloween marketing campaign in Portugal which promoted a dessert. What were the controversial three words?

19. England’s rugby team were reprimanded and fined a four-figure sum for doing what at the semi-final match against New Zealand?

20. Which supermarket offered an hourly pay rise to shop workers of 18p to £9.18 in a dispute over new contracts?

21. British Transport Police announced that Alfred Dorris, 43, of Beckenham will not face criminal charges over what incident?

22. Which UK city announced plans to ban all privately owned diesel cars each day between 7am and 3pm from March 2021?
23. Which two players scored hat-tricks in Leicester City's 9-0 victory over Southampton, the biggest away win in Premier League history? Half a point for each.

24. What did 36-year-old David Atherton win?

25. The lyrics to which song have been rewritten by John Legend to make them less controversial?

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