Time to tackle the newsquiz

Being on lockdown clearly means that some of you are absorbing the news in detail. The newsquiz has been online for ten years and has been held on training courses for 20 years - and nobody has ever scored maximum points. Until now. Last week two teams scored 25 out of 25. They were The Roberts Family and Thom, Sam, Shannon and Harry. Take a bow both teams. The top solo scorer was Janet Boyle with 21.5. Others worthy of a mention were Andy Drinkwater with 19 and Georgia Simcox and Hannah Tomes who both scored 18.5. The top teams, other than the 100 percenters, were The Penmans, Maura and Phil Parsons and Bruce and Sarah Hayward who all scored 19.5 just ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 19. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

Thursday's front pages

1. Army veteran Captain Tom Moore, 99, raised more than £18million for NHS workers by completing how many laps of his garden?

2. The baby of nurse Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong was delivered successfully after her mother died from Covid-19 in a hospital in which town?

3. Connie Titchen – believed to be Britain’s oldest Covid-19 survivor – was applauded by staff at Birmingham’s City Hospital as she was discharged on Tuesday. How old is she?

4. The Office for Budget Responsibility warned the pandemic could see the UK economy shrink by what per cent by June?

5. Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said this week there are three ‘clear’ factors that increase your risk of coronavirus. Age and having an underlying condition were two. What is the third?

6. The National Police Chiefs' Council issued guidance giving reasons someone could ‘reasonably' leave their home in England. Which of these is not an excuse: Moving to a friend's following an argument at home; going out to buy paint to redecorate; buying alcohol.

7. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the launch of new green and white badge of honour that has what word on it?

8. Two charter flights, bringing people to work on British farms, flew into Stansted this week from which European city?

9. French president Emmanuel Macron announced that the country would start returning to normal life - if citizens were 'civic, responsible and respected the rules' and if the number of cases of coronavirus continued to drop - on what date?

10. Media regulator Ofcom is investigating ITV’s This Morning after Eamonn Holmes appeared to suggest ’the mainstream media' should not rush to dismiss a potential link between coronavirus and what?

11. London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced that from Monday passengers on the city’s buses would not be allowed to use what?

12. What did television programme Holby City donate to the new NHS Nightingale Hospital in London? 

13. Why were Jenny McGee from New Zealand and Luis Pitarma from Portugal in the headlines?

14. Former Leeds United and England footballer Norman Hunter, who died in hospital aged 76 after contracting coronavirus, was known by what nickname in his playing days?

15. Who donated £12.5million to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic after being ‘humbled' by the dedication of NHS workers?
16. Princess Sofia of which country took a three-day medical course and started working in a hospital to help the fight against coronavirus?
17. Prince William officially opened the Nightingale hospital in Birmingham saying 'hospitals are about the people and not the ___’. What is the missing word?

18. Who posted a 12-minute video endorsing Joe Biden for US president saying: 'Joe has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery’?

19. Comedian Tim Brooke Taylor, who died age 79, was most famous as one of the Goodies but he was also ever-present on which radio show from its launch in 1972 until his death?

20. The Advertising Standards Authority banned Burger King from showing adverts suggesting that a burger,  which is cooked alongside meat and contains egg, is vegan-friendly. What is the burger called?

21. Documents showed that investors, backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, had bid how much for Newcastle United?

22. Who was revealed to have fathered two sons with 37-year-old South African-born lawyer Stella Morris?

23. Which British sportsman, who was widely acknowledged as being the best in his field yet never won a world championship, died age 90?

24. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire cheat Major Charles Ingram, who was back in the news with the broadcast of Quiz, originally won £1million when he answered the question 'A number one followed by one hundred zeros is known by what name?’ What was his answer?

25. ITV announced that former contestant Darragh Ennis is to join which TV programme full-time? 

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