Friday 22 May 2020

Been paying attention? Here's the newsquiz ...

There were some impressive scores in last week’s newsquiz. Top solo scorer was Tom Savage with 23, just ahead of Toby Brown who posted a personal best of 22. Other good scorers included Liz Gerard and Janet Boyle on 20, Georgia Simcox, Gavin Devine and Hannah Tomes who all scored 19 and George Bond with 18. The top team was Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with 22. Other good scores came from Richard, Danny, Barney and Matt with 21, the same score as Sam, Harry and Shannon. The Coles Family posted 20.5, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 20 and the Roberts Family 19. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 
Some of today's front pages
1. The Government, responding to pressure, announced that all non EU migrant NHS workers, including porters and cleaners, would no longer have to pay the annual surcharge of how much?
2. Under new Government guidance what was added as key symptoms of coronavirus that people should self-isolate with?
3. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the Government’s surveillance study had shown that what per cent of people in London had tested positive for coronavirus antibodies?
4. The NHS Confederation warned of ‘severe' consequences to staff and patients, and against easing lockdown, if the right strategy involving the three Ts was not established quickly. What do the three Ts stand for? Half a point for two, one point for all three. 
5. The Government confirmed it is considering introducing what in October after a request by Visit Britain?
6. The Office for National Statistics said that what had jumped by 856,500 to 2.1 million in April?
7. The Government announced that everyone from what age and over in the UK with symptoms could now be tested for coronavirus?
8. Thérèse Coffey found herself at odds with Cabinet colleagues when she said: 'If the science was wrong, advice at the time was wrong, I’m not surprised if people will then think we then made a wrong decision’? What is her Cabinet position?
9. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle ticked off which Government minister, asking: ‘Sorry - do you want to leave the chamber? We are on maximum numbers, if you want to give way to somebody else I am more than happy’?
10. Nicola Sturgeon announced people in Scotland will be allowed to meet friends outdoors, sunbathe and start shopping at garden centres from what date?
11. At Thursday's Downing Street briefing, who asked: 'Why can junior tennis players, athletes and golfers receive coaching sessions but young people who play the working-class game of football are not allowed to?’ 
 
12. Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen, arguing the furlough scheme was to protect businesses that can’t operate, said: 'It’d be difficult to see how___ ___'s earning potential has been diminished. The grass is still growing in his back garden and his house still needs cleaning. What is the missing name?
13. US President Donald Trump told reporters he had been taking hydroxychloroquine to protect himself against coronavirus. The drug was originally developed to combat which disease?
14. What is the name of the website launched by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to help those unemployed or furloughed to find work on farms?
15. EasyJet announced it intends to restart flights from some airports in Britain and which other two countries from June 15? Half a point for each.
16. The Casual Dining Group, which owns High Street restaurant brands, filed intent to appoint administrators to give itself ten days to put a restructuring plan into place? Name any one of its restaurants.
17. Thirteen people were arrested after 19-year-old law student Aya Hachem was shot dead by mistake outside Lidl in which town?
18. EasyJet announced that a 'highly sophisticated cyber-attack' meant 2,208 customers had their credit and debit card details ‘accessed’ but approximately how many of its customers did the airline say had been affected in total?
19. Footballer Callum Hudson-Odoi, who was arrested on Sunday and held on suspicion of rape, plays for which Premier League club?
20. New legislation known as 'Max and Keira's law’ came into force this week meaning that everyone, unless they opt out or are in an excluded group, becomes what? 
21. What event was covered every weekday this week by BBC One at 3.45pm and BBC Two at 8pm?
22. Who said: 'I hope the Queen's not heavy handed with the sword’?
23.  An Airbus A320 with 107 people on board crashed into a residential area of which city? 
24. What became the first British soap to resume filming as it began a 'phased return' on Wednesday, recording six new episodes using a reduced crew with stories focused on characters in lockdown?
25. Why was Korean football team FC Seoul fined 100 million won (about £67,000) and forced to apologise this week?

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