The top scorer solo in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 19.5, just ahead of Jamie Johnson on 18 and Sam Baker on 17. The top team was Thom, Sam, Harry and Shannon with 22. The Roberts Family scored 20, Phil and Maura Parson 17.5, Charlotte Daly and family 17, and Richard, Danny, Barney and Matt 17. 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.
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2. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 'conditional plan' to reopen society included a ‘hope’ that some primary pupils would return to school in England from what date ‘at the earliest’?
3. Details set out by the Department for Education said that, if schools reopen, classes will be divided into groups of no more than how many pupils?
3. Details set out by the Department for Education said that, if schools reopen, classes will be divided into groups of no more than how many pupils?
4. Railway worker Belly Mujinga died of coronavirus after being spat at while on duty at which London station?
5. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furloughing) would continue, albeit with some changes, until the end of which month?
6. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson had a heated exchange during Prime Minister’s Questions over Government guidance, that was in place until March 13, which said it was 'unlikely' people living where would become infected with coronavirus?
7. According to Government figures which town has suffered more coronavirus cases per capita than anywhere else in England or Wales, a rate of 882 cases per 100,000?
8. Public Health announced that coronavirus antibody tests, which can tell whether someone has had the infection, have been approved for use in the UK. What is the name of the manufacturer?
9. Statistics from NHS England show that of the 22,332 people who died with coronavirus since March 31, 5,873 (26 per cent) of them had what condition?
10. Who reacted to the Government's change of slogan, from Stay At Home to Stay Alert, by saying: ‘It would be catastrophic for me to drop the ‘stay at home’ message, which is why I am not prepared to do it … particularly in favour of a message that is vague and imprecise’?
11. Government minister Grant Shapps said it was everybody’s ‘civic duty’ to avoid what 'if at all possible'?
12. Members of the Royal Family, including the Queen, made phone calls to workers in Britain and around the Commonwealth to mark which day?
13. A third player from which Premier League football club tested positive for coronavirus?
14. The Office for National Statistics said that the UK economy shrank by how many per cent in the first quarter, the sharpest fall since 2008?
15. Ofcom received 240 complaints after which actress said on Channel 4's The Last Leg Locked Down Under that she 'had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die’?
16. Which media company announced it is to close its UK and Australian news operations for 'both for economic and strategic reasons’?
15. Ofcom received 240 complaints after which actress said on Channel 4's The Last Leg Locked Down Under that she 'had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die’?
16. Which media company announced it is to close its UK and Australian news operations for 'both for economic and strategic reasons’?
17. Interpol issued a Red Notice for which American, meaning she is 'wanted internationally’ and can be arrested if she ever leaves America?
18. A murder inquiry was launched after human remains were found in a suitcase being carried by a couple and other body parts were found at which beauty spot?
18. A murder inquiry was launched after human remains were found in a suitcase being carried by a couple and other body parts were found at which beauty spot?
19. Tory MPs, including Health Minister Nadine Dorries, deleted tweets and were reminded by the whips office to 'check the validity' after posting false information claiming who obstructed the prosecution of grooming gangs?
20. Chief executive Rico Back quit which group with immediate effect, after only two years in charge, after it reported a £22million slump in revenue?
21. Who tweeted this week saying: 'Thank you for all the messages. Horrible experience but we’re all okay now. Appreciate the support’?
22. June Bernicoff, 82, died this week. She wrote two books, Forever Sweethearts and Leon and June: Our Story, following the death of her husband and was best known for appearances on which Channel 4 series?
23. Richard Wayne Penniman, who died age 87, had five UK top ten hits in the 1950s. How was he better known?
24. Which two celebrities found themselves at loggerheads over plans to extend a brewery near their homes in rural Wiltshire? Half a point for each name.
25. Which novel topped the UK’s book charts this week, more than two years after it was published, reportedly thanks to its TV adaptation?
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