The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Toby Brown with 21, narrowly ahead of Molly Clayton on 20, Tom Savage 18 and Gavin Devine 17. A special shout-out goes to Ian McCulloch, who posts a score each week but rarely gets a mention, for a personal best of 16. The top teams were Maura and Phil Parsons and the Coles family (Simon, Sue and Will) who both scored 23. The Penmans and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 21, Danny, Matt and Barney got 20 and Sam, Thom, Harry and Shannon 19.5. 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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| A selection of today's front pages |
1. What was the name of the slave trader whose statue was toppled by protesters in Bristol and thrown into the River Avon?
2. A statue of Robert Baden-Powell, who founded the Scouts movement, is to be boarded-up in which town to protect it from possible attacks?
3. Home Secretary Priti Patel, pointing out she would not take lectures on racism, sexism, tolerance or social justice, said she was racially abused in the playground, in the street and been advised to do what 'in order to advance her career’?
4. George Floyd was described as a mentor whose death sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and racial prejudice at his funeral in which US city?
4. George Floyd was described as a mentor whose death sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and racial prejudice at his funeral in which US city?
5. Who pledged £10 million over the next ten years to UK organisations, charities and movements tackling racial inequality, supporting justice reform and black empowerment?
6. Which brand tweeted ‘we stand against racism’ and told a far-right vlogger ‘please don’t buy our tea again’?
7. Which comedy series, that featured a Caribbean woman called Desiree and a mail-order bride named Ting Tong, was removed from BBC iPlayer, Netflix and BritBox with the BBC saying 'times have changed' since it first aired’?
6. Which brand tweeted ‘we stand against racism’ and told a far-right vlogger ‘please don’t buy our tea again’?
7. Which comedy series, that featured a Caribbean woman called Desiree and a mail-order bride named Ting Tong, was removed from BBC iPlayer, Netflix and BritBox with the BBC saying 'times have changed' since it first aired’?
8. Who made a tearful public apology saying: 'I just want to say sorry for any upset I caused whether I was Michael Jackson, Craig David or Trisha Goddard’?
9. The UK's economy shrank by what per cent in April - the largest monthly fall on record?
10. Under new ‘bubble’ announcements by Boris Johnson on Wednesday which of these people will be breaking the law next week? a) Grandparents visiting their married daughter and two grandchildren b) A woman living with her parents but staying over with her boyfriend who lives alone c) A single mother with three children sharing childcare with a friend in a similar position.
11. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said he was 'working to bring all children back to school’ by when?
12. An initiative, supported by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, is encouraging people to celebrate the NHS's 72nd birthday and thank key workers for their support with a nationwide clap and minute’s silence on what date?
13. New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said she celebrated that there were no active cases of Covid-19 in her country by doing what?
14. Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said Britain's new quarantine measures would cause 'untold damage' to the tourism industry and said they were 'designed by Dominic Cummings for whom?
15. Iceland supermarket helped Chester Zoo, which is facing huge debts as a result of coronavirus, by adopting its entire collection of which creatures?
16. Which company announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs following a global slump in demand for its product because of coronavirus with chief executive Bernard Looney telling staff that ‘we are spending much, much more than we make - I am talking millions of dollars, every day’?
17. Which former Government adviser said coronavirus deaths in the UK would have been halved if lockdown had been introduced one week earlier?
18. Which ‘homeless' football team were League 1 champions after clubs voted to end the season because of coronavirus, with promotion and relegation decided according to points per game?
19. Harry Potter author JK Rowling was embroiled in a row over transgender people after she tweeted: 'People who ____. I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?’ What is the missing word?
20. US attorney Geoffrey Berman said who had 'yet again sought to falsely portray himself to the public as eager and willing to co-operate with an ongoing federal criminal investigation’?
21. What is the name of the company that owns British Gas which announced it was to cut 5,000 jobs by removing three layers of management?
12. An initiative, supported by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, is encouraging people to celebrate the NHS's 72nd birthday and thank key workers for their support with a nationwide clap and minute’s silence on what date?
13. New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said she celebrated that there were no active cases of Covid-19 in her country by doing what?
14. Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said Britain's new quarantine measures would cause 'untold damage' to the tourism industry and said they were 'designed by Dominic Cummings for whom?
15. Iceland supermarket helped Chester Zoo, which is facing huge debts as a result of coronavirus, by adopting its entire collection of which creatures?
16. Which company announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs following a global slump in demand for its product because of coronavirus with chief executive Bernard Looney telling staff that ‘we are spending much, much more than we make - I am talking millions of dollars, every day’?
17. Which former Government adviser said coronavirus deaths in the UK would have been halved if lockdown had been introduced one week earlier?
18. Which ‘homeless' football team were League 1 champions after clubs voted to end the season because of coronavirus, with promotion and relegation decided according to points per game?
19. Harry Potter author JK Rowling was embroiled in a row over transgender people after she tweeted: 'People who ____. I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?’ What is the missing word?
20. US attorney Geoffrey Berman said who had 'yet again sought to falsely portray himself to the public as eager and willing to co-operate with an ongoing federal criminal investigation’?
21. What is the name of the company that owns British Gas which announced it was to cut 5,000 jobs by removing three layers of management?
22. Why was Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli suspended for one match by the Football Association, fined £50,000 and ordered to undertake an education course?
23. A photograph of the Duke of Edinburgh with the Queen, standing side by side in the quadrangle at Windsor Castle, was released to mark his birthday this week. How old is he?
24. A 69-year-old American singer called Bonnie, who died this week, was a founding member of which family group that had UK Top Ten hits in the 80s with Slow Hand and Jump (For My Love)?
25. The new design for what was revealed this week with chief executive Jim Ryan saying ‘we kind of felt it would be nice to provide a design that would really grace most living areas’?
24. A 69-year-old American singer called Bonnie, who died this week, was a founding member of which family group that had UK Top Ten hits in the 80s with Slow Hand and Jump (For My Love)?
25. The new design for what was revealed this week with chief executive Jim Ryan saying ‘we kind of felt it would be nice to provide a design that would really grace most living areas’?
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