The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Dora Allday and Tom Savage who both scored 22. The next best scorers with 18 were Sam Baker, Toby Brown, Emily Webber and Janet Boyle. The best team was the Roberts Family with 23, just ahead of Simon, Sue and Will Cole on 22. The Penmans scored 21, Maura and Phil Parsons 20 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 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.
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1. The first local lockdown was announced in Leicester with Health Secretary Matt Hancock saying the city had what per cent of 'all positive cases in the country over the past week'?
2. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced that people arriving in England from 60 countries will no longer need to quarantine from July 10. Which of these countries did Mr Shapps say would not be on the exempt list? a) Germany b) America c) New Zealand d) Italy.
3. Which country extended its ban on flights from the UK until July 15?
4. EasyJet announced a restructuring which involves losing 4,500 staff and permanently closing its bases at Stansted and which other two UK airports? Half a point for each.
5. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was pictured doing press-ups and said: 'I’m as fit as a ___ ___ now.' What are the missing two words?
6. Two illegal street parties were broken up after dispersal zones were put in place on Saturday night, giving officers extra powers to order people to leave which two London commons? Half a point for each.
7. The Government ruled that people should avoid 'singing, shouting, raising voices and playing music at a volume that makes normal conversation difficult' at what occasions?
8. The SSP Group, which operates 580 food and drink outlets, said up to 5,000 jobs could be cut 'as it struggles with the reduction in passenger travel'. Name any one of the outlets SSP owns.
9. The governor of which US state ordered all bars to close immediately in seven counties, citing a rapid spread of coronavirus?
10. Who justified a trip to Greece by saying he was 'on essential business trying to Covid-proof my property in view of the upcoming letting season. I need to set up distancing measures at the property because they’re taking it very seriously here'?
11. What is the name of the cabinet secretary and head of the civil service who announced he will stand down in September?
12. A statue of which former African leader was destroyed in Cannizaro Park in Wimbledon?
13. What two-word phrase meaning 'the heart of the matter' was reported to be on Sky Sports list of words and phrases associated with slavery which their commentators will be banned from saying on air?
14. Sponsors FedEx urged which American football team to change its 'racist' team name?
15. Badreddin Abadlla Adam was shot dead after six people, including a police officer, were stabbed at which hotel in Glasgow?
16. Four gunmen attacked which country's stock exchange, killing two security guards and a police officer?
17. The Government said that mandatory MOTs for vehicles in England, Scotland and Wales are to be reintroduced from what date?
18. How old is Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who is facing charges after being arrested by the FBI accused of assisting the abuse of minors?
19. China introduced a national security law covering Hong Kong saying crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces would be punishable by what maximum sentence?
20. Which global entertainment firm filed for bankruptcy in Canada and cut 3,500 jobs after the pandemic shuts down its shows?
21. Which former FA Cup winning football team was threatened with a 12-point deduction after going into administration?
22. A nationwide clap to thank the NHS is planned for 5pm on Sunday to mark the service’s anniversary of how many years?
23. Journalists Matt Chorley, Stig Abel, John Pienaar and Mariella Frostrup could be heard at what new venture?
24. The Rolling Stones warned US President Donald Trump that he could face legal action for using their material after what song was played at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma?
25. What will be allowed on Britain's roads for the first time from Saturday (July 4), with trials being planned for 12 months to assess their safety?
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