Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Liz Gerard with 21 just ahead of Toby Brown on 19.5. The top team was Simon, Sue and Will Cole with 22. Phil and Maura Parsons scored 21, The Penmans and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe both scored 19 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 18. 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. 

A selection of today's front pages

1. In new Covid measures to start next week Cornwall and which two other places in England are the only ones to be in Tier 1? Half a point for each.

2. Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty, at Thursday's Downing Street briefing, said that what would not be against the law this Christmas but 'it is not a sensible thing to do’? One word answer. 
3. In a video message from Downing Street, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced festive lockdown rules, saying 'tis the season to be jolly but 'tis also the season to be jolly___’. What is the missing word?
4. Chancellor Rishi Sunak, in his Spending Review, announced that 1.3 million public sector workers would see their pay frozen next year but those earning less than what figure would still get increase?

5. The Government asked a regulator to assess a vaccine produced by Oxford University, along with which pharmaceutical company, after doubts were raised over claims that it was 70 per cent effective?

6. Revised lockdown restrictions mean that from next week 2,000 fans will be allowed to attend Premier League matches at which one of these football clubs a) Wolves b) Newcastle United  c) Burnley d) Crystal Palace?

7. Which retail giant was reported to be on the brink of collapse with 15,000 jobs at risk and was preparing to appoint administrators from Deloitte?
8. Boris Johnson’s spokesman said: 'Given the circumstances the PM doesn't believe that MPs should be ...' doing what?
9. Why did Foreign Office minister Baroness Sugg resign?
10. Hair salon owner Sinead Quinn from Bradford, who has been threatened with £27,000 in fines for breaching lockdown rules, argued that her shop was 'under the jurisdiction of common law’ quoting Article 61 of what?
11. Scotland became the first country in the world to provide free and universal access to what?

12. The Duchess of Sussex revealed that she miscarried in July in an article headlined The Losses We Share in which publication?

13. Footballer Diego Maradona, infamous for the ‘hand of God’ incident when Argentina beat England in the 1986 World Cup, died this week at what age?

14. A day of mourning for Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona took place in which European city yesterday?

15. One fisherman died, another is missing and one was rescued after their boat, the Joanna C, capsized off which English county?

16. Who was named as a special envoy on the climate crisis under President-Elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration?

17. PC Simon Read was sacked for gross misconduct after scanning a £9.95 box of what for seven pence by using a cheaper barcode at Tesco in Wisbech? 

18. Kuno, a military dog that tackled a gunman in what country, was awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal - the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross?

19. The National Trust and Forestry England suspended what after a police investigation into online meetings which discussed creating smokescreens?

20. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrote on Instagram: ‘Very sadly last weekend our dear dog ... passed away. He has been at the heart of our family for the past nine years and we will miss him so much.’ What was the dog’s name?

21. What was the name of the 47-year-old Celebrity Big Brother contestant and Storage Hunters UK buyer who was found dead on the kitchen floor of his North London home?

22. Earl Spencer said that each episode of what television show should state it isn't true so that 'everyone would understand that it was drama for drama's sake’?

23. A bird named Rockefeller, found trapped inside a 75ft Christmas tree in New York, was released into the wild after being nursed back to health. What type of bird was Rockefeller?
24. North Wales Police said they had given 'suitable advice' to the producers of I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! following complaints about what?
25. Peter Sawkins, 20, became the youngest ever person to do what?

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