Friday, 14 May 2021

Test your knowledge with the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Sam Neve with a personal best of 22, Tom Savage scored 21, Cormac Connelly-Smith and Jayme Bryla 19, Janet Boyle 18, Dominic Hurst and Ed Mortimer 17 and Gavin Devine 16. The top team was Simon, Sue and Will Cole with another impressive 24, the Roberts Family scored 21, my Three Legs' drinking buddies Stacey, Peter, Nicky and Les scored 20, Maura and Phil Parsons and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 19, Andy and Amanda 17 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 16. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the last seven days. Give it a go and let me know your score.  

Today's front pages

1. Angela Rayner was given different roles in Labour’s post-election reshuffle but which of these positions does she not hold? a) shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster b) Labour Party Chair c) Shadow secretary for the future of work d) deputy leader
2. The Scottish National Party won 64 seats in the Scottish Parliament election, one more than it won in 2016, but how many short of a majority?
3. Kim Leadbeater, the sister of murdered MP Jo Cox, announced her intention to stand as a candidate in a by-election in which constituency?
4. Labour's Sadiq Khan won a second term as London's mayor, beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey, with Sian Berry from which party coming third?
5. Coronavirus infections doubled in a week in four Indian variant hotspots, Bedford, Sefton, Blackburn and which other town where rates spiralled by 120 per cent?
6. Which of these will not be allowed in England from Monday under Government guidelines? a) Fans attending Premier League game b) Hotels and B&Bs taking guests c) People visiting a cinema d) Nightclubs re-opening.
7. Which 'green list' country caused confusion with British holidaymakers when it announced its 'state of calamity' would be in place until May 30 ... but then clarified that tourists with a negative test would be welcome from Monday? 
8. In the Queen’s Speech the Government set out plans to make voters do what at General Elections?
9. Why did Liverpool players wear the name Jordan on their shirts while warming up against Manchester United?
10. Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised unreservedly after an inquest ruled ten people who were shot dead in Ballymurphy in which year were 'entirely innocent’ and posed no threats to soldiers?
11. Airlines including KLM, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic suspended services to which country after days of violence?
12. Former Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking via video link to the Treasury Select Committee, declined to reveal his salary at finance company Greensill but said it was ‘far more’ than what?
13. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was issued with a county court judgement over an unpaid debt of how much?
14. Why were hundreds of protesters in a day-long standoff with police on a residential street in Glasgow?
15. Callum Wheeler, 21, was remanded in custody after being charged at Maidstone Crown Court with whose murder?
16. Police began digging for the body of a 15-year-old girl, who vanished in 1968, at a cafe in which city?
17. An investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches, with The Sunday Times, claimed that who could be hired for £10,000 a day to make ‘confidential' representations to Vladimir Putin's regime?
18. The all-England Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea was moved from Istanbul to which city?
19. Which company announced it was to create more than 10,000 new jobs in the UK and launch a £10million programme to help employees gain new skills?
20. Manchester City won their fourth Premier League title in three years after their rivals Manchester United lost at Old Trafford to which team?
21. Who said this week that she hadn’t realised she was the first young person to receive a Junior Respiration Award from the Royal Life Saving Society?
22. Parents, including singer Paloma Faith, expressed concern at the nationwide shortage of which product after some stores, including Tesco and Boots, reported low supplies?
23. Which actor returned his three Golden Globes awards in a row over lack of diversity?
24. The Brit Awards kicked off with a video where Line of Duty stars Martin Compston and Vicky McCLure where brought to order by which woman who then called host Jack Whitehall a ‘little twerp’ and removed him from the video?
25. Who received two awards at the Brits and made a speech demanding a pay rise for NHS workers?

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