Friday 16 July 2021

Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Cormac Connelly-Smith with an impressive 22, Maura Parsons and Jayme Bryla both scored 18.5, Liz Gerard 17, Toby Brown 16, Chay Quinn 15.5 and Graham Dudman 15. The top team was the Three Legs drinkers Peter, Stacey, Bryan and Heather with 20, just ahead of Marc Beyeler's team on 19.5. Amanda and Andy from Udimore scored 18 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 17.5. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

Only one story for Monday's front pages 

1. There was focus on England’s missed penalties against Italy in the Euro 2020 final - but which two England players scored from the spot? Half a point for each name.
2. In the wake of racist attacks on England’s players, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to ban people who abuse footballers online from football stadiums for up to how many years?
3. England defender Tyrone Mings reacted to Home Secretary Priti Patel’s criticism of the racist abuse by saying: 'You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ___ ___ and then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens’. What are the missing two words?
4. The Football Association is investigating allegations that members of which club’s under-18 squad directed racist abuse at the England players who missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final?
5. Who broke up a fight between supporters at Wembley on Sunday night, saying 'I just pulled these guys apart, said to one of them ‘What are you doing?' He wandered off, blood all over him. The guy on the floor had blood all over him'?
6. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said the Government was concerned about absences from work 'as a result of people being ___’. What is the missing word?
7. Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca and 
Formentera were put on the Government's amber travel list for England from Monday but which two European countries were moved to the green list? Half a point each.
8. Elected regional mayors across England urged the government to continue making what compulsory when most Covid restrictions are lifted on Monday?
9. An independent review published this week recommended a 'salt and sugar reformulation tax' should be introduced as part of a new National Food Strategy and that doctors should be able to prescribe what?
10. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said that what was 'a painful recognition of the reality of where we are’ but also said he knew it would 'be difficult for some to accept’?
11. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said what were clearly caused by climate change, adding 'this is something that really, really shows the urgency to act’?
12. The Parole Board rejected a Government challenge against the release of which prisoner who raped and murdered two schoolgirls in Leicestershire in the 1980s?
13. Which motorway was closed today (Friday) as emergency services attended a multi-vehicle crash in which at least three people died?
14. Which banking and payments company became the most valuable British fintech firm on record after new funding pushed its valuation to £24billion, making it worth more than three-quarters of the members of the FTSE 100?
15. The Information Commissioner's Office said its teams searched two addresses in the south of England on Thursday and seized computers as part of an investigation into what?
16. Which country deployed 25,000 troops after days of widespread looting and violence in which at least 117 people died and more than 2,000 were arrested?
17. GB News presenter Guto Harri was condemned by his bosses for an 'unacceptable breach of standards' after he did what live on television?
18. What was the name of the rocket, that was carried by an aeroplane to 15km (50,000ft), where it was released and took Richard Branson into space?
19. What was withdrawn from the US market after Lego issued a 'cease and desist order' on the company Culper Precision?
20. Nasa warned that the moon doing what will contribute to an increase in severe flooding in the mid-2030s?
21. Novak Djokovic won his sixth Wimbledon title to equal Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's record of how many men's Grand Slam titles? 
22. Former darts world champion Andy Fordham, who died aged 59, was known by what nickname?
23. An email titled Dunkirk Spirit was sent by Mother Ivey's Bay Holiday Park asking guests to help do what after staff were forced to isolate by the NHS app?
24. A legal battle began in the High Court, over the use of songs in a new Danny Boyle-directed TV series, between three former members of which band?
25. A BBC2 documentary is to be shown next Friday marking the tenth anniversary of whose death?

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