Friday 27 August 2021

Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Robert Rea with 21.5, ahead of Liz Gerard and Jayme Bryla on 20, Marguerite Turner on 19, Toby Brown on 18, Gavin Devine and Hannah Tomes who both scored 17 and Nick Turner 16.5. The top team was Marc Beyeler’s with 22. Simon, Sue and Will Cole scored 20.5, the Roberts family and Maura and Phil Parsons both scored 20, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 19, Team Swindle 18.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 18. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages


1. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the 'overwhelming majority' of eligible people had been evacuated from Afghanistan by the UK with 'around' how many flown out of Kabul?
2. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told MPs that, because of the threat to Kabul airport, Afghans fleeing to Britain might be better off doing what?
3. Who said the decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan was 'tragic, dangerous, unnecessary’ and was made 'in obedience to an imbecilic political slogan about ending the forever wars’?
4. US President Joe Biden told those behind the Kabul airport attacks: 'We will not ___. We will not ___. We will hunt you down and make you pay.’ What are the two missing words? Half a point for each.
5. Terror group ISK claimed it was behind the twin blasts at Kabul airport that killed 90 people and injured more than 150. What does ISK stand for?
6. What is the name of the animal charity boss who was stuck in Afghanistan with 200 dogs and cats whose said his 'mission to get them and his 25 staff and their families out of the country' had been unsuccessful?
7. Who was Great Britain’s first gold medal winner at the Paralympics taking her overall gold medal total to 15?
8. Which two athletes carried the Tokyo Paralympics GB flag at the opening ceremony? Half a point for each.
9. Why were Tesco, Sainsbury's and Waitrose supermarkets closed and cordoned off in Fulham this week?
10. What is the name of the Manchester City footballer who was charged with four counts of rape and one of sexual assault and remanded in custody?
11. Thailand and which other country went on the UK’s red list this week, meaning returning travellers must quarantine in hotels for 11 nights?
12. NHS organisations in England were told to prepare for a possible extension of the Covid vaccination programme to which age range?
13. BBC radio presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from what, according to a coroner in Newcastle.
14. Who did Elton John describe as ’the most stylish of men’, Joan Baez say was ‘a prince among thieves’ and Queen guitarist Brian May say 'was the nicest gent you could ever meet’?
15. McDonald's stopped serving what after becoming the latest victim of a nationwide shortage of delivery drivers?
16. What was the colour of the 13-foot table erected by Extinction Rebellion protesters near Leicester Square in London as part of a demo to demand that the Government stops using fossil fuels?
17. A man announced he was suing Nirvana for sexual exploitation because he was photographed as a naked baby in a swimming pool on which album cover?
18. Former England cricketer Ian Botham was appointed UK Government trade envoy to which country?
19. Research by UK scientists said light pollution could be contributing to worrying declines in which insects, reducing their numbers by half?
20. A Ligue 1 football match between which two French sides was abandoned after the brawl between fans and players? Half a point for each.
21. Which musician, who had worldwide hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s including Bye Bye Love and All I Have to Do Is Dream with his brother, died this week aged 84?
22. Model Jessica Leidolph was mauled by what during a photoshoot that went wrong at a retirement home for show animals in eastern Germany?
23. Former England cricket captain Ted Dexter, who died this week aged 86, was skipper of which club until his retirement in 1965?
24. Stormzy, Liam Gallagher and Biffy Clyro are among the headliners at which event this weekend?
25. In an interview who said they were the ‘real-life Gavin and Stacey'?

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