The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Liz Gerard with 20, narrowly ahead of Marguerite Turner on 19.5, Robert Rea 19, Gavin Devine 18.5, Stuart Bagnall 17 and Toby Brown 16. The top teams were Maura and Phil Parsons and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 21 with Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 20. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual, there are 25 questions about the week. If you find the time between the mince pies and mulled wine, give it a go and let me know your score. Hope you all have a good Christmas and manage to dodge the virus.
A selection of yesterday's front pages
1. Daily Covid-19 cases in the UK exceeded what milestone figure on Wednesday, for the first time since the pandemic began?
2. Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced that people infected with Covid in England could stop self-isolating after how many days by providing negative lateral flow results on the last two days?
2. Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced that people infected with Covid in England could stop self-isolating after how many days by providing negative lateral flow results on the last two days?
3. Research by which college suggested people with Omicron are 15-20 per cent less likely to need hospital treatment compared with Delta?
4. Sue Gray took over from Simon Case in what role?
5. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, when asked if what was a moral issue, said 'I'm going to step out on thin ice here and say yes, I think it is’?
6. Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted a leaked photograph of him, his wife Carrie and staff eating cheese and drinking wine in the Number 10 garden showed 'people at ___ talking about ___'. What is the missing word?
7. Who resigned from the Government saying, in a letter to Boris Johnson, that he hoped the Prime Minister would 'not be tempted by coercive measures' to tackle Covid?
8. Who was kicked out of a Conservative WhatsApp group after urging MPs to show Prime Minister Boris Johnson 'a bit of loyalty’ and calling him a hero?
9. Which member of the Royal Family tested positive for coronavirus, meaning he and his wife will not now be spending Christmas with the Queen at Windsor Castle?
10. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, appeared before the Old Bailey to plead not guilty to whose murder?
11. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who was ordered to pay around £550million to his former wife and their two children, is the prime minister of which country?
11. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who was ordered to pay around £550million to his former wife and their two children, is the prime minister of which country?
12. Former soldier Carl Davies, 44, was jailed for two years and eight months at Mold Crown Court after admitting sending death threats to which television presenter?
13. Two babies were found safe in an upturned what that had been ripped from their home by a tornado in Kentucky?
14. The jury in the New York sex trafficking trial were sent home for Christmas, meaning Ghislaine Maxwell will spend her birthday on December 25 in prison. How old will she be tomorrow (Saturday)?
15. Four women accused actor Chris Noth, who played John James 'Mr Big’ Preston in which TV series, of sexual abuse?
16. Carlos Marín, who died at 53, was a singer for the last 17 years with which band?
17. Who is to take legal action against a website over claims she was born male with the name Jean-Michel Trogneux?
17. Who is to take legal action against a website over claims she was born male with the name Jean-Michel Trogneux?
18. What was the name of the character Sally Ann Howes, who died aged 91, played in the children's classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
19. US Open champion Emma Raducanu was named the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year but who won the Lifetime Achievement award?
20. According to reports in India, monkeys, enraged by the killing of a fellow primate, killed 250 what in the state of Maharashtra by throwing them from trees?
21. In the Ashes at Adelaide, Stuart Broad became the tenth cricketer in Test history to win how many caps?
22. Spectators watching the 2022 World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London chanted ‘stand up if you hate' who?
23. Which TV programme filmed its last episode, bringing an end to more than 1,000 episodes over 23 years?
24. Which veteran TV journalist bowed out by walking through the newsroom followed by credits describing him as a Voice, Mentor, Leader, Inspiration, Driving Force, Moral Compass and Friend?
25. Almost 70 years after his first appearance in the Beano, Bash Street Kid James Scott Cameron had his nickname changed to Scotty over concerns his previous name could be offensive. What was it?
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