Friday, 31 December 2021

The New Year's Eve newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 20, followed by Marion Fountayne on 19, Robert Rea 18, Toby Brown 17, and Marguerite Turner 16. The top team was a big gang in the Three Legs brewery on Christmas Eve night. Peter, Stacey, Heather, Bryan, Jim, Julie and Ian scored a maximum of 25. Well done to them. Other good team scores were Maura and Phil Parsons, the Penman and Allen families and Simon, Sue and Will Cole who all scored 19, followed by Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 18 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 16. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the last seven days. Give it a go and let me know your score. Thanks for taking part in the quiz each Friday and let's hope the 2022 news headlines are no longer dominated by Covid. Happy New Year.

A selection of today's front pages

1. After 40 hours of deliberation the jury in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial found her guilty of how many of the six charges she faced?
2. Following the verdict in the Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial, Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers requested from Prince Andrew 'all documents concerning your alleged medical condition of anhidrosis, hypohidrosis, or your inability to ___’. What is the missing word?
3. On a visit to a vaccine centre, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that around what per cent of people in intensive care with Covid were not boosted?
4. John Swinney, Scotland’s deputy first minister, discouraged people from doing what adding that it would be the 'wrong course of action' and went against the spirit of Scottish policy?
5. Anti-vax activists marched through a Covid testing site in which town tearing down signs, throwing traffic cones and allegedly taking medical supplies?
6. The NHS announced that how many Coronavirus 'surge hubs’, temporary Nightingale units housing about 100 patients, were to be set up at hospitals across England in preparation for a wave of Omicron admissions?
7. Train operator Southern cancelled trains to and from which London station for two weeks, until January 10, as a result of pandemic-related staff shortages?
8. In her Christmas Day speech, the Queen paid tribute to her late husband Prince Philip, saying: 'That mischievous, enquiring ___ was as bright at the end as when I first set eyes on him.’ What is the missing word?.
9. A 19-year-old man from Southampton was sectioned under the Mental Health Act after being found in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day with what weapon?
10. Desmond Tutu, who died aged 90, was credited with coining which two-word phrase to describe the non-racial South Africa that he and Nelson Mandela wanted to rise from the ashes of apartheid?
11. A Government campaign warned that teenagers whose parents smoked were how many times more likely to take up the habit than those from non-smoking households?
12. Policeman Ryan Connolly, who photographed himself at a murder scene and took pictures of vulnerable people while on duty, was dismissed by which force?
13. The first woman to have her own weekday show on BBC Radio 1 and the first to become a regular presenter of Top of the Pops died this week. What was her name?
14. According to think-tank the Resolution Foundation, UK households will face increased costs of how much in 2022 as static wages and rising tax and energy bills will cause a 'cost of living catastrophe’?
15. What was the name of England’s former cricket captain, who led his side to victory in Australia in 1971 and then retained the Ashes at home in 1972, who died on Christmas Day?
16. What is the name of the pro-democracy news website in Hong Kong that announced it was to shut after police raided its offices, froze its assets and arrested senior journalists and board members?
17. Which bank mistakenly deposited £130million into 75,000 accounts on Christmas day?
18. Actress, model and activist April Ashley, who died aged 86, was awarded an MBE in 2012 for her campaigning work for which community?
19. The fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in Hillingdon took teenage homicides in London in 2021 to what record number, surpassing the previous peak in 2008?
20. England surrendered the Ashes after being bowled out in their second innings of the third test for how many runs, their lowest total in Australia since 1904?
21. Amazon apologised after Alexa challenged a ten-year-old girl in America to do what?
22. Papers released from the National Archives showed that the Dean of Westminster personally appealed to Buckingham Palace to ensure which song was sang at Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997?
23. What is the name of the $10billion telescope that was sent into space 'to the birth of the Universe’ from French Guiana on Christmas day?
24. What animal named Stripe was captured and put down after attacking and injuring 18 people in Flintshire, Wales?
25. Which movie took the title of highest-grossing film of 2021, making more than $1billion (£750million) at the global box office?

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