Friday, 25 February 2022

Have a crack at the newsquiz

Last week’s newsquiz proved to be a toughie with average scores much lower than usual. The top solo scorers were Robert Rea, Janet Boyle and Toby Brown with 20 ahead of Marguerite Turner on 18.5. The top team was the Roberts Family with 20, ahead of Maureen and Phil Parsons on 19 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 18. Here is this week’s newsquiz. 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. President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia recognised the territorial claims of which two proxy states in east Ukraine? Half a point for each.
2. In response to the invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson initially announced in the Commons that the UK was sanctioning three 'very high net worth individuals’ and how many Russian banks?
3. What is the name of the gas pipe line project that Germany halted in response to Russia's actions in Ukraine?
4. The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned of the possibility of 'another ecological disaster’ after Russian military forces seized control of which site?
5. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Manchester United were under pressure to end their £40million agreement with which sponsor?
6. Labour MP Chris Bryant told MPs the Government should seize whose £152million London home as documents indicated he had been linked to 'malign activity’?
7. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine the 2022 Champions League final was moved from St Petersburg to which city?
8. UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told military officials: 'Unfortunately we’ve got a busy adversary now in Putin, who has gone full ___’. What is the missing word?
9. Under the Government’s ‘living with Covid’ strategy which of these were not introduced on Thursday? a) Those who test positive no longer need to self-isolate b) The end of free symptomatic and asymptomatic tests c) Fully-vaccinated people in close contact with Covid don't need to test for seven days d) £500 self-isolation support payment for those on low incomes ended.
10. Following Storm Franklin, properties were evacuated, trains cancelled and danger-to-life warnings were issued for Bewdley and Ironbridge as which river broke its banks?
11. A 27-year-old gunman died in Amsterdam after taking hostages and demanding €200million in cryptocurrency at which company’s store?
12. Which country was the runaway leader in the Winter Olympic table with 37 medals, including 16 golds?
13. Who captained Team GB women's curling team to Britain’s only gold medal in the winter Olympics?
14. Under Government plans, students who don’t have two A-levels at grade E or GCSEs in which two subjects would not qualify for a student loan in England? Half a point for each.
15. A letter sent to maternity units by NHS England’s chief midwife instructed them to abandon targets aimed at limiting the number of what?
16. Which footballer's mother was punched in a brawl after the Amir Khan versus Kell Brook fight at Manchester's AO Arena?
17. Which charity was blocked from appointing a CEO on a six-figure salary worth 'a tenth' of the entire first year's annual income?
18. Amrit Magar, 35, was given a five-year restraining order by Bromley magistrates after turning up three times at whose home?
19. Actress Anna Karen, who died in a house fire, found fame for her role as Olive in which TV sitcom in the 1970s?
20. Who paid tribute to her son by singing Whitney Houston's The Greatest Love Of All at a candlelit vigil in Acton, London?
21. Gary Brooker, who died aged 76, was the lead singer of rock band Procol Harum who were at number 1 for six weeks in 1967 with which song?
22. US actress Sally Kellerman, who died aged 84, earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for her role as Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in which 1970s film?
23. Jon Sopel and which other journalist announced they were leaving the BBC to launch a podcast and host a radio show together on LBC?
24. The Duchess of Cambridge went down a slide at a playlab run by who in Copenhagen?
25. Which singer was the first act to be confirmed for the Queen’s Platinum Party at the Palace on June 4?

Answers here

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