Friday, 22 April 2022

Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Robert Rea with 21, ahead of Janet Boyle and Stuart Bagnall on 20, Marguerite Turner and Gavin Devine on 19, Toby Brown on 17 and Jayme Bryla on 15. The top team was Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with 17, just ahead of Bruce and Sarah Hayward with 16. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

A selection today's front pages

1. Senior Tory backbencher Steve Baker said, during a parliamentary debate on Partygate, that: 'The Prime Minister now should be long gone. The Prime Minister should just know the ___ is up.’ What is the missing word?
2. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour leader Keir Starmer asked why Boris Johnson thought it was okay for him to continue in office, after three people had lost their jobs. He named Professor Neil Ferguson as one. Name the other two. Half a point for each.
3. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis compared the fixed penalty notices received by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to what that had been issued to senior members of governments in the past?
4. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Tory MPs that the Archbishop of Canterbury was 'less vociferous' in his condemnation of President Vladimir Putin than he was in his attack on what?
5. Who wrote to all secretaries of state calling on them to oversee the 'rapid return' of civil servants to office buildings rather than working from home?
6. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia wanted to 'literally finish off and destroy’ what region?
7. On a visit to India, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was 'very hard' to see how Kyiv could negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking: 'How can you negotiate with a ___ when it's got your leg in its jaws?’ What is the missing word?
8. Russia test-launched the nuclear-capable Sarmat RS-28, said to be the world’s longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile, which is known by what nickname?
9. Why were Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin in the headlines?
10. Who appeared on a video in a khaki T-shirt and grey hoodie, talking to the camera in front of a green screen showing Arthur’s Seat, Cornish beaches, London’s West End and the Lake District which he described as the ‘land of dancing daffodils’?
11. Downing Street and Foreign Office computer systems were suspected to have been infected with what spyware, according to investigative group The Citizen Lab?
12. Liverpool and Manchester United supporters showed their respect for Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez, after the death of their baby son, with a round of applause during what minute of Tuesday’s game at Anfield?
13. In an interview with NBC, Prince Harry said he had dropped in to see the Queen on his way to the Netherlands, adding: 'She's always got such a great sense of humour with me and I'm just making sure she's ___.’ What is the missing word?
14. Health officials are investigating 108 cases of what disease in children in the UK since the start of this year - including eight having transplants as a result?
15. Boxer Amir Khan revealed that what, worth £72,000, was stolen when he and his wife were held up at gunpoint in East London?
16. Which company's shares slumped by 35 per cent after it announced it had lost 200,000 customers so far this year?
17. Who told Men’s Health magazine that he was groomed by a coach when he was about 13?
18. Paul Bussetti, 49, was given a suspended jail sentence by Westminster Magistrates’ Court after admitting posting a 'grossly offensive’ video of what?
19. More than 40 people were arrested after clashes between police and protesters who were angry at plans by a far-right group to burn copies of the Quran in which country?
20. Manchester United appointed Erik ten Hag as their new manager from which European club?
21. Tennis star Serena Williams and F1 driver Lewis Hamilton have agreed to invest in a consortium to buy what?
22. Who was photographed with Bybeck Nightingale and Bybeck Katie?
23. The Co-op announced it was removing use-by dates on what product after research revealed that half of those bought were thrown away unopened, mainly because they were out of date?
24. Who revealed he needed a double hip replacement because of arthritis - but said he would rather use a wheelchair and live with the pain than have the operation?
25. It was announced today (Friday), Earth Day, that a 70ft sculpture made up of 350 what is to be erected outside Buckingham Palace to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee?

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