Friday 5 August 2022

Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Liz Gerard and Robert Rea both with 21, ahead of Marion Fountayne, Janet Boyle and Marguerite Turner on 20, Daisy Graham-Brown and Tom Savage on 18, Toby Brown on 17 and Aadam Patel on 16. The top team was Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with a PB of 23 ahead of Neil and Jo Benson on 20.5, Phil and Maura Parsons on 20, Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 19 and Joe and Lou Hart on 17. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score.

A selection of today's front pages

1. England’s Beth Mead was awarded the Golden Boot for Euro 2022 after scoring how many goals in the tournament?
2. The captain of the England Lionesses, Leah Williamson, is to become the first person to be awarded the Freedom of which city?
3. Why was Chloe Kelly given a yellow card in England’s 2-1 victory against Germany in the Women's Euro final?
4. Tory leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak said that, if he became Prime Minister, NHS patients would be fined how much if they missed their GP or hospital appointments?
5. Tory leadership candidate Rishi Sunak said he would cut the basic tax rate to what per cent by the end of the next parliament if he becomes prime minister?
6. After the European Court of Human Rights refused a request to delay withdrawing his treatment, the family of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee sought legal permission to move him from the Royal London Hospital to where?
7. Which company announced the second highest quarterly profit in its history of $8.5billion (£6.9billion)?
8. The Bank of England warned the UK will fall into recession as it raised interest rates to what per cent?
9. Which company suspended ticket sales for short-haul flights from Heathrow Airport until August 15?
10. Lithuanian national Deividas Skebas, 22, was charged with the murder of a nine-year-old girl who was stabbed to death in which town?
11. What did China's foreign minister Wang Yi say was 'manic, irresponsible and irrational’?
12. The Sunday Times reported that the Prince of Wales had accepted a payment of £1million for his charitable fund from which family?
13. Which supermarket announced it was removing best-before dates from nearly 500 fresh food products in September in an effort to reduce food waste?
14. Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay $4.1million in damages by a court in Texas over his repeated claims what was a hoax?
15. Which country reported what is thought to be Europe’s first monkeypox-related death in the current outbreak?
16. American president Joe Biden said that the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was killed in a drone strike in which city?
17. Why was 24-year-old Matt Wells taken to hospital?
18. A ship carrying 26,000 tonnes of what left Ukraine - 
the first since the Russian invasion?
19. Twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima, who were joined at the head, were successfully separated in an operation using virtual reality in which country?
20. Why were politicians Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries, Ben Wallace and singer Holly Valance in the Cotswolds at the weekend?
21. Who overcame 'the self-doubt' that left her contemplating the end of her career to win England’s first velodrome gold of the Commonwealth Games in the women’s 10km scratch race?
22. American actress Nichelle Nichols, who died aged 89, was once celebrated by the Rev Martin Luther King Jr for playing 'the first non-stereotypical role portrayed by a Black woman in television history.’ Which TV programme was it?
23. What happened for the first time in British waters since 1874 near Penzance in Cornwall?
24. Which TV show is to end on BBC Two after 17 years with its host saying: 'We just couldn’t be more silly than the news was already’?
25. Actors Kym Marsh, Will Mellor and radio presenter Richie Anderson will be taking part in what?

Answers here

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