Friday 14 October 2022

It's time for the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tony Smith on 21, ahead of Stuart Bagnall and Marion Fountayne on 20, George Mann and Toby Brown on 19, Marguerite Turner and Damon Wake on 18, Gavin Devine on 17 and Robert Rea on 16. The top team was Adam Batstone, Lucy Thorpe, Phil and Maura Parsons, David Kohn, Steve, Sue and Dawn, who scored 23. Jo, Lou, Sam and Dan and Bruce and Sarah Hayward both scored 22, ahead of Neil and Jo Benson on 21 and Peter and Stacey on 19. 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. Who was appointed as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer after Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked today?
2. Kwasi Kwarteng became the second shortest serving UK Chancellor of all time. How many days did he serve?
3. Prime Minister Liz Truss finished her PMQs this week by saying: 'Mr Speaker, I think the last thing we need is a ___ ___.’ What are the two missing words?
4. Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg criticised which organisation, suggesting the Government will ignore its forecasts of low growth and rising debt for the UK?
5. Who greeted Liz Truss with the words: 'So you’ve come back again? Dear, oh dear’?
6. The Office for National Statistics said the UK unemployment rate fell to what per cent in the three months to August - its lowest for nearly 50 years?
7. What is the name of the trade minister who was sacked from the Government after a complaint of serious misconduct?
8. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was accused of using 'dangerous language’ after she told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: 'I ___ the Tories and everything they stand for.’ What is the missing word?
9. The bridge from Russia to Crimea that was partially destroyed by an explosion takes its name from what strait that it crosses? 
10. What is the name of the County Donegal village where ten people were killed by a huge explosion at a petrol station?
11. Detectives investigating the disappearance of 19-year-old Leah Croucher launched a murder investigation after finding human remains in which city?
12. Nurse Lucy Letby, 34, appeared at Manchester Crown Court and denied murdering how many premature babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital?
13. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay $965million (£869million) in damages after falsely claiming that what was a hoax?
14. Just Stop Oil activists threw tomato soup over which masterpiece at the National Gallery in London?
15. Which retailer said it was speeding up a shake-up of its stores with 67 of its bigger shops to shut within five years?
16. Actress Angela Lansbury, who died aged 96, played which character in the TV series Murder She Wrote from 1984 to 1996?
17. Which service announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs, including 6,000 redundancies, by next August?
18. The Metropolitan Police said it believed that Stefan Sylvestre, who was serving a life sentence for attacking which celebrity, has fled the country while on licence from jail?
19. Research commissioned by Ofcom found that a third of children using social media do what?
20. Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles III's coronation will be held at Westminster Abbey on what date next year?
21. Which singer accused comedian Leigh Francis (aka Keith Lemon) of normalising bullying by making it comedy?
22. Who did BBC presenter Pria Rai introduce as 'two very special Newsbeat reporters’ in a programme to mark World Mental Health Day on Monday?
23. In the National Television Awards who won the award for TV Expert
24. Glasgow Rangers suffered their biggest ever home defeat when they were beaten 7-1 by which team?
25. Former England rugby player, and member of the Royal Family, Mike Tindall has reportedly signed up to appear in what?

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