Friday 9 December 2022

Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 21.5, ahead of Stuart Bagnall and George Mann on 19, Robert Rea on 17.5 and Tom Haynes on 16. The top teams were Neil and Jo Benson on 23, Maura and Phil Parsons on 22, Three Leg drinkers Les and Stacey and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 20 and Adam and Lucy Thorpe on 17. 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. 

Harry and Meghan dominate today's front pages

1. In the Netflix series Harry & Meghan, Prince Harry said of the royal family: 'There is a huge level of ___ ___. The thing with ___ ___, it is actually no one's fault. But once it has been pointed out, or identified within yourself you then need to make it right.’ What is the missing two-word phrase?
2. In the Netflix series Harry & Meghan, Prince Harry said that he was really proud that his son and daughter were what?
3. Border staff voted to strike in December at six airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham and which two others? Half a point for each.
4. Which one of these is not scheduled to be on strike on Christmas Eve a) Border Force staff b) driving examiners c) ambulance workers d) rail workers?
5. The Royal College of Nursing's general secretary said it was a 'new low’ for Conservative party chairman, Nadhim Zahawi, to use what 'as a justification for a real-terms pay cut for nurses’?
6. Fifteen children are believed to have died from invasive Strep A bacteria which can cause strep throat, impetigo and which fever?
7. Cabinet Minister Michael Gove gave the go-ahead for a coal mine to be opened in which county - the first in the UK for 30 years
?
8. American Anne Sacoolas was sentenced, via video link at the Old Bailey, to how many months in prison, suspended for a year, for the death of motorcyclist Harry Dunn?
9. Who announced he would be standing down as the MP for West Suffolk saying he had 'discovered a whole new world of possibilities which I am excited to explore’?
10. Sir Keir Starmer said he would do what in his first term if Labour was elected in order to 'restore trust in politics’?
11. Stephen Flynn, 34, was elected to which position, defeating Alison Thewliss by 26 votes to 17?
12. Which bank was fined £107.8million for 'serious and persistent gaps' in its anti-money laundering methods which opened the door to 'financial crime’?
13. Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said what had 'been shut down from where they were set up?’
14. Which celebrity failed in their bid to become Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Sheffield Central. coming second with 175 votes?
15. George 'Johnny' Johnson, who died aged 101, was the last surviving member of what?
16. A 28-year-old man was charged with a public order offence after an egg was thrown at King Charles outside which town hall?
17. Actress Kirstie Alley, who died aged 71, played Rebecca Howe in 148 episodes of which TV series, winning an Emmy and a Golden Globe?
18. Scotsman Donnie McKinnon was killed and his friend Peter Jackson was injured in a shooting at a bar on which Caribbean island?
19. Singer Celine Dion told her fans on Instagram that she was cancelling her European tour because she had been 'diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder called the ___ ___ syndrome, which affects one in a million people’. What are the missing two words?
20. The US exchanged arms dealer Viktor Bout, held in an American prison for 12 years, for which American who had been sent to a Russian penal colony last month for possessing cannabis?
21. Why did footballer Raheem Sterling miss England’s victory against Senegal on Sunday?
22. What milestone did Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi reach in the World Cup last 16 tie against Australia?
23. What was the most searched word globally on Google in 2022?
24. Who called time on his three-year 'delicious experience’ saying 'I am cheerfully passing the baguette on to someone else’?
25. Wednesday was World ___ ___ Day, which was set up in 2012 to support Save the Children. What are the two missing words?

Answers here

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