Friday 20 October 2023

Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Ed Holt with 23, ahead of George Mann, Luke Power and Robert Rea on 21, Janet Boyle, Olivia Christie and Pieter Snepvengers on 20 and Jack Elsom on 19. Other regulars scored well below average. The top team was Neil and Jo Benson on 20, just ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 19 and Adam Batstone, David Kohn and the Spanish golfers and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 18. 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 of today's front pages

1. What was the name of the hospital in Gaza where hundreds of people were killed in an explosion?
2. US President Joe Biden, talking to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the attack on the hospital in Gaza, said: 'Based on what I have seen, it appears as though it was done by the other __, not you.’ What is the missing word?
3. Speaking in the Commons for the first time since the outbreak of war, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said how many Britons were dead after the assault by Hamas?
4. Which two-word phrase, borrowed from Sir Winston Churchill, was used by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Rishi Sunak in speeches during the PM’s visit to the Middle East?
5. After visiting Israel, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak travelled to which country and urged it to use its influence to support stability in the Middle East?
6. In a by-election, Labour overturned which Tory politician’s majority of 24,664 to win Mid-Bedfordshire, a seat the Conservatives had held for more than 90 years?
7. Labour candidate Sarah Edwards defeated Tory rival Andrew Cooper by a majority of 1,316 votes to win which constituency?
8. What did defeated by-election candidates, Festus Akinbusoye and Andrew Cooper, both do that broke with tradition?
9. Angus Council ordered residents in which Scottish town to evacuate their homes after a red weather warning for storm Babet?
10. Which MP was stripped of the Conservative party whip after he was found to have bullied and harassed a member of staff and exposed his genitals?
11. The covid inquiry heard that Rishi Sunak, then Chancellor, was referred to by what name over his Eat Out To Help Out policy by one of his top scientific advisers?
12. The Euro 2024 qualifying match between Belgium and Sweden was abandoned at half-time after what happened?
13. Berkshire couple David and Celia Barlow, who were on honeymoon, were shot dead on a safari in a national park in which country?
14. Former drug dealer Aine Davis, 39, who appeared by video link at the Old Bailey to plead guilty to funding terrorism, is suspected of being the fourth member of a kidnap gang know by what name?
15. Humza Yousaf, in his first conference speech as Scottish National party leader, announced that what would be frozen in Scotland next year?
16. Amazon announced it will start using what in the UK by the end of 2024?
17. Actress Haydyn Gwynn, who died aged 66, made her name in the 1990s when she starred as Alex Pates in what Channel 4 comedy, which earned her a Bafta nomination?
18. The Government said it was to scrap rules, inherited from the EU, and change the legal definition of what drink?
19. Cartoonist Steve Bell was sacked by which newspaper after a cartoon lampooning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was spiked?
20. Who revealed in her memoir, The Woman in Me, that she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake?
21. The BBC announced that who will be standing down 
after the next election after 30 years as Newsnight’s lead presenter?
22. Paul O’Grady’s husband told a memorial gathering that the TV star used what secret code for having a spliff?
23. Spain's 1-0 win over Norway meant that which country’s football team qualified for Euro 24?
24. Five sports will be added to the Los Angeles olympics including flag football, lacrosse, baseball/softball and which two others? Half a point for each.
25. The BBC announced a daytime series will end after 23 years and Channel 4 said a daytime programme would air for the last time in December after three years. Name both. Half a point for each.

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