Friday 17 November 2023

It's time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Liz Gerard and Andy Reed both on 22. Others on the leaderboard were Giles Borg on 21, George Mann on 20.5, Janet Boyle on 20, Toby Brown on 19.5, Robert Rea on 19, Jo Wadsworth and Chay Quinn on 18, Claire@Savy on 16.5, Gavin Devine on 16 and Ed Mortimer on 15.5. The top scoring team was Meike Leonard, Pieter Snepvangers and Sam Lawley on 21.5, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 19.5, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Neil and Jo Benson on 19, Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 18.5 and Jack Elsom and Monica Greep on 17. 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.

Tuesday's Cabinet reshuffle front pages

1. In a letter responding to her sacking as Home Secretary, which of these did Suella Braverman not say about Rishi Sunak? a) He failed to deliver on every single key policy b) He needed to resign and call a General Election c) He opted for wishful thinking as a comfort blanket to avoid hard choices d) He was uncertain, weak and lacking in leadership. 
2. David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary was celebrated by which country, saying it had the 'potential to breathe new life' into its relationship with the UK?
3. Lord Cameron’s first trip abroad as Foreign Secretary was to which country?
4. In the Cabinet reshuffle, who replaced Steve Barclay as Health Secretary?
5. Esther McVey made a return to the Cabinet, as a minister without portfolio, with Downing Street sources saying she would be Rishi Sunak's '__ __ tsar'? What are the two missing words?
6. Sir Keir Starmer suffered a rebellion over his position on the Israel-Gaza war, with how many Labour MPs voting for an immediate ceasefire?
7. How many judges at the Supreme Court upheld a Court of Appeal ruling that the Government's Rwanda asylum policy was unlawful?
8. Former deputy prime minister Damian Green compared Suella Braverman's five-point proposal to get the Rwanda flights off the ground to the behaviour of who?
9. Inflation fell to what per cent in October, its lowest level for two years?
10. Health Secretary Michael Matheson made a statement to the Scottish Parliament in which he blamed what on his sons?
11. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said doing what was 'unfortunate' and 'inflammatory in certain ways' but it was not illegal?
12. Which county's police force apologised for 'failing' 23-year-old Gracie Spinks, who was stabbed to death by a former colleague?
13. What was the name of the eight-month old baby at the centre of a legal battle who died after her life support was turned off at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham?
14. Six people, including three children, died in a house fire in which London borough?
15. Two children of what age were charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in Wolverhampton?
16. Why was the town of Grindavik being evacuated?
17. Everton FC said it was shocked and disappointed to have been deducted how many points for breaching Premier League profit and sustainability rules?
18. At what occasion did Russell Watson sing How Great Thou Art at Manchester Cathedral on Monday?
19. King Charles celebrated his 75th birthday with the launch of a project to help people facing what?
20. Why were people living in the Italian seaside town of Ladispoli told to not leave their homes on Saturday?
21. Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris, the co-founders of which company, are to receive £144million each after agreeing to sell their business to Mars?
22. What was director Ridley Scott's three-word message for those pointing out factual inaccuracies in his new film Napoleon?
23. Who raised more than £4million for Children in Need by running and walking 115 miles from Leicester to Bolton over four days?
24. Where will politician Nigel Farage, This Morning presenter Josie Gibson and Britney Spears's sister Jamie Lynne be meeting this weekend?
25. According to Samsung research what is the most popular song that Brits play when dusting and vacuuming?

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