Friday, 15 November 2024

Have a crack at the newsquiz!

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was the Rev Leon with 23, ahead of Robert Rea on 21, Janet Boyle on 20 and George Mann on 18. The top team was the Barnard Castle FOC (with guests from Canada Pauline and Mike) with 22, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 20.5, Maura and Phil Parsons on 19 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward and George Fleet and the Wingfields both on 16. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about this week's news. Give it a go and let me know your score.

A selection of yesterday's front pages

1. Keir Starmer became the first UK Prime Minister, 
since Winston Churchill in 1944, to do what?
2. Labour peer Baroness Hodge told Health Secretary Wes Streeting ‘to hold fire a little bit’ when talking about his position on what?
3. At Prime Minister's Questions who did Keir Starmer say he was pleased to see making a 'rare appearance', adding: 'I was half expecting to see him on the immigration statistics'?
4. Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, in his Mansion House speech, said that what had led to weaker trade and 'weighed' on the economy?
5. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the COP29 climate conference, being held in which country, that he was committed to an 81 per cent emissions cut by 2035?
6. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned after a report found the Church of England covered up abuse by a barrister. What was his name?
7. The Post Office announced plans to close how many branches with about 2,000 jobs at risk?
8. Owners of what shops in England, Wales and Northern Ireland voted in favour of cutting opening hours and stopping home deliveries in a protest over Government funding?
9. President-elect Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy would lead the newly created DOGE. What does it stand for?
10. Tattooed Fox News host Pete Hegseth was selected for which role by Donald Trump?
11. Which UK newspaper announced it would no longer post on X (formerly Twitter), saying the benefits were now outweighed by the negatives?
12. Actor Timothy West, who died aged 90, appeared with his wife of 61 years, Prunella Scales, in what Channel 4 series from 2014 to 2021?
13. Premier League referee David Coote was suspended after a video emerged of him using foul language to describe who?
14. CDS Superstores, the owner of bargain store The Range, agreed to buy up 70 stores owned by which troubled retail chain?
15. Consumer rights group Which? announced it was suing which company for £3billion saying it breached UK competition law by 'trapping' customers into using its storage system?
16. Whose children’s book, Billy and the Epic Escape, was withdrawn from sale after being condemned for stereotyping Australia’s First Nations people?
17. Toy manufacturer Mattel said it 'deeply regretted' a misprint on packaging for dolls, inspired by the Wicked movie, which listed the address for what?
18. A report commissioned by the Welsh government suggested that what should be introduced in parts of the country to combat racism?
19. Who revealed on Instagram that she was undergoing a brain operation for a benign tumour?
20. The Director of BBC Sport said that Gary Lineker was 'stepping down' from Match Of The Day after how many ‘seasons’?
21. Edinburgh Zoo said that stress caused by fireworks on bonfire night was to blame for the death of three month-old Roxie, who was what kind of animal?
22. An 'ultimate mix' of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas, released to mark the song’s 40th anniversary, features a range of singers including two who are dead? Half a point for each name.
23. Paddy McGuinness raised more than £7million for BBC Children In Need by cycling to Glasgow from which town?
24. California police said footage of what animal tearing apart a Rolls Royce was actually an insurance fraud attempt using a 'person in a costume'?
25. A former boxer and a journalist and TV presenter are the oldest two contestants in this year’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. Half a point for each name.

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