Friday, 25 April 2025

Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 23, ahead of Robert Rea on 22, David Banks and Marion Fountayne on 21, Jaymes Bryla on 19 and Phil Lambell and the Rev Leon both on 18. The top team was Tim and Robert Humphrey and the Penmans, aided by Daisy and Charlie, who both scored 23. Maura and Phil Parsons scored 22, Marc and Claire Beyeler with Ian 21, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 20, Our Peter, Jackie, Sarah and Joe and Nick Turner and Georgina Harland 19 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s news. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

The death of the Pope dominates Tuesday's front pages

1. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at what age?
2. Pope Francis was the first non-European to hold the position since AD741. In which city was he born?
3. Thousands of mourners filed past the Pope’s open coffin in which Vatican church?
4. Which of these is not scheduled to attend the Pope’s funeral tomorrow (Saturday)? a) Keir Starmer b) Donald Trump c) King Charles d) Volodymyr Zelensky
5. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch took Keir Starmer to task over his position on transgender issues saying: 'He doesn't have the __. He cheered an ideology that denied safe spaces to women and girls, because he thought it was cool to do so.’ What is the missing word?
6. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the Government was to provide at least 10,000 extra what a month?
7. Ofcom ruled that websites that host pornographic or other harmful content must have a ‘robust’ what in place for UK users by July at the latest?
8. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said graffiti on seven what in Parliament Square, during protests by transgender campaigners, was ‘disgraceful’?
9. Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood said that what would be trialled in prisons after three officers were injured by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber?
10. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky cut short a trip to which country after a Russian air strike on Kyiv killed ten people?
11. India ordered all Pakistani nationals to leave the country within 72 hours after a terrorist attack in which region killed 26 tourists?
12. Civil Aviation Authority data revealed that what was the UK’s worst airport for flight delays in 2024, with an average wait of more than 23 minutes?
13. A clinical trial, led by King’s College London, found that adults with an allergy to what can be desensitised by daily exposure?
14. Bad habits such as smoking, heavy drinking and lack of exercise start taking their toll at what age, according to researchers of Laurea University in Finland?
15. Which retailer apologised to customers after a 'cyber incident' affected contactless payments and the pick-up of online orders?
16. What was the name of the singer, who died aged 78, who represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 with Jack in the Box?
17. Nerys Bethan Lloyd, 39, an ex-police officer from Port Talbot, was jailed for ten years and six months for causing the deaths of four people who were doing what?
18. More than 150 people were injured when a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook which city?
19. According to the Office for National Statistics, reports of what type of crime reached 
more than half a million in England and Wales for the first time?
20. Runners in the Yizhuang half marathon in Beijing raced alongside 21 what?
21. Sophie Lloyd was granted membership of which organisation - 34 years after she was kicked out for deception?
22. Which sportsman posted a video announcing he was leaving, saying: 'I've spent 13 unbelievable years at this club, with lots of success, and some downs, but the majority have all been highs’?
23. Which two football clubs secured their place in next season’s Premier League at the weekend. Half a point for each.
24. Landmarks, including the London Eye and Tower Bridge were illuminated with dazzling light projections to celebrate 100 years of what?
25. In an Instagram post, what did singer Robbie Williams say caused him 'discomfort’ and to ‘panic’?

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