This is a news-themed quiz that you can use to test your knowledge. Feel free to use it for family fun nights, team meetings at work, wellbeing interludes in the office, pub quizzes or even just on your own for something to do.
00:00Hello and welcome to another quiz. Yes it's quiz time. We've got 20 questions
00:07this time. Some of them are multiple choice, some of them are not. All are
00:11about news or news related TV shows of some description. They may be TV news,
00:19maybe newspapers, maybe presenters and there may be some news stories as well.
00:23Some old, some new, some may even not be true. You'll have to keep a close eye out
00:28on those. There are some picture questions, some multiple choice questions,
00:32some true, some false and a few others that might be made up. So are you ready
00:38to play? Question 1. Can you name this veteran newsreader? Can you name that veteran
00:48newsreader? Who is he?
00:51Question 2. Which of these newspapers is the oldest? Is it A. The Sun, B. The Daily Express,
01:04C. The Times or D. The Telegraph? Which one of those newspapers is the oldest?
01:18Question 3. Which of these journalists was the first female newsreader on British TV? Is
01:25it A, is it B or is it C? Which one of those was the first female newsreader on British TV?
01:33Question 4. Which of these newspapers isn't from America? Is it A. USA Today, B. The Wall Street Journal,
01:51C. Dawn or D. Star Tribune? Which one of those isn't from the USA? Is it USA Today, The Wall Street Journal,
02:02Dawn or Star Tribune? Question 5. Can you name all these TV news channels?
02:12Simple. Name all those TV news channels. What's A, what's B, what's C, what's D? It's not too difficult if you look hard.
02:24Question 6. Which one of these presenters read the news on BBC South East?
02:33Which one of these presenters read the news on BBC South East?
02:38If you don't watch BBC South East, maybe you can just take a guess. You've got one, you've got two, you've got three, or you've got four.
02:48And they've all got lovely smiles.
02:55Question 7. What year did the BBC start? In what year did the BBC start?
03:06Write your answers down. When we've got all the questions asked, then we'll start the answers.
03:11Question 8. Who is the current leader of the Labour Party?
03:20Who is the current leader of the Labour Party?
03:23Is it A? Is it B? Is it C? Is it D? Or is it E?
03:33Not a genuine smile amongst them.
03:36Question 9. Name the former advisor to Boris Johnson who drove to Bernard Castle during the Covid lockdown to test his eyesight and was the director of the Vote Leave campaign.
03:51Do you know who that is? Write it down right now and that will be your answer to question 9.
03:57Question 10. According to Nationwide, did house prices go up or down in October 2023?
04:13According to the Building Society Nationwide, house prices, did they go up or did they go down in October 2023?
04:22Quick, write your answers down. We're moving on to question number 11.
04:29Lise Deset is the Chief International Correspondent for Sky News.
04:34Lise Deset is the Chief International Correspondent for Sky News.
04:38Is that true or is that false?
04:43Write your answer down. We'll be doing the answers soon.
05:04soon. Question number 13. True or false? In 2022, camping and caravanning sold more copies than
05:16Top Gear magazine. Is it true or is it false that in 2022, camping and caravanning sold more copies
05:25than Top Gear magazine? What do you think? True or false? Put it down really quickly. We're going
05:32to go on to question number 14. Another true and false one. In October 2023, the Daily Mirror had
05:41bigger average circulation than the Metro. In October 2023, the Daily Mirror had a bigger
05:50average circulation than the Metro. Is that true or is that false? What do you think?
05:57Question number 15. According to Ofcom in 2023, more people in the UK got their news from Facebook
06:10than the BBC News Channel. According to Ofcom in 2023, more people in the UK got their news from
06:19Facebook than they did the BBC News Channel. Is that true or is that false?
06:30Question number 16. In which country would you find the following newspapers?
06:37Herald Sun, the Daily Telegraph, the Age, the Advertiser, the Sunday Mail and the Mercury.
06:44Question number 17. Question number 17. Which of these US news channels is the youngest?
07:06Is it a MSNBC? Is it a MSNBC? Is it b CNN? Or is it c Fox News? Which is the youngest?
07:17MSNBC, CNN, Fox News?
07:24Question number 18. Omar Sachandina is the chief anchor and senior editor for which TV network?
07:36TV network's news show?
08:06On which American breakfast TV show? Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos appear on which American
08:13breakfast TV show? Is it a Good Morning America? Is it b Today? Or is it c Morning Joe?
08:20Quick, write your answer down. We're moving on. Question number 20. Which UK TV channel did these two appear on?
08:31Which UK TV channel did those two appear on? ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5, You and Dave, BBC or GB News?
08:42What do you think it is? Write it down and we'll get to the answers in just a moment.
08:50Righty-ho. Okay. Answers now. Question one. This veteran news reader was to Trevor MacDonald.
08:57Is that Trevor MacDonald? Well done. One point if you got that right.
09:01Question number two. Ah, the oldest newspaper is the Times. It started in 1788.
09:08Gosh, that is officially a long time ago. Question number three.
09:15Question number three. 1974. The first British newsreader, the first female newsreader was Angela Rippon.
09:25Question number four. Which of those newspapers isn't from America?
09:29It's C. Dawn, which is from Pakistan. Question number five. Naming all those TV news channels, you had GB News, Sky News, BBC News and Cable News Network.
09:46Elliot Criselle, number one, is the presenter who reads the news on BBC Southeast.
09:51Question number seven. The BBC officially originally established in 1922 under the name the British Broadcasting Company.
10:04It became the British Broadcasting Corporation on New Year's Day 1927 and started broadcasting its own TV programmes in 1932.
10:15Well, there you go.
10:17Question number eight. The current leader of the Labour Party is Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, who's also the Prime Minister.
10:27Well, he is right now, anyway.
10:30Question number nine. That naughty person was Dominic Cummins.
10:36Question ten. Nationwide said they were up, but only by 0.9%.
10:44Question eleven. False.
10:49Luce Tassette is the chief international correspondent for BBC.
10:55Question twelve. It's false.
10:57Sky News is broadcast from studios in London.
11:02Question number thirteen.
11:04It's true. Camping and caravanning sold more copies than Top Gear magazine.
11:09It's false. The Daily Mirror had a bigger average circulation than the Metro.
11:16Uh-uh. No, it didn't.
11:18The Metro had quite a bit more.
11:22Question fifteen.
11:24This is true.
11:26In 2023, more people in the UK get their news from Facebook than they did the BBC News Channel.
11:35Well, gosh, surprising.
11:38Question sixteen.
11:41All those newspapers came from the lovely Australia.
11:45Question seventeen.
11:47Which of those TV news channels is the youngest?
11:50It's Fox News.
11:51That started in October 1996.
11:54MSNBC started in July 1996.
11:58And the old-timer is CNN, which started in June 1980.
12:02Question eighteen.
12:04Question eighteen.
12:05Omar works for CTV in Canada.
12:10Robin and George are presenters on Good Morning America.
12:15Good morning, America.
12:17Question number twenty.
12:19Those two chaps appear on ITV News programmes.
12:23They are Robert Peston and Tom Bradby.
12:25And there you go.
12:28How did you do?
12:29Did you do well?
12:29I hope you did.
12:31What are your scores?
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