Sunday 15th February 2026
Difficulty: Very hard
Press sensationalism (#1,185)
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1. Which newspaper published the most famous sensationalist headline of all time: "FREDDIE STARR ATE MY HAMSTER"?
2. Who did the Daily Mail accuse of being "ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE" on 4 November 2016?
3. When boxer Frank Bruno was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in 2003, The Sun ran the headline "BONKERS BRUNO LOCKED UP" in its first edition. What was this changed to, once it became clear that they had misjudged the public mood?
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