It's newsquiz time: 25 questions about the week

The top solo score in last week’s newsquiz was 19 by both Liz Gerard and Andy Reed. The top team, Bruce and Sarah Hayward, also scored 19. Other notable scorers were my Three Legs drinking buddies on 17, the same score as Janet Boyle and Dave Bromage. Here’s this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Sunday's papers

1. Twenty-two people were killed and dozens more injured in a massacre at which supermarket in El Paso, Texas?
2. What is the name of the city in Ohio where Connor Betts shot dead nine people including his sister?

3. American Willam McNabb went viral when he joined the gun debate on Twitter by asking: 'How do I kill the 30-50 ___ ___ that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?’ What are the two missing words?

4. Who said: 'I want [criminals] to literally feel terror at the thought of committing offences.’?

5. Cabinet minister Michael Gove accused the EU of ‘intransigence’ saying: ‘They're not interested - they're simply saying 'no we don't want to talk. I think that's ___ and ___’? What are the two missing word?

6. Energy bills for 11 million British households will fall by how much (in pounds) this winter after Ofgem reduced its price cap on standard tariffs?

7. The body of British astrophysicist Natalie Christopher, 35, was found in a ravine on which Greek island?

8. Toni Morrison, who died age 88, was the first African American winner of what?

9. A 17-year-old boy appeared at Bromley Youth Court charged with attempted murder of a six-year-old who was pushed from the viewing balcony on which storey of the Tate Modern in London?

10. Which city banned wheeled suitcases and buggies being dragged down historic staircases, walking around bare-chested, singing on public transport and hanging laundry out between neighbouring buildings?

11. Name any two of the three players who scored centuries in the first Ashes test match at Edgbaston. Half a point for each.

12. A British Airways plane made an emergency landing at which city’s airport after smoke engulfed the cabin?
13. Dame Barbara Windsor called on Boris Johnson to start a £2.4billion dementia fund when she was announced as ambassador of the Alzheimer's Society on her birthday on Tuesday. How old is she?
14. Around 1,100 residents of Whaley Bridge, evacuated after a dam threatened to burst, were allowed to return after how many nights away from home?
15. Why was 28-year-old Stuart Outten in the headlines?

16. Manchester United signed Harry Maguire from Leicester City for a world record fee for a defender. How much?

17. What is the name of the thousands of microscopic creatures now believed to be living on the moon after an Israeli spacecraft crash-landed?

18. Terry Brazier, 70, was awarded £20,000 in compensation after going to Leicester Royal Infirmary for a bladder operation but mistakenly undergoing what procedure?

19. A man who was filmed throwing a fridge off a cliff in southern Spain was fined €45,000 (£41,000) and given what other punishment?

20. Which state has been on lockdown with communication cut off since Article 370 - which gave it special dispensation to make its own laws - was revoked?

21. What is the name of the festival with headliners Wu-Tang Clan, Florence And The Machine and Foals that was called off hours before gates opened following a storm warning?

22. Wayne Rooney was criticised for agreeing to wear what shirt number when he moves to Derby County in January?

23. He appeared on Search For A Star in 1981, presented his own television programme, had three platinum albums, was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Variety Club in 2007 and an MBE in 2012? Who is he?

24. What was recreated on its 50th anniversary at 11.38am on Thursday morning in London NW8?

25. What did researchers at the University of Exeter conclude was the best way to protect food from scavenging seagulls?

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