Time for this week's newsquiz

In a busy news week Harry and Meghan dominate most of today's front pages 

(Questions 4 and 5) 

The top scorer in last week's newsquiz was Tom Savage with an impressive 22 ... well ahead of Janet Boyle and Jayne Howarth who both scored 18 and Alan Geere with 17. The top team was Bruce and Sarah Hayward with 20, just ahead of the Roberts Family on 19. It's certainly been a newsy start to 2020. Here is 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. 

The New York Post has fun with the Harry and Meghan story 

1. Sixty-three people who were killed on a Ukraine International Airlines plane which crashed after take-off in Tehran were from which country?

2. At least 56 people were killed in a stampede during a funeral ceremony for the Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners in which city?

3. In a speech after the missile attack on US bases in Iraq, President Donald Trump insisted that Iran will 'never' be allowed to obtain what on his watch?

4. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a personal statement saying: 'We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become ___ ___, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen.’ What are the two missing words?

5. Which organisation said it was separating the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from other members of the Royal Family until it 'sees what the next chapter holds for them’?

6. Britain moved one step closer to leaving the European Union on January 31 after the Withdrawal Agreement Bill was passed unamended in the Commons by what majority?

7. Labour's National Executive Committee announced that the party’s new leader will be named at a special conference on what date?

8. Labour leadership candidate Rebecca Long Bailey, when asked by an ITV reporter, gave Jeremy Corbyn how many marks out of ten?
9. The British 19-year-old woman accused in the Cyprus rape case flew home after she was given a suspended prison sentence of how long?

10. Reynhard Sinaga, the worst rapist in British legal history, was found guilty in Manchester of how many sexual offences against 48 men?

11. Greta Thunberg changed her Twitter name to what after it was given as an answer on Celebrity Mastermind?

12. The Queen’s grand-daughter Zara Tindall was banned from driving for six months after she was caught at what speed in her Land Rover near her home in the Cotswolds?
13. Paula Nickolds, managing director of which company, is to step down after falling Christmas sales meant it might ditch the annual bonus to its 81,000 employees for the first time in 67 years?

14. Which company was Transport Secretary Grant Shapps referring to when he said: 'We cannot allow this situation to continue. Essentially, it's the end of the franchise’?

15. A judge threatened to lock up Harvey Weinstein for violating a court order by doing what while a jury was being picked for his rape trial in New York?

16. What did Elton John, Marvel actor Chris Hemsworth, F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, the heavy metal band Metallica and singer Pink all do this week?

17. England cricketers recorded their first test victory in which city since 1957?

18. Which company was forced to take its websites offline following a cyber-attack in which hackers demanded a $3million ransom or they would release 5GB of customers’ personal data?

19. Henry Long, 18, from Reading pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to whose manslaughter when he appeared by video link from Belmarsh prison?

20. Sports Minister Nigel Adams told the Commons that ‘we are very angry as a Government’ with the Football Association’s proposed arrangement with which company?

21. What is the name of the actor, who died age 78, who played the footman, chauffeur and butler Edward Barnes in Upstairs, Downstairs in the 1970s and a hapless debt collector in Last Of The Summer Wine?

22. What won the Best Film (Drama) Award at the Golden Globes?
23. Ricky Gervais, hosting the Golden Globes, said to the audience: 'You say you’re woke but the companies you work for, Apple, Amazon, Disney. If ___ started a streaming service, you would call your agent, wouldn’t you?’ What is the missing word?

24. Which celebrity was charged with 'simple battery’ after allegedly punching a security guard at a hotel in Florida?

25. A mystery golden Pharaoh who sang Walk Like An Egyptian on ITV’s The Masked Singer was revealed to be whom?

Answers here