Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top score in last week's newsquiz was Joe Curtis with an impressive 22. Toby Brown and Dora Allday both scored 21, Yvonne Ridley, Andy Reed and Liz Gerard scored 20, Becca McAuley, 19 and Jaymes Bryla, Alan Geere and Tom Savage 18. The top team was the Three Legs Drinkers (Nicky, Les, Bryan and Laura) with 20. Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 19. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

The Royal story dominates Tuesday's front pages 

1. In the Queen’s six-sentence statement on Harry and Meghan stepping down as senior Royals she used which word seven times in the first three sentences?
2. Which newspaper, accused by the Duchess of Sussex of misusing her private information and breaching copyright, submitted documents to the High Court which suggested it could rely on evidence from Meghan’s father?

3. After video emerged of Harry talking to Walt Disney's chief executive, it was revealed Meghan had signed a voiceover deal in exchange for a donation to which charity?

4. Prince Harry broke his silence following his decision to step back as a senior member of the Royal Family by announcing plans for the 2022 Invictus Games in which city?

5. Who said that victims of an Iran-downed jetliner would still be alive were it not for a recent escalation of tensions partly triggered by the US?

6. Why did Iran say that it had detained 'persona non grata' British ambassador Rob Macaire?

7. Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon saying she and her 'predecessor had made a personal promise that the 2014 Independence referendum was a once in a ____ vote.’ What is the missing word?

8. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said there was a need to 'weigh up the costs' involved in making Big Ben chime for Brexit, saying you are talking about £___ a bong’. What is the missing figure?

9. Health Secretary Matt Hancock hinted that the A&E waiting time target wasn’t working and could be scrapped. What is the target?

10. Who withdrew from the Labour leadership contest saying 'I’m standing aside in the spirit of pluralism, diversity and generosity that I’ve promoted throughout this campaign'?

11. Which country announced it is to hold a general election on a Saturday (February 8) for the first time 'to help parents, students and those living away from home’?

12. Which company filed a complaint to the EU arguing the UK Government's plan to defer some of Flybe's air passenger duty payments breaches state aid rules?

13. Presenter Samira Ahmed won an employment tribunal claiming she was underpaid by £700,000 for hosting which audience feedback show? 

14. Why were 60 people, many of them children, treated for skin irritation and breathing problems in Los Angeles?.

15. What is to become the last English county to have a McDonald's after councillors approved plans for a drive-through restaurant.

16. The Gambling Commission announced that people are to be banned from doing what from April 14?

17. The police chief of which city apologised to the children abused by grooming gangs and said he was 'personally disgusted' the children were not cared for?

18. A 71-year-old man, Piran Ditta Khan, was arrested in Pakistan in connection with the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, who was shot at a travel agents in which city in 2005?

19. Who, in her role as the Chancellor of Aberdeen University, presented Princess Anne with an honorary degree for her charity work?

20. A study led by a former Bank of England economist pinpointed the exact age of peak unhappiness in the developed world as what? 

21. Which actor, who died age 82, found fame as a stooge to the puppet Basil Brush and went on to play Bernard Woolley in the BBC sitcom Yes Minister and Oscar Blaketon in Heartbeat?

22. A rare sovereign featuring whose head has been bought for £1million, setting a new record for the sale of a British coin.

23. Sergio Aguero’s goals in Manchester City’s 6-1 victory at Aston Villa meant that he broke which Premier League record which was previously held by Alan Shearer?

24. Who has recorded the title track for the new James Bond film, No Time To Die, to become the youngest artist to write and record a theme for the franchise?
25. Which film has the most nominations, 11, in this year’s Oscars?

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