Been keeping up with the news? Here's the quiz

Last week’s newsquiz was, by all accounts, a little tougher. It was either that, or some of you are growing immune to the never-ending cycle of coronovirus news. The top solo scorers were Dora Allday and Georgia Simcox who both scored 18. Sam Baker posted 16.5 and Toby Brown 16. One of the top teams in recent weeks has been Thom, Sam, Harry and Shannon … and they continued to power on with a score of 22. Phil and Maura Parsons scored 18.5, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and The Penmans 17, Danny, Richard, Pascal and Matt scored 16.5 and Neil and Jo Benson 16. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Wednesday's front pages

1. On his return to Downing Street Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: 'If this virus were a physical assailant, an unexpected and ___ ___ which I can tell you from personal experience it is, then this is the moment we have begun together to wrestle it to the floor.’ What are the two missing words?

2. Doctors are investigating a possible link between the coronavirus pandemic and a surge in cases among children of a severe inflammatory disease which is known by what name?

3. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that families of NHS and social care workers who have died after contracting coronavirus will receive a payment of how much?

4. Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific adviser, told the daily briefing on Thursday that scientists think the R rate is currently between 0.6 and 0.9 in the UK. What does R stand for?

5. Reckitt Benckiser (RB) issued a statement saying its product should not be ingested 'under any circumstances’. What product was the statement referring to?
6. David Cameron, whose wife Sam had a baby while living in Downing Street, congratulated Boris Johnson by saying: 'Sorry we didn't leave the cot - but the ___ ___ should still be in the garden!’ What are the two missing words?
7. A BBC Panorama documentary claimed that the Government counted what items of PPE individually to make the figures look bigger than they were?

8. What has Royal Mail scrapped until further notice to 'ease the additional burden' on staff caused by the coronavirus pandemic?
9. The first non-journalist given the chance to ask a question to ministers and health officials at Downing Street’s daily coronavirus press briefing was Lynne from where?
10. British Airways parent company IAG issued a statement saying the impact of Covid-19 may result in the redundancy of up to how many of the airline’s staff?

11. According to a study by researchers across more than 160 hospitals, what percentage of patients admitted to hospital in the UK with Covid-19 die?
12. Captain Tom Moore, who raised more than £30million for the NHS by doing laps of his garden, was promoted to what rank by the Queen to mark his 100th birthday?

13. Authorities in the Spanish coastal resort of Zahara de los Atunes, near Cadiz, apologised after spraying a beach with what in an attempt to protect children from coronavirus?

14. Which company announced plans to re-open 20 stores in the Newcastle area on a trial basis but then reversed the decision because of 'the risk that excessive numbers of customers’?

15. The Prime Minister of which country said they had stopped the 'widespread, undetected community transmission’ of Covid-19’ as it eased its lockdown restrictions?
16. Which two European countries were the first to cancel their top flight football seasons? Half a point for each.

17. A 19-month-old girl and three-year-old boy were stabbed to death in an attack at their home in which town?

18. US President Donald Trump said this week: 'I understand what is going on, I cannot just talk about him right now, just hoping that everything will be fine. But I do understand the situation very well.’ Who was he referring to?

19. Which journalist, who worked for morning television for both ITV and BBC, presented Watchdog for almost a decade and launched a bowel cancer charity, died this week age 72?

20. Royal Mail stamped all letters posted this week with a message celebrating what?

21. The Pentagon released three declassified videos because it wanted to 'clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real’. What did the videos show?

22. Actress Jill Gascoine, who died age 83, played Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in which 1980s TV police drama?

23. Irrfan Khan, who died age 53, starred in 80 films one of which won eight Oscars including best picture in 2008. What was it called?

24. An asteroid travelling at around 20,000mph which passed earth on Wednesday at a distance of four million miles was classified by NASA as an NEO. What does NEO stand for?

25. Prince Harry recorded a special message to mark which anniversary of Thomas the Tank Engine?

Answers here