The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Gavin Devine with 19, ahead of Toby Brown and Robert Rea with 18 and Marguerite Turner with 17. Bruce and Sarah Hayward were the top team with 21, just ahead of Phil and Maura Parsons on 20 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18. Special mention to the Brest of Brittany, Our Peter, Sarah and Joe, who didn't make the leaderboard but clocked up a decent 14. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score.
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2. At the final Tory leadership Hustings at Wembley Arena, Iain Duncan Smith introduced Liz Truss but who, a late-backer of the former Chancellor, introduced Rishi Sunak?
3. Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, who went to United States for talks on how to tackle the spiralling cost of living, was criticised by Labour for 'jetting off to an international ___’? What is the missing word?
4. Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss pulled out of an interview with which political journalist because she 'could no longer spare the time’?
5. The RMT said its members at Network Rail and 14 train operators would strike on what two dates this month? Half a point for each.
6. Which two Russian words, meaning 'openness of information’ and 'restructuring of the economy and political system’, were introduced to the West by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died aged 91? Half a point for each.
7. Mikhail Gorbachev featured in a 1998 TV advert in which he walked with his granddaughter across Red Square and into which American chain?
8. Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged £700million for a new nuclear power plant on the Suffolk coast, with a call to 'go nuclear and go large and go with ___ ___’. What are the two missing words?
9. According to research by pension provider Penfold, what could cost £14 in London in two and a half years, if inflation and energy costs continue in the direction that they are heading?
10. Three Extinction Rebellion protesters went into Parliament and glued themselves together in front of what?
11. Rapper Takayo Nembhard, 21, died after being stabbed at which event?
11. Rapper Takayo Nembhard, 21, died after being stabbed at which event?
12. According to climate minister Sherry Rehman a third of which country was completely submerged?
13. More than 1.1million people who claim Tax Credits will get how much paid into their bank account between today (Friday) and Wednesday?
14. Vicky Bowman, the UK's former ambassador to which country, was jailed for breaching immigration laws?
15. The vice president of which country escaped an assassination attempt when a gunman’s weapon jammed as he aimed it at her head?
16. Which company announced plans to offer free food to its staff from October to January to help with the cost of living?
17. Who was referred to the Attorney General for possible contempt of court after Ryan Giggs's trial was delayed over a comment he made?
18. TV presenter Bill Turnbull, who died aged 66, said his hobby was the reason for leaving BBC Breakfast, claiming he had been 'neglecting my ___ for far too long’. What is the missing word?
19. Which TV presenter had 'a little bit of a breakdown' after being told in a hospital consultation room that she had breast cancer?
20. What did footballer supporters at Liverpool and Tranmere do in the ninth minute of their games at the weekend?
21. Which British-based internet subscription service reported record profits and paid out more than £433million to owner Leonid Radvinsky over the last two years?
22. The last surviving member of which 60s pop group said he was suing the FBI over a 'secret dossier' he believed it held on him and his former bandmates?
23. Liverpool and Celtic both won 9-0 at the weekend but which two teams were they playing? Half a point for each.
24. Politics student Melisa Raouf, 20, became the first Miss England finalist to do what?
25. Duane Hanson, 60, broke the world record by paddling 38 miles down the Missouri River in what?
13. More than 1.1million people who claim Tax Credits will get how much paid into their bank account between today (Friday) and Wednesday?
14. Vicky Bowman, the UK's former ambassador to which country, was jailed for breaching immigration laws?
15. The vice president of which country escaped an assassination attempt when a gunman’s weapon jammed as he aimed it at her head?
16. Which company announced plans to offer free food to its staff from October to January to help with the cost of living?
17. Who was referred to the Attorney General for possible contempt of court after Ryan Giggs's trial was delayed over a comment he made?
18. TV presenter Bill Turnbull, who died aged 66, said his hobby was the reason for leaving BBC Breakfast, claiming he had been 'neglecting my ___ for far too long’. What is the missing word?
19. Which TV presenter had 'a little bit of a breakdown' after being told in a hospital consultation room that she had breast cancer?
20. What did footballer supporters at Liverpool and Tranmere do in the ninth minute of their games at the weekend?
21. Which British-based internet subscription service reported record profits and paid out more than £433million to owner Leonid Radvinsky over the last two years?
22. The last surviving member of which 60s pop group said he was suing the FBI over a 'secret dossier' he believed it held on him and his former bandmates?
23. Liverpool and Celtic both won 9-0 at the weekend but which two teams were they playing? Half a point for each.
24. Politics student Melisa Raouf, 20, became the first Miss England finalist to do what?
25. Duane Hanson, 60, broke the world record by paddling 38 miles down the Missouri River in what?
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