The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Robert Rea and George Mann with 21, ahead of Marguerite Turner on 19.5 and Celia Mindelsohn on 19. The top teams were the Three Legs drinkers Peter, Stacey, Nicky, Les and Rosie and Maura and Phil Parsons 22, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 20 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 19. 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.
Today's front pages
1. According to the publishers, Prince Harry’s autobiography Spare became the UK’s fastest-selling non-fiction book ever, with how many copies sold on its first day on sale?
2. In Spare, Prince Harry wrote that who had made his 'blood boil' for 'milking’ his mother's death for money when he published a book called A Royal Duty?
3. Prince Harry said he had to ask the Queen’s permission to do what at his wedding?
4. Prince Harry wrote of his stepmother: 'In a funny way I even wanted Camilla to be happy. Maybe she’d be less __ if she was happy.’ What is the missing word?
5. On their first appearance since Prince Harry's book was released, the Prince and Princess of Wales visited Merseyside where Kate told a boy in the crowd that what did not work for some people?
6. Emergency care figures for December, released by NHS England, were the worst since records began with an average wait of how many minutes to reach calls for problems such as heart attacks?
7. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence gave approval for GPs to prescribe what drugs to anyone over the age of 18 to help prevent heart attacks and strokes?
8. A Daily Mirror investigation found that up to a dozen firefighters had been diagnosed with rare cancers linked to what incident?
9. Andrew Bridgen was suspended as a Conservative MP for posting a tweet that compared Covid vaccines to what?
10. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was reported to have told Downing Street staff that 'this is the most __ __ party in the UK right now' during a boozy Downing Street leaving do in November 2020. What are the two missing words?
11. LauncherOne failed to reach orbit after being carried skyward from Spaceport Cornwall by a converted jumbo jet named what?
12. What was missing from a photograph that Business Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted of himself meeting staff at Spaceport Cornwall?
13. Lisa Marie Presley, who died aged 54, was married four times - to musicians Michael Lockwood, Danny Keough and which other two celebrities? Half a point for each.
14. The Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command was investigating after metal contaminated with what was found at Heathrow Airport?
15. A knifeman was shot after stabbing six people at a railway station in which European city?
16. What happened to 25-year-old teacher Abigail Zwerner, while she was taking a class at school in Virginia?
17. Which company apologised for its backlogs which it said were caused by Royal Mail strikes, staff shortages and bad weather?
18. A school in Lewisham, named after which historical figure, was renamed the Twin Oaks Primary School following a vote by staff and parents over the man's role in the slave trade?
19. Actress Honeysuckle Weeks told Worthing magistrates that she drove her car while over the limit to avoid what?
20. A cryptic invitation to attend 'Selma's Party’ was used online encouraging people to storm which country’s congress, high court and presidential palace?
21. Guitarist Jeff Beck, who died aged 68, was in the UK top 20 in 1967 and 1972, with which song that was originally recorded by The Attack, covered by Slade and became the anthem of Wolves football supporters?
22. Lee Ryan, from which pop band, was found guilty at Ealing Magistrates’ Court of the racially aggravated assault, telling a black flight attendant 'I want your chocolate children' while drunk on a BA flight?
23. Which 33-year-old sportsman announced his retirement, saying he was 'stepping back' and that 'the dragon on my shirt is all I need?’
24. Golden Globes host Jerrod Carmichael started the ceremony in Los Angeles by saying: 'I’ll tell you why I’m here, I’m here because I’m __.’ What is the missing word?
25. What caused the fishing lake Rochford Reservoir in Essex to close?
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