The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 22.5, just ahead of George Mann and Robert Rea on 22, Gavin Devine on 19.5, Marguerite Turner on 19 and Jayme Bryla on 17. The top team was the Herefordshire walking collective including Adam Batstone, Lucy Thorpe, Maura and Phil Parsons, Joe and Lou Williams and David Kohn with 23, ahead of Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 21. 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. The mother of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt Korbel held up a pink teddy bear outside Manchester Crown Court and used what word when asked how she felt about the guilty verdict for her daughter’s murderer?
2. The Government unveiled its ' __ __ Britain' strategy to invest in nuclear power and renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs. What are the two missing words?
3. Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove said the 'scourge' of what was fuelling anti-social behaviour and would be banned?
4. The terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland was raised from substantial to what, meaning an attack is highly likely?
5. In a Commons statement Robert Jenrick, the Immigration Minister, said that asylum seekers would be housed in basic accommodation including disused what?
6. In the final round of the SNP leadership contest, when second preferences were distributed between the leading two contestants, Humza Yousaf took what per cent of the votes to beat Kate Forbes?
7. SNP leadership contender Kate Forbes said she would leave the Scottish government rather than accept a demotion from Finance Secretary to which position?
8. TV personality Paul O’Grady, who died aged 67, said goodbye to who in 2005, claiming she had 'seen the light, taken the veil and packed herself off to a convent in France’?
9. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab paid tribute to Paul O’Grady in the Commons but got his surname wrong. What did he call him?
10. King Charles became the first British monarch to speak where?
11. What is the name of the school in Nashville, Tennessee, where 28-year-old Audrey Hale killed six people?
12. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow won a ski crash lawsuit brought by a retired optometrist and was awarded how much in damages?
13. Who celebrated a New York grand jury vote that Donald Trump will face criminal charges by tweeting: 'Thank you to everyone for your support and love! I have so many messages coming in that I can’t respond … also don’t want to spill my champagne’?
14. The Food Standards Agency announced a criminal investigation was under way into allegations that a supplier falsely labelled which foreign product as British?
15. Which media company argued that legal challenges, brought by people including Prince Harry, Elton John and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, had 'no real prospects of succeeding’ at a trial?
16. Three people were arrested after a father and son were shot dead in what police said were 'targeted' attacks in villages in which English county?
17. Who sang the song Please Release Me when told that a Parole Board had ruled he would not be freed from prison?
18. Next bought which fashion and homeware brand, known for its floral designs, for £8.5million?
19. Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak were among 1,000 signatories to a letter calling for a pause in what 'due to the potential risks to society and humanity'?
20. Kirkpatrick Virgo, 42, was found guilty of murdering a fellow passenger at Reading station by hitting him with what after a row about music being played on the train?
21. Which singer said on ITV’s Good Morning Britain that cancer had spread to her brain, she had bought a wheelchair and was preparing for 'the inevitable’?
22. A 36-year-old man was arrested in Warwickshire on suspicion of blackmailing which TV presenter?
23. Scotland celebrated a historic victory against Spain in the Euro qualifiers with two goals by who?
24. God of War: Ragnarok dominated this year's Bafta Game Awards, winning six out of its 14 nominations, but what won best game?
25. Which actor revealed he had met his daughter Abi Harris, who he previously did not know anything about, 52 years after a brief relationship with her mother?
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