Test your knowledge with the newsquiz

The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 20, ahead of Marion Fountayne and Rob Lawrence on 18, Robert Rea, Toby Brown and Jayme Bryla on 17, Maura Parsons on 16 and Gavin Devine on 15. The top team was Tony and Christine Smith with a score of 22, just ahead of the Three Legs drinkers Peter, Stacey, Stuart and Rachel with 21, the Dartmoor Walkers including Adam Batstone, Dominic Hurst, David Williams and Phil Hutchinson May with 20 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward with 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. 

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1. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak decided not to order an investigation into whether Home Secretary Suella Braverman broke the ministerial code by requesting what?
2. The Cabinet Office referred former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Thames Valley police because his ministerial diary revealed visits by family and friends to where during the pandemic?
3. Who said he would not seek re-election as the MP for Esher and Walton, the constituency he has represented since 2010?
4. Industry regulator Ofgem announced a drop in the energy price cap from £3,280 per year to what for the average household from July 1?
5. Sir Iain Livingstone, the chief constable of Police Scotland, admitted that ‘institutional racism, sexism, __ and discrimination' existed in his force. What is the missing word?
6. At the G7 summit in Japan Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky compared the 'total destruction' of which city to the devastation in Hiroshima after the nuclear strike of 1945?
7. Why was the Barragem do Arade reservoir in the headlines?
8. What is the name of the Cardiff suburb where rioting broke out, cars were set alight, fireworks thrown at police and 15 officers injured, following the death of two teenagers?
9. Holly Willoughby issued a statement in response to co-presenter Phillip Schofield quitting ITV’s This Morning, thanking him for his knowledge, experience,  humour and adding ‘the __ won’t feel the same without him’. What is the missing word?
10. Ten people were taken to hospital after a double decker bus’s roof was ripped off when it hit a railway bridge in which city?
11. A man was arrested and held on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving after crashing his car into which building's gates?
12. Whose launch for his bid for the Republican presidential nomination for 2024 was delayed by 20 minutes after a Twitter livestream failed to work?
13. An 81-year-old woman died two weeks after being hit by a police motorcycle that was escorting who through London?
14. According to FBI files why were the walkways on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco closed briefly in March 1983?
15. Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris, who died aged 93, had four UK top ten hits before he was convicted of sexually abusing children. Name two of them. Half a point for each.
16. Which European football club reported racist abuse towards one if its players to the country’s prosecutor's office as a hate crime?
17. Hundreds of strangers and celebrities were among the mourners at a Westminster Church to honour Peter Brown, who died aged 96, for his role as what?
18. The New York Times described him as 'the crown prince of literary hipness' and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg as 'the good-looking bad guy of late 20th-century Eng Lit’. Who were they referring to?
19. Manchester City won the title and joined their neighbours Manchester United as the only teams to have done what in Premier League history?
20. Whose 12-year-old son raised more than £40,000 to help bereaved forces children 'in honour' of his father?
21. Who did Barak and Michelle Obama describe as raw, powerful and unstoppable, Mick Jagger as inspiring, warm, funny and generous and Elton John as exciting and electric?
22. Which English football club qualified for Europe for the first time in its 122-year history?
23. Entertainer George Logan, who died aged 78, was best known as one half of which comedy duo who had their own TV shows on the BBC in the 1970s and 80s?
24. What did the Princess of Wales decline to do at the Chelsea Flower Show because, she said, it wasn’t allowed, explaining 'it’s just one of those rules’?
25. Which 70-year-old announced he would be attempting to swim the English Channel to help people living with the rare skin disorder Epidermolysis bullosa?

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It's newsquiz time

The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with an impressive 23. Gavin Devine scored 21, Marion Fountayne, Robert Rea and Janet Boyle 20 and Jayme Bryla and Nick Turner 19. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons on 22, ahead of Jess Devonport and Nicholas Collins on 20.5, Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Three Legs drinkers Peter and Stacey on 19 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17. 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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1. The Office for National Statistics said the number of people not working in the UK due to long-term sickness had reached a new record of how many?

2. The G7 leaders agreed sanctions to 'starve the Russian war machine’ at their annual meeting which is being held in which city?
3. Who did Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meet at Chequers for 'substantive negotiations’ on Monday?
4. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, saying his party was looking at expanding the voting franchise, said that what 'did not pass the common sense test’?
5. Which company announced plans to reduce its workforce by up to 55,000 by 2030, including about 10,000 jobs to be replaced by artificial intelligence?
6. Which company blamed strike action for contributing to a full-year loss of more than £1billion for the year to March?
7. The Treasury said that what had cost the Government an estimated £162million last year?
8. Water companies in England apologised for sewage spills and pledged to invest how much this decade to help resolve the problem?
9. What is the name of the carmaker, that owns Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat, which warned it may have to close UK factories if the Government does not renegotiate the Brexit deal?
10. What was put up for sale in the UK by its owner, Canadian private equity firm Brookfield, for between £4billion and £5billion?
11. Timothy Schofield, the brother of television presenter Phillip Schofield, was jailed for how many years by a judge at Bristol Crown Court after being convicted of sexually abusing a teenage boy?
12. A spokesman for Harry and Meghan claimed that: 'The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms Ragland were involved in a __ __ car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi.’ What are the two missing words?
13. Brentford striker Ivan Toney was banned from football for eight months after admitting 232 breaches of the Football Association's rules on what?
14. Why was the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Italy called off this weekend?
15. Colombian President Gustavo Petro was accused of creating false hope by doing what?
16. American prosecutors charged Terry Martin, 76, with stealing what from a museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota?
17. Andy Rourke, who died from pancreatic cancer aged 59, was the bass guitarist with which band?
18. Actor Victor Gallucci, who died aged 81, is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-serving extra for his 900 appearances as DC Tom Baker in which ITV series?
19. Why did Pascal Jansen, manager of AZ Alkmaar, apologise and say he was ‘ashamed’ after his side’s Europa Conference League semi-final defeat to West Ham?
20. After this week’s semi-finals, which two cities will be represented in the Champions League final? Half a point for each.
21. Who was presented with the Ivor Novello academy’s highest honour for songwriting and warned that musicians face a battle against artificial intelligence?
22. Rugby league legend Kevin Sinfield carried former fellow player Rob Burrow, who has motor neurone disease, over the finishing line in the first marathon to be held in which city for 20 years?
23. Who collected the Best Actress award at the Baftas, saying of her trophy: 'If I could break it in half, I would give the other half to my daughter, we did this together, kiddo’?
24. Ed Sheeran, Adele and Harry Styles were all included in which list that was published this week?
25. What was the name of the singer who won Eurovision for Sweden?

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The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann 21, ahead of Marguerite Turner on 20, Gavin Devine on 17 and Our Peter on 16. The top teams were Maura and Phil Parsons and the Three Leg drinkers Peter, Stacey, Anna, Jim and Ian who both scored 22. Thom, Rosie and Jack and Bruce and Sarah Hayward scored 21, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 18 and Joe and Sarah 16. 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 Metropolitan police apologised that how many demonstrators from the Republic campaign group were arrested before the Coronation?
2. What two-word description of the Buckingham Palace balcony, made by Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh during ITV’s live Coronation coverage, became the most complained about televised moment of 2023?
3. Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt said her preparation for carrying the 17th-century Sword of State at the Coronation involved ‘practice', 'a good breakfast’, 'comfortable shoes’ and taking what?
4. How long did the Duke of Sussex spend in Britain to mark his father’s Coronation? a) 24 hours and 56 minutes b) 28 hours and 42 minutes c) 32 hours and 24 minutes d) 36 hours and 12 minutes.
5. Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins went on to Tik Tok to confirm his attendance at the Coronation and to deny claims that he was who in disguise, wearing a large white wig and glasses?
6. On the first day of legal action against Mirror Group Newspapers, the High Court was told which of the Duke of Sussex's ex-girlfriends decided 'a royal life was not for her' because of alleged Press intrusion?
7. A jury in a civil case in New York found that former President Donald Trump sexually abused magazine columnist E Jean Carroll in a department store and he was ordered to pay how much (in dollars) in damages?
8. What did the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby describe as 'isolationist, morally unacceptable and politically impractical’?
9. In a Victory Day speech in Red Square, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: 'Today, civilisation is again at a decisive __ __. A real war has been unleashed against us again.’ What are the two missing words?
10. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s proposed visit to which country was described by fellow conservatives as a ‘vanity project’ and ‘deeply unhelpful’?
11. Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle snapped at which Government minister, in a Commons debate on a major change to Government Brexit policy, asking: 'Who do you think you're speaking to?’
12. The Government announced that pharmacists will be able to issue prescriptions for seven common conditions including earache, UTIs, sore throat, sinusitis, infected insect bites and which two others? Half a point for each.
13. The chairman of which retailer denied three of four allegations of inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour made by four women?
14. Adam Price quit as leader of which political party after a report found misogyny, harassment and bullying in its ranks?
15. Transport Secretary Mark Harper announced that which train operator will not have its contract renewed or extended after 'months of continuous cancellations’?
16. Dame Sharon White won a confidence vote on her chairmanship but lost a second ballot, on last year’s performance, cast by which retailer’s partnership council?
17. Which congressman pleaded not guilty in a federal court in New York to 13 charges of fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making false statements?
18. Violent clashes broke out in Pakistan after who was arrested?
19. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he would never do a deal with which political party because of a 'fundamental disagreement’?
20. The first baby with what was born in the UK, using a technique known as mitochondrial donation treatment?
21. Who unveiled his new coat of arms, which featured a rugby league ball, bees, an antelope and Lancashire roses?
22. Lionel Messi’s father said that reports that the Paris Saint-Germain footballer had agreed a deal to play in which country next season was ‘fake news’?
23. Who was blocked from making an address at the Eurovision Song Contest final this weekend as it would be 'against the rules’?
24. Which one of these countries did not make it past the semi-finals so will not appear in the Eurovision final? a) Finland b) Australia c) Israel d) Ireland.
25. Who issued a statement, after speculation about his TV partnership, saying: 'The last few weeks haven’t been easy for either of us’?

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The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Toby Brown, George Mann and Janet Boyle all with 22, just ahead of Marguerite Turner, Tony Smith and Hilary Scott on 21. Gavin Devine and Robert Rea scored 19, Marion Fountayne 18 and Our Peter 16. The top teams were Maura and Phil Parsons  and Three Legs drinkers Peter, Stacey, Nicky, Les, Amanda, Kevin and George both with 23. Bruce and Sarah Hayward scored 19 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 18. 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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1. The Archbishop of Canterbury called for millions of citizens to 'swear allegiance to the King' in a new pledge called '__ of the People.' What is the missing word?

2. What is the name of the campaign group, which is planning Coronation protests under the banner 'Not My King’, that was written to by the Home Office warning of new offences under the Public Order Bill? 

3. The Prince and Princess of Wales 'supported the hospitality industry' in the run up to the Coronation by visiting which Soho pub?
4. The King and Queen recorded an announcement, to be played over the Coronation weekend at railway and underground stations, wishing travellers 'a safe and pleasant' journey and reminding them to do what?
5. A 59-year-old man was arrested after throwing suspected shotgun cartridges over the gates of what building?
6. What did campaign group Unlock Democracy say 'went very badly’ at the council elections?
7. How old is Liberal Democrat candidate George Blundell who caused an upset by defeating Andrew Johnson, the Conservative leader of the council in Windsor and Maidenhead?
8. Why was the council election for the Coxford ward in Southampton abandoned after the polls had opened on Thursday? 
9. Downing Street said that whose refusal to co-operate with a Cabinet Office investigation was 'obviously disappointing’?
10. Unions representing NHS staff, including Unison, GMB, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists and the Royal College of Midwives, voted to accept a Government pay offer of what per cent plus a cash top up?
11. Which two companies recorded profits of £4 billion and £7.6 billion for the first three months of the year, which union leaders described as ‘one of the corporate scandals of our time’ and ‘a racket’? Half a point for each company.
12. Ministers announced a clampdown on the use of what to sell financial products as part of a strategy to combat fraud, the UK’s most common crime?
13. American company Lilly reported that tests involving a drug called donanemab slowed the pace of which disease by about a third?
14. Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton warned about the dangers from developments in Artificial Intelligence as he resigned from which company?
15. Russia claimed that Ukraine had used what in an attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin?
16. A 13-year-old boy was arrested after eight students and a security guard were killed at shooting a school in which European city?
17. Six Cadbury-branded desserts, including Flake and Crunchie, were recalled because of fears they could be contaminated with what?
18. Which actor, who featured in Ballykissangel, Drop The Dead Donkey and DCI Banks, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm?
19. Jock Zonfrillo, who died aged 46, was best-known as a judge in which Australian television show?
20. Which Canadian singer, who had three top 40 UK hits including If You Could Read My Mind in 1971, died aged 84?
21. What was credited with helping Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford save a penalty in the relegation match against Leicester City?
22. Sam Allardyce’s appointment as Leeds United manager means he has now been in charge of how many Premier League clubs?
23. Who said it was 'great to be home' as he flew into Scotland with his son to open a golf course named after his mother?
24. How did snooker player Mark Selby make history in the World Championship final?
25. Who announced her pregnancy at the Met Gala in New York telling reporters, there are 'three of us' on the red carpet?

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