Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week's newsquiz were Ed Holt, Toby Brown and George Mann with 21, ahead of Marion Fountayne and Robert Rea on 19, Olivia Christie on 18, Alesia Fiddler on 17 and Jayme Bryla on 16. The top team was the Queen's Head drinkers Pete, Stacey and Kevin with 21, ahead of Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17 and Maura and Phil Parsons on 16. I have just finished a great three weeks with the MailOnline trainees who are now off on placement. We finished as always with the newsquiz which was won by Ed Holt with an impressive 23, ahead of Luke Power on 21 and Pieter Snepvengers and Olivia Christie on 20. The report of their last week is here. This week's newsquiz is below. Give it a go and see if you can beat Ed's score. 

A selection of today's front pages

1. What was the name of the Israeli music festival - billed as a celebration of friends, love and infinite freedom - where at least 260 people were massacred?

2. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer took the BBC to task for not using what word in its coverage of the Israel attacks?

3. Which country's leader, in a televised speech, said 'we kiss the hands of those who planned the attack' on Israel?

4. Video footage showed which British politician running into a building in Southern Israel after a rocket attack alarm?

5. Which UK politician said his mother-in-law was trapped in Gaza with no food, water or electricity?

6. In his conference speech Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer promised to build how many homes as part of a 'decade of renewal’?

7. Asked by BBC Political Editor Chris Mason if he was a Yimby, Sir Keir Starmer replied: ‘Yes’. What does Yimby stand for?

8. Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney gave Labour his seal of approval and described shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves as a serious what?

9. After Labour leader Keir Starmer was confronted by a protester at the party conference, limited-edition t-shirts with what three-word slogan went on sale?

10. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said if she was walking home at night she did what for protection, adding that women had been 'doing it for generations’?
11. What was the name of the SNP MP who defected to the Conservatives because of a 'toxic and bullying' culture in her old party's Westminster group?

12. Holly Willoughby posted on Instagram: 'I have let ITV know today that after __ years, I will not be returning to This Morning. What is the missing number?

13. Presenter Fiona Bruce apologised to a Question Time audience member for identifying him as what on air?

14. Flights were cancelled after a fire ripped through a multi-storey car park, causing it to collapse, at which airport?

15. In a Talk TV interview with Piers Morgan, the daughter of Capt Sir Tom Moore admitted to keeping how much from books that the late army veteran had written?

16. Welsh rugby club Beddau RFC paid tribute to a 37-year-old woman who died while eating what at a fundraising event?

17. Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone admitted fraud at Southwark Crown Court after failing to declare more than £400million held in a trust in which country?
18. Why did the senior presiding judge for England and Wales, Lord Edis, order that sentencing hearings will be postponed - meaning some convicted sex offenders and burglars will be out on bail?

19. A new set of UK coins is to be introduced to reflect King Charles's love of nature with the tails of each one featuring animals or plants. What is on the back of the £1 coin?
20. The Grand National will reduced the maximum number of runners from 40 to how many to improve safety?

21. Scientists warned that the taste and quality of beer will deteriorate because what is being hit by global warming?

22. Former England captain Wayne Rooney was appointed as manager of which football team?

23. Who will co-host the UEFA Euros in 2028?

24. Which country failed to reach the Rugby World Cup knockout stage for the first time in its history?

25. Which celebrity married couple revealed they had been living separate lives since 2016?

Answers here