The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were George Mann and Janet Boyle with 21.5, narrowly ahead of Robert Rea and Liz Gerard on 21. Toby Brown scored 20.5, Nick Turner 19 and Jon Ball 17. The top team was Tony and Christine Smith with an impressive 24, just ahead of Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Maura and Phil Parsons on 23, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 21, Neil and Jo Benson and Jack Elsom and Monica Greep on 20.5 and Gavin Devine and his Ypres Castle friends on 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.
A selection of today's front pages
1. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle faced calls to resign for breaking with parliamentary convention by doing what?
2. Britain's top immigration officer David Neal was sacked after claiming the UK Border Force failed to check hundreds of private jets arriving at which UK airport?
3. Lord David Cameron was the first Foreign Secretary in 30 years to visit where?
4. A row erupted between former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton and the Government after he said in a Sunday Times interview that he had been told to do what by a top civil servant?
5. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, talking about new guidance for headteachers, said: 'You go to school, you go to learn, you go to create those friendships, you go to speak to people and socialise and you go to get educated – you don’t go to sit on your __ __.’ What are the two missing words?
6. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps saw what go ‘plop’?
7. The Foreign Office froze the assets of six Russians and banned them from travelling to the UK. Where did they work?
8. The Home Office said it was 'pleased' with which Court of Appeal ruling, saying: 'Our priority remains maintaining the safety and security of the UK and we will robustly defend any decision made in doing so’?
9. NHS England announced the introduction of __ rule under which patients will be granted the right to obtain an urgent second opinion about their care. What is the missing name?
10. Three children, aged nine months, three and seven, were found dead at a suburban semi-detached house in which city?
11. American firm Intuitive Machines became the first private company to land a spacecraft on the Moon. What was the craft called?
12. The Equality and Human Rights Commission said that what symptoms should be considered a disability and employers face being sued if they do not make 'reasonable adjustments'?
13. At least four people died and more were missing after a massive fire ripped through apartment blocks in which European city?
14. Which London building is set to become a hotel after it was sold to MCR Hotels for £275million?
15. Police said they were investigating after a Star of David necklace on whose statue, in Camden Market, London, was covered with a sticker of a Palestinian flag?
16. Footballer Dani Alves, who played 126 times for Brazil, was sentenced to four years and six months for raping a woman in a nightclub in which city?
17. Which former Olympic champion said he was 'optimistic, positive and surrounded by love' after revealing he was diagnosed with cancer?
18. Actor Michael J.Fox, who was diagnosed with what condition when he was 29, made a surprise appearance at the Baftas to present the best film award?
19. John Savident, known for playing butcher Fred Elliott in which TV series, died aged 86?
20. Roy Hodgson, who left Crystal Palace days after falling ill during a training session, was the oldest ever manager in the Premier League. How old is he?
21. What was the name of the former dancing professional on Strictly Come Dancing, who partnered Patsy Kensit, Anita Dobson, Lisa Riley and Deborah Meaden, who died aged 44?
22. The V&A museum in London is looking to recruit an adviser to give the insights into memorabilia related to who?
23. To the nearest million how much did Richard and Debbie Nuttall from Colne, Lancashire, win in the EuroMillions jackpot?
24. A study by Chemnitz University in Germany found there were 546 words in the English language which mean what?
25. According to research by Perspectus Global what was voted the UK's favourite sweet?
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