The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with a score of 22, just ahead of Janet Boyle 21, Marion Fountayne, Toby Brown, Johnny Jenkins and Jayme Bryla all on 19 and Robert Rea on 18. The top team was the Red Lion drinkers Peter, Stacey, Kevin and Amanda on 22, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 21, Bruce and Sarah Hayward, Neil and Jo Benson and Broad Oak drinkers Thom, Clare, Tim, Taylor and Kev on 19 and Maura and Phil Parsons 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.
Different front page approaches to Wednesday's Budget
1. In his Budget Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a cut in National Insurance by how much in the pound, matching a previous cut in January?
2. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he planned an extra tax on what in October 2026 as a deterrent?
3. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the Budget was 'the last desperate act of a party that has failed' and branded Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak as 'the __ __ of decline’. What are the two missing words?
4. Labour peer Peter Mandelson, discussing the importance of presentation in politics, said that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer needed to do what?
5. Science Secretary Michelle Donelan faced calls to resign after taxpayers paid how much to cover damages given to an academic who she had falsely accused of supporting Hamas?
6. Who announced she had taken the 'difficult decision’ to stand down, after 27 years as Maidenhead MP, at the next election?
7. Government commissioner Robin Simcox said that London had become a 'no-go zone' for who?
8. A seven-year investigation found that an Army spy, with what codename, who operated at the heart of the IRA during the Troubles probably cost more lives than he saved?
9. Who quit GB News after media regulator Ofcom said that broadcasting rules had been broken?
10. Nikki Haley quit her presidential campaign, making Donald Trump the last Republican in the race, after the Super Tuesday results saw her win a single state. What was it?
11. Which country officially became the 32nd member of Nato at a ceremony in Washington?
12. Who said it fully accepted a report that concluded its £100million fund to address historical links to slavery was 'too small’ and should be £1billion?
13. Which company was fined €1.8billion (£1.5billion) by the EU for breaking competition laws over music streaming?
14. France became the first country in the world to include the right to what in its constitution?
15. A major fire near a stadium resulted in which football club postponing their Championship match against Preston North End?
16. Which country declared a state of emergency after thousands of inmates escaped prison and armed gang leaders threatened civil war if the Prime Minister did not resign?
17. Weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who loaded a gun for actor Alec Baldwin before it killed a cinematographer on the set of which film, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter?
18. The theme from Terminator 2 and Frank Sinatra’s My Way were played at whose funeral?
19. Which company reached an agreement to buy Virgin Money in a £2.9billion deal?
20. Which organisation, founded in the City of London Tavern in Bishopsgate on March 4 1824, celebrated its bicentenary and calculated it had saved 146,277 lives?
21. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty discussed how they shared loading the dishwasher, putting out the rubbish and doing the cooking, in an exclusive video interview for which magazine?
22. Dave Rowntree, the drummer from which Britpop band, was selected as the Labour candidate for Mid Sussex?
23. What happened to 71-year-old grandmother Anne Hughes in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, that was caught on CCTV and viewed by millions?
3. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the Budget was 'the last desperate act of a party that has failed' and branded Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak as 'the __ __ of decline’. What are the two missing words?
4. Labour peer Peter Mandelson, discussing the importance of presentation in politics, said that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer needed to do what?
5. Science Secretary Michelle Donelan faced calls to resign after taxpayers paid how much to cover damages given to an academic who she had falsely accused of supporting Hamas?
6. Who announced she had taken the 'difficult decision’ to stand down, after 27 years as Maidenhead MP, at the next election?
7. Government commissioner Robin Simcox said that London had become a 'no-go zone' for who?
8. A seven-year investigation found that an Army spy, with what codename, who operated at the heart of the IRA during the Troubles probably cost more lives than he saved?
9. Who quit GB News after media regulator Ofcom said that broadcasting rules had been broken?
10. Nikki Haley quit her presidential campaign, making Donald Trump the last Republican in the race, after the Super Tuesday results saw her win a single state. What was it?
11. Which country officially became the 32nd member of Nato at a ceremony in Washington?
12. Who said it fully accepted a report that concluded its £100million fund to address historical links to slavery was 'too small’ and should be £1billion?
13. Which company was fined €1.8billion (£1.5billion) by the EU for breaking competition laws over music streaming?
14. France became the first country in the world to include the right to what in its constitution?
15. A major fire near a stadium resulted in which football club postponing their Championship match against Preston North End?
16. Which country declared a state of emergency after thousands of inmates escaped prison and armed gang leaders threatened civil war if the Prime Minister did not resign?
17. Weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who loaded a gun for actor Alec Baldwin before it killed a cinematographer on the set of which film, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter?
18. The theme from Terminator 2 and Frank Sinatra’s My Way were played at whose funeral?
19. Which company reached an agreement to buy Virgin Money in a £2.9billion deal?
20. Which organisation, founded in the City of London Tavern in Bishopsgate on March 4 1824, celebrated its bicentenary and calculated it had saved 146,277 lives?
21. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty discussed how they shared loading the dishwasher, putting out the rubbish and doing the cooking, in an exclusive video interview for which magazine?
22. Dave Rowntree, the drummer from which Britpop band, was selected as the Labour candidate for Mid Sussex?
23. What happened to 71-year-old grandmother Anne Hughes in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, that was caught on CCTV and viewed by millions?
24.The shirt worn by Colin Firth during the TV adaptation of which novel was sold at auction for £20,000 in London?
25. Singer/songwriter Raye made history at the Brit Awards by winning how many awards?
25. Singer/songwriter Raye made history at the Brit Awards by winning how many awards?
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