It's newsquiz time

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with an impressive score of 23.5. Others on the leaderboard were Janet Boyle on 21.5, Andy Reed on 20.5, Toby Brown on 19, Giles Borg on 18.5 and Robert Rea on 16.5. The top team was Global's Newsroom with Amelia Cox, Tim Humphrey, Alicia Edwards, Lucinda Horsley and Tom Croasdell who scored 22.5, just ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 22. Bruce and Sarah Hayward scored 20.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 16.5. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s news. Give it a go and let me know your score.

Thursday's election announcement front pages

1. What is the name of Labour's 1997 election anthem that blared out while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak revealed the date of the General Election?
2. Who told local newspaper, the Islington Tribune, that he would fight to retain a seat he has represented for 40 years?
3. Who said he would not stand in the General Election, saying six weeks was 'not long enough' to fight a constituency but added 'I will do my bit to help in the campaign’?
4. Why did SNP leader John Swinney say holding the General Election on July 4 was an act of disrespect and showed the 'contempt' the Government had for Scotland?
5. According to the Office for National Statistics what fell by ten per cent last year to 685,000?
6. Inflation fell to what per cent … its lowest level in almost three years?
7. Victims of the infected blood scandal called on who to be stripped of his peerage after he was criticised in a report by inquiry chairman Sir Brian Langstaff?
8. Paymaster General John Glen announced that interim payments of how much would be made within 90 days to 'living infected beneficiaries' of the infected blood scandal?
9. At the Horizon IT inquiry an email revealed that former Post Office boss Paula Vennells dropped a review into the convictions of sub-postmasters after being advised it would make '__ __ news’. What are the two missing words?
10. Geoff Kitchen, 73, suffered a suspected heart attack on board a London to Singapore flight, hit by turbulence, which was diverted to what city’s airport?
11. Ireland, Norway and Spain announced plans to recognise what?
12. MP Craig MacKinlay returned to the Commons after revealing he had lost his hands and feet to what condition?
13. Former Royal Marine Matthew Trickett, who was facing charges of assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service, was found dead in a park in which town?
14. Census information revealed that, for the first time since records began, the majority of people in Scotland do not have what?
15. How was Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi killed?
16. Campaign group Liberty said it was a 'victory for democracy’ after the High Court ruled that what was unlawful? 

17. At least nine people were killed and 50 injured after a stage collapsed at an election rally in which country?
18. Which online car retailer fell into administration after cutting hundreds of jobs?
19. What was the name of the Majorcan club and restaurant which collapsed, killing four people and injuring at least 16?
20. Who said she was left ‘shocked' and ‘angered' after a chatbot 'stole her voice'?
21. Rapper Sean Combs (Diddy) said what was ‘inexcusable' and that he was ‘disgusted’?
22. What was the name of the swimmer, who won an Olympic gold medal in Montreal in 1976, as well as two Olympic silver medals and three world titles, who died aged 70?
23. Manchester City became the first Premier League team to win the title for how many consecutive seasons?
24. Which 17-year-old collected £275,000 by winning a Premier League title at the O2 Arena in London?
25. Veterinary surgeon Brin Pirathapan, 29, beat 57 other contestants to be crowned victorious in the 20th series of what?

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