Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Toby Brown with a personal best of 24, just ahead of Gavin Devine with 23, also a PB. George Mann, Robert Rea and Janet Boyle all scored 22, Jayme Bryla scored 21, the Rev Leon 20.5, Giles Borg 19.5, Kirsty Lewis 19 and Sally Duffin 17.5. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 24, narrowly ahead of Neil and Jo Benson on 23.5. Broad Oak drinkers Nicky, Les, George, Kevin, Robbie, Peter, Stacey and Rosie scored 23, Tony and Christine Smith and Bruce and Sarah Hayward both scored 22.5, Our Peter, Jackie, Joe and Sarah 20.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 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.

A selection of today's front pages

1. In the first presidential campaign debate in Atlanta, Joe Biden laid into Donald Trump over his alleged affair with Stormy Daniels, saying the former president had the ‘morals' of what?
2. When asked whether Joe Biden should step aside as presidential candidate following concerns in the televised debate with Donald Trump, who said: 'Yes it was a slow start but it was a strong finish’?
3. In the last BBC election debate the biggest round of applause went to audience member Robert Blackstock who asked Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer if they were ‘really' what?
4. Labour candidate Kevin Craig, standing in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, was suspended by the party after betting that what would happen?
5. Labour leader Keir Starmer faced a backlash from his party after he singled out which country as a place where illegal migrants were not being deported quickly enough?
6. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage came in for criticism for saying that the EU and Nato had ‘provoked’ what?
7. Reform leader Nigel Farage said he was ‘dismayed' by the views expressed by canvasser Andrew Parker who said, among other things, that all mosques should be turned into what?
8. Who did Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch say was a 'rich, lefty, white male celebrity so blinded by ideology’?
9. Which former Cabinet minister revealed they still had 24-hour personal police protection because of threats and harassment including being called a ‘genocidal bleep’ in a supermarket? 
10. Which Conservative Party candidate described his own party as a 'shower of shit' in a video posted on Facebook?
11. In a leaked recording, Tory candidate James Sunderland, who is an aide to Home Secretary James Cleverly, used what word to describe the Government’s Rwanda scheme?
12. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange walked free from a court in which remote US territory after pleading guilty to one charge of breaching the Espionage Act?
13. Junior doctors in England began a five-day strike on Thursday - meaning there have now been how many walkouts in their long-running pay dispute?
14. A power outage forced which airport to cancel all flights from two terminals on Sunday?
15. The Princess Royal was taken to hospital with a minor head injury and concussion thought to have been caused by what?
16. Security guard Gavin Plumb, 37, appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court accused of planning a plot to kidnap, rape and murder who?
17. At least 1,300 people died, mostly through extreme heat, during which pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia?
18. More than 20 people died after protesters stormed which country's parliament during demonstrations over a controversial tax plan?
19. The Met Office said Wednesday was the hottest day of the year so far, with what temperature, in centigrade, recorded at Heathrow?
20. Who made an appearance at the Television and Radio Industries Club awards with a walking frame, saying he was ’not OK’ and that he felt like he was 'on ‘borrowed time’?
21. Taylor Swift hit back at who after he suggested she 'didn't play live' during her sold-out Wembley show?
22. England topped their group at Euro 2024 and will now face which country in the knockout stages on Sunday?
23. Why did England midfielder Phil Foden leave the Three Lions' Euro 2024 camp in Germany and return to the UK?
24. England's defence of the T20 cricket World Cup ended after they slumped to a 68-run thrashing by which country in the semi-final?
25. Who said she hoped to pull off a Glastonbury first by using a horse to get to the Pyramid stage on Sunday for her Legends slot?

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Some of you felt last week’s newsquiz was a toughie and posted lower than average scores. Some regulars didn’t even make it on to the leaderboard. Others were still on form though. George Mann was the top solo scorer with 21, just ahead of Gavin Devine on 20 and Robert Rea on 17. The top teams were Neil and Jo Benson and Our Peter, Jackie and the Razors - both with 20. Maura and Phil Parsons scored 19, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 18 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Danny and Lou both scored 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.

Today's front pages

1. Tory candidate for Bristol North West Laura Saunders and her husband Tony Lee, the party’s campaigns director, were being investigated for allegedly doing what? 
2. During a special edition of BBC's Question Time, Labour leader Keir Starmer said that who would have been a 'better Prime Minister’ than Boris Johnson?
3. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned of a big Labour victory saying: 'You want to make sure that in this next Government, whoever forms it, there’s a proper system of accountability. You don’t want to have somebody receive a __’ What is the missing hyphenated word?
4. Billionaire John Caudwell, who gave the Conservatives £500,000 before the last General Election but said he would now vote Labour for the first time in his life, was the founder of which, now defunct, company?
5. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, when asked if he would stand as Prime Minister in what year, replied ‘yes, absolutely’?
6. Inflation hit the Bank of England's target of what per cent for the first time in almost three years?
7. The Home Office said that 882 people did what on Tuesday - the highest number on a single day this year?
8. Jay Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire went missing, while on his first holiday with friends, on what island?
9. The Princess of Wales returned to public life for the first time in six months attending what event to celebrate the King’s birthday?
10. Why was the police driver of a response vehicle in Feltham, Surrey, removed from frontline duties?
11. Which two countries signed a mutual defence strategy that included a clause that they would come to each other’s aid if either was attacked?
12. The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence said what decision was a 'new low' in the way her family had been treated by the criminal justice system?
13. According to police figures obtained by a charity, assaults using what as a weapon rose by 75 per cent in a year with only eight per cent leading to criminal charges?
14. Two Just Stop Oil activists were arrested after what monument was sprayed with orange powder?
15. The UK Health Security Agency said it was ‘confident' that an e-coli outbreak, which led to at least 86 people being admitted to hospital, was linked to which vegetable?
16. Who said he was lucky to be alive, and shared a video of a huge purple bruise, after a 'really bad’ cycling accident in Connecticut?
17. Former footballer Joey Barton apologised and agreed to pay who £75,000 in damages over online posts?
18. After customers shared comical errors online, McDonald's announced it was removing what from its drive-through restaurants in the US?
19. This Morning host Cat Deeley apologised after saying her dance moves to Meghan Trainor's All About The Bass looked like she was having what?
20. Serbia threatened to pull out of Euro 2024 if UEFA didn't punish which two countries for their fans chanting 'kill, kill, kill the Serb’? Half a point for each. 
21. Singer Justin Timberlake was arrested and charged with what offence in New York?

22. Who was taken to hospital after falling from the stage at the Noël Coward theatre in London while playing Shakespeare’s John Falstaff?
23. Actor Donald Sutherland, star of films including The Hunger Games, M*A*S*H and Don't Look Now, died at what age?
24. What linked historian Niall Ferguson, post office campaigner Alan Bates and cyclist Mark Cavendish?

25. In the Euros 1-1 draw on Thursday, the England football team performed better than Denmark in which area? a) shots on target b) possession c) passes d) corners won e) none of these?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Tony Smith, Robert Rea and George Mann all with 22, ahead of Gavin Devine on 21, Thom Sands on 16 and the Rev Leon on 15. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 21, ahead of Our Peter, Jackie and Joe on 20. Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe both scored 19. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

Yesterday's front pages

1. In the Conservatives' election manifesto Prime Minister Rishi Sunak offered a tax-cutting package estimated at how many billion pounds a year by 2030?
2. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak launched the Tory manifesto at which sporting venue?
3. Launching Labour’s election manifesto, party leader Keir Starmer said '__ __ is our number one priority’ What are the two missing words?
4. Labour leader Keir Starmer launched the Labour manifesto at which company’s headquarters in Manchester?
5. Labour said it would give 'multi-year funding settlements to local leaders’ to fix a million what a year to end the Government's 'sticking plaster approach’?
6. Which of these has Lib Dem leader Ed Davey not done on his campaign trail? a) fallen off a paddle board b) zoomed down a waterslide c) worn a clown’s nose on the campaign bus d) donned a chef’s hat at a school
7. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage posted a video on X of a man throwing objects at him while he was on top of a bus in which town?
8. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he went without what as a child so that his parents could pay for his education?
9. In a fiery TV General Election debate who did Tory minister Penny Mordaunt call a ‘Labour enabler’?
10. Tory party chairman Richard Holden caused a stir when he was parachuted in to stand in which 'safe seat' 300 miles away from his former constituency?
11. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak replied 'No. Of course not’ when asked what question during a campaign visit in Horsham, West Sussex?
12. Two boys who killed a man with a machete in a Wolverhampton park are the youngest convicted of murder since James Bulger's killers in 1993. How old were the Wolverhampton killers?
13. The BBC said it would air two tribute programmes to remember who, described as 'one of the most important broadcasters of recent decades’?
14. US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter was found guilty of lying about his drug use on a form while trying to buy what?
15. French President Emmanuel Macron called a snap election after his allies suffered a crushing defeat to which party in the European elections?
16. America's third largest bank Wells Fargo sacked employees who were using 'mouse movers' to do what?
17. Coroner Anne Pember criticised who for a lack of training provided to employee Anne Sacoolas prior to the crash which killed motorcyclist Harry Dunn?
18. Four people, including an 11-year-old girl, were taken to hospital after being injured by what at Lambeth Country Show?
19. A 39-year-old Polish man appeared in court after attacking which country’s prime minister in the street?
20. Around 20,000 motorcyclists took part in a ride from London to which town to celebrate the life of Hairy Biker Dave Myers?
21. England’s last game before the Euros ended in a 1-0 home defeat to which country?
22. After being rained off against Scotland and beaten by Australia in cricket’s T20 World Cup, England finally won their first match against which country?
23. After receiving a massive backlash, Thornaby football club announced it would reinstate what? 
24. Lionesses legend Ellen White became the first woman to do what?
25. The British Geological Survey measured seismic activity in Scotland caused by what at the weekend?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Robert Rea and Tony Smith with 23, ahead of Janet Boyle on 22, Sally Duffin on 20 and Ian McCulloch on 16. The top team was Tony and Christine Smith with a maximum 25. The Isle of Bute walkers, including Adam Batstone, Dominic Hurst, Phil Parsons and Steve Bonhomme scored 23.5, the Global newsroom, with Amelia Cox, Lucinda Horsley, Tim Humphrey and Tom Croasdell, scored 22 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Phil Leftwich with his dad scored 19. 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.

Today's front pages

1. US President Joe Biden said at the D-Day commemoration in Normandy that: '__ is never guaranteed. Every generation must preserve it, defend it and fight for it. That’s the test of the ages.’ What is the missing word?
2. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologised for what ‘mistake’ at the D-Day commemorations in France?
3. Five years ago, 225 British veterans travelled to Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day commemorations – this year there were how many?
4. The first TV election debate between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer was televised on Wednesday and took place in which city?
5. Labour accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of lying after he claimed, in the televised debate, that Keir Starmer wanted to put taxes up by how much a year for each household?
6. Labour leader Keir Starmer said what were ‘vital' to the UK's defence and he would 'of course' be prepared to use them?
7. Nigel Farage announced he would stand in the General Election for Reform UK and would also take over from who as the party leader?
8. Two people were arrested after Reform leader Nigel Farage had what flavour milkshake thrown over him while launching his campaign in Clacton?
9. Which UK politician insisted he was not going to resign after losing a vote of no confidence?
10. TV doctor and newspaper columnist Michael Mosley went missing after going on a coastal walk on which Greek island?
11. Why were two London hospital trusts forced to cancel all non-emergency operations and blood tests?
12. A judge at the East London Family Court ruled that what could be revealed about 'Baby Elsa’, who was abandoned in London, as it was of 'great public interest'?
13. The family of Rob Burrow, who died aged 41, visited the ground of which rugby club to see thousands of flowers and balloons and club shirts left in tribute by supporters?
14. A court in Florence reconvicted who for slandering a bar owner by accusing him of murder? 
15. The UK Health Security Agency said around 113 people had become ill with what infection which was probably linked to a nationally distributed food item?
16. In a landslide election victory, Claudia Sheinbaum became which country’s first woman president?
17. Scottish woman Fiona Harvey is suing Netflix for defamation, negligence and privacy violations claiming that which series falsely depicted her as a criminal who spent time in prison for stalking?
18. Who did 67-year-old retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova marry in California?
19. What survived a UK winter for the first time, posing a deadly threat to honey bees?
20. Ukrainian Yevhenii Lubnenko pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates court to trying to do what as part of a prank to win £250,000 from a Belarusian vlogger?
21. Which football club announced it was taking legal action against the Premier League because its rules around commercial and sponsorship deals were unlawful?
22. Which of these footballers was NOT dropped from England's Euro24 squad? a) Kieran Trippier b) Jack Grealish c) Harry Maguire d) James Maddison
23. Members of which club called for their former president Stephen Fry to be suspended after he said it was full of 'beetroot-coloured' men and ‘stinks' of privilege?
24. What song did 28-year-old Sydnie Christmas sing to win Britain’s Got Talent?
25. Coronation Street actress Helen Worth announced she was quitting the cobbles after 50 years of playing what character?

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