Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 23, ahead of Janet Boyle and Robert Rea on 20. The top team was the King’s Head drinkers of Nicky, Les, Peter, Stacey and Heather with 23, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 22, Our Peter, Jackie and Steve at the Wells Comedy Festival on 21, Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Neil and Jo Benson on 20.5, Broad Oak Boozers Tim, Thom and George on 18.5 and Tim and Mary on 17.5. 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. 

The Liverpool parade dominated Tuesday's front pages

1. What is the name of the 53-year-old man who was charged with seven offences, including multiple counts of grievous bodily harm, after 79 football fans were injured in Liverpool?
2. What is the name of the Liverpool street where a car ploughed into supporters celebrating their team winning the Premier League?
3. Which was the first rail company to be renationalised as part of the Government's move towards Great British Railways, officially coming under public ownership at 2am last Sunday?
4. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told Sky News that she 'never' wanted to be what?
5. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Reform’s commitment to 'completely unfunded' spending was '__ __ all over again’. What is the missing name?
6. The Government announced it was 'slashing red tape' and speeding up plans to build two what in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire?
7. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs said new standards published on Saturday would modernise what for the first time in over a decade?
8. After Russia killed 13 people in a missile attack on Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that 'something had happened' to Russian President Vladimir Putin who 'has gone absolutely __, needlessly killing a lot of people.' What is the missing word?
9. The US Court of International Trade ruled that President Donald Trump had 'overstepped his power' by doing what?
10. Nasser hospital in Gaza said that an Israeli air strike hit the home of doctor Alaa al-Najjar and killed how many of her children?
11. King Charles gave a speech at the opening of which country’s parliament, defining its place in an ‘uncertain' world and its relationship with America?
12. What is the name of the broadcaster who joined the BBC in 1968 as a trainee and worked his way through the ranks to become controller of BBC One and BBC Two, director of television and head of music and art?
13. A 39-year-old woman was arrested after 17 people were injured in stabbings at which European city’s central train station?
14. Who walked free from prison and said: 'I have to say a thank you to Elon Musk, because without X, if we didn't have X, everyone would just think I lied.’
15. From this Sunday, retailers will be banned from selling or supplying what?
16. Former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, was sentenced to 20 years in jail after being described as France's most prolific what?
17. What partially destroyed the Swiss village of Blatten?
18. French President Emmanuel Macron appeared to be slapped by his wife Brigitte as they disembarked a plane in which country?
19. What is the name of the environmental campaigner and former lead singer of the Undertones who urged men to get tested after revealing he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer?
20. What is the name of the toys which were pulled from all UK stores by manufacturer Pop Mart following reports of customers fighting over them?
21. Carrie and Boris Johnson announced the birth of their fourth child, a girl with what first name? 

22. Arsenal women beat which team, the holders, 1-0 in Lisbon to win the Champions League?
23. Which football team won the Championship playoffs at Wembley and will join Leeds and Burnley in the Premier League next season?
24. What did German Tom Kopke, 23, win for the second year in a row, saying he 'risked his life’ for the victory?
25. Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout were announced as the teenage actors who would play main characters in which forthcoming TV series?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

Last week's newsquiz was clearly a tough one with regular quizzers posting lower than usual scores. Quite a few posted scores under the 16 needed to reach the leaderboard. The top solo scorer was George Mann with 20.5, ahead of Robert Rea on 17. The top team was the Pefkos Gang with 20.5, just ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 20, Joe and Sarah on 17.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 16.5. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. I think it might be a little easier than last week's. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

Thursday's front pages

1. Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed the deal to give the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to which country?
2. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Keir Starmer said that what policy would be reviewed at the autumn Budget, adding ministers would only 'make decisions we can afford’?
3. The Government’s revised deal with the EU gave Europe a further 12 years access to what, in exchange for easing trade frictions?
4. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arguing the Government’s deal with the EU was ‘hopelessly one-sided’, called Keir Starmer the ‘__ ball-chewing manacled gimp of Brussels’. What is the missing colour?
5. UK inflation rose to its highest rate in more than a year, up from 2.6 per cent in March to what per cent in April?
6. Doctors in England are threatening strike action after they were offered a pay rise of what per cent, described as derisory by the British Medical Association?
7. According to the Office for National Statistics, what fell by almost 50 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year?
8. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced that what would be piloted in 20 prisons in an attempt to reduce reoffending?
9. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the leaders of which two countries - saying that they had 'effectively said they want Hamas to remain in power’. Half a point for each.
10. Israeli embassy workers Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were shot dead when leaving an event at a Jewish museum in which city?
11. After a two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump said a peace deal could only be negotiated directly between Russia and Ukraine – maybe with the help of who?
12. US President Donald Trump ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosaby in the Oval Office and played a video that he claimed proved what?
13. US President Donald Trump announced plans for a defence system 'capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from the other side of the world’. What is it called?
14. A statement from Joe Biden’s office said that the former US President had been diagnosed with what type of cancer that had spread to his bones?
15. Two people were killed and 22 injured when a sailing ship from which country crashed into Brooklyn Bridge, New York?
16. HSBC told staff in its UK banks that it may cut their annual bonuses if they do what?
17. Pregnant women and babies were evacuated after a fire broke out in a maternity hospital in which city?
18. George Wendt, who died aged 76, played which character in every episode of the US comedy series Cheers?
19. What did the Princess of Wales smash against the hull of a Royal Navy warship when she named it HMS Glasgow?
20. Budget airlines were reported to be considering launching what next year that would reduce prices on short flights?
21. Tottenham won the Europa League and Crystal Palace won the FA Cup this week, meaning all four English trophy winners this season are associated, through their badges or nicknames, with what?
22. Johan Helberg woke up in his house in Norway to find what in his front garden?
23. Actor Ncuti Gatwa was reported to be facing the axe from which TV show after only two series as viewing figures dropped sharply?
24. The winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest was Wasted Love by JJ representing which country?
25. The arrival of Peppa Pig's baby sister was announced live on ITV's Good Morning Britain. What is she called?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 22, ahead of Janet Boyle and Robert Rea on 21 and the Rev Leon on 15.5. The top team was the Pefkos FOC with 23, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 20.5, Broad Oak Boozers Thom, Tim, Craig and George on 18 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 16. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

1. According to the Office for National Statistics, what rose to its highest level in almost four years in the UK?
2. Prime Minister Keir Starmer used a trip to which country to announce that the UK is keen to set up 'return hubs' to deport migrants?
3. Under the Government's new plans, immigrants will typically have to live in the UK for how many years before applying for the right to stay indefinitely – double the current period?
4. At Prime Minister’s questions Keir Starmer hit out at Kemi Badenoch’s criticism of recent trade deals and said the Conservatives were once a true political party but now they were a ‘dead __ __’. What are the missing two words?
5. US President Donald Trump indicated he was preparing to accept a luxury Boeing jet from which country for use as Air Force One?

6. Washington warned that no breakthrough was likely at Russia-Ukraine peace talks being held in which city, unless Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agree to meet?
7. Which American rock legend made speeches, while on stage in Manchester, saying Donald Trump was 'unfit' for office and the US government was 'siding with dictators'?

8. The Royal College of Psychiatrists listed nine 'substantial' reasons it could not support what?

9. Bella Culley, 18, from Teesside, who had gone missing in Thailand, faces a lengthy prison sentence after being charged with drug offences in which country?
10. Jurors in the New York trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs were shown images from sex parties, known by what name, that he had masterminded?
11. Drug dealer Reece Galbraith was jailed for 14 years after admitting manslaughter after a house explosion, caused by gas canisters used to make cannabis sweets, in which city?
12. Which American singer was remanded in custody after being charged with grievous bodily harm with intent after being arrested at a five-star hotel in London.
13. Southport killer Axel Rudakubana used what to attack a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh?
14. A 21-year-old man was arrested over suspected arson attacks on two properties and a car in London that had links to who?
15. A British couple died after their £300,000 Ferrari plunged off a mountain road and into a river in which country?
16. French actor Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in Paris and given a suspended jail term of how long?
17. Who was invited to a state visit to be hosted by King Charles and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle from July 8 to 10?
18. Peter Sullivan, who served how many years in prison for the murder of a woman in Merseyside, had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal?
19. Who deleted an Instagram post he shared from the group Palestine Lobby, which said: 'Zionism explained in two minutes' and featured an illustration of a rat?
20. Three people, including two firefighters, were killed in a fire at a former RAF base in which Oxfordshire town?
21. Tennis's Andy Murray parted ways with who after six months as a coach?
22. At 29, which pop star was the youngest person to feature in The Sunday Times 40 Under 40 Rich List, ranked 34th with an estimated wealth of £115 million?
23. Which football team won the Women's Super League by 12 points without losing a game all season?
24. What is the name of the trio representing Britain in this weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland?
25. Which two Misters were the big winners at the Baftas? Half a point for each.

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Janet Boyle and the Rev Leon with a score of 21, ahead of George Mann and Robert Rea on 19 and Tim Humphrey on 18. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 23, ahead of the Barnard Castle FOC including Our Peter, Jackie, Trevor and Carole on 20, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 19.5 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 16. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s news. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

Today's front pages

1. King Charles delivered a speech at what time yesterday (Thursday) - the precise moment his grandfather, King George VI, addressed the nation to mark VE Day 80 years ago?
2. The VE concert at Horse Guards Parade ended with which two Vera Lynn songs? Half a point for each.
3. The new Pope, Robert Prevost, the first North American pontiff, is to be known by what name and number?
4. How many Cardinals were in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new Pope?
5. The UK and US agreed a ‘breakthrough’ trade deal which included a reduction of tariffs, from 27.5 per cent to 10 per cent, on up to 100,000 what?
6. US President Donald Trump announced, on his Truth Social platform, a 100 per cent tariff on all what that are 'produced in Foreign Lands’?
7. US President Donald Trump said of Americans, who are facing fewer goods in shops: 'They don't need to have 30 __. They can have three. They don't need to have 250 __. They can have five.’ What are the two missing words?
8. The Government said a deal with which country was the 'biggest and most economically significant' trade agreement the UK had signed since leaving the European Union in 2020?
9. After last week’s election results, Red Wall Labour MPs demanded ministers 'act now before it's too late’ and reverse what?
10. Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, apologised after appearing to describe grooming gangs as a ‘__ __ issue’. What are the two missing words?
11. The Bank of England cut interest rates to what per cent, the lowest since May 2023?
12. Which country launched Operation Sindoor?
13. The Duke of Sussex told the BBC he would love a reconciliation with the Royal Family and that he did 'not know how much __ my father has’? What is the missing word?
14. Who defied the so-called 'incumbency curse' to be re-elected Australia's Prime Minister? 
15. US President Donald Trump said he was directing the Government to reopen which building, saying it would serve as a 'symbol of law, order and justice’?
16. Which building in London was reported to be the target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism?
17. How were Shane Richardson, 29, and Owen Jenner, 21, killed?
18. US giant DoorDash agreed to takeover which company for £2.9billion?
19. Which company filed for bankruptcy, saying it had lost business to a new generation of weight loss drugs such as Ozempic?
20. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a parliament vote to become Germany's next chancellor after initially falling how many votes short of the majority he needed?
21. Which American R&B singer was accused of rape, sexual battery and false imprisonment in a lawsuit from his former employees? 

22. Which TV personality shared a video on social media from her hospital bed, saying she needed to undergo surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes?
23. What event in Kensington, London, was reportedly shut down at 3.35am on Sunday after a visit by council officers over noise complaints?
24. Which footballer, who joined Liverpool when he was six and spent 20 years there, announced he would be leaving the club at the end of the season?
25. What did singer Rihanna reveal at the Met Gala in New York?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Tim Humphrey and Janet Boyle with 22, ahead of the Rev Leon on 19, Phil Lambell on 18.5 and Robert Rea on 18.
The top team was Our Peter, Jackie, Sam and Anna on 20, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Bruce and Sarah Hayward who all scored 19. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the weeks news. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

The Pope's funeral dominated Sunday's front pages

1. Reform won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by how many votes - one of the closest parliamentary elections ever?
2. Which former Greggs worker, Miss UK finalist and junior education minister was elected as the mayor of Greater Lincolnshire?
3. Pope Francis was the first Pope, since Leo XIII in 1903, to be buried outside the Vatican and was instead buried in which church in Rome?
4. US President Donald Trump, Prince William, Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Jordan’s King Abdullah came under scrutiny at the Pope’s funeral for doing what?
5. US President Donald Trump joked that who would be his ’no 1 pick’ for the next Pope?
6. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a three-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine to mark what?
7. Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, died at her farmhouse at a suburb of which city?
8. A cyber-attack on Marks & Spencer was linked to a hacking collective known by what name?
9. Ahead of a Buckingham Palace reception to recognise and celebrate cancer charities, King Charles quoted who, encouraging people to 'always have rebellious hope'?
10. Sergio Aguiar and David Stancombe completed the London marathon to raise money, including a donation from Prince William, in whose memory?
11. Protesters from which activist group were arrested after hurling red paint on Tower Bridge during the London marathon?
12. What did the Football Association, England Netball and the England and Wales Cricket Board all do this week?
13. How was 32-year-old Jade Damarel killed in County Durham?
14. US President Donald Trump removed who from his post as national security advisor, saying he would nominate him as ambassador to the United Nations?
15. A 30-year-old man was charged with murder after a car drove into a crowd at a street festival killing 11 people, including a five-year-old girl, in which city?
16. Who was filmed doing an ‘elbows up’ victory dance?
17. Ten men nicknamed the 'grandpa robbers’ went on trial in Paris charged with stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from who?
18. The wife of former F1 driver Jenson Button had a suitcase with £250,000 worth of jewellery and handbags stolen at which London railway station?
19. Which two countries suffered the worst blackout in memory in Europe with 55 million people affected? Half a point for each.
20. Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, went on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of embarking on a 'moronic mission’ to do what?
21. What is the name of the rap group who apologised after footage showed one of them saying: 'The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP’?
22. A new record was set for the hottest start to any May on record yesterday (Thursday) with temperatures reaching how many degrees centigrade in Kew Gardens in London?
23. Liverpool were crowned Premier League champions, drawing level with Manchester United as the teams who have won the English top flight table the most times. How many?
24. The Prince and Princess of Wales spent their 14th wedding anniversary on which island?
25. Who said he was ‘blown away’ after defying the odds to win Celebrity Big Brother?

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