Friday, 31 October 2025

Time to tackle the newsquiz

There were some very impressive scores in last week’s newsquiz. The top solo scorers were Tim Humphreys and Tim (still totally unremarkable) with 24, just ahead of George Mann and Janet Boyle on 23. Sam Lawley scored 21, Robert Rea 18, the Rev Leon and Ian McCulloch 17 and Janet Escapades 16. The top team was the Barnard Castle FOC (featuring Bill, Sue, Trevor, Carole, Brendan, Lisa George and Craig) with 23, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 21, Broad Oak Boozers (featuring Danny, Thom, Craig and Tim) on 20 and Maura and Phil Parsons 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. 

Today's front pages

1. Prime Minister Keir Starmer dismissed calls for an investigation into Chancellor Rachel Reeves after she apologised for not having a licence to do what?
2. King Charles announced that Prince Andrew would be stripped of his titles and will be known as Andrew __ Windsor. What is the middle name?
3. It was revealed that Prince Andrew hosted Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and which other sex offender at Royal Lodge?
4. Hurricane Melissa killed at least 19 people in Jamaica and at least 30 in which other country?
5. Who was elected as Labour's deputy leader following Angela Rayner's resignation?
6. Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a deal to sell 20 fighter jets to which country for £8billion, describing it as a 'win for British workers, a win for our defence industry, and a win for Nato security’?
7. Under plans drawn up by ministers, around 900 asylum seekers are due to be housed in the Cameron Barracks in which Scottish city and a training camp in which East Sussex town? Half a point for each.
8. What is the name of the Bill that received Royal Ascent, which Housing Secretary Steve Reed described as 'the biggest leap forward in a generation'?
9. Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin came under fire for saying: 'It drives me mad when I see __ full of black people, full of Asian people.’ What is the missing word?
10. The Trump administration said it would limit the number of refugees admitted to the US to 7,500 and give priority to white people from which country?
11. Migrant Hadush Kebatu was
 arrested in north London following a manhunt after being mistakenly released from a prison in which city?
12. Hadush Kebatu, who was flown to Ethiopia after being mistakenly released from prison, was given how much to speed up his deportation from the UK?
13. Asylum seeker Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur, who stabbed a man to death inside what high street building in Derby, was jailed for life?
14. The daughters of Karen McGonigal from Salford, who died aged 53, appeared on TV to beg other people not to do what?
15. A ruling by the rail regulator means that which company became a step closer to challenging Eurostar's monopoly on taking passengers across the Channel?
16. How were a 70-year-old man killed and a ten-year-old boy injured in Bentley, near Doncaster?
17. Criticism from drivers has prompted the Government to take a closer look at the design of what?
18. Catherine Connolly 68, won a landslide victory to become the tenth what?
19. Eight men and two women went are on trial in Paris for online harassment, accused of making malicious comments about who?
20. University academic Richard Taylor is to receive 'damages' after a court ruling he was defamed in the film The Lost King about Richard III's remains, written by which comedian?
21. The NHS made what available for free across pharmacies in England, which health secretary Wes Streeting described as 'the biggest change’ since the 60s?
22. Actress Prunella Scales who died aged 93, was best known for playing Basil Fawlty's wife who had what first name in the comedy series Fawlty Towers? 
23. Which football club was placed into administration by owner Dejphon Chansiri and deducted 12 points?
24. The football manager of which club resigned and was accused of being ‘divisive, misleading and self-serving’?
25. Who received a knighthood from Princess Anne at Windsor Castle for services to cricket?

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