The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tim (still totally unremarkable) with 23, ahead of Janet Boyle on 22, Robert Rea and George Mann on 20, Toby Brown on 18 and the Rev Leon on 16. The top team was Tim Humphrey and the LBC newsroom with 24. King’s Head drinkers Peter and Stacey scored 23, the Broad Oak Boozers with Thom, Danny, Tim, Craig, George, Anna and Dale 22, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 19 and Maura and Phil Parsons 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. Richard Hughes resigned as chairman of which organisation, saying he took 'full responsibility’ for the 'worst failure’ in its 15-year history?
2. Justice Secretary David Lammy said jury trials would be scrapped in England and Wales for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than how many years?
3. Which organisation did Health Secretary Wes Streeting call ‘moaning Minnies’ and 'juvenile delinquents’?
4. Labour MP Tulip Siddiq was sentenced, in her absence, to how many years in jail for corruption in Bangladesh?
5. The Independent Office for Police Conduct’s report into what incident said that police had been guilty of 'deep complacency', 'fundamental failure' and a 'concerted effort’ to blame others?
6. King Charles hosted the president of which country, on a state visit for the first time in 27 years, at a banquet at Windsor Castle?
7. An inquiry concluded that who was 'morally responsible' for the death of Salisbury mother Dawn Sturgess in 2018?
8. Four people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed, and 11 others were wounded by a gunman, at what gathering in Stockton, California?
9. NHS figures showed that patients in hospital suffering from what had hit a record high in England over the last week?
10. A major incident was declared, 200 houses were evacuated and two Polish nationals were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences in which English city?
11. Thousands of homes were without water, and schools and businesses were forced to close, after South East Water added the wrong chemicals to the tap water supply in and around which town?
12. At its first conference, held in Liverpool, the left-wing political party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana voted to call itself what?
13. Which playwright, who died aged 88, became famous in 1967 for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, won an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love and was knighted in 1997?
14. Which organisation announced with 'sincere regret’ it would no longer offer membership to transgender women?
15. Prada acquired which other fashion brand for just over £1billion?
16. Who was fined £1,653 after admitting driving without due care and attention when her car collided with a moped, injuring the rider, in Richmond, South London?
17. Footballer Billy Bonds, who died aged 79, was the longest-serving player, making 799 appearances, for which football club?
18. What item, decorated with 4,500 diamonds, that once belonged to Russia's imperial family, sold for a record £22.9million in an auction at Christie's in London?
19. Who collapsed live on ITV while presenting England women's friendly against Ghana in Southampton?
20. After it was announced that Israel would take part in next year’s Eurovison which country did NOT say it would withdraw in protest? a) Malta b) the Netherlands c) Spain d) Ireland
21. Which two-word phrase won the title of Oxford University Press's phrase of the year?
22. What animal was Buddy, who escaped from Santa's Enchanted Forest in Formby, Merseyside, prompting armed police, the coastguard and Royal Marines being called in to track him down?
23. The Duke of Sussex appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and made a joke with the punchline: 'Really? I hear you elected a __’. What is the missing word?
24. In the second Ashes Test in Brisbane what did Joe Root do for the first time on Australian soil?
25. Kelly Brook, Aitch and Angry Ginge caused controversy in I’m A Celebrity by eating what instead of sharing them with the camp?
21. Which two-word phrase won the title of Oxford University Press's phrase of the year?
22. What animal was Buddy, who escaped from Santa's Enchanted Forest in Formby, Merseyside, prompting armed police, the coastguard and Royal Marines being called in to track him down?
23. The Duke of Sussex appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and made a joke with the punchline: 'Really? I hear you elected a __’. What is the missing word?
24. In the second Ashes Test in Brisbane what did Joe Root do for the first time on Australian soil?
25. Kelly Brook, Aitch and Angry Ginge caused controversy in I’m A Celebrity by eating what instead of sharing them with the camp?
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