Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann on 23, ahead of Janet Boyle on 21, Robert Rea on 20 and Josh Haining on 18. The top team were the King’s Head drinkers Peter and Stacey, with help from landlord Mick, who scored 22. The Barnard Castle FOC of Bill, Trev, Carole with help from Tim scored 21, Maura and Phil 20, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Our Peter, Jackie, Sarah and Joe 19 and Prague marathon runners Jack and Thom 18. 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. 

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1. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage described England's local election results as a 'truly historic __ in British politics' as his party gained hundreds of seats. What is the missing word?
2. Reform UK won all 12 seats up for election in which North-East town, stripping Labour of its majority and causing MP Jonathan Brash to call for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stand down?
3. Keir Starmer said that who had made it 'absolutely clear' he supported him, following a report in The Times that he had urged the Prime Minister to set out a timetable for departure?

4. Reform UK said it would open migrant detention centres for people awaiting deportation in areas that did what?
5. Green Party leader Zack Polanski said he was wrong to call himself a spokesperson for which organisation when campaigning for the party leadership?
6. What is the name of the cruise ship on which three people died of the rat-borne hantavirus?
7. Three people died after the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship which began its journey on April 1 in which country?
8. The Pentagon announced that the US would withdraw 5,000 troops from which country after its leader said America was being ‘humiliated' by Iran?
9. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said there was what colour 'dome' over the Strait of Hormuz?
10. The Vatican said it had raised the 'need to work tirelessly in favour of peace’ after Pope Leo met who in Rome?

11. A man was charged with using threatening, abusive and insulting words and behaviour after wearing a balaclava and confronting who near his home?

12. Two people died and three, including a child, were injured after a grenade exploded at a house in which city?
13. Jake Hall, who featured in The Only Way Is Essex, was found dead at a villa on which island after smashing into a glass door?

14. Jackie Kirwan, whose daughter died at 33, said that meeting former hairdresser Kim Smith and being able to do what had given her 'huge comfort’?

15. Ted Turner, who died aged 87, was a media mogul who launched which US TV news channel?
16. Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, called for airports to ban what?
17. Amazon became the first retailer in the UK to start what with a limited launch in Darlington, County Durham?
18. Which singer was in an induced coma after emergency surgery in the Algarve, Portugal?
19. Some celebrities boycotted the Met Gala in New York protesting about whose involvement as lead sponsor?
20. What did Martyn Smith, owner of an auto repair garage in Kent, contribute to the Met Gala?
21. A German family won a payout of more than €900 (£850) from their tour operator after they were unable to do what on a holiday in Kos, Greece?
22. Animal rights charity Peta called on Leicestershire County Council to strike what off a list of potential names for Melton Mowbray's new bypass?
23. What did six times world champion Steve Davis say was an 'embarrassment to snooker’ and that referees and the players’ association needed to ensure it never happened again?
24. Which band announced their new album Foreign Tongues, with contributions from Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney and the Cure’s Robert Smith, would be released on July 10?
25. A 90-minute concert is to be held at the Royal Albert Hall tonight (Friday), a Stratford farm released 100 butterflies and a new species of wasp has been named … all to mark what?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Daily Mail trainee Joshua Haining who collected a scratchcard for his impressive 24. Janet Boyle, Tim Humphrey and George Mann all scored 21, Ellen Morris 20, Robert Rea 19 and Ian McCulloch 15. The top team was Phil, Maura, Lou and Joe also with 24. The Barnard Castle FOC with Bill, Carole, Trevor, Our Peter and Jackie scored 19 and the Broad Oak Boozers Thom, Tim and Craig 18. 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.

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1. What is the name of the 31-year-old man who was charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump?
2. The Donald Trump attack was the second time the Washington Hilton hotel has been the scene of an assassination attempt. Who was the other intended victim?
3. The US president and First Lady called for who to be sacked for 'inciting violence' after he called Melania an 'expectant widow’ in a TV comedy sketch?
4. King Charles's address to the US Congress prompted how many standing ovations?
5. King Charles, responding to Donald Trump’s remark that if it wasn’t for the US, European countries would be speaking German, said 'if it wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking __’. What is the missing language?
6. US President Donald Trump said he would remove all tariffs and restrictions on the import of what in honour of King Charles's State Visit?
7. After his four-day State Visit to the US, King Charles flew to which British overseas territory?
8. The UK terror threat was raised from ‘substantial' to what level for the first time since 2021 after two people were stabbed in Golders Green on Wednesday?
9. Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley accused who of spouting 'misinformed' rhetoric for sharing a post claiming two policemen were 'violently kicking’ the man accused of the Golders Green stabbings?
10. How many Labour MPs rebelled against the Government by voting in favour of an investigation into Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his appointment of Peter Mandelson?
11. Police raided three properties and made six arrests in which English town as part of an investigation into allegations of sex offences involving a religious group?
12. What is the name of the company that owns Premier Inn, Beefeater and Brewers Fayre which announced it was to cut about 3,800 jobs in the UK and Ireland?
13. Who has been referred to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner for not declaring a £5million gift from a donor before he became an MP?
14. Which company’s profits more than doubled to £2.4billion between January and March after an ‘exceptional' performance since the beginning of the Iran war?
15. James Holder, 54, found guilty of rape after a trial at Gloucester Crown Court, was the co-founder of which company?
16. Lord George Robertson, ex-Nato secretary general, urged the Government to introduce what for everyone from 16 to 70?
17. Which accessories store closed 154 shops in the UK and Ireland with more than 1,300 staff being notified of redundancy?
18. Who submitted three applications to trademark her voice and likeness, including an image of her wearing a sparkly bodysuit, after fake AI clips?
19. A Banksy statue, erected at night in central London, showed a man in a suit stepping off a plinth and blinded by what?
20. Tributes were paid after the death of Ted, a Patterdale Terrier mix, who found fame on which TV show?
21. London marathon winner Sabastian Sawe, who became the first person to complete a marathon in less than two hours, is from which country?
22. Which football club clinched a return to the English Football League, after a ten-year exile, with an equaliser in the 13th minute of stoppage time?
23. Millie Bright, OBE, who retired from football with immediate effect, won 88 caps for England and made a record 314 appearances for which club?
24. One hundred Italian cooks in London broke the world record for the longest what, using 50,000 ladyfinger biscuits and more than 3,000 eggs?
25. Retired IT analyst Roman Dubowski became the seventh person to win what?

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The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Robert Rea and George Mann with 21, just ahead of Kirsty Stewart and Janet Boyle on 20, Tim Humphrey on 19. and Ian McCulloch on 15. The top team was the Barnard Castle FOC with Carole, Trevor, Bill, Sue, Our Peter and Jackie with an impressive 24. The King’s Head drinkers of Nicky, Les, Stacey and Simon scored 21, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Marc and Claire Beyeler on 19. 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.

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1. Olly Robbins, the former top official at the Foreign Office, told the foreign affairs select committee that Downing Street 'took a __ attitude' to Peter Mandelson’s vetting. What is the missing word?
2. Following talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington, Donald Trump announced that the ten-day ceasefire had been extended by how many weeks?
3. Reports that US President Donald Trump is seeking to punish Nato allies, who failed to back the Iran war, suggested he could withdraw America’s backing for British control of what?
4. US President Donald Trump said who was 'not speaking for the UK' after a call for America to show ‘leadership' on Ukraine?
5. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signed a three-year £662 million agreement with which country that will see at least 50 police officers, with tear gas and rubber bullets, drafted in to tackle hostile crowds?
6. Latest figures showed that inflation had risen to what per cent, largely due to higher fuel prices?
7. Education minister Jacqui Smith said the Government planned to introduce a legal ban on what in schools in England?
8. The Commons and Lords settled on a final draft of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill that will stop people born after what year from smoking?
9. Sean Egan was sacked from his job with which supermarket after 29 years for confronting a shoplifter?
10. Gunman Shamar Elkins killed eight children in Louisiana including how many of his own?
11. Which airline announced it was to cut 20,000 European short-haul flights over the summer, saying fuel prices have made many journeys unprofitable?
12. To mark the late Queen’s 100th birthday, King Charles posted a video saying: 'God bless you __ __, you remain forever in our hearts and prayers.’ What are the two missing words?
13. Stolen medical data from how many NHS patients went up for sale on a Chinese website?
14. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO of which company, a position he has held since 2011?
15. Antonia Eastwood was given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay £5,000 in compensation after admitting doing what at a wedding?
16. Zoologist, author and television presenter, Desmond Morris, who died aged 98, was best known for writing which book, that was published in 1967?
17. Which former BBC Radio 1 DJ and Live Aid presenter died aged 66? 
18. The oldest member of which pop group, that had five UK top ten hits including a Number 1 in the 70s, died aged 76 with his wife and eight children by his side?
19. Music impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed that he was getting help every day for what?
20. Who left the ITV reality show I'm A Celebrity... South Africa after collapsing in the camp, before being diagnosed with cancer?
21. A robot won a half-marathon, running faster than the human world record, in which city?
22. Which former Premier League champions were relegated to football's third tier for only the second time in the club's 142-year history?
23. Which football team sacked their head coach after losing five consecutive matches without scoring for the first time since 1912?
24. The BBC said that 'following extensive consideration’ it had made the difficult decision to 'say goodbye’ to which show after 52 years?
25. The BBC announced that who is to replace Scott Mills as the host of Radio 2's breakfast show?

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Have a crack at this week's newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tim Humphrey on 22, just ahead of George Mann on 21.5, Ian McCulloch on 20.5, Robert Rea on 20 and Chris Matthews on 19. The top team was the Broad Oak Boozers of Rosie, Tim, Thom and Danny with Craig and April calling in from Morocco, who scored 20, just ahead of Trevor and Carole on 19.5, Bill and Sue on 19 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18.5. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

Today's front pages

1. What is the name of the Foreign Office’s top civil servant, who was forced to resign for overruling the vetting process to clear Peter Mandelson to become US ambassador?
2. The International Monetary Fund forecast that the energy shock from the Iran war would hit which of the world's advanced economies the hardest?
3. US President Donald Trump said that an AI image he posted on social media did not portray him as Jesus but depicted him as what?
4. US President Donald Trump criticised one of his closest allies, saying she lacked courage and didn't care if Iran had a nuclear weapon and could blow up her country in two minutes? Which country?
5. While on a tour of Africa, Pope Leo XIV said the world was being 'ravaged by a handful of __’. What is the missing word?
6. The International Energy Agency said that Europe had how many weeks worth of jet fuel left before there were likely to be shortages and flight cancellations?
7. Teenager Axel Rudakubana was able to murder three girls in Southport because of the 'irresponsible and harmful' role of who, according to an inquiry into the atrocity?
8. Which organisation informed staff at a meeting that it was to cut between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs, saving £500million, in the biggest downsizing in 15 years?
9. About 100 people were stranded in which airport after a flight to Manchester left without them because new border control checks caused three-hour queues?
10. Which company was fined £4.2million and ordered to pay more than 80,000 learner drivers for not showing the full price of lessons at the time of booking?
11. At least eight students and one teacher were killed and several others injured after a shooting by a 14-year-old in which country?
12. Children threw missiles at police as hundreds of protesters gathered to demand descriptions of men suspected of gang raping a woman in which town?
13. Which TV presenter is to appear at an employment tribunal after his former co-host brought a case alleging she had faced bullying?
14. Who said she was 'the most trolled person in the entire world' on social media adding: ‘Every day for ten years, I have been bullied and attacked’?
15. A BBC investigation found that law firms were charging thousands of pounds to help migrants to gain asylum in the UK by pretending to be gay or what else?
16. US Vice-President JD Vance insisted he was right to stage a two-day campaign to back the Prime Minister in which country’s elections?
17. Why was 18-year-old Maddie Haining told to leave Club Tropicana in Manchester?
18. Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger, 48, who died after his car was hit by a train, was capped 33 times for which country?
19. New data revealed that which insect is dying out in Britain, with 33 native species fighting an 'increasingly urgent battle' for survival?
20. Which TV presenter thanked people for their good wishes and held up a 'get well soon' card from his hospital bed after suffering a stroke?
21. Who said: 'I can't believe I waited 17 years to get one green jacket and now I get two in a row’?
22. Which is the only English football club left in the Champions League?
23. What is the name of the horse that joined the elite band who have won the Grand National twice?
24. Beauty entrepreneur Karishma Vijay, 28, collected £250,000 by winning what?
25. Which musical dominated the Olivier Awards, winning seven prizes?

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The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 20, ahead of Robert Rea on 17. The top team was the Barnard Castle FOC with Bill, Sue, Trevor, Carole, Our Peter and Jackie who scored a maximum 25. Tim Humphrey and son Robert scored 22, ahead of the Matthews family on 18 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the last seven days, Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

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1. US President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday that a 'whole __ will die tonight' if Iran failed to meet his latest deadline. What is the missing word?
2. The US and Iran finally agreed to a ceasefire of how many weeks?
3. Israel bombed which city, killing at least 250 people, and prompting Iranian officials to warn that Tehran could withdraw from the ceasefire?
4. US special forces launched a 'high-stakes' raid into a remote mountainous region of Iran on Sunday to do what?
5. Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited four Gulf countries this week, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and which other two? Half a point for each.
6. Which country acted as a mediator in organising the ceasefire between the US and Iran?
7. US President Donald Trump praised the relentless bombing of Iran in a speech on the Truman balcony at the White House while standing between his wife Melania and what?
8. A gunman was killed and two others ‘neutralised' in a clash with armed police near the Israeli consulate in which city?
9. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government could have built a ‘few’ hospitals with the money it has cost covering doctors’ strikes in recent years. How much did he say?
10. What was scrapped by the Government meaning around 480,000 families will get an average rise of £4,100 a year?
11. This year's Wireless Festival, scheduled to run for three nights in London in July, was cancelled after the Government blocked which performer from coming to the UK?
12. Why did the crew on Nasa's Artemis II mission lose contact with the Earth for 40 minutes?
13. Millions of graduates are to have the interest on their student loans capped at what per cent from September?
14. The Church of England is planning to issue an apology, saying it is ‘deeply sorry’, for its role in what?
15. Finbar Sullivan, 21, was stabbed to death after a fight broke out at which London beauty spot?
16. Jasveen Sangha, 42, known as the 'Ketamine Queen’ from LA was jailed for 15 years for selling drugs that led to the death of who?
17. More than 1,700 people have joined legal action against which company after becoming ill while on holiday in the Cape Verde islands?
18. Jo Malone said she was 'surprised and very sad' after being sued by which company for more than £200,000 in damages for using her name on fragrances?
19. Enzo Conticello, 29, was jailed for more than two years for stealing a handbag containing what worth up to £2.2million from a Soho pub?
20. What did US first lady Melania Trump say were ‘a mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation’?
21. Which supermarket sacked shop assistant Walker Smith for stopping a shoplifter from taking Lindt Gold Bunny Easter eggs?
22. Royal Mail increased the price of a second class stamp by 4p to 91p and a first class stamp by 10p to how much?
23. What did an Oxford team win for the first time since 2016?
24. Football fan Tony Incenzo completed what 'lifetime ambition’ on Monday after 45 years?
25. It was revealed that singer Taylor Swift and footballer Travis Kelce are gearing up for a summer wedding in New York on what date?

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The Good Friday newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 23, ahead of Tim Humphrey, George Mann and Nick Turner on 22, Robert Rea on 19, Ian McCulloch on 18 and Adam Batstone and Kieran Corcoran on 17. The top team were the King’s Head drinkers featuring Peter, Jack and Franki with 23, ahead of Bill and Sarah on 21, Marc and Claire Beyeler and Our Peter and Jackie both on 20.5, the Broad Oak Boozers of Danny, Thom, Tim and Craig on 20 and Trevor and Carole on 18.5. Happy Easter to all you quizzers. Hope you have a good one. Here is the Good Friday newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s news. Give it a go and let me know your score.

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1. US President Donald Trump said he is ‘absolutely' considering withdrawing the US from what, warning that the matter was 'beyond reconsideration’?
2. US President Donald Trump indicated that he may send troops to seize control of Iran's key oil export terminal on which island in the northern Gulf?
3. At a lunch in Washington US President Donald Trump said that whose wife 'treats him extremely badly’ and that he was 'still recovering from the right to the jaw’?
4. US President Donald Trump posted on social media that 'a beautiful Banquet Dinner at the White House’ would be held on the evening of April 28 in honour of who?
5. What is the name of the American Attorney General who was sacked by President Donald Trump?
6. The BBC said it had sacked presenter Scott Mills after learning the alleged victim in a police investigation was what?
7. Scott Mills signed off by saying 'back tomorrow' but the following day's show was presented by which DJ, who gave no reason for Mills’s absence?
8. How many astronauts are on Artemis II heading to the Moon?
9. The Financial Conduct Authority said millions of car owners were set to receive compensation, after being mis-sold car finance, with an average payment of how much per agreement?
10. Why did Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrap plans for 1,000 extra NHS training places?
11. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage fired the party’s housing spokesman Simon Dudley, after he said regulations brought in after the Grenfell Tower fire were too tough and ‘everyone __ in the end’. What is the missing word?
12. Six teenage girls were arrested after widespread disorder, which police said was caused by a social media trend for swarming the streets, in which London district?
13. Musician Ashley Warren was jailed for how many years after his XL bully dog mauled the mother of his ex-partner, to death at his house in Essex?
14. Funeral director Robert Bush, who gave families the wrong ashes from his parlour in which city, pleaded guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial?
15. A 19th Century Grade II-listed mill was demolished after it was severely damaged by a large fire in which Staffordshire town?
16. Golf legend Tiger Woods was charged with driving under the influence in which US state?
17. Mary Rand, who died aged 86, was the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics when she won what event at the Tokyo Games of 1964?
18. Russian Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, was jailed for assault after who contacted UK police to say he had seen a woman being beaten up on a video call?
19. A storm with what name was set to bring winds of over 90mph and snow blizzards to the North this Easter weekend?
20. A tracker was launched to help consumers find out whether their purchase was one of 413,793 of what items... that were stolen in Italy?
21. An unclaimed lottery ticket, bought in London in October and worth how much, expired at midnight last night (Thursday)?
22. Igor Tudor left his role as Tottenham Hotspur head coach after just 44 days and how many matches?
23. Which country, four-time World Cup winners, failed to qualify for the tournament for a third consecutive time, losing on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina?
24. Which rock guitarist was attacked by a woman in Santa Monica who hurled an unidentified substance at him?
25. Which actor received an honorary doctorate from Ulster University - and recalled how Belfast gave him his ‘breakthrough’?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 20, ahead of George Mann on 18.5 and Tim Humphrey on 15.5. The top team was The Barnard Castle FOC including Bill, Trevor, Carole, Our Peter and Jackie with 17.5 ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 16. The quiz must have been a little tougher with quite a few posting below average scores - a few 14s and a 12 - and not making the leaderboard. 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. 

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1. US President Donald Trump urged Iran to accept a xx-point peace plan, threatening to hit the country harder if it didn’t. What is the missing number?
2. US President Donald Trump said that Iran allowed what to happen as a ‘present' to show it was serious about negotiations to end the war?
3. The spokesperson for Iran's joint military command said on Iranian state TV that US President Donald Trump was negotiating with who?

4. The Government was facing questions after it emerged that the Prime Minister's former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney had what stolen?
5. Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský appeared before MPs on the business select committee and insisted which company’s service had not declined under his ownership?
6. Dax Harkins, chief executive of which institution, stepped down after it emerged it will have to repay hundreds of millions of pounds to its customers over missing savings?
7. The Government named how many sites that could be developed as part of its scheme to deliver a wave of 'new towns' in England?
8. Two men were arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after four what were set on fire in Golders Green, London?
9. How did former nurse Sarah Mullally make history this week?
10. Two pilots were killed when an Air Canada plane collided with what at New York's LaGuardia Airport?
11. A 20-year-old woman was awarded $2.2million after suing which two companies over her childhood addiction to social media? Half a point for each?
12. According to government guidance children under the age of five should be limited to how much screen time a day?
13. Food delivery giant Just Eat and motoring site Autotrader were among five firms being investigated as part of an investigation into what?
14. Jenni Murray, who died aged 75, was the presenter of which BBC Radio 4 weekday show for 33 years?
15. Which Hollywood actor who had black belts in Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Judo and Brazilian jiu jitsu died aged 86?
16. Mel Schilling, who died aged 54, was known for offering relationship advice on which reality TV show?
17. The BBC's new director-general was named as Matt Brittin, 57, who was formerly a managing director and president for which company?
18. Nathan Newby, 35, received the George Medal for his bravery doing what outside St James' Hospital in Leeds in 2023?
19. Who have been given until September 6 to leave the Guides?
20. Great Britain won three gold medals in 28 minutes to make history at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in which country?
21. BBC show The Repair Shop scrapped a segment featuring a joke book belonging to which late comedian after its contents were deemed inappropriate?
22. What animal was eradicated from Rathlin Island, off Northern Ireland, to protect its seabirds?
23. Northern Ireland and Wales will not be heading to the World Cup after being beaten in the play-offs by which two countries? Half a point for each.
24. Which Premier League footballer issued a statement on Tuesday that began: 'Hello everyone. Unfortunately the day has come. This is the first part of my farewell’?
25. Which drama is leading the field at this year's Bafta TV awards with 11 nominations?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 24. The top team, the Barnard Castle FOC with Trev, Carole, OP, Jackie and Bill also scored 24. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 19 and the Waterworks gang 17. Despite some high scores there were some regulars who found it hard and didn’t make the leaderboard, including one (who will remain nameless) who posted a score of nine. Here’s 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. 

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1. When asked by a Japanese reporter why the US did not tell allies about the attack on Iran in advance, US President Donald Trump replied: 'Why didn’t you tell me about __ __?’ What are the two missing words?
2. An Iranian man was arrested after trying to enter the base hosting Britain’s four nuclear-armed submarines on which river?
3. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said households that had been hit by an increase in the price of heating oil, due to the Iran war, would get help from a support package of how many million pounds?
4. Which of these was NOT added to the virtual basket of goods and services used by the Office for National Statistics to monitor the rising cost of living? a) Premium lager in restaurants b) Alcohol-free beer c) Dog grooming d) Hummus
5. Everyone who attended which club in Canterbury from March 5-15 was offered a vaccination following an outbreak of meningitis?
6. Analysis from the Skipton Group Home Affordability Index showed that the average age of first-time buyers in England is now what?
7. Ministers are planning to ban the selling of what, following violent attacks and an attempt to kill the late Queen, and said existing owners will need a licence?
8. Former deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner warned that Government proposals to do what were 'un-British' and a 'breach of trust’?
9. Following an emotionally-charged debate, the Scottish Parliament rejected what by 69 votes to 57?
10. Paedophile Nathan Bennett, who sexually abused five children in his care at a nursery in which city, was jailed for 24 years?
11. The Travelodge hotel chain made 'immediate changes’ to what policy after a hotel guest was sexually assaulted?
12. Former Tory MP and ex-justice minister Crispin Blunt was charged with what and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday?
13. Peter Windsor, 61, from Birmingham was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after stalking which TV and radio personality by posting her an air pistol, handcuffs, a police uniform and disturbing letters?
14. Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams told a court that wearing what did not prove he was a member of the IRA?

15. More than 70 people died after heavy rain caused widespread flooding in which African country?

16. What was the name of the London Burning actor who died in prison two months after he was jailed for sexually assaulting two teenage girls?
17. Len Deighton, who died aged 97, wrote which spy novel that was turned into a Bafta-winning film starring Michael Caine in 1962 and was re-made as an ITV series four years ago?
18. Who criticised people who failed to intervene when they saw a crime and said she would tackle a shoplifter ‘as long as they weren’t too big’?
19. How many medals did Team GB win at the winter paralympics - their worst performance since Vancouver in 2010?
20. Which football club was fined a record £10million and given a suspended transfer ban after admitting making £47million in secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties?
21. France won the Six Nations rugby championship but which countries were the bottom two with only one victory each? Half a point for each.
22. The Confederation of African Football awarded Morocco a win of what score in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final after stripping Senegal of the title?

23. The King launched the world's longest coastal walking route - the King Charles III England Coast Path - which is how many miles long?
24. Who jumped on the rear saddle of DJ Greg James’s tandem for 30 minutes through South Yorkshire, telling him he had already raised more than £1million for Comic Relief?

25. Which film dominated this year's Oscars, scoring six wins including best picture?

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Last week's newsquiz, dominated of course by questions about the Iran conflict, proved to be a tough one with scores below average and quite a few regulars not making the leaderboard. The top solo scorers were George Mann and Robert Rea 21, ahead of Janet Boyle on 20 and Tim Humphrey on 16. The top team were the Barnard Castle FOC with Bill, OP, Jackie, Trev and Carole on 21, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18 and the Broad Oak Boozers of Danny, Thom, Craig and special guest Isla on 15. Here’s 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. US President Donald Trump accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after’ what?
2. Merchant ships were hit by missiles in which strait after Iran said it would not allow even 'one litre of oil' to leave the region?
3. The FBI warned which state, that contains the highest proportion of Iranian dissidents in America, of a potential drone attack?
4. Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named as Iran's new supreme leader, was what relation to his predecessor, who was killed on the first day of the war?
5. A 60-year-old British man was one of 21 people charged under cyber-crime laws in Dubai after allegedly doing what?
6. Five of the Iranian women's football team were granted humanitarian visas in Australia after fears for their safety at home because they had declined to do what?
7. Which UK politician failed to meet with Donald Trump despite flying to Florida to dine at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort?
8. Lord Peter Mandelson was handed a taxpayer-funded payout of how much to terminate his contract as the UK’s ambassador to the US?
9. Despite ten Labour MPs voting against and 90 not recording a vote, a Bill to change what in England and Wales progressed to the next stage?
10. The House of Lords passed a Bill that means what will be abolished, finally ending a centuries-old system?
11. MPs voted 307 to 173 against a Lords proposal to ban what and instead supported 'more flexible restrictions’?
12. A convicted bomber told the High Court that former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was a senior figure in which organisation?
13. The main train station at Glasgow Central was closed following a huge fire that started in what type of shop?
14. The 27-year-old daughter of Soham killer Ian Huntley suggested that what should be done to his ashes?
15. Pupils at a secondary school near which city were told to hide under desks, after a teenage girl was stabbed?
16. Mother-of-ten Amanda Wixon, who held a woman captive as a slave inside her home in Tewkesbury for 25 years, was jailed for how many years?
17. Today (Friday) marks how many years of the school shooting in Dunblane in which a teacher and 16 children were killed?

18. Who was remanded in custody charged with an assault, which could result in a man losing sight in one eye, after a fight broke out in a Merseyside golf club?
19. Who failed to land a £1.5million deal with US publishing houses for her tell-all memoir?
20. Animal charities complained after the winner of Crufts best in show was found to have been convicted of what?

21. The Bank of England said that images of what were to replace the famous faces traditionally used on banknotes?
22. In the Six Nations, England’s rugby team lost for the first time ever to which country?
23. Britain’s Sky Brown, 17, celebrated in Brazil by becoming world champion in which sport for the second time?
24. A record number of red cards were given to how many players after a mass brawl broke out between Brazilian clubs Cruzeiro and Atletico Mineiro in the Campeonato Mineiro final?
25. Actor Timothée Chalamet triggered a backlash after he dismissed what as art forms that audiences do not care about?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with a score of 24, just ahead of Janet Boyle on 23. Robert Rea, Nick Turner, Phil Lambell and Ian McCulloch all scored 20. The top team was Tim Humphrey and son Robert with 23, ahead of the Maida Vale party gang of Trev, Carole, Bill, Our Peter and Jackie and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe both on 22. The Broad Oak Boozers of Danny, Tim and Craig scored 18. 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. The US-Israel attack on Iran was called Operation __ __ by the White House. What are the two missing words?
2. Three US fighter jets were mistakenly shot down over which country in an apparent 'friendly fire’ mistake?
3. US President Donald Trump attacked Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s ‘unco-operative’ stance over the attack on Iraq, saying that America was not dealing with who?
4. In a statement to Parliament, Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended not allowing UK bases to be used for the initial attacks on Iran, adding: 'This Government does not believe in regime change from the __’. What is the missing word?
5. US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that the attack on Iran was without the help of 'traditional allies' who were wringing their hands and clutching their what?
6. A ​drone strike caused a fire to break out in the ​US consulate ​where?
7. What is the name of the Royal Navy warship - a Type 45 Destroyer - which is to be deployed to bolster security around Cyprus next week?
8. A US submarine sank an Iranian warship, killing at least 87 sailors, off the south coast of which country?
9. Defence Secretary John Healey flew to Cyprus after a drone hit which RAF airbase?
10. In her Spring Statement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that by the next election, after accounting for inflation, people are forecast to be how much better off a year?
11. After the Gorton and Denton by-election, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage reported allegations of cheating, known as __ voting, to the police. What is the missing word?
12. Whose basic salary is to rise by 5 per cent to £98,599 a year from April, with a salary of around £110,000 predicted by 2029?
13. Why did Labour MP Joani Reid voluntarily step down from the party?
14. Under a trial scheme, announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, families of failed asylum seekers will be offered cash - up to a maximum of how much - to leave the UK?
15. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a ban on study visas for people from four countries who had ‘abused' the UK's generosity. They were Cameroon, Myanmar and which other two? Half a point for each.
16. Around 40 MPs came under fire for ‘inappropriate behaviour’ for doing what in Portcullis House, Westminster, on Wednesday morning?
17. Scotland became the first part of the UK to legalise what - described as a 'historic moment' which will give families 'a gentler and less environmentally impactful alternative’?
18. Mustafa Kokoneh, 23, appeared in court charged with attempting to murder two people and assaulting two others, during an attack in a supermarket in which UK city?
19. US company Tileray Brands, which produces medicinal cannabis and craft beer, acquired which Scottish business for £33million after it fell into administration, putting 500 jobs at risk?
20. What was the name of the songwriter, who wrote 1,000 songs, including UK top ten hits Oh Carol and Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen, who died aged 86?
21. Why are 11 countries, including the UK, threatening to boycott the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics tonight (Friday)?
22. Which singer was arrested in California under suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs?
23. Who hit back on Instagram over comments about her appearance at the Brit Awards, calling them ‘a special kind of cruelty’?
24. Who was the biggest winner at the Brits, picking up four awards - Best British Artist, Best Pop Act, Best Album and Song of the Year? 
25. Musician and Britain’s Got Talent judge KSI bought a minority stake in which football team and said he wanted to take the sixth-tier club to the Premier League?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Janet Boyle and Tim Humphrey on 23, just ahead of George Mann on 22, Nick Turner on 21, Robert Rea on 20 and Sue Campbell on 18. The top team was Our Peter and Jackie with 21, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 19, Bill and Sarah and Trevor and Carole on 18 and the Broad Oak Boozers and Sarah and Joe on 15. 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. Hannah Spencer won the Gorton and Denton by-election meaning the Green Party now has how many MPs?
2. Hannah Spencer, the new MP for Gorton and Denton, has worked as what since she left education at 16?
3. Eight parties lost their deposits in the Gorton and Denton by-election as they won fewer than 2 per cent of the votes? Name any two of them. Half a point for each.
4. Police said they arrested former US ambassador Lord Mandelson, fearing he was a 'flight risk’ and was planning to flee to where?
5. Who passed information on to the police suggesting Lord Mandelson could be a flight risk, saying he acted ‘in good faith’?
6. Which country’s prime minister wrote to Keir Starmer to say his government would back plans to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of royal succession?
7. In the Commons who did trade minister Chris Bryant say was 'a rude, arrogant and entitled man’ and Lib Dem MP Monica Harding say was 'arrogant and not on top of his brief’?
8. Who appeared at the US House Oversight Committee in New York, calling it a 'partisan political theatre’, and denying that she knew Jeffrey Epstein?
9. Regulator Ofgem announced a drop in the price cap meaning the typical household energy bills would fall by what per cent in April?
10. US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Speech was the longest in history. How long did it last? a) one hour and three minutes b) one hour and 22 minutes c) one hour and 35 minutes d) one hour and 47 minutes?
11. Who was treated for serious head injuries after being attacked by an inmate in a prison workshop at HMP Frankland in County Durham?
12. Jersey became the second part of the British Isles, after the Isle of Man, to allow what?
13. A 38-year-old man was arrested after whose statue in Parliament Square, Westminster, was defaced with 'Zionist war criminal' and other graffiti? 
14. The Right Reverend Stephen Conway, the Bishop of which English city, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault?
15. Who did Queen Camilla tell that she read her memoir in two days and that it had left her speechless?
16. Austin Tucker Martin, 21, was shot dead by Secret Service agents after trying to enter which US property?
17. Which technology and online grocery group announced it was planning to lose 1,000 jobs, most of them in the UK, in a drive to cut costs by £150million?
18. Mexico deployed 9,500 soldiers after a wave of violence erupted following the death of a drug lord known by what name?
19. Supermarkets and police forces said that what product was being stolen to order and was now being locked away in plastic boxes in many UK shops?
20. Waitrose announced it will stop selling what over sustainability concerns?
21. A baby boy named Hugo, delivered at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea hospital in London, was the first child to be born in the UK to a mother with what?
22. The BBC said it was investigating after failing to cut a racial slur shouted by John Davidson, who has what condition, from its BAFTAs broadcast?
23. Asked if he had watched which film, Prince William said: 'I need to be in quite a calm state and I am not at the moment. I will save it’?
24. Who was greeted with twirling towels and a guard of honour on his first visit to Swansea City FC for the Championship game against Preston?
25. Team GB celebrated their most successful Winter Olympics ever, winning how many gold medals?

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Test yourself with the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 23, just ahead of Janet Boyle on 22.5, Robert Rea on 22, Tim Humphrey on 20, Phil Lambell and Nick Turner on 19, Rory Benson on 17 and Gabriel Millard-Clothier on 16.5. The top team was the King’s Head drinkers of Peter, Stacey, Nicky, Les and Heather who got an impressive maximum of 25. The Barnard Castle FOC of Trevor, Carole, Sarah, Peter, Jackie and Bill scored 23, Andy Cave and Paula Gill 22, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 20 and the Tillingham trio of Thom, Tim and Craig 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.

The photos of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaving police custody, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble, was used on just about all of today's front pages

1. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in __ __. What are the two missing words?
2. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk on his birthday. How old is he?
3. Who said of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest: 'I think it’s a shame. I think it’s very sad. I think it’s so bad for the royal family. It’s very, very sad. To me, it’s a very sad thing’?
4. As her brother was in a prison cell yesterday, what was the Princess Royal visiting in Leeds in her role as patron of the charity, the Butler Trust?
5. The former chief executive of which political party had his court case, on a charge of embezzling £459,000, postponed until after elections were held?
6. Inflation fell to what per cent in January, the lowest level since March 2025?
7. Just over 16 per cent of UK youngsters between 16 and 24 are now what - the highest number in more than ten years?
8. In the latest Government U-turn, plans to delay elections across how many local authorities were ditched, leaving councils facing a 'race against time' to arrange them by May?
9. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appointed Dame Antonia Romeo as the first woman to hold what position?
10. Reform UK announced that Robert Jenrick would take which Cabinet role if the party wins the next General Election?
11. Who marked 15 years as a resident of 10 Downing Street, having served six prime ministers?
12. British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman were sentenced to ten years for espionage in which country?
13. Who did Donald Trump describe as a force of nature, Barack Obama say was a true giant and Joe Biden call ‘a man of God and the people’?
14. Data revealed that NHS hospitals had performed which procedure 56,143 times on children in the last year, marking a 14 per cent rise from the previous year?

15. Quentin Griffiths, the co-founder of which online fashion company, died after falling from a high-rise apartment block in Thailand?
16. At Woolwich Crown Court two teenagers were found guilty of manslaughter after luring a man they thought was a paedophile to a beach on which island?
17. Which actor, who received seven Oscar nominations and eight for the Golden Globes in his career, died aged 95?
18. At least 86 people including four Britons have been killed in avalanches in Europe this ski season with most of them being in which country?
19. Alfie Phillips, nine, from Northampton, became the first person in the UK to have pioneering surgery that did what?
20. Eric Dane, who died aged 53, became famous for playing heart-throb Dr Mark ‘McSteamy’ Sloan in which long-running American medical drama?
21. Why was the Real Madrid v Benfica Champions League game stopped for 11 minutes?
22. Pubs in England and Wales will be able to stay open until 2am if what happens this summer?
23. Who became the first British athlete to win two golds at the same Winter Olympics?
24. At the Winter Olympics, athletes in the women's team sprint cross country were joined by what at the finishing line?
25. What is the name of the solo artist who will be representing the UK at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May?

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Daily Mail looking for trainee journalists

The Daily Mail is looking for the next wave of trainee journalists. Details of the course for reporters and sub-editors who will start in August and September have been posted on Hold The Front Page, Journo Resources and LinkedIn today. Here is a link. The scheme is in its 23rd year, having started in 2003. It was initially for sub-editors only and run by the Press Association at its Manor House in Howden. In 2008  the scheme was rolled out for print reporters and Sue Ryan, a former managing editor at the Daily Telegraph, was brought in to recruit and manage it. It then came in-house and was run at Northcliffe House. The MailOnline scheme began in London in 2013 and was launched in New York and Sydney two years later. There have been 70 courses since it began. Nine courses have been run for New York trainees, two of which were held in London, four were held in Sydney and 57 in London. Some graduates have inevitably moved on and are editors, broadcasters and well-known writers for other outlets. But many of those who started on the scheme hold senior positions at the Mail. In London these include the UK editor (digital), the global editorial director, the Mail+ editor, head of sport, digital head of sport, head of newsletters, associate chief sub, Whitehall editor, head of travel and property, executive science editor, political correspondent, the recently appointed influencer correspondent and many others subs and reporters. In New York office, the executive editor, Mail+ editor, deputy head of news, lifestyle editor, assistant sports editors and many others are former trainees. The 16 youngsters who were recruited last year mean that there have now been 548 trainees who have passed through the scheme. I have delivered the training since it began and enjoyed every minute, meeting amazing people and watching brilliant careers grow. The Mail’s management, editors, journalists, admin staff and IT team have been a huge support along the way. A big thanks to them all … there are too many to mention but they know who they are. This year's reporting course starts on August 24 for three weeks and the subbing course on September 28 for four weeks, as it covers layout, design and training in InDesign and Photoshop. Get your application in and I might see you later in the year. 

It's time for the newsquiz ...

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann on 21, ahead of Robert Rea and Marion Fountayne on 20. The top team was the King’s Head drinkers of Peter, Stacey and Danny with 21, ahead of the Barnard Castle FOC with Peter, Jackie, Trev, Carole, Bill and Ron on 19. The Kaprun skiers of Thom, Rosie, Jack and Tim scored 18 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with Spanish holiday pals David and Dawn scored 15. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. What is the name of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff who quit over his role in Lord Mandelson's appointment as ambassador to the US?
2. Tim Allan left as Downing Street’s director of what after five months, ‘to allow a new No 10 team to be built’?
3. Anas Sarwar became the most senior Labour Party figure to call for Keir Starmer to quit as Prime Minister, saying there had been 'too many mistakes’. What is Sarwar’s position?
4. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would 'never walk away from the __ that I love' after brushing off speculation about his leadership? What is the missing word?
5. Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe said he was sorry that his 'choice of language had offended some people’ after saying the UK was being what?
6. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson said the aim of long-awaited government guidance on what was meant to provide pragmatic advice and not make the issue a 'political football’?
7. New Government proposals urged what to be banned in cars carrying children?

8. What did US President Donald Trump describe as 'an affront to the Greatness of America’?
9. US President Donald Trump announced ‘the largest deregulation in American history’ by reversing an Obama-era scientific ruling that claimed what was a danger to public health?
10. According to the latest release from the Epstein files, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was accused of sharing confidential information with the sex offender while holding what role in 2010 and 2011?
11. Which group won a legal challenge in the High Court against the ruling to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws?
12. How old was the boy charged with two counts of attempted murder, following stabbings at Kingsbury High School in Brent?
13. Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, was named as the suspect in an attack that killed eight people and injured dozens more in which country’s worst mass shooting for decades?
14. Former nursery worker Vincent Chan was jailed for how many years after pleading guilty to 56 sexual offices including filming himself abusing children in his care?
15. Stocks jumped to a record high following a landslide election victory by the first woman prime minister of which country?
16. Actor James Van Der Beek, who died aged 48, was best known for his starring role in which US teen drama?

17. The vegan drink brand Oatly lost a Supreme Court case and can no longer use what word to describe its drinks?
18. People who have a couple of teas or coffees a day have a lower risk of what, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association?
19. In which UK city was the sun seen for the first time in 21 days yesterday (Thursday) - ending the longest sunless period since Met Office records began?
20. Why was Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych banned from competing at the Winter Olympics?
21. What is the name of the American skier who had surgery on a broken leg after a crash at the Winter Olympics on Sunday?
22. After winning a bronze medal, Norwegian Olympian Sturla Holm Laegreid confessed in a live television interview to what?
23. Two Premier League managers were sacked on Wednesday by which clubs? Half a point for each.
24. Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with West Ham meant supporter Frank Ilett’s 500-day wait for what will have to continue?
25. After quitting Strictly Come Dancing Claudia Winkleman is to join the Channel 4 presenting team for which four-day event in March?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solos scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Tim Humphrey, George Mann and Tim (still totally unremarkable) with 23. Janet Boyle scored 22 and Robert Rea 20. The top team was the FOC of Bill, Our Peter, Jackie, Trev, Carole and Steve with 21. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 19 and the Broad Oak Boozers on tour, Danny, Thom, Rosie, Anna and Dale, scored 18. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. Apologising for appointing Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US, Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledged Mandelson knew sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but added: ‘None of us knew the depth and the __ of that relationship.’ What is the missing word.
2. An email believed to be sent by then Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2010 said: 'Finally got him to go today …’ Who was it referring to?

3. An email thread from 2010 showed Jeffrey Epstein offering to introduce the then Prince Andrew to a 26-year-old woman who was 'clevere [sic] beautiful, trustworthy’ and from which country?
4. After the latest Epstein revelations, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen doing what near Royal Lodge on Monday before moving out?
5. What announced that it was closing 'for the foreseeable future' after revelations emerged about Sarah Ferguson’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein?

6. Prince Edward said it was 'really important' to remember the victims after being asked about the fallout from the Epstein files while giving a speech at the World Governments Summit in which city?

7. What is the name of the Grammys host who was threatened with legal action by Donald Trump for making a joke about the president’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein?
8. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced she had ended 'the wasteful use’ of what by asylum seekers?
9. MPs were told that restoring what crumbling building could cost more than £39billion and take between 38 and 61 years?
10. Serial killer Steven Wright, who was charged with murdering a 17-year-old girl more than 25 years ago, is serving a life sentence for killing five women in and around which town?
11. An inquiry found that the deaths of how many people, who drowned while attempting to cross the English Channel in 2021, could have been avoided?
12. Which country announced plans to ban social media for children under 16, with its prime minister saying: 'We will protect them from the digital Wild West’?
13. The deaths of four British tourists, within months of contracting stomach bugs, raised questions about the safety of visiting which island?
14. American broadcast journalist Savannah Guthrie, the co-anchor of NBC News, published a video statement calling for what?
15. William Stevenson, the former husband of which prominent American, was charged with murdering his wife in Delaware?
16. A Russian ship's captain was jailed for how many years after crashing into a US tanker in the North Sea, killing one crew member?
17. The French offices of which company were raided by the cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography?
18. What is the name of the former UK snooker champion and BBC commentator who died aged 79?
19. US heavyweight boxer Jarrell Miller won his fight at Madison Square Garden in New York but lost what?
20. Ninety-one-year-old Peter Quinney from Wiltshire won two gold medals at a competition for the over-40s in what sport?
21. Tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, 22, won the Australian Open final to become the youngest man to complete what?
22. The 25th Winter Olympics kicked off this week, with almost 3,000 athletes from 90 countries, and an opening ceremony in which city?
23. After this week’s semi-finals which two teams will meet in the Carabao Cup Final in March? Half a point for each.
24. Who announced on Loose Women that she had married for the fifth time … at the age of 79?
25. Which British singer won the Grammy Award for best new artist?

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