Friday, 5 June 2026

Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in this week’s newsquiz was George Mann on 22, ahead of Nick Turner on 20, Robert Rea on 19, Ian McCulloch on 18 and Josh Haining on 17. The top teams were the Barnard Castle FOC with Trevor, Carole, Bill and Lisa and Phil, Maura, Alexandra, Libby Will and Tom who both scored 23. Sue and Sarah Campbell scored 22, the Broad Oak Boozers of Danny, Thom, Tim and Craig 20, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 19, the Port Camargue bon-viveurs of Nigel, Jenny, Stephen and Julie also 19 and Our Peter, Jackie, Joe and Sarah 18.5. 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.

Today's front pages

1. Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life for stabbing student Henry Nowak, 18, with a large blade he claimed to carry for what reason?
2. Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused who of interfering in British politics and of 'trying to whip up division' over the murder of Henry Nowak?
3. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage cited anti-racism guidance and claimed that the death of student Henry Nowak was the result of __ __ policing. What are the two missing words?
4. Eleven officers and a police dog were injured during riots over Henry Nowak’s murder in which city?
5. On BBC’s Question Time, outgoing Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said: 'I think Wes Streeting seems to have launched a __ __, so if that is running I would seek to join it.’ What are the missing two words?
6. What did the Government publish on Monday, saying it was 'an unprecedented piece of government transparency’? 
7. The National Audit Office revealed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received income from 
sub-letting how many cottages on the Royal Lodge estate?
8. The Environmental Services Association called for a deposit of up to £5 to be charged on what to encourage people to dispose of them properly?
9. A review by Government adviser Lord Mann recommended that NHS staff should be barred from wearing what?
10. Who held back tears and told the BBC she was 'serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit'?
11. How was Lieutenant
 Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, Britain’s only serving female naval commando, killed?
12. Why did US President Donald Trump call the House of Representatives ‘unpatriotic’?
13. At a ceremony at the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump showed a chart which compared what to different skyscrapers?
14. Kanya King, who died aged 57, known as a ‘visionary' who 'changed the face of culture and music’,  founded and funded which awards in 1996? 
15. A 21-year-old man was charged with attempted murder after a member of the safety staff at the University of Surrey in Guildford was attacked with what?
16. Sainsbury’s announced it was scrapping what from its shelves in a bid to hit net-zero targets?
17. Polish-born Marion Kozak, who survived the Holocaust and became a human rights activist, died aged 91. Who are her sons?
18. A 52-year-old guide believed to have died a week ago was found where, days after his funeral rites had begun?
19. Which former England footballer was arrested on suspicion of drug-driving after he allegedly crashed his car into barriers on the M3 in Hampshire?
20. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage accused the BBC of being biased after claims he had been ‘banned' from appearing on what show?
21. Arsenal lost the Champions League final in Budapest as they missed how many penalties in the shoot-out against Paris St Germain?
22. Who was appointed as the new Liverpool FC head coach after the sacking of Arne Slot?
23. Why did actress Rosamund Pike call out an audience member during her performance in the West End play Inter Alia? 
24. The Hawkstone Farmers’ Choir, which won Britain's Got Talent, was initially set up by which TV presenter?
25. Who wore a wide-brimmed white hat when she married Hollywood actor Callum Turner at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London?

Answers here