The newsquiz - 25 questions about the week

The top solo score in last week’s newsquiz was Tom Savage with 18, narrowly ahead of Gavin Devine on 17.5. The top teams was the Roberts Family with 19.5, followed by Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 15. It was clearly trickier for most people though with newsquizzers, who usually record high scores, struggling to get more than 13. Here’s this week’s quiz - as usual there are 25 questions about the last seven days. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Selection of today's front pages

1. Tory leadership favourite Boris Johnson brandished what at the lectern during the final Tory leadership hustings in London this week?

2. Why was outgoing PM Theresa May disappointed by Cabinet ministers Philip Hammond, David Gauke, Rory Stewart and Greg Clark?
3. In her final major speech as Prime Minister, Theresa May said: 'This descent of our debate into rancour and ____ bitterness, and in some cases even vile abuse at a criminal level, is corrosive to the democratic values which we should all be seeking to uphold.’ What is the missing word?
4. Labour’s shadow Brexit minister Dianne Hayter was sacked after she likened the Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership to the last days of who?
5. More than 60 Labour peers put their names to an advert in which newspaper accusing Jeremy Corbyn of failing to tackle anti-Semitism?
6. Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, told the Durham Miners' Gala: 'I have a simple message for ____ ____ and his pals in the media: You should fucking well be ashamed of yourselves.’ Who was the message aimed at?
7. Who won the support of 383 MEPs to become the European Commission’s president, replacing Jean-Claude Juncker when he steps down on October 31?
8. In a series of Tweets US President Donald Trump suggested that ‘progressive’ Democratic congresswomen should go where?
9. Hashem Abedi, the brother of Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi, appeared in court in London after being extradited from which country?
10. Who bowled England’s super over against New Zealand which gave the team their first ever Cricket World Cup title?
11. The Government is to launch a review after it was revealed that 47 local authorities in the UK have started charging householders for what service?
12. Chloe Haines, whose alleged 'aggressive, abusive and dangerous’ behaviour on a flight to Turkey resulted in two RAF jets escorting the plane back to Stansted, was sent a bill for how much by Jet2
13. How many times has Novak Djokovic, who beat Roger Federer on Sunday, won the Wimbledon men’s title?
14. TV presenter and YouTuber Emily Hartridge was killed in a crash in Battersea, London, while riding what?
15. At least 33 people were killed and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack at an animation studio in which city?
16. Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was sentenced to life in prison plus how many years?
17. Which record-breaking Briton said: 'It is the greatest single moment of any athlete in the world to wave their flag as the number one or with gold or whatever it may be in their home country’?
18. Govia Thameslink Railway was fined £1million for health and safety breaches after a man died doing what?
19. Seventeen people were injured during a 'car cruise' event in which town?

20. One of 74 measures included in the Government's Road Safety Action Plan is to restrict new drivers from doing what?

21. A man in his 20s was arrested in Claverham, Somerset, after reports he had jumped out on a women while he was wearing what?
22. Why were two-year-old twins Safa and Marwa Ullah in the headlines?
23. Whose face will feature on the new design of the £50 note from 2021?

24. The licensing body PPL, which tracks all the music played on radio and television in the UK, revealed that what song was the most-played song on UK radio stations in the 21st century?
25. The US Postal Service will issue two 'forever stamps’ tomorrow (Saturday) to celebrate what event?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

There were some strong scores in last week's newsquiz. Top solo spot went to Tom Savage and Mark Perkins who both scored 20, ahead of Janet Boyle, Andy Reed and Andy Drinkwater on 18 and Gavin Devine on 17.5. The top teams were The Roberts Family and The Penmans both with 19. The Roberts would have scored a record-equalling 23 if Jon Roberts hadn't overruled his youngest child four times! A lesson learned. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

Today's front pages

1. Memos by Sir Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to the US, giving a candid assessment of Donald Trump’s administration were leaked to which British newspaper?
2. One of Sir Kim Darroch’s memos said: ’As seen from here, we really don’t believe that this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional, less unpredictable, less faction-riven, less diplomatically ____ and ____’. What are the two missing words? Half a point for each.
3. The Tory leadership debate was held in front of a studio audience in which city on Tuesday night?
4. In the televised Tory leadership debate Jeremy Hunt said his rival Boris Johnson was 'minimising the risk of a no-deal Brexit’ and peddling what?
5. What did Boris Johnson say, in the televised Tory leadership debate, was the quality he most admired about Jeremy Hunt?

6. MPs voted to permit what by 383 votes to 73?

7. What did Lord Triesman, Ara Darzi and Leslie Turnberg all do this week?
8. Six tourists were killed and at least 30 other people injured when gale-force winds, heavy rain and hailstorms hit which European country?
9. What was the name of the British oil tanker that was intercepted by Iranian boats in the Gulf - before they were chased off by a Royal Navy ship?

10. Broadcaster Sir David Attenborough told the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee that to do what 'is an insult'?
11. Johanna Konta, after her defeat by Barbora Strycova in the Wimbledon singles quarter-final, asked a reporter to not do what to her?
12. Denise Nickerson, who died aged 62, was best known for playing which character in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?
13. Who won the Women's World Cup Golden Boot, for being top scorer, and the Golden Ball, awarded to the tournament's top player?
14. How long was the jail sentence given to former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson after he was found guilty of contempt of court at the Old Bailey?
15. Who was arrested when his private plane landed in New York and was then charged with running 'a vast network' of underage girls for sex?
16. The Information Commissioner’s Office used new powers for the first time to punish which two companies, with fines totalling almost £300million, for breaking laws protecting consumers’ data? Half a point for each.
17. An American toddler fell to her death from the deck of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in which island?
18. What is the name of the Texan billionaire who twice ran for US president as an independent and who died age 89 this week?

19. Egypt said it will instruct a law firm in the UK to file a civil suit over the sale of what artefact that was bought for £4.7million at Christie's auction house in London?
20. Why was 51-year-old mother Rachel Bailey of Dorking fined £120?

21. The Queen declared this week that she was still ‘perfectly capable’ of doing what?
22. England reached the Cricket World Cup final against New Zealand on Sunday by beating Australia by how many wickets?

23. What was described by an All England Club source as ‘a nightmare’, by media consultant Sally Jones as 'silly control freakery’ and by actress Tatum O’Neal as ‘tacky’?

24. Cressida Cowell, author and illustrator of How to Train Your Dragon, was appointed to which role?
25. Who played a DJ set for the Love Island contestants at their own Ministry of Sound party on Sunday?

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Have a crack at this week's newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week's newsquiz were Toby Brown and Gavin Devine who both notched up 19, just ahead of Liz Gerard and Janet Boyle who scored 18. The best team was the Roberts family on 20, ahead of the Penmans and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe who scored 18. Here's this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

A selection of today's front pages

1. What did Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt describe as 'part of our heritage’, adding 'I'm happy for people to do it’?
2. Tory leadership candidate Boris Johnson said that: 'A new tax on ____ seems to me to clobber those who can least afford it.’ What is the missing word?
3. Which Tory grandee said he would not be voting for Boris Johnson because 'do and then die' could very easily be the outcome’?
4. Brexit party MEPs turned their backs while the EU anthem played at the opening of the European Parliament. The anthem is an instrumental arrangement from the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony known as what?
5. In her maiden speech to the European Parliament, Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdicombe mentioned three types of oppressed groups who had turned on their oppressors. Slaves against their owners was one. Name the other two oppressed groups. Half a point for each. 
6. In a row over Hong Kong, Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt 'seems to be fantasizing in the faded glory of ___ ___ and obsessed with the bad habit of criticising and lecturing on other countries’ affairs condescendingly’. What are the two missing words?
7. The Cabinet Office said it was to investigate briefings given by civil servants to The Times that said Jeremy Corbyn was too ____ to be PM. What is the missing word?
8. Ursula von der Leyen became the first woman to be nominated for what position?
9. Which company announced it could close 700 high street shops, putting 4,500 jobs at risk, blaming Government legislation that came into force in April?
10. At least one person was killed when a volcano erupted on which European island?
11. US footballer Alex Morgan, the scorer of the goal that put the Lionesses out of the World Cup, caused a stir by celebrating by pretending to do what?
12. A man was killed when he fell into a London garden from a plane heading to Heathrow from which city?
13. What was the name of the baby boy who was delivered by emergency services - after his mother, 26-year-old Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, was stabbed to death in London - but died days later?
14. What attracted the highest peak television audience of the year so far in the UK with 11.7 million viewers this week?
15. An anti-aircraft missile fired from Syria exploded in which country after missing its intended target?
16. How were 64-year-old Gareth Delbridge and 58-year-old Michael Lewis killed?
17. What is the name of the 15-year-old who beat five-time champion Venus Williams on the opening day of Wimbledon?

18. Which company announced it was to 'create a powerhouse of electrification in the Midlands’?

19. Members of a gang behind the biggest modern-day slavery network in the UK were jailed after Birmingham Crown Court heard they recruited more than 400 victims from which country?

20. Grieving father Lloyd Jones was denied permission by Disney to put whose image on the grave of his four-year-old son, Ollie, in Maidstone?

21. Who became the first-ever English cricketer to score two back-to-back hundreds in world cup history?

22. What did the Duke and Duchess of Sussex say 'will remain private’ following the Christening of their son Archie on Saturday?

23. How old was racing journalist and broadcaster John McCririck who died this week?
24. Which singer was denied entry to Iran, the last country she had to visit as part of a five-year, 200-stop 'total world tour’?
25. Alex Mann, 15, went viral after he was called up on stage by rapper Dave at Glastonbury to perform a track dedicated to which footballer?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

Going by the results it was a tougher newsquiz than average last week. The top solo scorer was Janet Boyle with 17. Toby Brown scored 16 and Liz Gerard 15. The top team was The Penmans with 18 followed by Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 15. It might be a little easier this week (although it is always hard to judge). Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Today's front pages

1. In an interview with talkRadio, Tory leadership candidate Boris Johnson said: 'We are getting ready to come out on 31 October. Come what may. ___ ___ ___. Come what may.’ What are the three missing word?

2. What did Tory leader contender Boris Johnson say he made out of wooden crates to relax?

3. What word, which was censored by the BBC, did Tory leadership contender Boris Johnson use to describe the French while being filmed for a documentary?

4. Tory leadership contender Boris Johnson said it wasn't 'a state secret’ but he refused to comment on how old it was? What was he referring to?

5. In a Twitter Q&A Tory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt said he wanted to: 'Deliver a Brexit that works for the 48 per cent not just the 52 per cent – a positive open and internationalist Brexit. Great Britain, not ___ ___’. What are the two missing words?

6. What did Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg describe as ‘pious’ and ‘hypocritical lefties’? 

7. Former deputy prime minister John Prescott was admitted to Hull Royal Infirmary after suffering what?

8. Cory Booker, Beto O’Rourke, Amy Klobuchar, Tulsi Gabbard and Jay Inslee were among the ten people who took part in what this week?

9. A shocking picture was used worldwide of the bodies of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria, lying face down in shallow water in which river?

10. Sir Jonathan Ive announced he was leaving which company, where he had been lead designer for more than two decades, to set up his own venture called LoveFrom?
11. There were searches held all week for 22-year-old holiday-camp worker Rosie Johnson who went missing where on Sunday evening?

12. At least 12 people died and 20 more were infected by the deadly strain of invasive Group A streptococcus in which county?

13. An Air India airliner was escorted by RAF Typhoon fighter jets as it made a 'precautionary landing' at which airport after a reported bomb threat?

14. Which author, who sold more than 85million copies worldwide of her ten novels - including Scruples and Princess Daisy - died this week?

15. On Wednesday Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic broke what record?

16. Who confirmed that the master tapes of her hit albums Tuesday Night Music Club and The Globe Sessions were among those destroyed in a fire at Universal Studios 11 years ago?

17. Why were Manchester City footballer Riyad Mahrez and his wife Rita ordered to pay more than £3,600 to Catalina Miraflores?

18. The case against 58-year-old Valerie Sanders was thrown out of Teesside Crown Court when she accepted a two-year restraining order. What was she originally accused of doing to her husband?

19. Who accused whom of blocking her for a plum TV role and then ignoring her attempt to patch things up with an 'olive branch coffee’? Half a point for both names.

20. Fifa announced this week that proceedings had been opened by its disciplinary committee for alleged breaches related to article 52 (team misconduct) and article 57 (offensive behaviour and fair play) of the Fifa Disciplinary Code by which football team?

21. Why were Tom Penn and Eve Leigh in the headlines?

22. Muhammed and Olivia were top of what?

23. Who tweeted, after being mocked over his grey hair by a border guard, that: ‘There’s a serious truth here. We are all massively conscious that we mustn’t behave or speak in ways that are sexist, or racist... but ageism is alive and well.’ 

24. TV presenters Ant and Dec called for who to quit - describing them as ‘disastrous’ and saying they ‘should be ashamed’?

25. Organisers of Glastonbury announced that what 'would not be available to purchase at this year’s Festival’ and 'will also no longer be supplied or available in any of the Festival’s backstage, production, catering and dressing room areas’?

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Test your news knowledge with this week's quiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Liz Gerard with 20 narrowly ahead of Dora Allday on 19, Janet Boyle 18.5 and Dan Williams on 18. There were some good team scores too. A special mention goes to my sons Jack and Thom who were home for father's day and surprised themselves with a score of 16. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 17, the Roberts family 18, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 20, Marc Beyeler and wife 20.5 Phil and Maura Parsons 21.5 but, amazingly, the top team was my Three Legs drinking pals Peter, Stacey, Jamie and Les who clocked up a personal best of 22 on Saturday night. Here's this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

A selection of today's front pages

1. How many votes did Jeremy Hunt secure to get him through to the final round of the Tory leadership contest?

2. What did candidate Rory Stewart remove during the BBC Tory leadership debate?

3. Which broadcaster tweeted: 'I would like to apologise. We had the Imam from the BBC Tory leadership debate on our programme this morning. His social media comments have been extremely disturbing. We should have checked. We didn’t. I’m sorry’?

4. Who, when asked if he might leave the Labour party without a clear change of direction, said: 'I’m never going to leave the Labour party. Sometimes I wonder whether the Labour party is leaving me’?

5. Paul Crowther, who admitted throwing a milkshake over the Brexit Party leader, was ordered to pay how much in compensation for damaging Nigel Farage's lapel microphone, distress, inconvenience and suit cleaning?

6. Tory MP Mark Field was suspended for ‘manhandling' a female protester from which group who disrupted chancellor Philip Hammond’s speech at the Mansion House dinner?

7. Why was 83-year-old Irene Mayor in the headlines?

8. US president Donald Trump said Iran had 'made a very big mistake’ in doing what?

9. The first mass was held in Notre Dame cathedral since the fire with all priests and worshippers wearing what non-traditional item of clothing?

10. He cast Mel Gibson as Hamlet, Robert Powell as Jesus and, in 2004, was the first Italian to receive an honorary knighthood from the UK. Who is he?

11. Ascot racecourse took the unusual step of recommending that all those going to its Royal week do what?

12. British wrestling champion Adrian McCallum, who died age 36, was known by which ring name?

13. England’s women won all three of their group games to set up a last 16 match on Sunday against which country?

14. The City regulator fined which bank £45.5million for failure to disclose information on a £245million fraud at its Reading branch?

15. Police investigating whose death arrested David Henderson, 64, from York, on suspicion of manslaughter by an unlawful act?

16. International arrest warrants were issued for Russians Igor Girkin, Sergei Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov and Ukranian Leonid Kharchenko who are suspected of murdering who?

17. A letter signed by five regional commissioners, including Dame Sarah Storey and Chris Boardman, said that hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money is being wasted on what?

18. Who collapsed in the courtroom and later died while facing charges of espionage?

19. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to split from which charity, that they shared with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to set up their own?

20. A crew member working on which movie at Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, was taken to hospital after being stabbed in the neck on set?

21. Why did Pakistan politician Shaukat Yousafza’s press conference go viral?

22. In the cricket world cup England batsman Eoin Morgan broke the record for the most number of sixes by a batsman in a One Day International innings. How many sixes did he score?

23. Top Gear returned to the BBC with ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and which other presenter?

24. What did broadcaster Piers Morgan describe as ‘the greatest moment of my life’?

25. The Department of Transport announced it was launching a road sign which features which animal?

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The newsquiz - 25 questions about the week

The top scorer in last week's newsquiz was Liz Gerard with 18. The top team was the Roberts Family - back to full strength - with 20. It was clearly a tougher week, with the second top solo scorer Steve Silk getting a modest 15.5. This week's may be a little easier. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Today's front pages

1. Boris Johnson received how many votes in the first ballot to select the Conservative party leader and next Prime Minister?

2. Esther McVey and which two other MPs were knocked out in the first ballot to select the Tory party leader? Half a point for each.

3. How many votes will each Tory leader hopeful need to get in the second ballot next week to progress to the next round?

4. Leadership contender Michael Gove admitted taking cocaine 'on several occasions at social events more than 20 years ago' when he was a young what?

5. Unsuccessful Tory leader candidate Esther McVey explained her frosty relationship with broadcaster Lorraine Kelly by saying: 'She used to be partnered with ___ ___, then I was promoted to be partnering with ___ ___.’ What is the missing name?

6. Home Secretary Sajid Javid described his exclusion from what event as ‘odd’?

7. Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May enshrined in law a commitment for Britain to reach net zero carbon emissions by what year?

8. US President Donald Trump said on Twitter he had met several European leaders on his recent visit - but got one title wrong. What was it?

9. Two oil tankers damaged by explosions in the Gulf of Oman were from which two countries? Half a point for each.

10. What did Len Goodman describe as ‘rotten’, Esther Rantzen as ‘appalling treachery’ and Ricky Tomlinson as an ‘absolute disgrace’?

11. Which supermarket announced a £500million expansion plan which includes opening 40 new stores, creating 1,500 jobs, over the next five years?

12. The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill led to major protests where?

13. Oxfam was criticised by the Charity Commission for the way it dealt with claims of serious sexual misconduct by its staff in which country? 

14. Three hospital patients in Manchester and Liverpool died after eating chicken sandwiches contaminated with what?

15. Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Justin Edinburgh died age 49 while managing which football team?

16. Comedian Jo Brand was criticised for a satirical ‘battery acid’ joke which was aired on which Radio 4 programme?

17. The Government is to issue an ‘unprecedented' recall notice of up to 500,000 tumble dryers by which manufacturer, saying they posed a fire safety risk? 

18. Who ended up in intensive care after blowing his nose at 37mph?

19. The United States recorded the biggest ever victory in the Fifa Women's World Cup as they crushed which team 13-0?

20. Who accepted an OBE for services to music in the Queen’s Birthday Honours but said: ‘It is hard to receive anything named for the 'British Empire', and all that term embodies, without a pause for reflection?’

21. The Cricket World Cup 2019 broke an unwanted world record, which was set in 1992 and equalled in 2003, for the most number of what?

22. Why was Grace Jones, nicknamed Amazing Grace, from Worcestershire in the headlines?

23. What three words did comedian Freddie Starr have inscribed on the outside of his coffin?

24. Which band scuppered a $150,000 blackmail attempt by releasing 18 hours of music which had been stolen by hackers?

25. Who tweeted: 'I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon. Tom if you don't take this fight your scared and you will never live it down. Who is willing to put on the fight?'

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Try the newsquiz - 25 questions about the week

The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Steve Silk with 18, narrowly ahead of Andy Drinkwater, Dave Bromage and Liz Gerard on 17. Toby Brown and Gavin Devine scored 16, the same score as the best team which was Bruce and Sarah Hayward. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

The same photo by Jane Barlow of the Press Association graces most of today's front pages (Questions 1-4)

1. Soldiers marched across which bridge, the site of the first liberation in Nazi-occupied France, as part of the commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings?

2. What role did David Williams-Ellis have in the 75th D-Day commemorations?

3. What was the name of the cruise liner which was chartered by the British Legion to take 300 veterans from Portsmouth to Normandy to commemorate D-Day?
4. What did Tom Rice, Harry Read and John ‘Jock' Hutton, all in their 90s, do again this week?

5. After discussing climate change with Prince Charles, Donald Trump said the US was ‘clean’ but named three countries that 'have not very good air, not very good water, and the sense of pollution’. Name the countries. Half a point for two, one point for all three.

6. Donald Trump tweeted about London mayor Sadiq Khan, saying: 'He is a ___ ___ loser who should focus on crime in London, not me’. What are the two missing words?

7. Piers Morgan presented Donald Trump with what at the end of his exclusive interview on Good Morning Britain?

8. Protestor Amy Beth Dallamura was arrested in Parliament Square after she live-streamed herself doing what?

9. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told a protest rally in Whitehall that 'we will fight with every last breath of our body to defend the principle' of what?

10. Who were the first two candidates to withdraw from the Tory leadership contest? Half a point for each.
11. Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe caused a stir by suggesting that science may yet produce an answer to what?
12. Britain will have a new Prime Minister in the week starting on what date after the Conservatives tightened the rules for electing new leaders?

13. Where did Lisa Forbes marginally beat Mike Greene?

14. Liverpool beat Spurs 2-0 to win the Champions League and become the third most successful club in the competition’s history. How many times have they won the Champions League and its forerunner, the European Cup?

15. Ex-MP and broadcaster George Galloway was sacked by talkRADIO after he tweeted his congratulations to Liverpool on their Champions League victory and added 'No ___ ___ on the cup.’ What are the two missing words?

16. What is the name of the cruise liner that crashed on the Giudecca Canal in Venice, injuring four people?

17. Which company announced it was closing 270 of its 300 offices across the UK in a drive to cut £1.5billion in costs?

18. Ford confirmed it will close its engine plant in September 2020, with the loss of 1,700 jobs, in which town?

19. What, kept in a drawer by an Edinburgh family, turned out to be an object missing for 200 years that could fetch £1million at auction?

20. Johanna Konta became the first British woman since 1983 to do what?

21. Which fund manager apologised to investors after suspending trading in his largest fund - saying the decision to block investors from withdrawing cash was in their best interests?

22. Mac Rebennack, who won multiple Grammys and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, died age 77. How is he better known?

23. The Women’s World Cup starts today (Friday) and England’s first game in on Sunday. Who are they playing?

24. Which TV series won Best Soap at the British Soap Awards 2019?

25. Colin Thackery won this year’s Britain’s Got Talent, with more than a quarter of the public vote, with a rendition of which song?

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