It's time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scores in last week’s newsquiz were Liz Gerard with 19, Tom Savage and Adam Shergold 17, Gavin Devine, Paul Bowen and Toby Brown with 16. The top team score was 17 by Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe. Here’s this week's quiz - as usual 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Today's front pages

1. In an interview with Emily Maitlis for BBC’s Newsnight, The Duke of York claimed he could not have had sex with a teenage girl because he was at home after attending a children’s party at Pizza Express in which town?
2. The Duke of York said he stayed at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York home, even though he had been in jail for procuring a minor for prostitution, because 'my judgment was probably coloured by my tendency to be too ____.’ What is the missing word?
3. Which university announced that the Duke of York had stood down as chancellor after a student panel called for his resignation?
4. In a speech at the CBI conference Boris Johnson said he would shelve a planned cut in corporation tax from 19 per cent to 17 per cent, claiming he would put how much money into public services instead?
5. The Labour Party launched its election manifesto with what five-word slogan?
6. In its election manifesto Labour’s big policy was a promise to increase spending on the NHS by an average of what per cent a year?
7. Who, when asked if the Government was responsible for poverty, replied: 'It’s not the government, though, is it? Everybody just says ‘the government’ as if it is this sort of bland blob that, you know, you can just go and blame’?
8. Who caused a stir by wearing a t-shirt with an image of the Labour leader, taken in 1984, holding a Photoshopped placard reading: ‘Jeremy Corbyn is a racist. Endeavour'?
9. Impeachment inquiry chairman Adam Schiff said Donald Trump’s conduct had been far more serious than anything done by who?
10. Prosecutors in which country dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange in 2010?
11. A student union has called for safety checks on university accommodation after a blaze which destroyed a block of flats in Bolton that were known by what name?
12. Jesse Kempson, 27, was found guilty of whose murder by strangling her in his Auckland hotel room and burying her body in a suitcase?
13. Who said this week: 'I couldn't be happier and if I was not as happy as I am, I wouldn't be here. What can I promise? Passion'?
14. What was the profession of Terry O’Neill, CBE, who died aged 81 and who was once married to actress Faye Dunaway?
15. Geoffrey Bran, 71, of Carmarthenshire was found not guilty of murdering his wife of 38 years. How did she die?
16. Who was charged with 14 offences, including an attempted rape, one intent to rape, 10 sexual assaults and two indecent assaults?
17. Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo was found guilty of the murder of his pregnant ex-wife at her home in Ilford by using what weapon?
18. The UK was called an illegal colonial occupier by Mauritius after it ignored a deadline to return control of which islands?
19. Why did actor Ralf Little say he had been suspended from Twitter?
20. Metal detectorists George Powell and Layton Davies were convicted of stealing a Viking hoard worth how much which they uncovered in a field in Herefordshire?
21. Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts took a photo of who into the jungle as her luxury item on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here? 
22. Glastonbury Festival confirmed that who will play its headline slot at its 50th anniversary celebrations next year?
23. How did England cricketer Jofra Archer get around the ground before the first day of the New Zealand v England Test match?
24. Following in the footsteps of actresses Claire Foy and Olivia Coleman who will play the Queen in the next series of TV series The Crown?      
25. Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli said the fact that 200 people complained about what was 'very sad’?

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The newsquiz: 25 questions about the week

There were some cracking scores in last week’s newsquiz. Tom Savage scored a highly impressive 22, narrowly ahead of Damon Wake on 21. The top team was Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with a personal best of 22.5. The Roberts Family scored 21.5 and Miles Dilworth and Ben Wilkinson 21. 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.

Today's front pages

1. Nigel Farage declared his Brexit party would not field candidates in the General Election in how many Conservative-held seats?
2. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage accused 10 Downing Street of sabotaging his candidates saying: 'There are lots of peerages being offered. This is full-on ____ style corruption. Today has been an industrial scale attempt to stop free and open politics happening in our country.’ What is the missing word?
3. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the Labour Party would introduce a working week of how many hours, which would apply to all employees and be implemented over a decade?
4. Who said it was 'completely bizarre' that he was trying to overturn his own majority in Marlow, Buckinghamshire?
5. Why are the Liberal Democrats considering court action against the BBC and ITV?
6. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that 'the right thing to do’ would have been to arrest who?
7. Former Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow has announced that he will publish his memoirs in February. What will the book be called?
8. The Health Secretary who oversaw a huge hospital building programme, abolished the internal NHS market and introduced the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) died this week. What was his name?
9. The BBC apologised after using Remembrance Sunday footage of Boris Johnson paying his respects at the Cenotaph from which year?
10. NHS figures revealed October was the worst ever month for A&E waiting times with just 83.6 per cent of patients seen within the target time of how many hours?
11. How was the former High Sheriff of Derbyshire, 69-year-old Annie Hall, killed?
12. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said he had seen a 'double sunrise' after stepping off a non-stop 19-hour 19-minute flight between which two cities. Half point for each. 
13. Lord Bramall, the former head of the British armed forces who served in nearly all major UK military campaigns between the second world war and 1985, died this week. How old was he?
14. What did Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte describe as 'a blow to the heart of our country’?
15. Who said: 'I am leaving my beloved Bluebirds after over three years of which have been some of the best days in my long football career’?
16. Roula Khalaf was announced as the first female editor of which newspaper?
17. Four people died and at least 300 homes were destroyed or damaged by fires in which Australian state?
18. China's 11:11 Day on November 11 has become bigger for online sales than Black Friday and Cyber Monday. What is it better known as?
19. Workers at which company went on strike demanding wages of £15 an hour, an end to youth rates, the choice of guaranteed hours of up to 40 hours a week and notice of shifts four weeks in advance?
20. Raheem Sterling was dropped from the England versus Montenegro Euro 2020 qualifier after a bust up with which team member?
21. British inventor Richard Browning reached 85mph, breaking his own record of 32 mph for the fastest flight in a jet suit, and said flying beside which 'iconic landmark' made the event really special’?
22. John Lewis launched its 2019 Christmas advert with a fire-breathing dragon with what name?
23. As part of this year's Children In Need, which celebrity raised more than £1million in a 24-hour karaoke challenge?
24. Irish actor Niall Tóibín, who died aged 89, was best known for playing Father MacAnally in which hit BBC series which ran from 1996 until 2001?
25. Who tweeted to say her performance at the American music awards was in doubt as a music management company were preventing her from singing her own songs?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Janet Boyle and Tom Savage who both clocked up 19.5. The top team was the Roberts family with 18.5. 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. Why did the MP for Chorley in Lancashire resign from the Labour Party?

2. Conservative Alun Cairns quit from which Cabinet position after being accused of lying over an aide’s sabotaging of a rape trial?

3. Which former Tory MP and newspaper columnist announced he was quitting the Conservative Party after 50 years and joining the Liberal Democrats?

4. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, in his letter to outgoing deputy Tom Watson, said he had enjoyed a shared love of gardening and added 'I hope the ___ plants I gave you thrive’. What is the missing word?

5. What did Sky News presenter Kay Burley interview instead of Tory chairman James Cleverly this week?

6. The leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg issued 'a profound apology' after he said on LBC radio: 'I think if either of us were in a fire, whatever the fire brigade said, we would leave the burning building. It just seems the ___ ___thing to do.’ What are the two missing words?

7. Jacob-Rees Mogg’s comments on Grenfell prompted who to call for his resignation calling him ‘evil’, ’the scummiest’ and an ‘alien’?

8. Business and Energy Secretary Andrea Leadsom announced a moratorium to be ‘maintained until compelling new evidence is provided which addresses the concerns around the prediction and management of induced seismicity’. What is it a moratorium on?

9. An effigy of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and leader of the Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg sitting on a rollercoaster appeared where?

10. Which retailer announced a phased closure of all of its 79 UK stores, putting 2,500 jobs at risk, after saying it was 'not capable' of being sufficiently profitable and having failed to find a buyer?
11. Who scored all of England’s 12 points in their Rugby World Cup final defeat to South Africa?
12. The chief executive of which company was sacked for violating company policy by having a 'consensual relationship with an employee’?
13. Retired oil executive Ron Carey, 80, was killed taking part in what event?
14. People in the Meadowhall shopping centre in which UK city were told by police not to leave after flooding left roads gridlocked?
15. Lewis Hamilton came second in the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, to become this year's Formula One world champion. How many times has he won the title?
16. People were injured when a roof collapsed during a performance of which play at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End?
17. A 27-year-old man is on trial for the murder of 22-year-old backpacker Grace Millane from Essex in which city?
18. Around 30 passengers including ten Britons were injured after a FlixBus travelling between which two cities overturned?
19. A police officer has been charged with murdering which former footballer who collapsed and died after being Tasered in 2016?
20. Buckingham Palace confirmed this week that no new outfits designed for the Queen would use what?
21. What two-word phrase has been named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year?
22. Bookies are offering odds of 500-1 that who will win the Wimbledon men’s title one day?
23. What was returned to Stephen Morris in a Waitrose car park in Beckenham, Kent?
24. An 85-year-old man, described as the 'hardest worker in Irish broadcasting’ who hosted daily radio shows, the Late Late Show and events such as the Rose of Tralee, died this week. What was his name?
25. Actress Emma Watson described her relationship status as not 'single' but what?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Jaymes Bryla with an impressive 21. Other top scorers were Tom Savage and Toby Brown who both scored 19, Kieran Cocoran and Gavin Devine on 18 and Liz Gerard and Ian Watt on 17. The top teams were the Roberts family with 20.5, Dave Bromage's team with 18.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 question's about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

How the papers reported the December election

1. How many MPs voted against holding a General Election on December 12?

2. In what year did the UK last hold a General Election in December?

3. Which one of these MPs has not announced that they will be standing down at the December 12 election: Nicky Morgan, David Lidington, Jo Johnson, Justine Greening, Anna Soubry and Gloria De Piero?

4. How many of the rebel 21 Tory MPs, thrown out of the party in September, met Boris Johnson on Tuesday night and were invited to rejoin?

5. Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked outgoing Speaker John Bercow as a ‘great servant’ but added that it was the longest retirement since whose?
6. Chancellor Sajid Javid said he was 'completely shocked’ by a rebuff by which celebrity who he described as 'incredibly rude'?

7. Who was formally suspended from the House of Commons for six months for offering to buy drugs for sex workers and failing to cooperate with an investigation?

8. The US House of Representatives passed a resolution, by 232 in favour and 196 against, to proceed with what?

9. Maurice Robinson, 25, was charged with four offences at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court related to the 39 bodies found in a lorry container last week. Name one of the four charges.

10. How were Alistair Raddon, 28, and Danny Maggs, 22, injured?
11. What is the name of the military dog, praised by US President Donald Trump, which was injured after chasing and cornering Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria?

12. BBC journalist Samira Ahmed told an employment tribunal that she was paid a maximum of £465 for each Newswatch episode whereas Jeremy Vine was paid how much per episode for presenting Points of View?

13. Chief executive Jack Dorsey has announced that Twitter will ban what from November 22?

14. The body of British backpacker Amelia Bambridge, 21, from Worthing was found off the coast of which country?

15. What is the name of the 50-year-old London Fire Brigade commissioner who was accused of 'remarkable insensitivity’ by an official report into the Grenfell fire after saying she would not have done anything differently on the night?

16. Which animals were credited with protecting The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library from the Californian wildfires?

17. Which platform pledged to remove images, drawings and cartoons showing methods of self-harm or suicide following the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell?

18. McDonald's apologised for, and cancelled, a Halloween marketing campaign in Portugal which promoted a dessert. What were the controversial three words?

19. England’s rugby team were reprimanded and fined a four-figure sum for doing what at the semi-final match against New Zealand?

20. Which supermarket offered an hourly pay rise to shop workers of 18p to £9.18 in a dispute over new contracts?

21. British Transport Police announced that Alfred Dorris, 43, of Beckenham will not face criminal charges over what incident?

22. Which UK city announced plans to ban all privately owned diesel cars each day between 7am and 3pm from March 2021?
23. Which two players scored hat-tricks in Leicester City's 9-0 victory over Southampton, the biggest away win in Premier League history? Half a point for each.

24. What did 36-year-old David Atherton win?

25. The lyrics to which song have been rewritten by John Legend to make them less controversial?

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The newsquiz: 25 questions about the week

The top scorer in last week's newsquiz was Tom Savage with 19.5. It was a particularly impressive total as the quiz was clearly a toughie with the scores being well below average. Gavin Devine with 16 was the only other solo player to come close. The top team was the staff at Wright Bothers in London with 16, narrowly ahead of Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 15.5. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the last seven days. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

The Sundays report on Saturday's vote (Question 3)

1. Thirty-nine people who were found dead in a container in Essex were initially believed by police to be what nationality?

2. The refrigerated container used to smuggle 39 people into the UK crossed the channel between which two ports? Half a point for each.

3. When the Commons sat on Saturday former Tory minister Oliver Letwin’s amendment, saying Parliament would withhold approval of the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s withdrawl deal, was passed by what majority? 

4. What did Prime Minister Boris Johnson not do that led shadow chancellor John McDonnell to say he was behaving 'like a spoilt brat' and ex Tory Anna Soubry to accuse him of acting like a 'truculent child'?

5. Some MPs were unhappy at being given just three days to digest the Government’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill document which is, not including the 124 pages of explanatory notes, how many pages?

6. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that if MPs 'genuinely want more time to study this excellent deal, they can have it - but they have to agree to a General Election’ on what date?

7. Which political leader saw his party's representation in the House of Commons reduced from 177 to 157 seats, 13 short of a majority?

8. The Government said what could be given to electric cars so drivers can benefit from incentives such as free parking or access to clean air zones?
9. Legislation passed by MPs at Westminster means that something has been decriminalised and something else is to be legalised in Northern Ireland. What are the two somethings. Half a point for each. 

10. Prince Harry, speaking on an ITV documentary aired on Sunday, said of Prince William: ‘We’ll always be brothers and we’re certainly on ___ ___ at the moment.' What are the two missing words?

11. England and Wales are both playing their Rugby World Cup semi-finals this weekend at a 72,000-seat stadium in which Japanese city?
12. The Office for National Statistics said the population of the UK would pass what figure by 2031?

13. Why was Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort, who won gold and silver at London 2012 and two medals at Rio 2016, in the headlines?

14. The Government lifted a ban on direct flights between the UK and which airport following improvements in security?

15. Why does Haringey Borough's FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie with Yeovil Town have to be replayed?

16. The NHS announced that the drug Orkambi is to be made available to people with which disease within a month?

17. The chair of the Business Select Committee, Rachel Reeves, this week said that: 'Everyone we’ve seen from ___ ___have blamed everybody apart from themselves’. What are the two missing words?

18. According to research by the University of Glasgow, which group of people are three and a half times more likely to suffer from dementia?

19. Hundreds of tourists took part in the final climb of which sacred landmark before it permanently closed today (Friday)?

20. Charlie Chandler, 21, appeared in court accused of murdering two teenagers who were stabbed to death at a house party on Saturday night in which town?

21. Lonely Planet's Best In Travel 2020 book named England as the second best country for holidays next year but which country came top?

22. Who broke her leg in two places while tackling an inflatable assault course on holiday with her family?

23. How did Sian Massey-Ellis, 33, fulfil her dream on Thursday night?

24. Christina Koch and Jessica Meir became the first women to do what?

25. Who is to ‘star’ in Walkers Crisps Christmas advert for a reported fee of £9million?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Dora Allday with an impressive 22. There were other good scores too including Becca McAuley on 21, Gavin Devine, Janet Boyle, Liz Gerard all on 20, Ed Mortimer on 19, Toby Brown 18 and Dave Bromage 17. The top scoring team was Bruce and Sarah Hayward with 21, just ahead of Rob and Nicola Lawrence on 20. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 17. 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. On Thurday Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: 'We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control – now parliament should get Brexit done on Saturday so we can move on to other priorities’. He then listed four priorities - cost of living, the NHS and which two others. Half a point for each.
2. The deputy leader of which party predicted a 'massive vote' against the Withdrawal Agreement tomorrow (Saturday), accusing Boris Johnson of being 'too eager by far to get a deal at any cost’?
3. At an EU summit press conference European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said that which group of UK people had been ‘right’ all along?
4. What did the Queen not do - for only the third time in her reign - when she delivered her speech at the State Opening of Parliament on Monday?
5. Which MP quit the Labour Party after 55 years - 22 as an MP - citing 'the threat that a Jeremy Corbyn premiership could pose to the country’?
6. Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan told parliament that plans to introduce an age verification system for what had been abandoned?
7. Commuters dragged an Extinction Rebellion protester from the roof of a tube train at which London Underground station?
8. A climate change protestor arrested in London while holding a sign that said ‘I'm locally sourced & environmentally friendly’ was dressed as what?
9. More than 100 MPs, led by Labour’s Chris Elmore, have written to Barclay’s Bank’s chief executive urging him to reverse what decision?
10. According to Turkish officials what did President Recep Tayyip Erdogan do with a letter from US President Donald Trump which urged him not to 'be a fool' over Syria?
11. Who did the family of Harry Dunn, the 19-year-old killed in a crash involving an American diplomat’s wife, describe as being stiff, cold, unpleasant and rude during a meeting about their son’s death?
12. Football fans were arrested over the racial abuse of black England players during a Euro 2020 qualifying match in which city?
13. British paedophile Richard Huckle died after being strangled and stabbed with a makeshift weapon, probably a toothbrush, in which prison?
14. Sainsbury’s announced it would not be selling what in any of its 2,300 branches this year?

15. Prince Harry appeared to shed a tear as he delivered an emotional speech at which awards in London?
16. How old is Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge who became the first person to complete a marathon in under two hours?
17. The Booker prize judges broke the rules and jointly awarded the prize to which two writers? Half a point for each name.
18. Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne was cleared of sexually assaulting a woman on a train by a jury at which crown court?
19. Why was 93-year-old widow Margaret Ford in the headlines?
20. Who was named Guildford Phoenix ice hockey team’s man of the match after saving the crucial shot in a shootout to give his team victory?
21. Leah Bracknell, who died age 55, played which character in Emmerdale for 16 years?
22. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge played which game with children taking part in the British Council's DOSTI (friendship) programme in Lahore?
23. What was 62-year-old Shay Bradley’s dying wish that went viral this week?
24. When Simon Byford found a wallet in North London he contacted the owner by paying into his bank account, leaving a small message each time. How much did he spend?
25. Australian Reg Watson, who died aged 93, was a pioneer of what type of TV programmes?

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It's newsquiz time: 25 questions about the week

Becca McAuley continued her run of form, which saw her win the Champagne for being the top news-quizzing trainee two weeks ago, by coming top in last week’s newsquiz with a personal best of 21. She was narrowly ahead of Toby Brown on 20. Other good scorers were Dominic Hurst 18.5, Liz Gerard 18 and Lydia Willgress 17. Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe were the top teams with 18. Here is this week's newsquiz. 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. What happened at the outbreak of war in 1939, during the Suez crisis in 1956 and after the invasion of the Falklands in 1982 … and is set to happen again next week?

2. EU president Donald Tusk this week tweeted: 'Boris Johnson, what’s at stake is not winning some stupid ___ ___. At stake is the future of Europe and the UK as well as the security and interests of our people.’ What are the two missing words?

3. What is the name of the Grade II listed 19th Century country house on the Wirral in Merseyside where Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar?

4. Former Conservative MP Heidi Allen became the seventh MP this year to do what?

5. A Leave.EU poster of German chancellor Angela Merkel with the words 'we didn’t win two world wars to be pushed around by a ___' was condemned by MPs and deleted. What is the missing word?

6. US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri confirmed to ITV's Good Morning Britain that she had what 'codename' for Boris Johnson on her phone?

7. Paralympian James Brown climbed on top of a British Airways plane at which airport as part of the Extinction Rebellion protest?

8. Who told a crowd at Extinction Rebellion’s London demonstrations that he backed their methods and was proud to call himself an 'uncooperative crusty’?

9. US President Donald Trump threatened which country that if it does anything ’off limits’ he would 'destroy and obliterate' its economy?

10. Whose report into Scotland Yard’s handling of the VIP paedophile scandal, published in full for the first time this week, identified 43 separate mistakes by the police?

11. Outgoing chief medical officer Sally Davies called for a ban on all eating and drinking, except for water and for medical conditions, to be banned where?

12. Why was 42-year-old Anne Sacoolas in the headlines?

13. What is the name of the super typhoon that caused England's Rugby World Cup game with France to be called off?

14. An eco-friendly council estate in which UK city was said to be 'the future of council housing' after winning the prestigious Stirling Prize by the Royal Institute Of British Architects?

15. What was the real first name of legendary rock drummer Ginger Baker who died this week age 80?

16. A gunman killed a man and woman, threw a grenade into a Jewish cemetery and left explosives near a synagogue in which German city?

17. The prime minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, was awarded what?

18. What was found dead in the River Thames near the Dartford Crossing after being hit by a ship?

19. Technology company Dyson scrapped a project to build what because they were not 'commercially viable’?
20. The five-year-old daughter of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been living with grandparents in Tehran and visiting her mother in prison, flew to the UK so she can start school. What is her name?

21. In the WAG row over leaked Instagram posts, Rebekah Vardy, when asked if she had argued with Coleen Rooney, said: 'That would be like arguing with a ___. You can tell it that you are right and it is wrong, but it's still going to shit in your hair.’ What is the missing word?

22. Who pledged to fund the tuition fees and living costs of two black students at Cambridge University each year?

23. Prince George was photographed punching the air as he watched Aston Villa beat which football team 5-1?

24. Elton John revealed his brush with death, his stormy relationship with his mother and his drug-use in his official autobiography which has what title?

25. Steps singer Ian ‘H' Watkins and Matt Evers are to become the first what?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Elly Rewcastle with an impressive 21, ahead of Toby Brown on 19, Becca McAuley 17, Sian Bahia 16.5 and Gavin Devine 16. The top team was the Roberts Family with 19, narrowly ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18. Heather and Pete Clifton and the Three Legs Drinkers both scored 17. 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. The Government confirmed plans to prorogue Parliament next Tuesday and hold a Queen's Speech on what date?

2. In his speech to the Tory Party conference Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: ‘The sad truth is that voters have more say over ___ ___ ___ than they do over this House of Commons.’ What are the missing three words?

3. Chancellor Sajid Javid announced an increase in the National Living Wage for all workers over 21 to what amount by 2024?

4. Home Secretary Priti Patel vowed to end what ‘once and for all’ after the UK leaves the EU?

5. Who stood in for Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions? Half a point for each.

6. What is the name of the journalist whose first column for The Sunday Times alleged that Boris Johnson had squeezed her inner thigh 20 years ago?

7. Who announced his resignation at a Letters Live event before reading a 1982 letter, describing Boris Johnson as ‘disgracefully cavalier’, which was sent to Johnson’s father Stanley by Eton teacher Martin Hammond?

8. Hong Kong's government used legislation called the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to ban what at public gatherings?

9. Julie Delve, 61, and Karen Glynn, 63, lost their landmark legal fight against the Government at the High Court on Thursday. What were they campaigning for?

10. Which company announced around 75 head office roles, including that of managing director Rob Collins, are being cut as it scraps separate management teams to save around £100million?

11. Scotland became the first country in the UK, and the 58th in the world, to ban what?
12. The Duchess of Sussex is suing which newspaper over its publication of a private letter she sent to her father Thomas Markle?

13. The US is to impose $7.5billion of tariffs on exports from the EU, including Scotch whisky, French wine and cheese, in retaliation for subsidies given to which company?

14. Which former schoolfriend of John Lennon and comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, who had a 45-year career with ITN, Channel Four and the BBC, died age 77?

15. Why was 45-year-old Mickaël Harpon in the headlines?

16. A major incident was declared near the village of Laxey where flooding, caused by Hurricane Lorenzo, washed away cars and trapped people in houses. Where is Laxey?

17. Who admonished the BBC and presenter Gabby Logan following their criticism of empty stadiums at the World Athletics Championships in Doha?

18. Shares in which retailer crashed by 38 per cent after it went into its first half-year loss in more than 20 years citing 'very difficult trading conditions’ including unseasonable spring weather?

19. Four people were arrested after Extinction Rebellion activists tried to spray fake blood - a liquid coloured with what juice - at the Treasury in Westminster from a fire engine?

20. A Banksy painting called Devolved Parliament which features what was sold for £9.9million at Sotheby's in London?

21. Dina Asher-Smith became the first British female athlete to win a world championship title in what event?

22. The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that a tweet was irresponsible. The tweet said: 'Dear people of Scotland. We're selling ___ all weekend. Have fun. Love BK. #justsaying'. What is the missing word?

23. Which actor's former assistant is suing him for £9.7million, accusing him of 'years of gender discrimination and harassment’?

24. What did supermodel Gigi Hadid do at the Chanel show during Paris Fashion Week that made her go viral with some posts describing her as a superhero?

25. Former Towie star Kate Wright became Mrs who?

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