Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Robert Rea with 21.5, ahead of Liz Gerard and Jayme Bryla on 20, Marguerite Turner on 19, Toby Brown on 18, Gavin Devine and Hannah Tomes who both scored 17 and Nick Turner 16.5. The top team was Marc Beyeler’s with 22. Simon, Sue and Will Cole scored 20.5, the Roberts family and Maura and Phil Parsons both scored 20, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 19, Team Swindle 18.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 18. 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 your score.

Today's front pages

1. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the 'overwhelming majority' of eligible people had been evacuated from Afghanistan by the UK with 'around' how many flown out of Kabul?
2. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told MPs that, because of the threat to Kabul airport, Afghans fleeing to Britain might be better off doing what?
3. Who said the decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan was 'tragic, dangerous, unnecessary’ and was made 'in obedience to an imbecilic political slogan about ending the forever wars’?
4. US President Joe Biden told those behind the Kabul airport attacks: 'We will not ___. We will not ___. We will hunt you down and make you pay.’ What are the two missing words? Half a point for each.
5. Terror group ISK claimed it was behind the twin blasts at Kabul airport that killed 90 people and injured more than 150. What does ISK stand for?
6. What is the name of the animal charity boss who was stuck in Afghanistan with 200 dogs and cats whose said his 'mission to get them and his 25 staff and their families out of the country' had been unsuccessful?
7. Who was Great Britain’s first gold medal winner at the Paralympics taking her overall gold medal total to 15?
8. Which two athletes carried the Tokyo Paralympics GB flag at the opening ceremony? Half a point for each.
9. Why were Tesco, Sainsbury's and Waitrose supermarkets closed and cordoned off in Fulham this week?
10. What is the name of the Manchester City footballer who was charged with four counts of rape and one of sexual assault and remanded in custody?
11. Thailand and which other country went on the UK’s red list this week, meaning returning travellers must quarantine in hotels for 11 nights?
12. NHS organisations in England were told to prepare for a possible extension of the Covid vaccination programme to which age range?
13. BBC radio presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from what, according to a coroner in Newcastle.
14. Who did Elton John describe as ’the most stylish of men’, Joan Baez say was ‘a prince among thieves’ and Queen guitarist Brian May say 'was the nicest gent you could ever meet’?
15. McDonald's stopped serving what after becoming the latest victim of a nationwide shortage of delivery drivers?
16. What was the colour of the 13-foot table erected by Extinction Rebellion protesters near Leicester Square in London as part of a demo to demand that the Government stops using fossil fuels?
17. A man announced he was suing Nirvana for sexual exploitation because he was photographed as a naked baby in a swimming pool on which album cover?
18. Former England cricketer Ian Botham was appointed UK Government trade envoy to which country?
19. Research by UK scientists said light pollution could be contributing to worrying declines in which insects, reducing their numbers by half?
20. A Ligue 1 football match between which two French sides was abandoned after the brawl between fans and players? Half a point for each.
21. Which musician, who had worldwide hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s including Bye Bye Love and All I Have to Do Is Dream with his brother, died this week aged 84?
22. Model Jessica Leidolph was mauled by what during a photoshoot that went wrong at a retirement home for show animals in eastern Germany?
23. Former England cricket captain Ted Dexter, who died this week aged 86, was skipper of which club until his retirement in 1965?
24. Stormzy, Liam Gallagher and Biffy Clyro are among the headliners at which event this weekend?
25. In an interview who said they were the ‘real-life Gavin and Stacey'?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Jayme Bryla with an impressive 22. Other high scores were by Graham Dudman who scored 20 and Marguerite Turner on 19. The top teams were Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Gavin and Lucy Devine both with 20, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 19 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 18. 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.

A selection of today's front pages

1. The Government announced that Britain will accept how many refugees over five years from Afghanistan?
2. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was accused of failing to provide protection for the families of interpreters in Afghanistan after he was unable to make a phone call while on holiday on which island?
3. In a Camp David speech, defending America’s position on Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said the 'mission in Afghanistan was never supposed to have been nation building’ but should be ’narrowly focused’ on what?
4. Which of these social media platforms refused to ban the Taliban, saying it will monitor content to ensure there aren't messages 'glorifying violence’? a) Facebook (including WhatsApp and Instagram) b) TikTok c) Twitter d) YouTube
5. What is the name of the Afghanistan president would fled the country after the Taliban swept into Kabul?
6. Taliban's political leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived back into Afghanistan this week from which country, where he had been in exile?
7. How was 19-year-old Afghan footballer Zaki Anwari killed?
8. Police are investigating Plymouth gunman Jake Davison’s links with which misogynistic movement?
9. What competition in Plymouth, which started this week, was dedicated to the five people who were killed by a gunman, with heats being preceded by a one-minute silence?
10. Chancellor Rishi Sunak was reported to be preparing to break a manifesto pledge that promised to increase what in line with whatever was the highest of wage growth, inflation or 2.5 per cent?
11. The UK inflation rate fell to what per cent in the year to July which, according to the Office for National Statistics, was driven by falls in clothing and footwear prices?
12. Which country went into a level-4 lockdown, the highest restrictions, on Tuesday and will remain in lockdown until midnight next Tuesday, as the coronavirus outbreak grew to 31 people?
13. Which country's Grand Prix was cancelled by the government because of 'ongoing complexities' caused by Covid-19?
14. Nearly 2,000 people died and more than 10,000 were injured when a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck which country?
15. Which American musician is being sued by a woman who says he sexually abused her in 1965 when she was 12 at an apartment in New York's Chelsea Hotel?
16. Former Gurkha soldier Dhan Gurung was taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack while taking part in what?
17. Aspirin is to be trialled in a research project, led by Dr Anne Armstrong from the Christie NHS foundation trust, as part of treatment for an aggressive form of what type of cancer?
18. Austin Mitchell, who died aged 86, was the Labour MP for which constituency for 37 years? Full name needed for one point.
19. How old was comedian Sean Lock, team captain on the series 8 Out of 10 Cats, when he died this week?
20. Which company confirmed that 45 of its 450 restaurants were closed because of a shortage of chicken?
21. Who issued a statement which said: 'I recognise how my brain is deteriorating and how my memory evades me when I don't want it to and how this causes me distress in situations that are beyond my control’?
22. Which online platform announced it would block sexually explicit photos and videos from October 1 following pressure from its banking partners?
23. In a Unicef speech who claimed that Britain was guilty of 'creative carbon accounting' and said it was a 'lie that the UK is a climate leader'?

24. London's Globe Theatre gave audience members warnings about 'upsetting' themes and provided a number for the Samaritans during which show?
25. Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman came under fire for reportedly circumventing strict quarantine rules after touching down where?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 22. Others on the leaderboard were Robert Rea with 20, Toby Brown and Carson Black 17, Dominic Hurst 16, Jayme Bryla 15.5 and Tony Smith 15. The top team was the Roberts Family with 21, ahead of Phil and Maura Parsons on 20, Simon, Sue and Will Cole and Cormac Connelly-Smith’s team who both scored 19. Les, Nicky, Giles, Ella, Andrew and Linda scored 16 over drinks in a bar in La Romieu in France. 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 your score. 

A selection of today's front pages

1. What was the name of the 23-year-old gunman who shot dead five people before killing himself in Plymouth?
2. Chancellor Rishi Sunak dismissed reports of infighting between him and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying 'We are actually in ___ on making sure we secure our recovery’. What is the missing word?
3. The UK economy grew by what per cent between April and June as most businesses emerged from lockdown, according to the Office for National Statistics?
4. Team GB finished fourth in the Olympics table with how many medals in total?
5. Who became the greatest British Olympian of all time when he won his seventh gold medal, overtaking Sir Chris Hoy’s tally of six.
6. What is the name of Team GB sprinter who was suspended for an anti-doping violation after winning a silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the Olympics?
7. A-level pupils scored record results with almost what per cent receiving A* or A grades under teacher assessment?
8. What is the name of US woman who filed a civil case in New York claiming Prince Andrew abused her?
9. Documents obtained by BBC's Panorama said that former Prime Minister David Cameron made how much money from Greensill Capital before the finance company collapsed?
10. A British embassy security guard, David Smith, was arrested in which city on suspicion of spying for Russia?
11. What did Defence Secretary Ben Wallace describe as a 'mistake’ and warned 'the international community will probably pay the consequences’?

12. A scientific report warning of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding was described as 'a ___ ___ for humanity’ by UN Secretary General António Guterres. What are the two missing words?
13. Which island claimed to have registered the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe, 48.8C (119.8F), this week?

14. A woman died and three people were injured after a crash involving two buses at which London railway station?
15. US officials said that the Taliban had captured Afghanistan’s second biggest city … what is its name?
16. A 35-year-old woman was charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving after a brother and sister were killed in a car crash on which UK motorway?
17. Lionel Messi left Barcelona, where he had been since he was 13, and joined which football club on a two-year contract?
18. She found fame in Cliff Richard's 1963 film Summer Holiday, became a household name in Till Death Us Do Part and was still working in her 80s as Sherlock's landlady Mrs Hudson in the BBC TV series. Who is she?
19. A demonstration marched from Defra's headquarters to Number 10 Downing Street and more than 100,000 people signed a petition calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to halt what?
20. Which chart-topping rapper was remanded in custody after admitting at Harrow Crown Court to being part of a plot to import 28kg of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland?
21. The Premier League season kicks off today (Friday) with a match between a team that has never been out of the top flight in more than 100 years and one that is appearing there for the first time in 74 years. Name both clubs. Half a point for each.
22. Amazon's TV and film business announced it was moving production of which forthcoming multi-million dollar TV series to the UK from New Zealand?
23. According to a report by NatureScot, the population of which animal has doubled in Scotland since 2017 and now stands at 1,000?
24. Who did Anne-Marie Corbett marry at a church in Heckfield in Hampshire?
25. How did Heather Minshull gain revenge on the noisy revellers in the caravan next to her at a site in Wales?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Toby Brown with 21, just ahead of Graham Dudman on 20.5. Rob Lawrence scored 18.5, Jayme Bryla 18, Dominic Hurst 17.5, Gavin Devine, Tony Smith and Marguerite Turner all scored 17 and Ed Mortimer 16. The top team was Simon, Sue and Will Cole with 23, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 22, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 20.5, Team Swindle 19 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 18. 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. 

A selection of today's front pages

1. The Government announced on Wednesday that seven European countries were moving to the green list for travel. Germany and Austria were two but name any three of the others. Half a point for two, full point for three.
2. Chancellor Rishi Sunakh said that young people would see their careers benefit by doing what?
3. Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed that Margaret Thatcher had given Britain 'a big early start' in the fight against climate change by doing what?
4. Sky Brown, 13, who became Britain’s youngest Olympic medal winner, when she collected a bronze in skateboarding, turned down the chance to compete for which other country?
5. Holly Bradshaw won a bronze to become the first-ever British Olympic medalist in which event?
6. Sprinter Krystina Timanovskaya, who refused orders to fly home to Belarus early from the Olympics, was given a humanitarian visa in which country?
7. Who became the first British female Olympian to win gold at three consecutive Games? 

8. What was Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley filmed doing at the poolside while watching the women's springboard final?
9. Carrie Johnson announced she was expecting her second child with husband Boris in a post on Instagram, where she said the pair were 'hoping for our ___ baby this Christmas'. What is the missing word?
10. The Government defended which minister, who reportedly visited more than 30 countries without quarantining on his return, saying all his meetings were 'crucial'?
11. Under new rules in the European Travel Information and Authorisation System, British citizens will be required to pay how many euros to enter the Schengen Area from next year?
12. Helen Macdonald, 50, vowed to 'take a bullet' for Geronimo after the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ordered him to be put down after he tested positive for tuberculosis. What animal is Geronimo?

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has ordered Geronimo the alpaca be put down after he twice tested positive for bovine tuberculosis.

However, owner Helen Macdonald, 50, has refused to let her furry friend die, despite losing her last ditch effort at the High Court last week.

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has ordered Geronimo the alpaca be put down after he twice tested positive for bovine tuberculosis.

13. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that which subject is to be taught at state schools across England in an effort to counter its ‘elitist’ reputation?
14. Former House of Lords member Digby Jones criticised presenter Alex Scott for spoiling 'a good presentational job on the BBC Olympics Team with her very noticeable inability' to do what?
15. Step-father John Cole appeared in court charged the murder of his five-year-old stepson who was found dead in which Welsh river?
16. Apple unveiled plans to scan its iPhones in the US for what?

17. The teenage son of former Germany and Chelsea footballer Michael Ballack died after being crushed by a quad-bike near the family's holiday home in which country?
18. What was the name of the ship that was seized in a failed hijack in the Gulf of Oman?
19. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said this week he made 'a huge mistake' in doing what?
20. Who is to take an indefinite break from all cricket with immediate effect to prioritise his mental wellbeing and rest his left index finger?
21. The co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab, Prof Sarah Gilbert, said she initially found what gesture to be 'very strange' but hoped it would inspire young girls to work in science?
22. What was Prince Harry spotted doing in the background of Meghan Markle’s 40th birthday video?
23. Forbes magazine said who, with an estimated fortune of $1.7billion (£1.2billion), was the world’s richest female musician?

24. Great British Bake-Off winner John Waite said he was 'so excited on so many levels' to be part of the first ever what?
25. Sarah Ferguson made her debut as a Mills & Boon novelist this week. What is the name of her book?

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The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Janet Boyle, Toby Brown and Chay Quinn who all scored 20. They were just ahead of Gavin Devine with 19.5. Robert Rea, Marguerite Turner, Liz Gerard and Tim Sigsworth scored 19, Rob Lawrence 18 and Jayme Bryla 17.5. The top teams were Marc Beyeler’s team and Phil and Maura Parsons both with 22.5. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 21, the Roberts family and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 18.5 and Andy and Mandy from Udimore 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 your score. 

Today's front pages

1. Health Secretary Sajid Javid apologised after coming under fire for saying: 'Please - if you haven't yet - get your jab, as we learn to live with, rather than ___ from, this virus.’ What is the missing word?
2. What date did Prime Minister Boris Johnson say was ’nailed on’ as the time from which people who have had two jabs will no longer have to isolate?
3. Deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said that the Covid vaccine programme had stopped an estimated 22 million cases and how many deaths in England?
4. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK put France on the amber-plus list because of the 'prevalence of the so-called Beta variant’ in which part of France?
5. Three-hundred troops will be deployed on which city’s streets on Monday after the police made a formal request for their help in enforcing lockdown?
6. What word did US gymnast Simone Biles, who pulled out of two Olympic finals, use to describe her mental block?
7. Tom Daley became the first Briton to win three Olympic diving medals winning gold on Monday with his partner who won on his first appearance. What is his name?
8. Team GB won three gold medals in five hours on 'Mega Monday’. Tom Daley and partner won gold in the diving, Adam Peaty in the men's 100m breaststroke and Tom Pidcock in what event?
9. Japan's Momiji Nishiya, 13, became the first person ever to win an Olympic gold medal in what new sport?
10. Why did Whipps Cross and Newham hospitals in London ask patients to stay away and to use other A&Es for urgent care?
11. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, launching the Government’s crime plans, said he saw no reason why people guilty of antisocial behaviour 'shouldn’t be out there in one of those fluorescent-jacketed ___ ___’. What are the missing two words?
12. Three women who took photographs of football manager Wayne Rooney asleep in a hotel room have apologised and handed him the copyright of the images for how much?
13. Changes to what, including a new 'road user hierarchy' were announced by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps?
14. A coroner ruled that Andrew Devine, 55, was unlawfully killed making him the 97th victim of what?
15. The first visitors to what were offered refunds after it was branded 'the worst’ attraction in London?
16. The Scottish Government announced plans for civil servants to be encouraged to use what at the end of their emails?
17. Scottish climber Rick Allen, 68, died after attempting a new route on which mountain to raise money for a charity?
18. A public inquiry into the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia found which state to be responsible for her death?
19. Steve Bouquet, 54, was jailed for five years and three months at Hove Crown Court for killing what?
20. Joey Barton, who was charged with assaulting his wife Georgia, is manager of which football club?
21. Actor Dieter Brummer, who died age 45, was best known for his role as Shane Parrish in which TV soap?
22. Who married fashion tycoon Michael Lewis, 62, in lavish ceremony in Italy?
23. Which singer said she was happy to pay a fine imposed on the Norwegian women's beach handball team because the players wore shorts instead of bikini bottoms?
24. American rockers Dusty Hill, 72, and Joey Jordison, 46, both died this week. Which famous bands did thy play for? Half a point for each.
25. Who wrote on Twitter: 'Xfactor has been axed Mission Complete’?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Findus with 22, just ahead of Robert Rea with a personal best of 21. Toby Brown, Chay Quinn and Pam Pearce all scored 19.5, Tony Smith 19, Marguerite Turner 17.5, Gavin Devine 17 and Jayme Bryla 16. The top team were the Three Legs drinkers with 22, followed by the Roberts Family on 19 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Phil and Maura Parsons who both scored 17. 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. A record 618,903 people in England and Wales were sent what in the week between July 8 and 15?
2. Andrew Opie, director of food & sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, said this week: 'The ongoing ___ is putting increasing pressure on retailers' ability to maintain opening hours and keep shelves stocked'? What is the missing word?
3. The government has released a list of 16 sectors where fully vaccinated workers may be exempt from isolation if they are told to quarantine but which of these were not on the list?

a) food production and supply b) teaching c) veterinary medicines d) essential transport?
4. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak initially said they would do what rather than self-isolate - before reversing their decision?
5. The Royal College of Nursing said the pay rise offered to nurses was a 'bitter blow' that left them feeling they were not 'valued for what they do'. What percentage have the nurses been offered?
6. Which two countries pulled out of the Rugby League World Cup in England because of 'player welfare and safety concerns' related to Covid-19? Half a point for each.
7. Who said, when asked to reflect on her words, that: 'It’s funny that we get in trouble in this place for calling out the lie, rather than the person lying.'
8. In a deal agreed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, the Government is to give France how much to support its efforts to stop small boat crossings in the English channel?
9. In his first TV interview since quitting as a Downing Street adviser, Dominic Cummings accused who of trying to 'appoint complete clowns to certain key jobs'?
10. The Government announced it will fund interim compensation of up to £100,000 for which group of people?
11. English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson lost a libel case brought against him by a Syrian schoolboy and was ordered to pay how much in damages?
12. The director of the Olympics opening ceremony Kentaro Kobayashi was sacked, just before the event started, after footage emerged of him making jokes about what?

13. A judge ruled that British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch could be extradited to the US to face criminal fraud charges related to the 2011 sale of his technology firm Autonomy to which American based company?
14. Who became the first man to win both the PGA Championship and the British Open on his debut at each tournament?
15. Which British city was stripped of its World Heritage status after a United Nations committee found developments threatened the value of the city's waterfront?
16. Who announced he would be publishing his memoir, saying: 'I've worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story - the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned - I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think’?
17. Oliver Daemen became the youngest person to go into space and Wally Funk became the oldest when they joined Jeff Bezos and on the New Shepard rocket? How old are Daemen and Funk? Half a point for each.
18. A footballer arrested on suspicion of alleged child sex offences has been suspended by which club?
19. A photo of Prince George to mark his eighth birthday showed him sitting on the bonnet of what type of car?
20. Birmingham Phoenix, Southern Brave, Manchester Originals and Welsh Fire (Tan Cymreig) were among eight teams taking part in what event that started this week?
21. Who was fined and deported from Australia after Instagram posts saying she was disobeying quarantine measures by taunting guards and opening her door without a mask and that she planned to frighten staff by confronting them while naked?
22. Which former maths teacher, who died this week, gave up his position at Bootle school to become a comedian and TV presenter?
23. Good Morning Britain hosts Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley were forced to apologise to viewers after veteran foreign correspondent John Simpson used what word?
24. Which musician reacted to vaccine passport plans by saying he would not play anywhere that required proof of vaccination, adding ‘unless there is provision made for all people to attend, I reserve the right to cancel the show’?
25. Which music festival is being held this weekend in Suffolk with an audience of 40,000 and headliners including Wolf Alice, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bastille and The Chemical Brothers?

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The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Cormac Connelly-Smith with an impressive 22, Maura Parsons and Jayme Bryla both scored 18.5, Liz Gerard 17, Toby Brown 16, Chay Quinn 15.5 and Graham Dudman 15. The top team was the Three Legs drinkers Peter, Stacey, Bryan and Heather with 20, just ahead of Marc Beyeler's team on 19.5. Amanda and Andy from Udimore scored 18 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 17.5. 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. 

Only one story for Monday's front pages 

1. There was focus on England’s missed penalties against Italy in the Euro 2020 final - but which two England players scored from the spot? Half a point for each name.

2. In the wake of racist attacks on England’s players, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to ban people who abuse footballers online from football stadiums for up to how many years?
3. England defender Tyrone Mings reacted to Home Secretary Priti Patel’s criticism of the racist abuse by saying: 'You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ___ ___ and then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens’. What are the missing two words?
4. The Football Association is investigating allegations that members of which club’s under-18 squad directed racist abuse at the England players who missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final?
5. Who broke up a fight between supporters at Wembley on Sunday night, saying 'I just pulled these guys apart, said to one of them ‘What are you doing?' He wandered off, blood all over him. The guy on the floor had blood all over him'?
6. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said the Government was concerned about absences from work 'as a result of people being ___’. What is the missing word?
7. Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca and Formentera were put on the Government's amber travel list for England from Monday but which two European countries were moved to the green list? Half a point each.

8. Elected regional mayors across England urged the government to continue making what compulsory when most Covid restrictions are lifted on Monday?
9. An independent review published this week recommended a 'salt and sugar reformulation tax' should be introduced as part of a new National Food Strategy and that doctors should be able to prescribe what?
10. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said that what was 'a painful recognition of the reality of where we are’ but also said he knew it would 'be difficult for some to accept’?
11. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said what were clearly caused by climate change, adding 'this is something that really, really shows the urgency to act’?
12. The Parole Board rejected a Government challenge against the release of which prisoner who raped and murdered two schoolgirls in Leicestershire in the 1980s?
13. Which motorway was closed today (Friday) as emergency services attended a multi-vehicle crash in which at least three people died?
14. Which banking and payments company became the most valuable British fintech firm on record after new funding pushed its valuation to £24billion, making it worth more than three-quarters of the members of the FTSE 100?

15. The Information Commissioner's Office said its teams searched two addresses in the south of England on Thursday and seized computers as part of an investigation into what?
16. Which country deployed 25,000 troops after days of widespread looting and violence in which at least 117 people died and more than 2,000 were arrested?
17. GB News presenter Guto Harri was condemned by his bosses for an 'unacceptable breach of standards' after he did what live on television?
18. What was the name of the rocket, that was carried by an aeroplane to 15km (50,000ft), where it was released and took Richard Branson into space?
19. What was withdrawn from the US market after Lego issued a 'cease and desist order' on the company Culper Precision?
20. Nasa warned that the moon doing what will contribute to an increase in severe flooding in the mid-2030s?
21. Novak Djokovic won his sixth Wimbledon title to equal Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's record of how many men's Grand Slam titles? 
22. Former darts world champion Andy Fordham, who died aged 59, was known by what nickname?
23. An email titled Dunkirk Spirit was sent by Mother Ivey's Bay Holiday Park asking guests to help do what after staff were forced to isolate by the NHS app?
24. A legal battle began in the High Court, over the use of songs in a new Danny Boyle-directed TV series, between three former members of which band?
25. A BBC2 documentary is to be shown next Friday marking the tenth anniversary of whose death?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Gavin Devine with 21 ahead of Liz Gerard and Robert Rea on 19, Jayme Bryla and Ed Mortimer on 17 and Jo Wadsworth on 16. The top team score was 20 by the Roberts Family. Bruce and Sarah Hayward and the Three Legs drinker Stacey, Les and Nicky scored 19, Phil and Maura Parsons 18.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 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 your score. If you are feeling confident there is also a US version of the newsquiz here.

Thursday's front pages go football crazy

1. UEFA opened proceedings against England after the semi-final with Denmark on three issues. One was the lighting of fireworks by supporters, what were the other two? Half a point for each.
2. Which American singer sent a message to the England squad saying ‘I am wishing you the best for the semi-finals’ and adding 'I'll be watching from the mountains of Colorado’?
3. In Wednesday’s semi-final Jack Grealish became only the third English player, joining Jamie Redknapp and Aaron Lennon, to do what in a major tournament?
4. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, announcing the wholesale lifting of Covid restrictions from July 19, said: 'I don’t want people to feel that this is, as it were, the moment to get ___ ___, this is the end of Covid. It is very far from the end of dealing with this virus.’ What are the two missing words?
5. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that, once Covid restrictions were lifted on July 19, he would continue to do what ‘as a matter of courtesy’?
6. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced that from July 19 holidaymakers returning to England from amber list countries will not have to quarantine on what two conditions. Half a point for each.
7. The National Health Service was awarded what honour, accompanied by a hand-written letter, by The Queen?
8. What strain of Covid, thought to have originated in Peru and detected in at least 30 countries including Britain, has now arrived in Australia?
9. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was cleared of breaching the rules but was criticised by the MPs standards watchdog for failing to promptly explain how a trip to which island was funded?
10. The owners of Vauxhall announced plans to build electric vans which will safeguard more than 1,000 jobs at its factory in which town?
11. What is the name of the president of Haiti who was assassinated in his home?
12. Danyal Hussein, 19, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of two sisters in a London park after the jury heard he had signed a pact with the devil to 'sacrifice' six women every six months in order to try to do what?
13. A React study, which tested more than 47,000 volunteers across England, suggested what reason for Covid infections rising faster among men than women in the past two weeks?
14. Former US President Donald Trump announced he was launching a class action law suit against the CEOs of which three companies? Half a point for two, one point for all three.
15. Sainsbury's announced it had decided to gradually phase out the sale of what products due to a fall in sales?
16. Which UK supermarket accepted a takeover offer by an American group led by the owner of Majestic Wine?
17. Why was 37-year-old Nina Farooqi sacked from her job as a digital content producer in Leeds?
18. France has said that a new Russian law, which outlaws the use of which word, is ‘unacceptable'?
19. The BBC published the latest list of its highest-paid stars with Gary Lineker at the top, taking between £1,360,000-£1,364,999 a year. Who was the highest paid woman on £1,130,000-£1,134,999.
20. Which West End musical, starring Michael Ball and Les Dennis, scrapped all performances for ten days after a member of its production team tested positive for Covid?
21. Who faced a twitter backlash for suggesting that 'it got a bit too much' for 18-year-old Emma Raducanu after she was forced to retire during her Wimbledon match due to 'difficulty breathing’?
22. The fight between Tyson Fury and which boxer in Las Vegas on 24 July has been postponed after the Briton tested positive for coronavirus.
23. Why has ten-year-old Belle McNally been in the headlines?
24. The Queen visited where for the first time since 1982 to celebrate a diamond jubilee
25. Who is to replace Sue Barker as host on the BBC programme A Question of Sport after 24 years?

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