Have a crack at the newsquiz

Anjola and Matthew at the i offices

I spent the week working with two young journalists at The i Paper in London. Anjola Fashawe and Matthew Bailey spent the week writing stories, intros and pitching ideas to the newsdesk. They start in the newsroom on Monday. We finished the week with the newsquiz with Matthew collecting a scratchcard for the highest score. The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 23, ahead of Robert Rea and George Mann on 21, ahead of the Rev Leon on 20, Andy Reed and Tim Humphrey on 19, Adam Batstone on 17 and Ted Ditchburn on 16. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with Alexandra, Libby and Will who scored 22, ahead of the Smith Posse (Carole, Trev, David, Gilly, Oliver, Annabel and Tom) on 20, the Broad Oak Boozers Thom, Craig, George and Tim on 19, Lucy Thorpe and the Rincón Massive in Spain on 18 and Nicky and Les on 16. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the last seven days. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

A selection of Wednesday's front pages

1. Addressing MPs from the Royal Gallery in parliament, French President Emmanuel Macron said France and the UK had a shared responsibility to address what 'with humanity, solidarity and fairness'?
2. What is to be returned to the UK for the first time in more than 900 years as part of a loan agreement between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron?
3. Who said they planned to strike from July 25 for five days as part of demands to secure a 29 per cent pay rise? 
4. Which one of these statements about former Tory Party chairman Norman Tebbit, who died aged 94, is not true? a) He was a FT journalist b) He needed plastic surgery after the Brighton bomb c) He was a pilot d) He wrote a vegetarian cookery book

5. Which former chairman of the Conservative Party said: 'If you were deliberately trying to wreck the country, you'd be hard pressed to do a better job than the last two decades of Labour and Tory rule’?
6. Ofcom gave Royal Mail the go-ahead to make what change to its service to help cut costs?
7. Chancellor Rachel Reeves called the latest figures on the economy ‘disappointing' after the GDP shrank unexpectedly by 0.1 per cent in May? What does GDP stand for?
8. According to the findings from a public inquiry, how many people may have killed themselves as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal?
9. A report by the Intelligence and Security Committee said there had been 15 murder or kidnap attempts against British citizens by which country’s intelligence service since the beginning of 2022?
10. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Donald Trump he would nominate him for what as the two leaders met in Washington?
11. The names of how many people, all those killed in London's 7/7 bombings, were read out at a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral on the 20th anniversary of the attacks?
12. More than 100 people were killed and at least 160 are still missing after which Texan river rose 26 feet in 45 minutes?
13. Thomas Partey, who was charged with five counts of rape and one of sexual assault, had his contract with which football club terminated?
14. Gregg Wallace was fired from MasterChef after BBC News said that more than how many people had come forward with fresh claims?
15. Elon Musk posted on X that he had set up a new political party with what name to challenge the Republican and Democratic 'Uniparty'?
16. Police officer Lydia Ward told a jury she was 'absolutely terrified' after she was floored with a punch to the face and had her nose broken as she tried to arrest an assault suspect at which airport?
17. Erin Patterson, 50, was found guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill another by serving what dish containing death cap mushrooms at her home in Australia?
18. Christian Horner 'broke down' during his goodbye speech to the staff of which F1 team after 20 years in charge?
19. Which European city closed its airport and suspended train services after a wildfire on the outskirts forced 400 people to be evacuated and left 100 injured?
20. The country's first hosepipe ban of the year, with fines of up to £1,000, was introduced today (Friday) by which county’s water authority?
21. Raynor Winn, the author of which best-selling memoir which was made into a film, said a report in The Observer which disputed some of the key facts was 'highly misleading’?

22. Which original fashion accessory, made for singer Jane Birkin in 1985, was sold for €8.6m (£7.4m; $10.1m) at Sotheby’s in Paris?
23. After defeat to France, the Lionesses kept their European Championship defence alive when they beat the Netherlands by what score?
24. Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool made history by becoming the first Britons to do what? 
25. Black Sabbath featuring Ozzy Osbourne went out with a bang at which stadium in what the band said would be their final gig?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tim Humphrey with 22, ahead of Robert Rea and the Rev Leon on 21, George Mann and Janet Boyle on 20, Marion Fountayne on 19 and Nick Turner on 18. The top team was the Barnard Castle FOC of Bill, Carole, Sue and Trevor who scored 22, ahead of Peter and Stacey with 20 and Our Peter, Jackie, Sarah and Joe on 17. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual here are 25 questions about the last seven days. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

Today's front pages

1. Liverpool forward Diogo Jota, who died with his brother in a car accident in Spain, had 49 caps for which country?
2. Among the Anfield tributes to Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident, were balloons with which number on them?
3. According to senior ministers, Chancellor Rachel Reeves was crying at PMQs on Wednesday because she had an altercation with who?
4. Talking of her tears at PMQs, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: ‘When I'm having a __ day, it's on the telly and most people don't have to deal with that.’ What is the missing word?
5. The Government announced a ten-year plan to change the National Health Service with the launch of a new NHS. What does the N stand for in the relaunched service?
6. Suspended MP Zarah Sultana announced she was resigning from Labour to start a new party with who?
7. MPs voted for changes to the welfare system, after the Government offered concessions to Labour rebels, by a majority of how many?
8. Conservative MP George Freeman referred himself to the standards commissioner after it was claimed he did what?
9. BBC director general Tim Davie faced questions over why live footage from Glastonbury of which duo, chanting for the death of Israeli soldiers, was not pulled?
10. MPs voted, by 385 votes to 26, to proscribe which group as a terrorist organisation?
11. A seven-year-old girl died and a six-year-old was seriously hurt after a tree collapsed in a park in which English city?
12. Research by employment website Adzuna said entry-level jobs had fallen by a third in three years and suggested what was to blame?
13. American rapper and producer Sean ‘Diddy' Combs was denied bail despite being found not guilty of racketeering and what other offence?
14. Why did EasyJet cancel 274 flights and Ryanair 170 flights this week?
15. Three managers at the Countess of Chester hospital, where jailed nurse Lucy Letby worked, were arrested on suspicion of what?
16. The US Senate narrowly passed Donald Trump's One __ __ Bill on tax and spending? What are the two missing words?
17. In a post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump said Israel has agreed to the 'necessary conditions' to finalise a ceasefire in Gaza for how many days?
18. As part of King Charles’s drive to modernise the monarchy and reduce costs, what is to be decommissioned in 2027?
19. What was the name of the veteran broadcaster, who died aged 97, who was foreign correspondent for ITN and presenter of News at Ten?
20. How old is Ryland Headley who was sentenced to life for the rape and murder of 75-year-old woman at her Bristol home in June 1967?

21. How were two female tourists from the UK and New Zealand killed in Zambia?
22. According to Royal Mail, its staff members were subjected to almost 2,200 what in the UK last year?
23. Lottery bosses in which country sent a message apologising to tens of thousands of players who were wrongly told they had won large sums of money?
24. Norway’s footballers beat which country, the hosts, in the opening game of the women's Euros?
25. Thousands of Oasis fans arrived in which city to watch the band reunite on stage for the first time in 16 years?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 22, ahead of the Rev Leon on 20, George Mann on 19 and Robert Rea and Giles Borg on 18.
The top team was Tim Humphrey and Global’s Newsroom and Barnard Castle FOC including Carole, Trevor and Bill also with 22. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with Peter and Heather Clifton scored 20 and Maura and Phil Parsons and the Broad Oak Boozers Tim, Thom and Craig scored 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

A range of today's front pages

1. The operation by America to send 125 military aircraft to target three nuclear sites in Iran was codenamed what?
2. American B-2 planes dropped GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators - known by what nickname - on Iran?
3. US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he was 'really unhappy’ that Israel and Iran had breached the ceasefire, adding: 'We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what __ __ they’re doing.’ What are the two missing words?
4. Western leaders, including US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, attented the Nato Summit in which European city?
5. Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte referred to US President Donald Trump’s comments on Israel and Iran by saying that who had 'to sometimes use strong language’?
6. A National Security Strategy report said the British public must 'actively prepare’ for war where?
7. Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted the Government would stand firm on its welfare reforms saying: 'The additions to PIP each year are the equivalent of a city the size of Leicester. That is not a system that can be left unreformed.’ What does PIP stand for?
8. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner insisted at PMQs that, despite a potential rebellion by Labour backbenchers, the vote on welfare reforms would go-ahead on what day?
9. MPs in the Commons voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill by a majority of how many votes?
10. The Reform leader of which English county council resigned, leaving his 18-year-old deputy, George Finch, in charge?
11. Five people were taken to hospital when a double decker bus full of students crashed into what in Eastleigh, Hampshire?

12. Who was left ’shattered and traumatised’ after being attacked by a gang as she was leaving a Waterstones in Piccadilly, London? 
13. Why was the village of Goult, near the south-eastern French city of Avignon, in this week’s headlines?
14. BBC newsreader Martine Croxall thanked supporters after she changed which phrase on her autocue during a news report.
15. Thomas Robinson, 55, was jailed for three and a half years after being found guilty at Stirling Crown Court of a fraud in which he earned £550,000 by selling what?
16. Marcus Monzo, 37, was sentenced at the Old Bailey after being found guilty of killing a 14-year-old schoolboy and injuring four others in London using what?
17. Briton Jacky Jhaj, 39, appeared in court charged in connection with a mock wedding with a nine-year-old bride at which venue?
18. A memorial for Queen Elizabeth II is to feature a bridge with a glass balustrade, inspired by the shape of what, in London’s St James's Park?
19. Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sanchez shrugged off protests to go ahead with their wedding in which city?
20. Dame Anna Wintour, 75, announced she was is stepping down from what position after 37 years?
21. England cricketers chased down 371 to beat India by five wickets with who scoring 149 in the second innings?
22. Gareth Southgate became the seventh football manager to receive a knighthood. Name any three of the others. Bonus point if you name all six.
23. What two animals caused the evacuation of a wildlife park near Exeter after escaping from their enclosures?
24. Who posted a photo of her husband in hospital with his arm in a sling and a message that said: ‘Get well soon daddy’?
25. Singer Rod Stewart said he wished his billing at Glastonbury wasn’t called what, saying ‘it sounds like pipe and slippers’?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with an impressive 23, ahead of Janet Boyle and Marion Fountayne on 21, the Rev Leon on 18 and Robert Rea on 17. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with Alexandra, Libby and Will on 21, ahead of the Barnard Castle FOC including Bill, Trevor and Sarah on 18, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17 and the Broad Oak Boozers Tim, Thom and Craig on 16. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's news. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

Today's front pages

1. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu justified the initial attack on Iran, saying he had acted to pre-empt a secret programme to build what?
2. Iran warned the US and which other two countries that their military bases and ships would be targeted if they helped block the Iranian missile and drone retaliation for Israel’s attack? Half a point for each?
3. US President Donald Trump made an early departure from the G7 summit in which country as he 'had to see to affairs at home as Israel's strikes on Iran continue’?
4. Iran responded to US President Donald Trump’s claim that the country had reached out to Washington by saying: 'No Iranian official has ever asked to __ at the gates of the White House.’ What is the missing word?
5. MPs were voting on the Assisted Dying Bill in the Commons today (Friday). What is the name of the MP who proposed the bill?
6. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had decided to hold a national inquiry into what after reading a report by Dame Louise Casey?
7. MPs voted, by a majority of 242, to stop women in England and Wales being prosecuted for doing what?
8. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced that energy bill discounts of how much will be extended to another 2.7 million households to help with fuel costs this winter?
9. Renewing her call to ban phones in schools, Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott said giving children smartphones was the same as giving them what?
10. Blaise Metreweli is to become the first female to head up which organisation?
11. What is the name of the company which owns Air India, along with other brands such as Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea, which is under investigation following the crash which killed 270 people?
12. How was mother-of-four Belinda Taylor, 48, from Totnes in Devon killed?
13. A fire engulfed a 67-storey skyscraper in which city with 3,820 people being evacuated?
14. Pro-Palestine protesters broke into which RAF base and damaged two military planes? 
15. An Irish couple were awarded £300,000 in libel damages after they sued which ’toxic' gossip website, leading to the publisher’s identity being revealed?
16. A 59-year-old woman from Barnsley died from rabies after being ‘scratched' by a puppy while on holiday in which country?
17. Which sportswoman revealed she had been targeted by online abusers who sent death threats, explicit pictures, comments hoping she got cancer and threats to damage her grandmother’s grave?
18. Wincey Willis, whose death at 76 was announced, was the first woman to do what on ITV?
19. Who was charged by the Football Association for comments made about ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in a video that was leaked on social media?
20. Kim Woodburn, who died aged 83, was best known for presenting which Channel 4 TV programme?
21. The highest temperature of the year so far, of how many degrees centigrade, was recorded at Kew Gardens, London, on Thursday?
22. Museum Palazzo Maffei, in Verona, called on people to 'respect art' after a couple were filmed breaking what?
23. The Princess of Wales pulled out of what event at the last minute?
24. Which rock frontman, who launched the Teenage Cancer Trust’s Royal Albert Hall concerts, said he felt 'very humbled’ and would celebrate with 'a bottle of plonk’ after being knighted?
25. At Soccer Aid, which raised £15 million for Unicef, who scored four goals to give the World XI a 5-4 victory over England?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 22, ahead of Tim Humphrey and the Rev Leon on 21, Janet Boyle on 20, Maura Parsons and Robert Rea on 19 and Ian McCulloch on 18. The top teams were Mary, Tim, Kevin, Mand and George and the FOC of Carole, Trevor, Our Peter, Jackie, Bill and Sue both with 21, ahead of Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 18. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s news. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

Today's front pages

1. A passenger plane heading to Gatwick from which Indian city crashed into a residential area killing 241 people on board?
2. British man Vishwashkumar Ramesh, who reportedly walked away from the wreckage of the Air India crash, was in what seat?
3. Protests in Downtown Los Angeles were against deportations being carried out by ICE. What does ICE stand for?
4. What is the position held by Gavin Newsom who accused US President Donald Trump of a 'brazen abuse of power' and 'of putting our people, our officers and even our National Guard, at risk'?
5. Protesters threw petrol bombs, bricks and fireworks at police during nights of disorder after an alleged sexual assault in which Northern Ireland town?
6. Israel launched an attack on Iran, in an operation with what name, that killed commanders, scientists and the head of the country's Revolutionary Guard?
7. In a U-turn on Government's policy, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said pensioners in England and Wales with an annual income of up to how much per year will now receive the winter fuel payment?
8. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said what was to be decriminalised next year, describing the 200-year-old law as 'cruel and outdated'?
9. In her spending review, Chancellor Rachel Reeves promised an extra 3 per cent a year for what, saying it amounted to an extra £29billion? 
10. The Government committed £14.2billion of investment to build what within ten years, creating 10,000 direct jobs?
11. A gunman shot ten people in a secondary school in which city, the second biggest in Austria?
12. The Prince of Wales described the challenge of protecting the world’s oceans in a speech, delivered in both English and French, at the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in which country?
13. Which retail chain was expected to close dozens of stores after it was sold to the investment company Gordon Brothers for £1?
14. The BBC suspended which EastEnders actor after he used a disability slur to describe the people of Blackpool while filming Strictly Come Dancing?
15. Uriah Rennie, who died aged 65, was the Premier League's first what?
16. Former television presenter and doctor David Bull was named as chairman of what?
17. Author Frederick Forsyth, who died aged 86, published more than 25 books including which 1971 novel that became a film starring Edward Fox and a TV drama starring Eddie Redmayne?
18. Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, on a mission aiming to break the sea blockade of Gaza, was deported by Israel to which country?
19. Brian Wilson, who died aged 82, was the co-founder of the Beach Boys who had two No 1 singles in the UK in the 1960s with Do It Again and which other song?
20. The BBC said it was 'unacceptable' for David Walliams to do what during a recording of comedy panel show Would I Lie To You? 
21. Who 'unreservedly' apologised and took down a video she posted where she appeared to mimic Israel's supporters over the war in Gaza?
22. Billy Boston, 90, become the first ever player from which sport to receive a knighthood?
23. Carlos Alcaraz, who won tennis’s French Open, was only the third man to win a major final having survived what?
24. Tottenham Hotspur appointed Thomas Frank, who has been in charge of which club for seven years, as head coach?
25. Who did rocker Bruce Springsteen bring on to stage at Liverpool's Anfield stadium to play with him on his encore?

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The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were the Rev Leon and Robert Rea both on 20, just ahead of George Mann, Janet Boyle, Marion Fountayne and Kirsty Lewis on 19 and Phil Lambell on 18. The top teams were the Hay Festival team of Phil and Maura Parsons, Sue Milton and Jane and Mike Barring with 22, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 21, Neil and Jo Benson on 20, King’s Head drinkers Peter, Stacey, Heather and Les on 18 and the FOC of Carole, Trevor, Peter, Jackie and Bill on 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 

A selection of today's front pages

1. Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out the Government's defence strategy including building 12 what as part of the Aukus programme in partnership with Australia and the United States?
2. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the defence strategy in a speech at which 'legendary' location?
3. The Government announced changes on who will be able to claim free school meals in England from September 2026 and said the change would make how many more pupils eligible?
4. In a spectacular falling out, X-owner Elon Musk suggested that US President Donald Trump appeared in unreleased files related to who?
5. Zia Yusuf resigned from what role say it was no longer 'a good use of my time’?
6. Davy Russell became a Labour MSP after a surprise by-election victory in which constituency?
7. The Government announced that six water companies would be banned from doing what if they did not meet environmental standards, were not financially resilient or had been convicted of an offence?
8. What reached more than 1,100 for the first time this year on Saturday - a figure that Defence Secretary John Healey described as 'shocking'?
9. Attorney General Richard Hermer apologised for comparing Conservative and Reform calls to quit the European Convention of Human Rights to what?
10. Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was awarded how much in damages, in euros, over a BBC story saying he had sanctioned the murder of a British agent? 
11. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said that builders would be required to fit what to the 'vast majority' of new build homes in England?
12. Ukraine said it completed its biggest long-range attack of the war with 117 drones used in an operation, known by what name, that struck '34 per cent of Russia's strategic cruise missile carriers’?
13. US President Donald Trump announced a travel ban for 12 countries from Monday (June 9). Which one of these countries was not on his list? a) Libya b) Somalia c) Vietnam d) Sudan
14. France's interior ministry said that what event had led to two people being killed, 192 injured, 559 arrested, including 491 in Paris, and 264 vehicles set on fire?
15. Hamit Coskun, 50, was found guilty after doing what outside the Turkish consulate in London?
16. German police officers scoured more than 20 plots of land using underground radar equipment looking for what?
17. Mohamed Sabry Soliman was arrested in Boulder, Colorado, after injuring six people by throwing what at a pro-Israel demonstration?
18. Actress Loretta Swit, who died aged 87, won two Emmy awards for her role as Margaret __ __ Houlihan in the comedy TV series M*A*S*H. What is the missing nickname?

19. It was widely reported, after an exclusive by The Sun, that which 50-year-old will be awarded a knighthood next week as part of King Charles’s birthday celebrations?

20. Who made a video of himself confronting fare evaders on the London Underground which he said he hoped would 'shame people into action’?
21. After a deal with Shamrock Holdings who announced on her website: 'All the music I've ever made now belongs to me’?
22. The Duchess of Sussex posted a video on Instagram saying: 'Both of our children were a week past their due dates… so when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn't work - there was only one thing left to do!’ What did she do?
23. What did Harry Moulding, 34, from Blackpool win?
24. Which programme swept the boards at the British Soap Awards collecting eight of the 14 awards, including Best British Soap?
25. In the series finale of Dr Who, Ncuti Gatwa regenerated into which actress?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 23, ahead of Janet Boyle and Robert Rea on 20. The top team was the King’s Head drinkers of Nicky, Les, Peter, Stacey and Heather with 23, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 22, Our Peter, Jackie and Steve at the Wells Comedy Festival on 21, Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Neil and Jo Benson on 20.5, Broad Oak Boozers Tim, Thom and George on 18.5 and Tim and Mary on 17.5. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's news. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

The Liverpool parade dominated Tuesday's front pages

1. What is the name of the 53-year-old man who was charged with seven offences, including multiple counts of grievous bodily harm, after 79 football fans were injured in Liverpool?
2. What is the name of the Liverpool street where a car ploughed into supporters celebrating their team winning the Premier League?
3. Which was the first rail company to be renationalised as part of the Government's move towards Great British Railways, officially coming under public ownership at 2am last Sunday?
4. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told Sky News that she 'never' wanted to be what?
5. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Reform’s commitment to 'completely unfunded' spending was '__ __ all over again’. What is the missing name?
6. The Government announced it was 'slashing red tape' and speeding up plans to build two what in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire?
7. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs said new standards published on Saturday would modernise what for the first time in over a decade?
8. After Russia killed 13 people in a missile attack on Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that 'something had happened' to Russian President Vladimir Putin who 'has gone absolutely __, needlessly killing a lot of people.' What is the missing word?
9. The US Court of International Trade ruled that President Donald Trump had 'overstepped his power' by doing what?
10. Nasser hospital in Gaza said that an Israeli air strike hit the home of doctor Alaa al-Najjar and killed how many of her children?
11. King Charles gave a speech at the opening of which country’s parliament, defining its place in an ‘uncertain' world and its relationship with America?
12. What is the name of the broadcaster who joined the BBC in 1968 as a trainee and worked his way through the ranks to become controller of BBC One and BBC Two, director of television and head of music and art?
13. A 39-year-old woman was arrested after 17 people were injured in stabbings at which European city’s central train station?
14. Who walked free from prison and said: 'I have to say a thank you to Elon Musk, because without X, if we didn't have X, everyone would just think I lied.’
15. From this Sunday, retailers will be banned from selling or supplying what?
16. Former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, was sentenced to 20 years in jail after being described as France's most prolific what?
17. What partially destroyed the Swiss village of Blatten?
18. French President Emmanuel Macron appeared to be slapped by his wife Brigitte as they disembarked a plane in which country?
19. What is the name of the environmental campaigner and former lead singer of the Undertones who urged men to get tested after revealing he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer?
20. What is the name of the toys which were pulled from all UK stores by manufacturer Pop Mart following reports of customers fighting over them?
21. Carrie and Boris Johnson announced the birth of their fourth child, a girl with what first name? 

22. Arsenal women beat which team, the holders, 1-0 in Lisbon to win the Champions League?
23. Which football team won the Championship playoffs at Wembley and will join Leeds and Burnley in the Premier League next season?
24. What did German Tom Kopke, 23, win for the second year in a row, saying he 'risked his life’ for the victory?
25. Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout were announced as the teenage actors who would play main characters in which forthcoming TV series?

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Last week's newsquiz was clearly a tough one with regular quizzers posting lower than usual scores. Quite a few posted scores under the 16 needed to reach the leaderboard. The top solo scorer was George Mann with 20.5, ahead of Robert Rea on 17. The top team was the Pefkos Gang with 20.5, just ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 20, Joe and Sarah on 17.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 16.5. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. I think it might be a little easier than last week's. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

Thursday's front pages

1. Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed the deal to give the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to which country?
2. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Keir Starmer said that what policy would be reviewed at the autumn Budget, adding ministers would only 'make decisions we can afford’?
3. The Government’s revised deal with the EU gave Europe a further 12 years access to what, in exchange for easing trade frictions?
4. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arguing the Government’s deal with the EU was ‘hopelessly one-sided’, called Keir Starmer the ‘__ ball-chewing manacled gimp of Brussels’. What is the missing colour?
5. UK inflation rose to its highest rate in more than a year, up from 2.6 per cent in March to what per cent in April?
6. Doctors in England are threatening strike action after they were offered a pay rise of what per cent, described as derisory by the British Medical Association?
7. According to the Office for National Statistics, what fell by almost 50 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year?
8. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced that what would be piloted in 20 prisons in an attempt to reduce reoffending?
9. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the leaders of which two countries - saying that they had 'effectively said they want Hamas to remain in power’. Half a point for each.
10. Israeli embassy workers Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were shot dead when leaving an event at a Jewish museum in which city?
11. After a two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump said a peace deal could only be negotiated directly between Russia and Ukraine – maybe with the help of who?
12. US President Donald Trump ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosaby in the Oval Office and played a video that he claimed proved what?
13. US President Donald Trump announced plans for a defence system 'capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from the other side of the world’. What is it called?
14. A statement from Joe Biden’s office said that the former US President had been diagnosed with what type of cancer that had spread to his bones?
15. Two people were killed and 22 injured when a sailing ship from which country crashed into Brooklyn Bridge, New York?
16. HSBC told staff in its UK banks that it may cut their annual bonuses if they do what?
17. Pregnant women and babies were evacuated after a fire broke out in a maternity hospital in which city?
18. George Wendt, who died aged 76, played which character in every episode of the US comedy series Cheers?
19. What did the Princess of Wales smash against the hull of a Royal Navy warship when she named it HMS Glasgow?
20. Budget airlines were reported to be considering launching what next year that would reduce prices on short flights?
21. Tottenham won the Europa League and Crystal Palace won the FA Cup this week, meaning all four English trophy winners this season are associated, through their badges or nicknames, with what?
22. Johan Helberg woke up in his house in Norway to find what in his front garden?
23. Actor Ncuti Gatwa was reported to be facing the axe from which TV show after only two series as viewing figures dropped sharply?
24. The winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest was Wasted Love by JJ representing which country?
25. The arrival of Peppa Pig's baby sister was announced live on ITV's Good Morning Britain. What is she called?

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