Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 23, ahead of Janet Boyle on 20, Robert Rea on 18 and Josh Haining on 17. The top team was Team Smithsonian with Trev and Carole on 21, ahead of Maura and Phil on 20, the Waterworks team of Danny, Thom, Rosie, with help from Andy, on 17 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 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. 

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1. In his resignation letter, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: 'Where we need vision, we have a __’. What is the missing word?
2. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed who as Health Secretary in a mini-reshuffle prompted by Wes Streeting's resignation?
3. What is the name of the constituency where former minister Josh Simons is stepping down as MP so that Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham can try to return to Parliament?
4. Which one of these Government ministers did not quit their position, calling for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign? a) Jess Phillips, Home Office minister b) Mike Tapp, Home Office minister c) Miatta Fahnbulleh, communities minister d) Zubir Ahmed, health minister.
5. Following the elections, Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of which party, was sworn in as the first minister of Wales?
6. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a property for how much in cash after receiving a £5million personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne?

7. Green Party leader Zack Polanski apologised for failing to pay the correct council tax while living where in London?
8. The King’s Speech confirmed the Government's plans to nationalise what?
9. Who told US President Donald Trump: 'We can help each other succeed and advance the wellbeing of the whole world. Our two countries should be partners, not rivals’?
10. What did US President Donald Trump say was 'unbelievably weak’ and was on 'massive life support’?
11. At the 50th anniversary of the King’s Trust at the Royal Albert Hall, who congratulated King Charles on his ‘Americas' trip and for putting 'that little ratbag in his place’?
12. The bodies of three young women were recovered from the sea off the coast of which city?
13. France confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a suspected outbreak of what?
14. Five Italian tourists, including a mother and daughter, died 160ft underwater during a diving trip to where?
15. Under rules introduced this week it became illegal for driving instructors to do what? 
16. A survey found that a sandwich sold by bakery chain Gail’s contained a 'staggering' amount of what … the equivalent to five McDonald’s cheeseburgers?
17. Singer Dua Lipa filed a $15milion (£11million) lawsuit against which company, alleging it used her image on its packaging without permission?
18. Delivery driver Catalin Stancu was given an eight-week suspended prison sentence after being caught on a doorbell camera taking what from a house in West Yorkshire?
19. What returned to Coniston Water for the first time in almost 60 years ago? 
20. Which couple made a joint statement saying they remained great friends and were 'fully committed to our roles as loving and supportive parents'?
21. The English Football League charged Southampton with what?
22. The Princess of Wales used what name to introduce herself to schoolchildren on her visit to Reggio Emilia in Italy?
23. Who received the special award at the Baftas and used a emotional speech to recall the death of his mother to send a message that 'life can get better’?
24. Singer Olly Murs raised more than £800,000 for Soccer Aid by cycling, running and rowing 250 miles from Old Trafford to which team’s football ground?
25. Boy George failed to reach the Eurovision finals when which country’s song was eliminated in the semi-final?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann on 23, ahead of Janet Boyle on 21, Robert Rea on 20 and Josh Haining on 18. The top team were the King’s Head drinkers Peter and Stacey, with help from landlord Mick, who scored 22. The Barnard Castle FOC of Bill, Trev, Carole with help from Tim scored 21, Maura and Phil 20, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Our Peter, Jackie, Sarah and Joe 19 and Prague marathon runners Jack and Thom 18. 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. 

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1. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage described England's local election results as a 'truly historic __ in British politics' as his party gained hundreds of seats. What is the missing word?
2. Reform UK won all 12 seats up for election in which North-East town, stripping Labour of its majority and causing MP Jonathan Brash to call for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stand down?
3. Keir Starmer said that who had made it 'absolutely clear' he supported him, following a report in The Times that he had urged the Prime Minister to set out a timetable for departure?

4. Reform UK said it would open migrant detention centres for people awaiting deportation in areas that did what?
5. Green Party leader Zack Polanski said he was wrong to call himself a spokesperson for which organisation when campaigning for the party leadership?
6. What is the name of the cruise ship on which three people died of the rat-borne hantavirus?
7. Three people died after the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship which began its journey on April 1 in which country?
8. The Pentagon announced that the US would withdraw 5,000 troops from which country after its leader said America was being ‘humiliated' by Iran?
9. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said there was what colour 'dome' over the Strait of Hormuz?
10. The Vatican said it had raised the 'need to work tirelessly in favour of peace’ after Pope Leo met who in Rome?

11. A man was charged with using threatening, abusive and insulting words and behaviour after wearing a balaclava and confronting who near his home?

12. Two people died and three, including a child, were injured after a grenade exploded at a house in which city?
13. Jake Hall, who featured in The Only Way Is Essex, was found dead at a villa on which island after smashing into a glass door?

14. Jackie Kirwan, whose daughter died at 33, said that meeting former hairdresser Kim Smith and being able to do what had given her 'huge comfort’?

15. Ted Turner, who died aged 87, was a media mogul who launched which US TV news channel?
16. Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, called for airports to ban what?
17. Amazon became the first retailer in the UK to start what with a limited launch in Darlington, County Durham?
18. Which singer was in an induced coma after emergency surgery in the Algarve, Portugal?
19. Some celebrities boycotted the Met Gala in New York protesting about whose involvement as lead sponsor?
20. What did Martyn Smith, owner of an auto repair garage in Kent, contribute to the Met Gala?
21. A German family won a payout of more than €900 (£850) from their tour operator after they were unable to do what on a holiday in Kos, Greece?
22. Animal rights charity Peta called on Leicestershire County Council to strike what off a list of potential names for Melton Mowbray's new bypass?
23. What did six times world champion Steve Davis say was an 'embarrassment to snooker’ and that referees and the players’ association needed to ensure it never happened again?
24. Which band announced their new album Foreign Tongues, with contributions from Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney and the Cure’s Robert Smith, would be released on July 10?
25. A 90-minute concert is to be held at the Royal Albert Hall tonight (Friday), a Stratford farm released 100 butterflies and a new species of wasp has been named … all to mark what?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Daily Mail trainee Joshua Haining who collected a scratchcard for his impressive 24. Janet Boyle, Tim Humphrey and George Mann all scored 21, Ellen Morris 20, Robert Rea 19 and Ian McCulloch 15. The top team was Phil, Maura, Lou and Joe also with 24. The Barnard Castle FOC with Bill, Carole, Trevor, Our Peter and Jackie scored 19 and the Broad Oak Boozers Thom, Tim and Craig 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.

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1. What is the name of the 31-year-old man who was charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump?
2. The Donald Trump attack was the second time the Washington Hilton hotel has been the scene of an assassination attempt. Who was the other intended victim?
3. The US president and First Lady called for who to be sacked for 'inciting violence' after he called Melania an 'expectant widow’ in a TV comedy sketch?
4. King Charles's address to the US Congress prompted how many standing ovations?
5. King Charles, responding to Donald Trump’s remark that if it wasn’t for the US, European countries would be speaking German, said 'if it wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking __’. What is the missing language?
6. US President Donald Trump said he would remove all tariffs and restrictions on the import of what in honour of King Charles's State Visit?
7. After his four-day State Visit to the US, King Charles flew to which British overseas territory?
8. The UK terror threat was raised from ‘substantial' to what level for the first time since 2021 after two people were stabbed in Golders Green on Wednesday?
9. Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley accused who of spouting 'misinformed' rhetoric for sharing a post claiming two policemen were 'violently kicking’ the man accused of the Golders Green stabbings?
10. How many Labour MPs rebelled against the Government by voting in favour of an investigation into Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his appointment of Peter Mandelson?
11. Police raided three properties and made six arrests in which English town as part of an investigation into allegations of sex offences involving a religious group?
12. What is the name of the company that owns Premier Inn, Beefeater and Brewers Fayre which announced it was to cut about 3,800 jobs in the UK and Ireland?
13. Who has been referred to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner for not declaring a £5million gift from a donor before he became an MP?
14. Which company’s profits more than doubled to £2.4billion between January and March after an ‘exceptional' performance since the beginning of the Iran war?
15. James Holder, 54, found guilty of rape after a trial at Gloucester Crown Court, was the co-founder of which company?
16. Lord George Robertson, ex-Nato secretary general, urged the Government to introduce what for everyone from 16 to 70?
17. Which accessories store closed 154 shops in the UK and Ireland with more than 1,300 staff being notified of redundancy?
18. Who submitted three applications to trademark her voice and likeness, including an image of her wearing a sparkly bodysuit, after fake AI clips?
19. A Banksy statue, erected at night in central London, showed a man in a suit stepping off a plinth and blinded by what?
20. Tributes were paid after the death of Ted, a Patterdale Terrier mix, who found fame on which TV show?
21. London marathon winner Sabastian Sawe, who became the first person to complete a marathon in less than two hours, is from which country?
22. Which football club clinched a return to the English Football League, after a ten-year exile, with an equaliser in the 13th minute of stoppage time?
23. Millie Bright, OBE, who retired from football with immediate effect, won 88 caps for England and made a record 314 appearances for which club?
24. One hundred Italian cooks in London broke the world record for the longest what, using 50,000 ladyfinger biscuits and more than 3,000 eggs?
25. Retired IT analyst Roman Dubowski became the seventh person to win what?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Robert Rea and George Mann with 21, just ahead of Kirsty Stewart and Janet Boyle on 20, Tim Humphrey on 19. and Ian McCulloch on 15. The top team was the Barnard Castle FOC with Carole, Trevor, Bill, Sue, Our Peter and Jackie with an impressive 24. The King’s Head drinkers of Nicky, Les, Stacey and Simon scored 21, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Marc and Claire Beyeler on 19. 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.

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1. Olly Robbins, the former top official at the Foreign Office, told the foreign affairs select committee that Downing Street 'took a __ attitude' to Peter Mandelson’s vetting. What is the missing word?
2. Following talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington, Donald Trump announced that the ten-day ceasefire had been extended by how many weeks?
3. Reports that US President Donald Trump is seeking to punish Nato allies, who failed to back the Iran war, suggested he could withdraw America’s backing for British control of what?
4. US President Donald Trump said who was 'not speaking for the UK' after a call for America to show ‘leadership' on Ukraine?
5. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signed a three-year £662 million agreement with which country that will see at least 50 police officers, with tear gas and rubber bullets, drafted in to tackle hostile crowds?
6. Latest figures showed that inflation had risen to what per cent, largely due to higher fuel prices?
7. Education minister Jacqui Smith said the Government planned to introduce a legal ban on what in schools in England?
8. The Commons and Lords settled on a final draft of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill that will stop people born after what year from smoking?
9. Sean Egan was sacked from his job with which supermarket after 29 years for confronting a shoplifter?
10. Gunman Shamar Elkins killed eight children in Louisiana including how many of his own?
11. Which airline announced it was to cut 20,000 European short-haul flights over the summer, saying fuel prices have made many journeys unprofitable?
12. To mark the late Queen’s 100th birthday, King Charles posted a video saying: 'God bless you __ __, you remain forever in our hearts and prayers.’ What are the two missing words?
13. Stolen medical data from how many NHS patients went up for sale on a Chinese website?
14. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO of which company, a position he has held since 2011?
15. Antonia Eastwood was given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay £5,000 in compensation after admitting doing what at a wedding?
16. Zoologist, author and television presenter, Desmond Morris, who died aged 98, was best known for writing which book, that was published in 1967?
17. Which former BBC Radio 1 DJ and Live Aid presenter died aged 66? 
18. The oldest member of which pop group, that had five UK top ten hits including a Number 1 in the 70s, died aged 76 with his wife and eight children by his side?
19. Music impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed that he was getting help every day for what?
20. Who left the ITV reality show I'm A Celebrity... South Africa after collapsing in the camp, before being diagnosed with cancer?
21. A robot won a half-marathon, running faster than the human world record, in which city?
22. Which former Premier League champions were relegated to football's third tier for only the second time in the club's 142-year history?
23. Which football team sacked their head coach after losing five consecutive matches without scoring for the first time since 1912?
24. The BBC said that 'following extensive consideration’ it had made the difficult decision to 'say goodbye’ to which show after 52 years?
25. The BBC announced that who is to replace Scott Mills as the host of Radio 2's breakfast show?

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The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tim Humphrey on 22, just ahead of George Mann on 21.5, Ian McCulloch on 20.5, Robert Rea on 20 and Chris Matthews on 19. The top team was the Broad Oak Boozers of Rosie, Tim, Thom and Danny with Craig and April calling in from Morocco, who scored 20, just ahead of Trevor and Carole on 19.5, Bill and Sue on 19 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18.5. 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. 

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1. What is the name of the Foreign Office’s top civil servant, who was forced to resign for overruling the vetting process to clear Peter Mandelson to become US ambassador?
2. The International Monetary Fund forecast that the energy shock from the Iran war would hit which of the world's advanced economies the hardest?
3. US President Donald Trump said that an AI image he posted on social media did not portray him as Jesus but depicted him as what?
4. US President Donald Trump criticised one of his closest allies, saying she lacked courage and didn't care if Iran had a nuclear weapon and could blow up her country in two minutes? Which country?
5. While on a tour of Africa, Pope Leo XIV said the world was being 'ravaged by a handful of __’. What is the missing word?
6. The International Energy Agency said that Europe had how many weeks worth of jet fuel left before there were likely to be shortages and flight cancellations?
7. Teenager Axel Rudakubana was able to murder three girls in Southport because of the 'irresponsible and harmful' role of who, according to an inquiry into the atrocity?
8. Which organisation informed staff at a meeting that it was to cut between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs, saving £500million, in the biggest downsizing in 15 years?
9. About 100 people were stranded in which airport after a flight to Manchester left without them because new border control checks caused three-hour queues?
10. Which company was fined £4.2million and ordered to pay more than 80,000 learner drivers for not showing the full price of lessons at the time of booking?
11. At least eight students and one teacher were killed and several others injured after a shooting by a 14-year-old in which country?
12. Children threw missiles at police as hundreds of protesters gathered to demand descriptions of men suspected of gang raping a woman in which town?
13. Which TV presenter is to appear at an employment tribunal after his former co-host brought a case alleging she had faced bullying?
14. Who said she was 'the most trolled person in the entire world' on social media adding: ‘Every day for ten years, I have been bullied and attacked’?
15. A BBC investigation found that law firms were charging thousands of pounds to help migrants to gain asylum in the UK by pretending to be gay or what else?
16. US Vice-President JD Vance insisted he was right to stage a two-day campaign to back the Prime Minister in which country’s elections?
17. Why was 18-year-old Maddie Haining told to leave Club Tropicana in Manchester?
18. Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger, 48, who died after his car was hit by a train, was capped 33 times for which country?
19. New data revealed that which insect is dying out in Britain, with 33 native species fighting an 'increasingly urgent battle' for survival?
20. Which TV presenter thanked people for their good wishes and held up a 'get well soon' card from his hospital bed after suffering a stroke?
21. Who said: 'I can't believe I waited 17 years to get one green jacket and now I get two in a row’?
22. Which is the only English football club left in the Champions League?
23. What is the name of the horse that joined the elite band who have won the Grand National twice?
24. Beauty entrepreneur Karishma Vijay, 28, collected £250,000 by winning what?
25. Which musical dominated the Olivier Awards, winning seven prizes?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 20, ahead of Robert Rea on 17. The top team was the Barnard Castle FOC with Bill, Sue, Trevor, Carole, Our Peter and Jackie who scored a maximum 25. Tim Humphrey and son Robert scored 22, ahead of the Matthews family on 18 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17. 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.

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1. US President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday that a 'whole __ will die tonight' if Iran failed to meet his latest deadline. What is the missing word?
2. The US and Iran finally agreed to a ceasefire of how many weeks?
3. Israel bombed which city, killing at least 250 people, and prompting Iranian officials to warn that Tehran could withdraw from the ceasefire?
4. US special forces launched a 'high-stakes' raid into a remote mountainous region of Iran on Sunday to do what?
5. Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited four Gulf countries this week, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and which other two? Half a point for each.
6. Which country acted as a mediator in organising the ceasefire between the US and Iran?
7. US President Donald Trump praised the relentless bombing of Iran in a speech on the Truman balcony at the White House while standing between his wife Melania and what?
8. A gunman was killed and two others ‘neutralised' in a clash with armed police near the Israeli consulate in which city?
9. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government could have built a ‘few’ hospitals with the money it has cost covering doctors’ strikes in recent years. How much did he say?
10. What was scrapped by the Government meaning around 480,000 families will get an average rise of £4,100 a year?
11. This year's Wireless Festival, scheduled to run for three nights in London in July, was cancelled after the Government blocked which performer from coming to the UK?
12. Why did the crew on Nasa's Artemis II mission lose contact with the Earth for 40 minutes?
13. Millions of graduates are to have the interest on their student loans capped at what per cent from September?
14. The Church of England is planning to issue an apology, saying it is ‘deeply sorry’, for its role in what?
15. Finbar Sullivan, 21, was stabbed to death after a fight broke out at which London beauty spot?
16. Jasveen Sangha, 42, known as the 'Ketamine Queen’ from LA was jailed for 15 years for selling drugs that led to the death of who?
17. More than 1,700 people have joined legal action against which company after becoming ill while on holiday in the Cape Verde islands?
18. Jo Malone said she was 'surprised and very sad' after being sued by which company for more than £200,000 in damages for using her name on fragrances?
19. Enzo Conticello, 29, was jailed for more than two years for stealing a handbag containing what worth up to £2.2million from a Soho pub?
20. What did US first lady Melania Trump say were ‘a mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation’?
21. Which supermarket sacked shop assistant Walker Smith for stopping a shoplifter from taking Lindt Gold Bunny Easter eggs?
22. Royal Mail increased the price of a second class stamp by 4p to 91p and a first class stamp by 10p to how much?
23. What did an Oxford team win for the first time since 2016?
24. Football fan Tony Incenzo completed what 'lifetime ambition’ on Monday after 45 years?
25. It was revealed that singer Taylor Swift and footballer Travis Kelce are gearing up for a summer wedding in New York on what date?

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The Good Friday newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 23, ahead of Tim Humphrey, George Mann and Nick Turner on 22, Robert Rea on 19, Ian McCulloch on 18 and Adam Batstone and Kieran Corcoran on 17. The top team were the King’s Head drinkers featuring Peter, Jack and Franki with 23, ahead of Bill and Sarah on 21, Marc and Claire Beyeler and Our Peter and Jackie both on 20.5, the Broad Oak Boozers of Danny, Thom, Tim and Craig on 20 and Trevor and Carole on 18.5. Happy Easter to all you quizzers. Hope you have a good one. Here is the Good Friday newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s news. Give it a go and let me know your score.

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1. US President Donald Trump said he is ‘absolutely' considering withdrawing the US from what, warning that the matter was 'beyond reconsideration’?
2. US President Donald Trump indicated that he may send troops to seize control of Iran's key oil export terminal on which island in the northern Gulf?
3. At a lunch in Washington US President Donald Trump said that whose wife 'treats him extremely badly’ and that he was 'still recovering from the right to the jaw’?
4. US President Donald Trump posted on social media that 'a beautiful Banquet Dinner at the White House’ would be held on the evening of April 28 in honour of who?
5. What is the name of the American Attorney General who was sacked by President Donald Trump?
6. The BBC said it had sacked presenter Scott Mills after learning the alleged victim in a police investigation was what?
7. Scott Mills signed off by saying 'back tomorrow' but the following day's show was presented by which DJ, who gave no reason for Mills’s absence?
8. How many astronauts are on Artemis II heading to the Moon?
9. The Financial Conduct Authority said millions of car owners were set to receive compensation, after being mis-sold car finance, with an average payment of how much per agreement?
10. Why did Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrap plans for 1,000 extra NHS training places?
11. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage fired the party’s housing spokesman Simon Dudley, after he said regulations brought in after the Grenfell Tower fire were too tough and ‘everyone __ in the end’. What is the missing word?
12. Six teenage girls were arrested after widespread disorder, which police said was caused by a social media trend for swarming the streets, in which London district?
13. Musician Ashley Warren was jailed for how many years after his XL bully dog mauled the mother of his ex-partner, to death at his house in Essex?
14. Funeral director Robert Bush, who gave families the wrong ashes from his parlour in which city, pleaded guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial?
15. A 19th Century Grade II-listed mill was demolished after it was severely damaged by a large fire in which Staffordshire town?
16. Golf legend Tiger Woods was charged with driving under the influence in which US state?
17. Mary Rand, who died aged 86, was the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics when she won what event at the Tokyo Games of 1964?
18. Russian Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, was jailed for assault after who contacted UK police to say he had seen a woman being beaten up on a video call?
19. A storm with what name was set to bring winds of over 90mph and snow blizzards to the North this Easter weekend?
20. A tracker was launched to help consumers find out whether their purchase was one of 413,793 of what items... that were stolen in Italy?
21. An unclaimed lottery ticket, bought in London in October and worth how much, expired at midnight last night (Thursday)?
22. Igor Tudor left his role as Tottenham Hotspur head coach after just 44 days and how many matches?
23. Which country, four-time World Cup winners, failed to qualify for the tournament for a third consecutive time, losing on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina?
24. Which rock guitarist was attacked by a woman in Santa Monica who hurled an unidentified substance at him?
25. Which actor received an honorary doctorate from Ulster University - and recalled how Belfast gave him his ‘breakthrough’?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 20, ahead of George Mann on 18.5 and Tim Humphrey on 15.5. The top team was The Barnard Castle FOC including Bill, Trevor, Carole, Our Peter and Jackie with 17.5 ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 16. The quiz must have been a little tougher with quite a few posting below average scores - a few 14s and a 12 - and not making the leaderboard. 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. 

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1. US President Donald Trump urged Iran to accept a xx-point peace plan, threatening to hit the country harder if it didn’t. What is the missing number?
2. US President Donald Trump said that Iran allowed what to happen as a ‘present' to show it was serious about negotiations to end the war?
3. The spokesperson for Iran's joint military command said on Iranian state TV that US President Donald Trump was negotiating with who?

4. The Government was facing questions after it emerged that the Prime Minister's former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney had what stolen?
5. Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský appeared before MPs on the business select committee and insisted which company’s service had not declined under his ownership?
6. Dax Harkins, chief executive of which institution, stepped down after it emerged it will have to repay hundreds of millions of pounds to its customers over missing savings?
7. The Government named how many sites that could be developed as part of its scheme to deliver a wave of 'new towns' in England?
8. Two men were arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after four what were set on fire in Golders Green, London?
9. How did former nurse Sarah Mullally make history this week?
10. Two pilots were killed when an Air Canada plane collided with what at New York's LaGuardia Airport?
11. A 20-year-old woman was awarded $2.2million after suing which two companies over her childhood addiction to social media? Half a point for each?
12. According to government guidance children under the age of five should be limited to how much screen time a day?
13. Food delivery giant Just Eat and motoring site Autotrader were among five firms being investigated as part of an investigation into what?
14. Jenni Murray, who died aged 75, was the presenter of which BBC Radio 4 weekday show for 33 years?
15. Which Hollywood actor who had black belts in Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Judo and Brazilian jiu jitsu died aged 86?
16. Mel Schilling, who died aged 54, was known for offering relationship advice on which reality TV show?
17. The BBC's new director-general was named as Matt Brittin, 57, who was formerly a managing director and president for which company?
18. Nathan Newby, 35, received the George Medal for his bravery doing what outside St James' Hospital in Leeds in 2023?
19. Who have been given until September 6 to leave the Guides?
20. Great Britain won three gold medals in 28 minutes to make history at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in which country?
21. BBC show The Repair Shop scrapped a segment featuring a joke book belonging to which late comedian after its contents were deemed inappropriate?
22. What animal was eradicated from Rathlin Island, off Northern Ireland, to protect its seabirds?
23. Northern Ireland and Wales will not be heading to the World Cup after being beaten in the play-offs by which two countries? Half a point for each.
24. Which Premier League footballer issued a statement on Tuesday that began: 'Hello everyone. Unfortunately the day has come. This is the first part of my farewell’?
25. Which drama is leading the field at this year's Bafta TV awards with 11 nominations?

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