The top scorer in last week's newsquiz was Liz Gerard with 18. The top team was the Roberts Family - back to full strength - with 20. It was clearly a tougher week, with the second top solo scorer Steve Silk getting a modest 15.5. This week's may be a little easier. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.
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1. Boris Johnson received how many votes in the first ballot to select the Conservative party leader and next Prime Minister?
2. Esther McVey and which two other MPs were knocked out in the first ballot to select the Tory party leader? Half a point for each.
3. How many votes will each Tory leader hopeful need to get in the second ballot next week to progress to the next round?
4. Leadership contender Michael Gove admitted taking cocaine 'on several occasions at social events more than 20 years ago' when he was a young what?
5. Unsuccessful Tory leader candidate Esther McVey explained her frosty relationship with broadcaster Lorraine Kelly by saying: 'She used to be partnered with ___ ___, then I was promoted to be partnering with ___ ___.’ What is the missing name?
6. Home Secretary Sajid Javid described his exclusion from what event as ‘odd’?
7. Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May enshrined in law a commitment for Britain to reach net zero carbon emissions by what year?
8. US President Donald Trump said on Twitter he had met several European leaders on his recent visit - but got one title wrong. What was it?
9. Two oil tankers damaged by explosions in the Gulf of Oman were from which two countries? Half a point for each.
10. What did Len Goodman describe as ‘rotten’, Esther Rantzen as ‘appalling treachery’ and Ricky Tomlinson as an ‘absolute disgrace’?
11. Which supermarket announced a £500million expansion plan which includes opening 40 new stores, creating 1,500 jobs, over the next five years?
12. The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill led to major protests where?
13. Oxfam was criticised by the Charity Commission for the way it dealt with claims of serious sexual misconduct by its staff in which country?
14. Three hospital patients in Manchester and Liverpool died after eating chicken sandwiches contaminated with what?
15. Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Justin Edinburgh died age 49 while managing which football team?
16. Comedian Jo Brand was criticised for a satirical ‘battery acid’ joke which was aired on which Radio 4 programme?
17. The Government is to issue an ‘unprecedented' recall notice of up to 500,000 tumble dryers by which manufacturer, saying they posed a fire safety risk?
18. Who ended up in intensive care after blowing his nose at 37mph?
19. The United States recorded the biggest ever victory in the Fifa Women's World Cup as they crushed which team 13-0?
20. Who accepted an OBE for services to music in the Queen’s Birthday Honours but said: ‘It is hard to receive anything named for the 'British Empire', and all that term embodies, without a pause for reflection?’
21. The Cricket World Cup 2019 broke an unwanted world record, which was set in 1992 and equalled in 2003, for the most number of what?
22. Why was Grace Jones, nicknamed Amazing Grace, from Worcestershire in the headlines?
23. What three words did comedian Freddie Starr have inscribed on the outside of his coffin?
24. Which band scuppered a $150,000 blackmail attempt by releasing 18 hours of music which had been stolen by hackers?
25. Who tweeted: 'I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon. Tom if you don't take this fight your scared and you will never live it down. Who is willing to put on the fight?'
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