Test your news knowledge with this week's quiz

There were some good scores in last week's newsquiz. Pick of the bunch were Liz Gerard and Tom Savage who both scored 20, just ahead of Toby Brown and Gavin Devine on 19. Janet Boyle, Dora Allday and Andy Reed scored 18 and Andy Drinkwater 17. The top team was Bruce and Sarah Hayward with 21. Phil and Maura Parsons scored a PB with 20 and Brian and Liz Page, on their debut, recorded 19. Here is this week's quiz ... as usual 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Boris Johnson makes a splash: Wednesday's front pages

1. To the nearest thousand how many Tory party members voted for Boris Johnson in the leadership ballot?

2. In his acceptance speech Boris Johnson referred to the acronym DUDE. What did he say each of the letters stood for? You need all four for a point.

3. Who is the new leader of the House of Commons?

4. Grant Shapps was appointed to which Cabinet position under Boris Johnson?

5. Former Chancellor Philip Hammond announced he would resign from a Boris Johnson government live on which television programme?

6. Theresa May chose to go where rather than watch Boris Johnson’s first speech in the Commons as Prime Minister?

7. US President Donald Trump said of Boris Johnson: 'We have a really good man who’s going to be the Prime Minister of the UK now. He’s tough and he’s smart … they call him ____ ____ and people are saying that’s a good thing.’ What are the two missing words?

8. Jo Swinson became the first female and the youngest ever leader of the Liberal Democrats? How old is she?

9. Why was shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry taken to hospital?

10. Why was the Conservative whip withdrawn from Charlie Elphicke, MP for Dover? 

11. Which European city saw temperatures reach 42.6c, breaking the previous high of 40.4c which was set 72 years ago in July 1947?

12. Why was Bosnian 'Tank' Sead Kolasinac in the headlines?

13. Which company announced it is to cut 12,500 jobs around the world, after a 94.5 per cent fall in profits for the first quarter of 2019?

14. Carl Beech, 51, who lied about a VIP paedophile ring in Westminster, was sentence to how many years after being found guilty of 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud?

15. Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, who died age 75, played android Roy Batty in Blade Runner and fronted the adverts for which beer in the 1990s?

16. British Airways suspended all flights to which city for seven days as a security precaution?
17. What is the name of the British-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the strait of Hormuz?

18. What did Lithuanian Edgaras ​Averbuchas do at Essex University that led to him being accused of ‘hijacking’ and ‘egotism’ on social media?

19. US President Donald Trump demanded which country release American rapper A$AP Rocky who has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm?

20. According to World Health Organisation research findings announced this week eating what at least three times a week can cut the risk of bowel cancer by up to 12 per cent?

21. What did Franky Zapata fail to do?
22. Who took the Claret Jug home to Clara?

23. A court in Rome heard that which 92-year-old Hollywood legend was conned out of millions of euros of assets and property by her manager?
24. What was the name of the chihuahua which, according to its owner, was carried off by a seagull in Paignton, Devon?

25. Motsi Mabuse was appointed to what role?

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