Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Dora Allday with an impressive 22. There were other good scores too including Becca McAuley on 21, Gavin Devine, Janet Boyle, Liz Gerard all on 20, Ed Mortimer on 19, Toby Brown 18 and Dave Bromage 17. The top scoring team was Bruce and Sarah Hayward with 21, just ahead of Rob and Nicola Lawrence on 20. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 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 how you get on.

Today's front pages

1. On Thurday Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: 'We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control – now parliament should get Brexit done on Saturday so we can move on to other priorities’. He then listed four priorities - cost of living, the NHS and which two others. Half a point for each.
2. The deputy leader of which party predicted a 'massive vote' against the Withdrawal Agreement tomorrow (Saturday), accusing Boris Johnson of being 'too eager by far to get a deal at any cost’?
3. At an EU summit press conference European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said that which group of UK people had been ‘right’ all along?
4. What did the Queen not do - for only the third time in her reign - when she delivered her speech at the State Opening of Parliament on Monday?
5. Which MP quit the Labour Party after 55 years - 22 as an MP - citing 'the threat that a Jeremy Corbyn premiership could pose to the country’?
6. Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan told parliament that plans to introduce an age verification system for what had been abandoned?
7. Commuters dragged an Extinction Rebellion protester from the roof of a tube train at which London Underground station?
8. A climate change protestor arrested in London while holding a sign that said ‘I'm locally sourced & environmentally friendly’ was dressed as what?
9. More than 100 MPs, led by Labour’s Chris Elmore, have written to Barclay’s Bank’s chief executive urging him to reverse what decision?
10. According to Turkish officials what did President Recep Tayyip Erdogan do with a letter from US President Donald Trump which urged him not to 'be a fool' over Syria?
11. Who did the family of Harry Dunn, the 19-year-old killed in a crash involving an American diplomat’s wife, describe as being stiff, cold, unpleasant and rude during a meeting about their son’s death?
12. Football fans were arrested over the racial abuse of black England players during a Euro 2020 qualifying match in which city?
13. British paedophile Richard Huckle died after being strangled and stabbed with a makeshift weapon, probably a toothbrush, in which prison?
14. Sainsbury’s announced it would not be selling what in any of its 2,300 branches this year?

15. Prince Harry appeared to shed a tear as he delivered an emotional speech at which awards in London?
16. How old is Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge who became the first person to complete a marathon in under two hours?
17. The Booker prize judges broke the rules and jointly awarded the prize to which two writers? Half a point for each name.
18. Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne was cleared of sexually assaulting a woman on a train by a jury at which crown court?
19. Why was 93-year-old widow Margaret Ford in the headlines?
20. Who was named Guildford Phoenix ice hockey team’s man of the match after saving the crucial shot in a shootout to give his team victory?
21. Leah Bracknell, who died age 55, played which character in Emmerdale for 16 years?
22. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge played which game with children taking part in the British Council's DOSTI (friendship) programme in Lahore?
23. What was 62-year-old Shay Bradley’s dying wish that went viral this week?
24. When Simon Byford found a wallet in North London he contacted the owner by paying into his bank account, leaving a small message each time. How much did he spend?
25. Australian Reg Watson, who died aged 93, was a pioneer of what type of TV programmes?

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