The newsquiz: 25 questions about the week

The top scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Tom Savage and Andy Reed who both scored 20, narrowly ahead of Jake Hurfurt on 19 and Toby Brown on 17. The top scoring team was the Roberts Family with 20.5, Phil and Maura Parsons 19, Three Legs drinkers Peter, Stacey and Thom and Sarah and Bruce Hayward who scored 18 and Miles Dilworth and Ben Wilkinson on 17.5. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

Harvey Weinstein's guilty verdict dominates the front pages (Question 6)

1. In which Derbyshire town did a GP surgery and primary school close because someone with the coronavirus had returned from Tenerife?

2. Which Six Nations rugby match was called off because of fears over the coronavirus outbreak?

3. The prime minister of which country ordered the closure of all schools for a month in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus?

4. Former Liberal leader David Steel announced his resignation from the Liberal Democrats and his intention to quit the House of Lords after being accused of having 'abdicated his responsibility' by recommending who for a knighthood?
5. The Government denied claims in the Sunday Times that the chiefs of which organisation did not trust Home Secretary Priti Patel and were limiting information sharing with her?
6. MPs, including Labour’s equalities spokesman Dawn Butler, called for disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein to be stripped of what?
7. An emergency evacuation took place in which town after rising waters on the River Severn ‘overwhelmed’ its flood defences?

8. Plans for a third runway at Heathrow were ruled illegal by the Court of Appeal because they failed 'to take into account the provisions' of which agreement?

9. A document called The Government’s Approach to Negotiations with the EU was issued and included the sentence: 'This agreement should be on the lines of the FTAs (Free Trade Agreements) already agreed by the EU in recent years with ___ and with other friendly countries’. What is the missing country?

10. Schools were closed today as a Youth Strike 4 Climate event, including a march and speech by Greta Thunberg, took place in which UK city?

11. What ‘stalled' for the first time in the UK in more than 100 years and reversed for the most deprived women?

12. China is preparing to send 100,000 what to Pakistan to help tackle swarms of crop-eating locusts?

13. Which dictator, who ruled his country for more than 30 years and survived six assassination attempts, was buried with full military honours this week?

14. Which brand issued a plea to people to 'try to be kind' after it received online abuse after the Chancellor of the Exchequer was pictured with its product?

15. The English, Scottish and Northern Irish football associations banned children under what age from heading a football during training?

16. Tesco became the first UK supermarket to launch what in a diverse range of skin tones? 

17. Katherine Johnson, who died age 101, was a pioneering black mathematician whose manual calculations helped what to happen?

18. Former teacher Bob Weighton from Hampshire is about to become what new record-holder?

19. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle issued a statement saying ‘there is not any ___ by The Monarchy or Cabinet Office over the use of the word Royal overseas’. What is the missing word?

20. Why were all flights to and from the Canary Islands suspended, cancelled or diverted last weekend?

21. Which company announced it is to cut more than 1,800 jobs as it makes changes to its bakeries?

22. Tyson Fury won the WBC heavyweight title after Deontay Wilder's corner threw in the towel during which round of the fight?

23. Welsh pop singer Duffy used which social media platform to tell the story of how she was drugged, held captive and raped by an unidentified person?

24. Why was Londoner Charlotte Awbery in the headlines?

25. What is the name of the singer-songwriter who will perform My Last Breath as the UK’s Eurovision entry in May?

Answers here