Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Janet Boyle and Toby Brown who both scored 19, narrowly ahead of Liz Gerard on 18. The top team was Phil and Maura Parsons with 21 followed by the Roberts Family on 20, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18.5 and The Penmans on 18. 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. The Government signed a deal for how many doses of promising coronavirus vaccines which are being researched by an alliance between BioNtech, Pfizer and Valneva?

2. Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out the next phase of the Government's coronavirus strategy, saying: 'It is my strong and sincere hope that we will be able to review the outstanding restrictions and allow a more significant return to normality from ___ at the earliest’. What is the missing word?

3. When visiting a GP surgery in London who did Prime Minister Boris Johnson describe as ‘nuts'?

4. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that it was now possible to 'carefully and safely' allow visits to where, while taking into account 'local knowledge and circumstances’?

5. New government guidelines confirmed that face coverings must be worn in shops from today (Friday) in England and that those flouting the rules could be fined how much?

6. The Government confirmed that the UK has a backlog of more than 400,000 applications for what, due to disruption caused by the pandemic?

7. Marks & Spencer announced plans to cut how many store management and head office jobs as 'an important step' in it becoming a 'stronger, leaner’ business?

8. Which company announced it was getting rid of contract cleaners in nearly 2,000 stores with their duties to be carried out by staff?

9. The Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed a parliamentary report on Moscow’s interference in the UK saying it was just ‘fake-shaped ____’. What is the missing word?

10. Prince Philip attended a special military ceremony, three years after his retirement, to pass on his role as Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifles to whom?

11. At the High Court in London actress Amber Heard accused her ex-husband Johnny Depp of throwing around how many bottles at her 'like grenades’?
12. Who was US President Donald Trump referring to when he said: 'I have met her numerous times over the years, especially since I lived in Palm Beach, and I guess they lived in Palm Beach. But I wish her well, frankly’?

13. A street in Leeds, which links the Trinity Leeds shopping centre to Commercial Street in the city centre, has been named after whom?

14. Princess Beatrice’s wedding dress, worn by the Queen in 1961 at a state dinner, was originally designed by whom?

15. Which brand was accused of 'shrinkflation' after announcing all treats in its multipacks will be reduced in size so they contain no more than 200 calories each?

16. This season's FA Cup final, the first to be held behind closed doors, will kick-off on Saturday August 1 at 5.30pm and feature which two teams? Half a point for each.

17. Which theme park was put into lockdown after a 26-year-old man was stabbed during a row between two groups?

18. The US ordered China to close its consulate in which city 'in order to protect American intellectual property’?

19. A boiled kettle in a beach hut caused a large fire in which seaside resort?

20. Renate Blauel is seeking substantial damages claiming she had been caused deep psychological distress by her ex-husband who breached an 1988 divorce agreement to not discuss their marriage. Who is the ex-husband?

21. Rapper Kanye West has been in the headlines after tweeting that he had been seeking a divorce from Kim Kardashian since she met who 'at the Waldorf for prison reform’?

22. A Which? survey ranked St Mawes in Cornwall as the UK’s best coastal resort but which town came last?

23. The closure of which magazine, founded in 1986 by former Old Grey Whistle Test presenters Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, was announced this week?

24. Taylor Swift released a surprise eighth album this week containing 16 songs penned during lockdown to help her pour out her 'whims, dreams and fears’. What is the album called?

25. Broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray announced she is to leave which show after 33 years?

Answers here