The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Toby Brown with 19, followed by Robert Rea and Sally Tipper with 17, Pam Pearce 16 and Ed Mortimer 15. The top team was Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with 21 ahead of Nicola and Rob Lawrence and Bruce and Sarah Hayward who both scored 19 and Maura and Phil Parsons with 17. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the last seven days. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.
Today's front pages
1. New Covid regulations, approved by MPs on Thursday, mean that people from England and Wales who try to leave the country for a holiday can be fined up to how much from Monday?
2. When the Government’s stay at home instruction is dropped next week it is to be replaced with a five-word slogan which says ’Take this ___ ___ ___’. what are the three missing words?
3. The National Day of Reflection, marking one year since the UK first went into lockdown, was organised by which charity?
4. Which European politician said: ‘We didn't go fast enough, strong enough on this. We thought the vaccines would take time to take off.’
5. In a Zoom meeting with backbenchers Prime Minister Boris Johnson was reported to have said that the reason the UK had vaccine success was because of two things. Capitalism was one, what was the other?
6. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was ‘delighted' to be able to tell the commons that what place had 'become the first nation in the world to complete its entire adult vaccination programme’?
7. The Scottish Government confirmed that more than 154,000 NHS Scotland staff, including nurses, are to be offered a pay rise of at least what per cent?
8. Twenty-one police officers were injured and police cars damaged at Kill the Bill protests on Sunday and Tuesday nights in which city?
9. What is the name of the container ship, owned by Taiwanese company Evergreen, that blocked the Suez Canal?
10. The Government announced that what was to be cut from 82,040 to 72,500 in 2025?
11. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced that what should happen at Government buildings every day and urged councils to follow suit?
12. The headteacher of Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire suspended a teacher who allegedly showed what to pupils during a lesson?
13. Whose new jobs include chief impact officer for BetterUp, a mental health business, and commissioner at the Aspen Institute?
7. The Scottish Government confirmed that more than 154,000 NHS Scotland staff, including nurses, are to be offered a pay rise of at least what per cent?
8. Twenty-one police officers were injured and police cars damaged at Kill the Bill protests on Sunday and Tuesday nights in which city?
9. What is the name of the container ship, owned by Taiwanese company Evergreen, that blocked the Suez Canal?
10. The Government announced that what was to be cut from 82,040 to 72,500 in 2025?
11. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced that what should happen at Government buildings every day and urged councils to follow suit?
12. The headteacher of Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire suspended a teacher who allegedly showed what to pupils during a lesson?
13. Whose new jobs include chief impact officer for BetterUp, a mental health business, and commissioner at the Aspen Institute?
14. Government-appointed commissioners will oversee parts of which city’s council after a report found a 'serious breakdown of governance' and multiple failures?
15. Investors, including Aviva, said they would not buy shares in the planned £8.8 billion flotation of which company after concerns were raised over workers’ rights?
16. Which car that became the byword for a type of British male motorist, after being used by Tony Blair in 1990s speeches, is to be phased out after five million sales over 29 years?
17. In England’s 5-0 World Cup qualifier against San Marino, who came on as a substitute for his first cap and scored his first goal with his first shot?
18. Santander announced plans to close exactly how many branches across the country due to the shift to mobile and online banking?
19. What was the title of the ITV documentary that followed broadcaster Kate Garraway’s husband's battle with coronavirus?
20. Footballers Frank Worthington and Peter Lorimer, who died this week, both began and ended their club careers in which English county?
21. What was the nickname given to the seal who took up residence near Hammersmith Bridge in London but who was put-down by vets after a dog attack?
22. From June 23 where will you find this quote: 'This is only a foretaste of what is to come, and only the shadow of what is going to be’?
23. Who gave birth to her third child, Lucas Philip, on her bathroom floor after she was unable to make it to hospital in time?
24. US actor George Segal, who died aged 87, was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Nick in which 1966 film?
25. Which journalist and news presenter was announced as the new host of Mastermind?
16. Which car that became the byword for a type of British male motorist, after being used by Tony Blair in 1990s speeches, is to be phased out after five million sales over 29 years?
17. In England’s 5-0 World Cup qualifier against San Marino, who came on as a substitute for his first cap and scored his first goal with his first shot?
18. Santander announced plans to close exactly how many branches across the country due to the shift to mobile and online banking?
19. What was the title of the ITV documentary that followed broadcaster Kate Garraway’s husband's battle with coronavirus?
20. Footballers Frank Worthington and Peter Lorimer, who died this week, both began and ended their club careers in which English county?
21. What was the nickname given to the seal who took up residence near Hammersmith Bridge in London but who was put-down by vets after a dog attack?
22. From June 23 where will you find this quote: 'This is only a foretaste of what is to come, and only the shadow of what is going to be’?
23. Who gave birth to her third child, Lucas Philip, on her bathroom floor after she was unable to make it to hospital in time?
24. US actor George Segal, who died aged 87, was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Nick in which 1966 film?
25. Which journalist and news presenter was announced as the new host of Mastermind?
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