Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Janet Boyle and Toby Brown with 21, just ahead of Dominic Hurst on 20, Jayme Bryla on 19, Gavin Devine on 18, Hannah Tomes and Nick Turner on 16 and Pam Pearce on 15. The top team was once again the Roberts Family with 24, followed by Maura and Phil Parsons (with help from their daughter) 23, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 20, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 18 and Amanda Kitson and Andy Austin 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz. There are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.  

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1. Which one of these will not be among the 30 people attending Prince Philip’s funeral? a) Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi b) The Countess Mountbatten of Burma c) Sarah Ferguson d) Mike Tindall

2. Prince Harry paid tribute to Prince Philip in a statement which said: 'He was my grandpa: master of the ___, legend of ___, and cheeky right 'til the end.' What are the two missing words? Half a point for each.

3. What make of vehicle will be used to take Prince Philip’s coffin to his funeral?

4. The Tower of London and Royal Navy warships led the gun salute to mark the death of Prince Philip, firing how many shots from midday last Saturday?

5. The BBC issued a statement, after receiving nearly 110,000 complaints over programmes being postponed for the coverage of Prince Philip's death, and then made a second statement that 'acknowledged viewers were disappointed' that which particular show had been rescheduled?

6. Which country became the first to drop the AstraZeneca vaccine as part of its immunisation programme over suspected blood clots?

7. Why did surge-testing of more than 650,000 people take place in the London areas of Wandsworth, Lambeth and Finchley?

8. Labour said there was 'cronyism at the heart of this Government' after it emerged that Health Secretary Matt Hancock and his sister Emily owned shares in which company that had won contracts from NHS Wales?

9. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to 'correct and reconsider' the 'wrong' decision in the blocking of what?

10. Shirley Williams, who died aged 90, quit the Labour party with Bill Rodgers, Roy Jenkins and David Owen to form a breakaway group, known by what name, that founded the Social Democratic Party?

11. Which company handed dismissal notices to around 1,000 engineers who refused to sign up to tougher employment terms under a controversial 'fire and rehire' scheme?

12. Which country's foreign minister warned Russia that it will bear 'very painful' consequences and called on the West to provide more practical support, saying 'words are not enough'?

13. Police officer Kim Potter, who shot dead a black motorist in which American city, was charged with second-degree manslaughter?

14. A coroner in Hull raised concerns about the danger posed by which weapon after opening the inquest of a 30-year-old man who was killed by a neighbour in Southburn, West Yorkshire?

15. The University of Hull said students on some courses will not be marked down for poor spelling because the need for a high level of proficiency in written English can be seen as 'homogenous, North European, white, male, and ___'. What is the missing word?
16. Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, who was jailed for a year for taking part in unlawful protests, is the billionaire owner of Hong Kong’s last opposition newspaper. What is it called?

17. Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the Grand National with victory on which horse at Aintree on Saturday? 

18. Big Brother contestant Nikki Grahame died aged 38 from what?

19. A huge section of a cliff collapsed on to a beach and into the sea in the biggest UK rockfall in 60 years in which county?

20. What was the name of the giant rabbit, which broke the Guinness World Record for the longest rabbit in 2010, who was stolen from its home in Worcestershire?

21. What is the name of Britain's number one male tennis player who claimed the biggest win of his career by beating world number one Novak Djokovic in the Monte Carlo Masters?

22. Marks & Spencer began legal action arguing Aldi's caterpillar cake was too similar to its own brand. What are the names of the two cakes? Half a point for each.

23. Which two English football teams reached the semi-finals of the Champions League? Half a point for each. 

24. In a new tournament, The Hundred, the England and Wales Cricket Board is considering changing the word ‘wickets’ to what?

25. Rachel Riley posted a photograph of the Countdown board with nine letters that spelled out what - an anagram clue that she was expecting her second child?

Answers here