Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Jayme Bryla with an impressive 22. Other high scores were by Graham Dudman who scored 20 and Marguerite Turner on 19. The top teams were Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Gavin and Lucy Devine both with 20, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 19 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 18. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score.

A selection of today's front pages

1. The Government announced that Britain will accept how many refugees over five years from Afghanistan?
2. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was accused of failing to provide protection for the families of interpreters in Afghanistan after he was unable to make a phone call while on holiday on which island?
3. In a Camp David speech, defending America’s position on Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said the 'mission in Afghanistan was never supposed to have been nation building’ but should be ’narrowly focused’ on what?
4. Which of these social media platforms refused to ban the Taliban, saying it will monitor content to ensure there aren't messages 'glorifying violence’? a) Facebook (including WhatsApp and Instagram) b) TikTok c) Twitter d) YouTube
5. What is the name of the Afghanistan president would fled the country after the Taliban swept into Kabul?
6. Taliban's political leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived back into Afghanistan this week from which country, where he had been in exile?
7. How was 19-year-old Afghan footballer Zaki Anwari killed?
8. Police are investigating Plymouth gunman Jake Davison’s links with which misogynistic movement?
9. What competition in Plymouth, which started this week, was dedicated to the five people who were killed by a gunman, with heats being preceded by a one-minute silence?
10. Chancellor Rishi Sunak was reported to be preparing to break a manifesto pledge that promised to increase what in line with whatever was the highest of wage growth, inflation or 2.5 per cent?
11. The UK inflation rate fell to what per cent in the year to July which, according to the Office for National Statistics, was driven by falls in clothing and footwear prices?
12. Which country went into a level-4 lockdown, the highest restrictions, on Tuesday and will remain in lockdown until midnight next Tuesday, as the coronavirus outbreak grew to 31 people?
13. Which country's Grand Prix was cancelled by the government because of 'ongoing complexities' caused by Covid-19?
14. Nearly 2,000 people died and more than 10,000 were injured when a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck which country?
15. Which American musician is being sued by a woman who says he sexually abused her in 1965 when she was 12 at an apartment in New York's Chelsea Hotel?
16. Former Gurkha soldier Dhan Gurung was taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack while taking part in what?
17. Aspirin is to be trialled in a research project, led by Dr Anne Armstrong from the Christie NHS foundation trust, as part of treatment for an aggressive form of what type of cancer?
18. Austin Mitchell, who died aged 86, was the Labour MP for which constituency for 37 years? Full name needed for one point.
19. How old was comedian Sean Lock, team captain on the series 8 Out of 10 Cats, when he died this week?
20. Which company confirmed that 45 of its 450 restaurants were closed because of a shortage of chicken?
21. Who issued a statement which said: 'I recognise how my brain is deteriorating and how my memory evades me when I don't want it to and how this causes me distress in situations that are beyond my control’?
22. Which online platform announced it would block sexually explicit photos and videos from October 1 following pressure from its banking partners?
23. In a Unicef speech who claimed that Britain was guilty of 'creative carbon accounting' and said it was a 'lie that the UK is a climate leader'?

24. London's Globe Theatre gave audience members warnings about 'upsetting' themes and provided a number for the Samaritans during which show?
25. Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman came under fire for reportedly circumventing strict quarantine rules after touching down where?

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