Have a crack at the newsquiz

There were clearly some bleary eyes doing last week’s newsquiz at New Year as the scores were well below average. The top solo scorers were Toby Brown and Tony Smith with 19, ahead of Gavin Devine and Robert Rea on 17 and Marguerite Turner on 16. The top teams were Bruce and Sarah Hayward with 20. Maura and Phil Parsons scored 19, Team Swindle 18 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz, the first of 2022. 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. At a Press conference, Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the 'fantastic' effort to get Britain boosted and added: 'Together with the Plan B measures that we introduced before Christmas, we have a chance to ___ out this Omicron wave without shutting down our country once again.’ What is the missing word?
2. In an interview with Le Parisien, French president Emmanuel Macron caused a stir by using a vulgar term, saying he wanted to 'emmerder les non-vaccinés’. What does emmerder mean?
3. Former Labour defence secretary Geoff Hoon claimed he was told by Downing Street in 2003 to burn a memo from the Attorney General that cast doubt on what?
4. Who told Boris Johnson: 'I've heard on the grapevine there might be a vacancy for Prime Minister soon, so maybe I should show aspiration’?
5. Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer wrote to the trial judge, after the guilty verdicts, to say that what revelation meant there were 'incontrovertible grounds' for a new trial?
6. Prince Andrew was reported to be trying to sell what for £17million to help foot the bill for his spiralling legal costs?
7. What did Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić describe as 'harassment’ which needed to be 'brought to an end immediately'?
8. More than 900,000 people signed a petition this week calling for what not to happen?
9. Sage Willoughby, Rhian Graham, Milo Ponsford and Jake Skuse were cleared of what?
10. Which company became the first ever to hit a stock market valuation of $3trillion (£2.2trillion)?
11. Alan Gosling, a 79-year-old grandfather living in Devon, was revealed as the UK’s first what?
12. What did Pope Francis say was 'a denial of fatherhood and motherhood and diminishes us, takes away our humanity’?
13. Justice Secretary Dominic Raab announced that, as part of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, taking photos of women doing what in public without consent would be made a crime in England and Wales?
14. The Mail On Sunday is to pay the Duchess of Sussex how much in damages after losing its appeal in a privacy row over a letter sent to her father?
15. A 49-year-old man appeared in court on charges, including arson, after a fire totally destroyed the lower chamber of which country’s parliament building?
16. Tobias Weller, 11, became the youngest person ever to receive what?
17. The winner of eight Emmys, including the Lifetime Achievement Daytime award, and three American Comedy Awards, died age 99. Who is she?
18. The president of which country ordered security forces to 'fire without warning' after he claimed '20,000 bandits' were involved in anti-government protests?19. Army officer Preet Chandi, 32, became the first woman of colour to do what?

20. Which classic smartphone was turned off this week after 22 years?
21. A judge in California dismissed a lawsuit by Spencer Elden, 30, who alleged sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse against who?
22. Up-and-coming artist Rhed, who has showed his work in London galleries since 2018, was revealed to be the son of who? Half a point for each name.
23. Actress Maureen Lipman questioned the credentials of Helen Mirren to play which figure in a forthcoming film?
24. What is the nickname of Peter Wright who won the darts world championship for the second time in three years?
25. Heather Small, the first celebrity to be voted off ITV’s The Masked Singer, was dressed as what?

Answers here