It's newsquiz time ...

There were some excellent scores in last week’s newsquiz. Top of the solo leaderboard were Nick Turner and Toby Brown, both with 23, just ahead of Robert Rea, Tony Smith, Janet Boyle and Liz Gerard on 22, Jayme Bryla and Gavin Devine on 21 and Marguerite Turner and Stuart Bagnall who both scored 20. The top team was the Roberts Family with 24. Maura and Phil Parsons scored 23, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and the Broad Oak drinkers Peter, Stacey, Nicky and Les scored  22, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 21 and Team Swindle 19. 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 your score.

A selection of today's front pages

1. Downing Street admitted Prime Minister Boris Johnson attended a party in the cabinet room at No 10 Downing Street with up to 30 people to celebrate his birthday on what date?
2. Northern Ireland minister Conor Burns defended the Prime Minister saying: ‘As far as I can see, he was in a sense, ambushed with a ___.' What is the missing word?
3. Scotland Yard told the Cabinet Office that in Sue Gray’s report there should be ' ___ reference' to lockdown breaches it is investigating as potentially criminal. What is the missing word?
4. Which comedian's spoof version of the Sue Gray report was mistaken for a 'serious leak' which reportedly left ministers 'running around panicking'?
5. Labour accused Foreign Secretary Liz Truss of spending 'disgusting amounts of public money' on her own 'vanity and comfort' by doing what?
6. What is the name of the Tory minister who quit at the despatch box in the House of Lords over the Government's ‘lamentable track record’ on Covid loans fraud?
7. Evidence published by the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee appeared to contradict Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s repeated denials that he had personally intervened to help do what last August?
8. Which of these covid rules were not relaxed in England yesterday (Thursday)?
a) Wearing masks in shops b) Showing covid passes to get into nightclubs c) Compulsory covid tests for fully-vaccinated passengers arriving in the UK d) Wearing face coverings in school corridors

9. Russia issued a written list of its concerns about related security issues including a demand that Ukraine would never be allowed to become what?
10. Documents from the Duke of York's lawyers, setting out his defence against allegations made by Virgnia Giuffre, concluded with: 'Prince Andrew hereby demands a ___ ___ ___ on all causes of action asserted in the Complaint.’ What are the three missing words?
11. At least eight people were killed and 38 injured in a crush outside an Africa Cup of Nations football match between Cameroon and which other team?
12. The Office for National Statistics said that, for the first time ever, more than half of 30-year-old women in England and Wales were what?
13. Which European city declared Tuesday a holiday, with public offices closed and all private business, except for supermarkets, pharmacies and petrol stations, ordered to shut, due to a severe snowstorm?
14. Stephen Fry described him as 'a glorious, gorgeous, hilarious and gifted writer’ and BBC director general Tim Davie said: 'If you heard or saw a great sketch, there was always a good chance (he) was behind it.' Who were they talking about?
15. Thousands of people signed up in support of a driver who was arrested on suspicion of murder after he ran down a man who was stabbing his former partner to death in a street in which London district?
16. Former England boss Roy Hodgson became which football club’s third manager of the season?
17. Jonathan Chew, 24, sang 'West Ham 'til I die' and vaped in court as he was jailed for eight weeks for harassing who?
18. Rafael Nadal is one win away from what record number of Grand Slam men's titles after beating Italy's Matteo Berrettini in the Australian Open semi-finals?
19. An 84-year-old man, who was pulled over by police near Tesco in Nottingham, admitted to driving for how many years without a licence?
20. According to English Heritage which town saw its 'best ever' year for tourists in 2021 - probably due to its brief period in the political limelight?

21. The Duchess of Cambridge is reported to be taking over Prince Harry’s role as patron of which sport?
22. Who postponed a series of concerts in Dallas, Texas, after testing positive for Covid-19 a week after restarting his farewell tour?
23. Disney said it was 'taking a different approach' to which movie after actor Peter Dinklage called it a 'backward' film that reinforced stereotypes?
24. Who apologised 'unreservedly and unconditionally' to singer Taylor Swift, saying 'the last thing I would want to do is discredit your songwriting'?
25. Spotify is to remove which musician's songs after a row over 'vaccine misinformation' by podcaster Joe Rogan?

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