Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Jayme Bryla with 22, just ahead of Marguerite Turner on 21. Others on the leaderboard were Stuart Bagnall 19.5, Liz Gerard and Toby Brown 19, Gavin Devine and Robert Rea 18.5, Andrea Clark 18, Dominic Hurst 17, Tony Smith 16 and Jem Condliffe, who recorded his highest ever score, on 15.5. The team leaderboard was Simon, Sue and Will Cole 22, Maura and Phil Parsons 20, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 19.5, the Roberts family 19, Three Legs drinkers Peter and Stacey and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz. 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. Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a series of policy announcements that were dubbed ‘Operation ___ ___’ aimed at keeping his backbenchers on side. What are the two missing words?
2. Christian Wakeford became the first Tory MP, since Quentin Davies in 2007, to do what?
3. Which Tory MP urged his colleagues to report Government ministers, whips and advisers to the Speaker, and even the police, for what he claimed was attempted blackmail of those opposing Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
4. How many letters need to be submitted to 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady to trigger a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister?
5. Veteran Tory David Davis told Prime Minister Boris Johnson: 'I will remind him of a quotation altogether too familiar to him of Leo Amery to ___ ___: You have sat there too long for all the good you have done, in the name of God, go!’ What is the missing politician’s name?
6. The plot by Tory MPs looking to oust Boris Johnson is reportedly known as the 'pork pie putsch' because one of the alleged rebels, Alicia Kearns, serves which constituency?
7. On a visit to a hospital in north London, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that who had told him that the Downing Street lockdown garden party 'was something that was against the rules’?
8. The Office for National Statistics said inflation in Britain had increased by more than expected to what per cent - its highest rate in 30 years?
9. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said the BBC licence fee of how much would be frozen until 2024 after which it will be scrapped?
10. Which country was hit by an 'unprecedented disaster’ when a volcanic eruption at sea triggered a tsunami?

11. Russell Bishop, who died in prison, was serving 36 years for the murder of two nine-year-old girls in Brighton in 1986 and was known as the ___ ___ ___ ___ killer. What are the missing four words?
12. The Duke of Sussex is seeking a judicial review against the Home Office’s refusal to allow him to do what?
13. Former protection officer Paul Page told ITV documentary, Ghislaine, Prince Andrew And The Paedophile, that the Duke of York sketched out a plan showing staff how what should be positioned every night?
14. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, who was shot dead after a stand-off with police after taking hostages at a synagogue in Texas, lived in which English town?
15. Around 30 elite British troops were sent to which country to oversee training on new anti-tank weapons provided by the UK?
16. In an attempt to tackle the backlog of crown court cases, magistrates in England and Wales will be able to hand out jail terms of how long – double the current maximum?
17. Which company announced that most customers will see bills rise by more than nine per cent from the end of March?
18. Following his deportation from Australia, Novak Djokovic was told he may not be allowed to defend which title after the country ruled that all athletes will have to be vaccinated to compete in sporting events?
19. A 40-year-old Frenchman was arrested for the manslaughter of a five-year-old British girl after she died while doing what?
20. Staff working at 30 firms across the UK are to do what over the next six months as part of an experimental pilot?
21. An investigation by a team, including an ex-FBI agent, identified Arnold van den Bergh as the person who betrayed who to save to his own family’?

22. The singer whose real name was Marvin Lee Aday, who died age 74, had the sixth best-selling album of all time. Give his stage name and the album title. Half a point for each.
23. GB News announced it would play which song every day, from last Tuesday, at 5.59am?
24. A tearful Adele posted on instagram to say 'I'm so sorry, but my show ain't ready’ and announced she was postponing 24 concerts due to be held at which famous venue?
25. Shama Amin quit what due to her crippling arthritis?

Answers here