The top team was the Green Man Dream Team - Adam Batstone, Lucy Thorpe, David Kohn and Joe and Louise Hart - with 21, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 20, Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 19, Bill Bowkett and Lucy Lamoury on 18 and Team Brittany (Our Peter, Sarah and Joe) on 16. Here is this week's newsquiz. 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. What was the full name of the nine-year-old girl who was shot dead by a gunman at her family home in Liverpool?
2. Regulator Ofgem announced a new energy price cap from October which means an average household in England, Wales and Scotland will pay a typical annual bill of how much?
3. In an interview with the Spectator, Tory leadership candidate Rishi Sunak was critical of his Government’s Covid lockdown response saying: 'We shouldn’t have empowered the ___ in the way we did.’ What is the missing word?
4. What was Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s four-word reply when asked, at the Tory leadership hustings in Norwich, if French president Emmanuel Macron was a 'friend or foe’?
5. The best GCSE results in England were in London where 32.6 percent gained the top grade. But which region had the lowest number of top grades with 22.4 per cent? a) East Midlands b) North West c) Yorkshire/Humber and North East d) West Midlands
2. Regulator Ofgem announced a new energy price cap from October which means an average household in England, Wales and Scotland will pay a typical annual bill of how much?
3. In an interview with the Spectator, Tory leadership candidate Rishi Sunak was critical of his Government’s Covid lockdown response saying: 'We shouldn’t have empowered the ___ in the way we did.’ What is the missing word?
4. What was Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s four-word reply when asked, at the Tory leadership hustings in Norwich, if French president Emmanuel Macron was a 'friend or foe’?
5. The best GCSE results in England were in London where 32.6 percent gained the top grade. But which region had the lowest number of top grades with 22.4 per cent? a) East Midlands b) North West c) Yorkshire/Humber and North East d) West Midlands
6. Which company announced it will donate 10 per cent of its profits to help customers cope with soaring bills for the 'duration of the energy crisis’?
7. A TUC report called for a minimum hourly rate of how much to be in place by at least 2030?
8. What is the name of the campaign to tackle the UK’s cost of living crisis which has 450,000 signed-up supporters, including Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, and is planning 50 rallies next month?
9. A report by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change recommended that what should be scrapped in England?
10. Home Office figures published this week showed that 50-60 per cent of asylum seekers who cross the Channel in small boats are of which nationality?
11. On a visit to Kyiv, outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: 'If we’re paying in our energy bills for the evils of Vladimir Putin, the people of Ukraine are paying in their ___.’ What is the missing word?
12. Ukraine denied that its special services were behind the killing of Darya Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist. How was she killed?
13. The Times reported that an inquiry into the 'toxic' culture of which organisation heard allegations of bullying, misogyny, assault, sexual harassment and drunkenness?
14 What did passenger Sarah Fellowes, 37, describe as ’terrifying’, ‘utter carnage’ and ‘like a disaster movie’?
7. A TUC report called for a minimum hourly rate of how much to be in place by at least 2030?
8. What is the name of the campaign to tackle the UK’s cost of living crisis which has 450,000 signed-up supporters, including Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, and is planning 50 rallies next month?
9. A report by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change recommended that what should be scrapped in England?
10. Home Office figures published this week showed that 50-60 per cent of asylum seekers who cross the Channel in small boats are of which nationality?
11. On a visit to Kyiv, outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: 'If we’re paying in our energy bills for the evils of Vladimir Putin, the people of Ukraine are paying in their ___.’ What is the missing word?
12. Ukraine denied that its special services were behind the killing of Darya Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist. How was she killed?
13. The Times reported that an inquiry into the 'toxic' culture of which organisation heard allegations of bullying, misogyny, assault, sexual harassment and drunkenness?
14 What did passenger Sarah Fellowes, 37, describe as ’terrifying’, ‘utter carnage’ and ‘like a disaster movie’?
15. Rab Wardell, 37, died of a heart attack just two days after winning the Scottish championship in which sport?
16. Which comedian said they would throw their hat in the ring as Labour candidate for the Sheffield Central constituency at the next election?
17. In the Duchess of Sussex's Archetypes podcast she recounted that, during a tour of South Africa, her son Archie narrowly escaped what?
18. US President Joe Biden announced he would cancel up to $10,000 (£8,474) in what kind of debts for millions of Americans who earn less than $125,000 each year?
19. Who announced her retirement from football after 161 caps for England and playing in ten major tournaments?
20. What was photographed climbing over roof tiles, going through a bedroom window before falling to the ground in Chandler’s Ford in Hampshire?
21. Rangers qualified for the Champions League by beating PSV Eindhoven in the play-offs and will now join which other British Club in Group A?
22. Mack Rutherford, 17, from Belgium, became the youngest person in the world to do what?
23. Derek Skipper, 92, from Orwell in Cambridgeshire, became the oldest person in Britain to do what?
24. The BBC confirmed that which show, 'with a new breed of superhuman, supersized, superstars', will be returning after 20 years?
25. Sir Elton John gave French diners in Cannes a preview of a new single - a duet with which other singer which was released today?
16. Which comedian said they would throw their hat in the ring as Labour candidate for the Sheffield Central constituency at the next election?
17. In the Duchess of Sussex's Archetypes podcast she recounted that, during a tour of South Africa, her son Archie narrowly escaped what?
18. US President Joe Biden announced he would cancel up to $10,000 (£8,474) in what kind of debts for millions of Americans who earn less than $125,000 each year?
19. Who announced her retirement from football after 161 caps for England and playing in ten major tournaments?
20. What was photographed climbing over roof tiles, going through a bedroom window before falling to the ground in Chandler’s Ford in Hampshire?
21. Rangers qualified for the Champions League by beating PSV Eindhoven in the play-offs and will now join which other British Club in Group A?
22. Mack Rutherford, 17, from Belgium, became the youngest person in the world to do what?
23. Derek Skipper, 92, from Orwell in Cambridgeshire, became the oldest person in Britain to do what?
24. The BBC confirmed that which show, 'with a new breed of superhuman, supersized, superstars', will be returning after 20 years?
25. Sir Elton John gave French diners in Cannes a preview of a new single - a duet with which other singer which was released today?
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