Friday, 20 June 2025

Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with an impressive 23, ahead of Janet Boyle and Marion Fountayne on 21, the Rev Leon on 18 and Robert Rea on 17. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with Alexandra, Libby and Will on 21, ahead of the Barnard Castle FOC including Bill, Trevor and Sarah on 18, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17 and the Broad Oak Boozers Tim, Thom and Craig on 16. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's news. Why not give it a go and let me know your score. 
Today's front pages

1. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu justified the initial attack on Iran, saying he had acted to pre-empt a secret programme to build what?
2. Iran warned the US and which other two countries that their military bases and ships would be targeted if they helped block the Iranian missile and drone retaliation for Israel’s attack? Half a point for each?
3. US President Donald Trump made an early departure from the G7 summit in which country as he 'had to see to affairs at home as Israel's strikes on Iran continue’?
4. Iran responded to US President Donald Trump’s claim that the country had reached out to Washington by saying: 'No Iranian official has ever asked to __ at the gates of the White House.’ What is the missing word?
5. MPs were voting on the Assisted Dying Bill in the Commons today (Friday). What is the name of the MP who proposed the bill?
6. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had decided to hold a national inquiry into what after reading a report by Dame Louise Casey?
7. MPs voted, by a majority of 242, to stop women in England and Wales being prosecuted for doing what?
8. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced that energy bill discounts of how much will be extended to another 2.7 million households to help with fuel costs this winter?
9. Renewing her call to ban phones in schools, Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott said giving children smartphones was the same as giving them what?
10. Blaise Metreweli is to become the first female to head up which organisation?
11. What is the name of the company which owns Air India, along with other brands such as Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea, which is under investigation following the crash which killed 270 people?
12. How was mother-of-four Belinda Taylor, 48, from Totnes in Devon killed?
13. A fire engulfed a 67-storey skyscraper in which city with 3,820 people being evacuated?
14. Pro-Palestine protesters broke into which RAF base and damaged two military planes? 
15. An Irish couple were awarded £300,000 in libel damages after they sued which ’toxic' gossip website, leading to the publisher’s identity being revealed?
16. A 59-year-old woman from Barnsley died from rabies after being ‘scratched' by a puppy while on holiday in which country?
17. Which sportswoman revealed she had been targeted by online abusers who sent death threats, explicit pictures, comments hoping she got cancer and threats to damage her grandmother’s grave?
18. Wincey Willis, whose death at 76 was announced, was the first woman to do what on ITV?
19. Who was charged by the Football Association for comments made about ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in a video that was leaked on social media?
20. Kim Woodburn, who died aged 83, was best known for presenting which Channel 4 TV programme?
21. The highest temperature of the year so far, of how many degrees centigrade, was recorded at Kew Gardens, London, on Thursday?
22. Museum Palazzo Maffei, in Verona, called on people to 'respect art' after a couple were filmed breaking what?
23. The Princess of Wales pulled out of what event at the last minute?
24. Which rock frontman, who launched the Teenage Cancer Trust’s Royal Albert Hall concerts, said he felt 'very humbled’ and would celebrate with 'a bottle of plonk’ after being knighted?
25. At Soccer Aid, which raised £15 million for Unicef, who scored four goals to give the World XI a 5-4 victory over England?

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