Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was the Rev Leon with 21, ahead of George Mann on 18, Tim (still totally unremarkable), Jayme Bryla and Robert Rea on 17 and Damon Wake on 16. The top team was Tim Humphrey and the Globalsnewsroom with 23. The Barnard Castle FOC including Our Peter, Jackie, Trev, Carole and Bill with guests Christine and Carolyn scored 21, Phebe’s gang in New York 18, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 17 and Maura and Phil Parsons 16. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were due to meet in which city today (Friday)?
2. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, at press conference in Berlin, said: 'I told President Trump and all our European allies that Putin is ….’ What is the missing word?
3. Home Office data showed that the number of migrants to cross the Channel in small boats since Labour came to power had surpassed what milestone figure?
4. Which of these is not true about Saturday's demonstration in London in support of Palestine Action? a) There were more than 530 people arrested b) More than a quarter of those arrested were aged 60-69 c) The number of arrests was the most by the Met on a single day in ten years d) Supporting Palestine Action is a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in prison
5. Why did Foreign Secretary David Lammy refer himself to the Environment Agency?
6. Figures showed violent attacks against which workers in England had risen from 2,122 in 2019 to 4,054 in 2024 – a 91 per cent increase?
7. Paul Doyle, 53, sobbed in court as he faced 31 charges related to what?
8. England’s regional divide was illustrated this week with London having the most people, 32.1 per cent, who had achieved what and the North-East having the least with only 22.9 per cent?
9. Which popular High Street store with 278 shops in the UK went into administration, putting 2,150 jobs at risk?
10. Aimee Betro from Wisconsin was jailed after Birmingham Crown Court heard she had flown into the UK having been hired as what?
11. Hashem Abedi, the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, was charged with the attempted murder of how many prison officers?
12. Two boys aged 14 and 15 and a 16-year-old girl were jointly charged with murder after a man was hit with a bottle and stones where?

13. The King and Queen led a two-minute silence at a service in Staffordshire to commemorate 80 years since what? 

14. A road safety strategy expected to be introduced in the autumn plans to introduce compulsory what for 70-year-old drivers?
15. Whose memoir, called Frankly, which included the highs and lows of her time in office and challenges that had a serious impact on her mental health, has been published?
16. Which TV presenter appeared via video link at Telford Magistrates' Court and was charged with two counts of rape?
17. The BBC apologised and edited a segment of Radio 4’s Thought for the Day after what word was used to describe Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick?
18. Biddy Baxter, who died aged 92, was the pioneering editor of which children’s TV programme for 1965 to 1988?
19. What caused a French nuclear station to close down after they got into the cooling system?
20. Former Apprentice contestant Thomas ‘Bosh’ Skinner spent Tuesday night with who after an exchange on X where he said he had been invited for 'a BBQ and beers’?
21. Strictly Come Dancing announced it will feature model Ellie Goldstein, 23, its first contestant with what condition?
22. Crystal Palace beat Liverpool to win what trophy for the first time in their history?
23. Ten-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan, from London, became the youngest person to earn a woman international master title in what?
24. What is the name of Taylor Swift's 12th album which she announced on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast?
25. Who renewed their wedding vows in Westchester County, New York?

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