The top team was the Barnard Castle FOC including Our Peter, Jackie, Bill, Trev and Carole also with 20. Maura and Phil Parsons, the Broad Oak Boozers and the Little Choir of Teesdale all scored 19 and Adam Batstone and the Spanish golfers scored 17. Here is this week's newsquiz. 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. What is the name of the 30-room residence in Windsor where Prince Andrew lives and where he has not paid rent for 20 years?
2. In a statement released through Buckingham Palace, Prince Andrew agreed to give up his titles. Which of these is not one of his titles? a) Duke of York b) Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter c) Lord Windsor d) the Earl of Inverness.
3. King Charles made history when he became the first British monarch in 500 years to do what?
4. Labour lost its seat in Caerphilly Senedd, for the first time in 100 years, when which party won Thursday's by-election?
5. How many women have quit the survivors panel in the grooming gangs inquiry due to concerns it was being diluted and that their voices was being silenced?
6. Who told the Covid inquiry that children had paid a 'huge price' during the pandemic, saying the loss of education, exams and the disappointment, anger, frustration had been 'a disaster’?
7. A judge in Belfast found Soldier F not guilty of murdering two people, and of five counts of attempted murder, on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in which year?
8. In an effort to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine, the US announced new sanctions targeting two of Russia's largest companies that produce what?
9. What was the name of the protests, against Donald Trump’s administration, that brought millions to the streets across all 50 US states on Saturday?
10. The East Wing of the White House was demolished to make way for what US President described as ‘the most beautiful __ in the country’. What is the missing word?
11. Jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris has been valued at how much in euros according to the French public prosecutor?
12. Snapchat, Fortnite, Zoom, Ring doorbells and HMRC were among thousands affected by an outage at which company?
13. Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, was jailed for life for the murder of Harvey Willgoose, also 15, during their lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School in what city?
14. The 21-year-old son of which ex-footballer was killed in a tractor crash in Gloucestershire?
15. Which company announced it is was to close 68 restaurants and 11 delivery sites in the UK with the loss of 1,210 jobs?
16. Which city became the first in the UK to vote to charge drivers of larger vehicles, such as Range Rovers and SUVs, higher parking fees?
17. Tom Boyd, 28, an autistic volunteer shelf-stacker, was let go by which supermarket in Cheadle Hulme after asking for a paid position?
18. Dave Ball, who died aged 66, was credited with being the musical force behind which 80s synth-pop group?
19. What storm, named by the French weather service Météo France, moved through the English Channel on Thursday, bringing violent winds with gusts up to 100mph?
20. What did Denise Bacon, 65, who has Parkinson's disease, do while undergoing brain surgery at King's College Hospital, London?
21. ITV said it was standing by which Loose Women presenter after she was suspended from her BBC radio programme for allegations of bullying?
22. A woman was chased by three enforcement officers and fined £150 (later rescinded by the council), for doing what near Richmond station in London?
23. Afua Kyei, 43, the finance chief of the Bank of England, was named the UK’s most influential what in this year’s Powerlist?
24. McVitie's Penguin and Club bars can no longer be classed as what?
25. Which two celebrities posted a video clip on Instagram saying that after '21 wonderfully joyful years’ the time was right to 'step aside and pass over the baton’? Half a point for each name.
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