Test yourself with the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 23, just ahead of Janet Boyle on 22.5, Robert Rea on 22, Tim Humphrey on 20, Phil Lambell on 19, Rory Benson on 17 and Gabriel Millard-Clothier on 16.5. The top team was the King’s Head drinkers of Peter, Stacey, Nicky, Les and Heather who got an impressive maximum of 25. The Barnard Castle FOC of Trevor, Carole, Sarah, Peter, Jackie and Bill scored 23, Andy Cave and Paula Gill 22, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 20 and the Tillingham trio of Thom, Tim and Craig 17. 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.

The photos of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaving police custody, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble, was used on just about all of today's front pages

1. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in __ __. What are the two missing words?
2. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk on his birthday. How old is he?
3. Who said of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest: 'I think it’s a shame. I think it’s very sad. I think it’s so bad for the royal family. It’s very, very sad. To me, it’s a very sad thing’?
4. As her brother was in a prison cell yesterday, what was the Princess Royal visiting in Leeds in her role as patron of the charity, the Butler Trust?
5. The former chief executive of which political party had his court case, on a charge of embezzling £459,000, postponed until after elections were held?
6. Inflation fell to what per cent in January, the lowest level since March 2025?
7. Just over 16 per cent of UK youngsters between 16 and 24 are now what - the highest number in more than ten years?
8. In the latest Government U-turn, plans to delay elections across how many local authorities were ditched, leaving councils facing a 'race against time' to arrange them by May?
9. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appointed Dame Antonia Romeo as the first woman to hold what position?
10. Reform UK announced that Robert Jenrick would take which Cabinet role if the party wins the next General Election?
11. Who marked 15 years as a resident of 10 Downing Street, having served six prime ministers?
12. British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman were sentenced to ten years for espionage in which country?
13. Who did Donald Trump describe as a force of nature, Barack Obama say was a true giant and Joe Biden call ‘a man of God and the people’?
14. Data revealed that NHS hospitals had performed which procedure 56,143 times on children in the last year, marking a 14 per cent rise from the previous year?

15. Quentin Griffiths, the co-founder of which online fashion company, died after falling from a high-rise apartment block in Thailand?
16. At Woolwich Crown Court two teenagers were found guilty of manslaughter after luring a man they thought was a paedophile to a beach on which island?
17. Which actor, who received seven Oscar nominations and eight for the Golden Globes in his career, died aged 95?
18. At least 86 people including four Britons have been killed in avalanches in Europe this ski season with most of them being in which country?
19. Alfie Phillips, nine, from Northampton, became the first person in the UK to have pioneering surgery that did what?
20. Eric Dane, who died aged 53, became famous for playing heart-throb Dr Mark ‘McSteamy’ Sloan in which long-running American medical drama?
21. Why was the Real Madrid v Benfica Champions League game stopped for 11 minutes?
22. Pubs in England and Wales will be able to stay open until 2am if what happens this summer?
23. Who became the first British athlete to win two golds at the same Winter Olympics?
24. At the Winter Olympics, athletes in the women's team sprint cross country were joined by what at the finishing line?
25. What is the name of the solo artist who will be representing the UK at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May?

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