Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solos score in last week’s newsquiz was Robert Rea on 21, ahead of George Mann and Josh Haining on 18 and Ian McCulloch on 16. The top team was the Barnard Castle FOC of Trevor, Carole, Bill, Our Peter and Jackie with 21. Tim Humphrey and family scored 20, Maura and Phil Parsons 19, the Broad Oak Boozers and Alex and Leigh both scored 18, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 17.5 and David and Gillian Smith 16. 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. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they were returning to the UK after living in America for how many years?
2. Which of these is not true about this week’s GCSE results?

a) Girls performed better than boys b) London was the best performing area c) the North-East was the worst performing area d) the number of pupils taking languages, including French, Arabic and Chinese, increased.
3. The Home Office published a nine-page document telling who how to behave?
4. The Office for National Statistics said inflation rose from a 15-month low in June to what per cent in July, driven by the rising price of gas and electricity?
5. Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with a person posing as who?
6. The Met Office warned what event, that is developing over the Pacific Ocean, is likely to be the strongest in living memory, increasing the risk of extreme weather and making 2027 the hottest year ever?
7. Despite being accused of over-reacting and putting domestic abuse survivors at risk, the Government defended its decision to do what, saying it was 'entirely appropriate’?
8. The French government said it had prevented how many 'small boat crossing events' in the three months since a new £660million deal with the UK? a) 58 b) 85 c) 158 d) 185
9. Russia’s embassy in London accused the UK of doing what, saying in a telegram: 'London’s actions will inevitably carry consequences for which it will have to answer’?
10. Which company was granted track access by the rail regulator which will allow it to run services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030?
11. An estimated 30,000 people gathered at a vigil organised by Stand Up to Racism in London’s Trafalgar Square to pay tribute to who?
12. A trial in California against which company began with 29 states claiming it designed a deliberately addictive product and targeted it at children?
13. Jo Boydell, the chief executive of which company, stepped down over the handling of safety issues at one of its hotels?
14. How were British newlyweds Marie Ebert and Alexander Cromie killed on their honeymoon on the Greek island of Sifnos?
15. A former gang leader went on trial in Las Vegas for the murder of who in a drive-by shooting 30 years ago?
16. A couple and their teenage daughter died after getting into difficulty in the sea off which coastal town?
17. A 55-year-old man died after being attacked by what breed of dog after an altercation on a disused railway line in Wakefield?
18. A man in his 60s suffered chest injuries after being attacked by what in Richmond Park, London?
19. What was the name of the US actress, best known for starring roles in TV shows Heroes and Nashville, who died at the age of 36?

20. Former car salesman Clément Vandenkerckhove, 26, was legally recognised as what in Belgium?
21. Which sportsman posted on Instagram that he made 'a huge mistake' and took 'full responsibility' for it after being suspended for testing positive for cocaine?
22. Who was the subject of a four-part behind-the-scenes series called A Beautiful Obsession which started on Prime this week?
23. The Premier League kicks off tonight (Friday) with a record number of clubs having new managers. How many?
24. British sprinter Amy Hunt made history at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham after winning how many gold medals?
25. Ethel Caterham, from Lightwater, Surrey, who is believed to be the world’s oldest person, is celebrating what birthday today (Friday)?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 22, ahead of Janet Boyle on 20, Nick Turner on 19 and Robert Rea on 17. The top teams were Maura and Phil Parsons and Oliver and Annabel’s gang who both scored 22. Alex and Leigh, the Broad Oak Boozers including Jack, Danny, Thom, George, Tim and Craig and the Barnard Castle FOC of Our Peter, Jackie, Bill, Trevor and Carole all scored 21, ahead of David and Gillian and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 20. 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.

Thursday's eclipse front pages

1. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won the Clacton by-election with 63 per cent of the vote ahead of Count Binface who gained what per cent?

2. How many candidates stood in the Clacton by-election - a record number?

3. A 'small' boat that crossed the English Channel on Monday was carrying how many people, the largest number to make the journey in a single vessel?
4. A record number of pupils, 28.5 per cent,  achieved what at A-level in England, Wales and Northern Ireland?

5. Prime Minister Andy Burnham urged 'all retailers big and small to adhere to voluntary guidance to suspend the sales' of what?
6. Under Government plans, aimed at improving high streets, all new shops selling what in England will need to apply to their council for permission to open?
7. Twenty people were injured, two of them seriously, when a train derailed in which English county?
8. Police were investigating whether a man charged with the murder of politician Ann Widdecombe also had a role in which other crime?
9. Yesterday’s (Thursday’s) heatwave meant there have been how many days this year where temperatures exceeded 36C - the most on record since 1884?
10. More than 120 firefighters tackled a heathland wildfire, started by a burning van, in which English National Park?
11. The UK Health Security Agency advised people not to look at Wednesday's eclipse directly and recommended 'viewing the sun’s image' using which piece of kitchen equipment?
12. US President Donald Trump was taken off Air Force One and hidden in what to be taken to a military plane while leaving the Nato summit in Turkey?
13. US President Donald Trump warned it would be a 'terrible mistake' if who was replaced, describing him as 'fantastic'?
14. Karoline Leavitt, who US President Donald Trump called 'one of my most trusted aides’, announced she would be quitting which White House role?
15. More than 260 people were killed, 3,500 injured and 170 buildings destroyed when a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit which country?
16. A consortium, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was reported to be closing in on a deal to buy a one-third stake in what?
17. How old was Phillip Ormerod who died after being assaulted at the Crow's Nest pub in Cwmbran, South Wales?
18. A 16-year-old schoolgirl from Swindon was killed in a boat explosion that left 24 others injured during a summer break to which country?
19. Which country sentenced its former leader to death, in his absence, after convicting him of committing crimes against humanity?
20. Gianni Infantino denied that UEFA paid off who with a six-figure sum during his time working at European football’s governing body?
21. What is the name of the 53-year-old actress, who played Dawn Tinsley in The Office and is the daughter of comedian Jasper Carrott, who said she has been diagnosed with ‘incurable' stage four breast cancer?
22. Which English football club went on the market for more than £200million, with its Thai owners looking to leave after 16 years?
23. Which singer called off his US tour after undergoing heart surgery?
24. Who married his longtime partner, model and influencer Georgina Rodríguez, in a civil ceremony in Portugal?
25. Eurovision 2027 will be held in which Bulgarian city?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 23, just ahead of Janet Boyle on 21. The top team was Gill and David Smith with 22. The Broad Oak Boozers of Tim, Thom, Craig and George scored 21, the same as Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Oliver, Annabel and family and the Barnard Castle FOC with Trevor, Carole, Jackie and OP. Bill and Coo scored 18 and Alex and Leigh 16. 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. Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Kent and pledged the Government would be ‘relentless' in curbing what?
2. Nigel Farage said, if elected, Reform UK would do what to prevent small boat crossings?
3. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said she would not criticise Prime Minister Andy Burnham for doing what, just two weeks into his premiership?
4. Kemi Badenoch called Nigel Farage's Reform UK party ‘woke’ and said she would not strike a deal to 'unite the Right' because she is 'trying to unite the __’. What is the missing word?
5. Who advised Andy Burnham not to stand as Labour leader, telling him: ’They have told you twice they don’t want you’?

6. Labour's Bev Craig was elected Mayor of Greater Manchester with Sian Astley, representing which party, coming second?

7. Chief Constable Jason Hogg, of Thames Valley Police, said he was considering legal action against the Government over what?

8. The Met Office said that England and Wales had their driest July since rainfall records began how many years ago?
9. Professor Jason Arday quit which university over claims of plagiarism and his disputed academic record?
10. UEFA said it would continue to push for the removal of FIFA president Gianni Infantino despite his apology following a crisis meeting in which country?
11. A 47-year-old woman was arrested in London’s Covent Garden after four men were treated for injuries caused by what?
12. What caused sections of the rail network across Greater Manchester and the North West to be cancelled, leaving passengers stranded?
13. London Mayor Sadiq Khan criticised Westminster council, which is in charge of licensing rules for pubs in Soho and the West End, for its plans to restrict ‘__ drinking’. What is the missing word?
14. Which company reported quarterly profits of $5.73billion (£4.26billion), the highest since 2022, largely thanks to the war in the Middle East?
15. Three people were arrested and a police woman was bitten during three nights of disturbances when crowds tried to break into migrant homes in a town in which English county?
16. A British pilot survived a helicopter collision that killed two people while fighting wildfires in which country?
17. The company that owns which brand, that was founded in Nottingham in 1887 and grew to be the biggest bicycle manufacturer in the world, started insolvency proceedings?
18. The European Union praised Spain's 'swift response' to the crisis in which Spanish territory after it was invaded by around 72,000 migrants?
19. What created a 100ft wide crater on the Moon?
20. TikTok came under fire after which celebrity blogger livestreamed himself self-harming for 30 minutes?
21. Entertainer James Joseph Mulgrew from County Tyrone, who moved to Manchester and became a household name in the 1970s, died aged 80. What was his stage name?
22. Who said she 'will be taking a step back from visibility' after her appearances had led to 'endless, ongoing public scrutiny’?
23. Princess Eugenie gave birth to her third child, a daughter who is 15th in line to the throne, in which city?
24. Which broadcaster announced she was taking legal action against ITV for being 'bullied out' of daytime show Loose Women because of her pro-Palestinian views?
25. Which two Hollywood stars, who married earlier in the year, hosted a £500,000 wedding celebration at the five-star Beaverbrook Hotel in Surrey?

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Good luck to the Mail's NY trainees

The usual UK newsquiz is here 

Trainees Victor Heller, Samantha Coffey, Dariya Kozhasbay,

 Adriana Tardugno, Sophia Baum and Aisha Diomande

I said goodbye to six Daily Mail trainees in New York yesterday. We had an intense week learning about Mail style, carrying out news reviews, editing stories, writing headlines, coming up with story ideas, going through a final checklist and much more. Sophia Baum and Adriana Tardugno won scratch cards for the best intros and Adriana another one for the best headline. Next week they will be pitching their story ideas to the news, health and lifestyle desks. I look forward to seeing them published. On Wednesday evening they had drinks with some of the senior staff at Phebe’s Tavern. The trainees are a bright and likeable bunch who will undoubtedly do well. I wish them all the best of luck. We finished, as always with, a US newsquiz... 25 questions about the week. Victor Heller was top with a score of 14 and won a bottle of Picpoul wine. Here is this week’s newsquiz (thanks to Hugh Dougherty and Heidi Alexander for contributing some of the questions). Why not give it a go and see if you can beat Victor's score. 

Victor wins the newsquiz wine

1. After Republican Senator Lindsey Graham was eulogized in Washington DC as an indefatigable dealmaker by President Donald Trump, his body was returned to which state for a funeral?
2. Donald Trump said that Lindsey Graham 'never saw "a what" that he didn't like’? a) dog b) plate of grits c) war d) pocket square
3. Which state did the DNC this week decide would be the first to vote in the 2028 primaries?
4. An anonymous art collective, The Secret Handshake, known for its satirical sculptures, placed a 10-foot-tall golden trophy in lower Manhattan this week ‘celebrating' what?
5. During his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech Donald Trump compared CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins to who?
6. Dr Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment at least 100 times during Wednesday's hearing about the origins of COVID, and accused Senator Rand Paul of having 'an unhinged obsession with what? a) bats b) Wuhan c) vaccines d) me
7. Missing person posters were placed around DC this week in the hunt for which politician?
8. US President Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social that his Board of Peace had reached an 'historic agreement' for the complete what?
9. William Ferrer, 45, was accused of killing the son of a retired policeman outside a Bronx bodega on Sunday. How old was the son?
10. Kristopher Karolkiewicz killed his wife, six children, their pets and himself at their home in which US state?
11. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new tax on high-value properties, that are not the owner's primary residence, has been given what name?
12. Actress Patricia Heaton was among those supporting a campaign to ban New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from doing what?
13. Meteo France said that temperatures in which city - the closest to the worst of the wildfires in France - had reached 40C?
14. Wildfires forced which celebrity couple to leave their home in Brignoles, France?
15. Which sporting personality has been nicknamed MAGA Barbie?
16. Elaine Chao was in the headlines this week. Name the person she is married to?
17. Who married former TV reporter Brian Glenn in a surprise lavish ceremony on the Las Vegas strip?
18. Four women accused which Oscar winner of criminal sexual misconduct, with the alleged offences having taken place when they were teenagers?
19. Eighty-two-year-old Anita LeBrun won her battle with Minnesota officials to allow what inside her nursing home?
20. Which celebrity won $1million for charity on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
21. A 24-year-old nurse from Chattanooga was kicked off stage during a Nashville concert by which singer?
22. Which country mobilised its army after 18 people died when almost 50,000 migrants stormed a border crossing?
23. A husband discovered what hidden inside cardboard boxes at his house in France following an argument with his wife?
24. A woman was killed and at least 29 other people injured after a van was driven into a crowd at a Pride event in which European city?
25. A mysterious predator lurking off the coast of New York, capable of tearing apart some of the ocean's largest animals, has been given what name by scientists?

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