Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle on 20, ahead of George Mann on 19 and Marion Fountayne on 18. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons who scored 21. There were four teams who scored 17. They were Oli, Vic, George and Rex; the Greek sailing team of Our Peter, Jackie, Carole, Trevor, Sue and Bill; Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Thom and Tim. 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. After their first face-to-face meeting, US President Donald Trump described Prime Minister Andy Burnham as a 'natural __ person’. What is the missing word?
2. What did US President Donald Trump label as a 'terrible deal’ and ‘ridiculous’?
3. US President Donald Trump banned MS NOW and which other two TV networks from the White House, accusing them of writing 'fiction or lies' about his administration. Half a point for each.
4. Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that every crown court in England and Wales will have at least one specialist room to handle what kind of cases?
5. The Government agreed to a request from Saudi Arabia to help refuel its fighter jets in its conflict with Houthis in which country?
6. Prime Minister Andy Burnham signalled that he may do what to bring football in line with rugby and cricket?
7. The NHS announced it was extending whose rule to all hospital emergency departments in England to help patients and families challenge staff and seek a rapid review of their care?
8. At his party’s conference Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey unveiled a plan to increase the threshold for paying income tax from £12,500 to how much?
9. Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe's industrial giant Ineos announced it was pausing production at its three plants in which UK city, blaming high gas prices?
10. Flights were cancelled and delayed after a fault at National Air Traffic Services at its second control centre in which Scottish town?
11. What is the name of the European leader who called his party’s heavy losses in two state elections ‘a disaster’ but vowed to stay in office and fight for future-proofing economic changes?
12. Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas was arrested after a video appeared to show him doing what?
13. A mother and her three children were killed in a house fire in which English town?

14. Which former footballer revealed in his autobiography, Owning It, that he was sexually assaulted by a man in 2021. 

15. Joshua Foster, from Essex, pleaded guilty to causing the death of his two-year-old son who fell from a hotel window in which country?
16. Why was the Welsh village of Pencarnisiog in the headlines?
17. A rogue OpenAI agent hacked which country's government website and accessed private data in the first known case of its kind?
18. Presley Gerber, 27, who was found dead in California, was the son of which celebrity?
19. The Metropolitan Police said they had charged who with two more offences, meaning he now faces 17 charges involving nine women?
20. Prince Harry fought back tears and was consoled by who as he gave a speech on stage at an event in London for the WellChild charity?
21. Earl Spencer, Princess Diana's brother, apologised to who for an error about him in his book Swan Song?
22. The British Museum banned visitors from doing what while visiting the Bayeux Tapestry?
23. Which England cricketer was hailed as ‘outstanding' by his captain after he took five wickets - including three in one over - to beat Sri Lanka?
24. The date for the long-awaited showdown by boxers Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury's has been scheduled for Friday December 11 in which city?
25. Six-year-old Chinese girl Lian Yunzhi set a new women’s world record for doing what in just over four seconds?

Answers here