Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Toby Brown with a personal best of 24, just ahead of Gavin Devine with 23, also a PB. George Mann, Robert Rea and Janet Boyle all scored 22, Jayme Bryla scored 21, the Rev Leon 20.5, Giles Borg 19.5, Kirsty Lewis 19 and Sally Duffin 17.5. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 24, narrowly ahead of Neil and Jo Benson on 23.5. Broad Oak drinkers Nicky, Les, George, Kevin, Robbie, Peter, Stacey and Rosie scored 23, Tony and Christine Smith and Bruce and Sarah Hayward both scored 22.5, Our Peter, Jackie, Joe and Sarah 20.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 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.

A selection of today's front pages

1. In the first presidential campaign debate in Atlanta, Joe Biden laid into Donald Trump over his alleged affair with Stormy Daniels, saying the former president had the ‘morals' of what?
2. When asked whether Joe Biden should step aside as presidential candidate following concerns in the televised debate with Donald Trump, who said: 'Yes it was a slow start but it was a strong finish’?
3. In the last BBC election debate the biggest round of applause went to audience member Robert Blackstock who asked Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer if they were ‘really' what?
4. Labour candidate Kevin Craig, standing in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, was suspended by the party after betting that what would happen?
5. Labour leader Keir Starmer faced a backlash from his party after he singled out which country as a place where illegal migrants were not being deported quickly enough?
6. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage came in for criticism for saying that the EU and Nato had ‘provoked’ what?
7. Reform leader Nigel Farage said he was ‘dismayed' by the views expressed by canvasser Andrew Parker who said, among other things, that all mosques should be turned into what?
8. Who did Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch say was a 'rich, lefty, white male celebrity so blinded by ideology’?
9. Which former Cabinet minister revealed they still had 24-hour personal police protection because of threats and harassment including being called a ‘genocidal bleep’ in a supermarket? 
10. Which Conservative Party candidate described his own party as a 'shower of shit' in a video posted on Facebook?
11. In a leaked recording, Tory candidate James Sunderland, who is an aide to Home Secretary James Cleverly, used what word to describe the Government’s Rwanda scheme?
12. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange walked free from a court in which remote US territory after pleading guilty to one charge of breaching the Espionage Act?
13. Junior doctors in England began a five-day strike on Thursday - meaning there have now been how many walkouts in their long-running pay dispute?
14. A power outage forced which airport to cancel all flights from two terminals on Sunday?
15. The Princess Royal was taken to hospital with a minor head injury and concussion thought to have been caused by what?
16. Security guard Gavin Plumb, 37, appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court accused of planning a plot to kidnap, rape and murder who?
17. At least 1,300 people died, mostly through extreme heat, during which pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia?
18. More than 20 people died after protesters stormed which country's parliament during demonstrations over a controversial tax plan?
19. The Met Office said Wednesday was the hottest day of the year so far, with what temperature, in centigrade, recorded at Heathrow?
20. Who made an appearance at the Television and Radio Industries Club awards with a walking frame, saying he was ’not OK’ and that he felt like he was 'on ‘borrowed time’?
21. Taylor Swift hit back at who after he suggested she 'didn't play live' during her sold-out Wembley show?
22. England topped their group at Euro 2024 and will now face which country in the knockout stages on Sunday?
23. Why did England midfielder Phil Foden leave the Three Lions' Euro 2024 camp in Germany and return to the UK?
24. England's defence of the T20 cricket World Cup ended after they slumped to a 68-run thrashing by which country in the semi-final?
25. Who said she hoped to pull off a Glastonbury first by using a horse to get to the Pyramid stage on Sunday for her Legends slot?

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It's newsquiz time ...

Some of you felt last week’s newsquiz was a toughie and posted lower than average scores. Some regulars didn’t even make it on to the leaderboard. Others were still on form though. George Mann was the top solo scorer with 21, just ahead of Gavin Devine on 20 and Robert Rea on 17. The top teams were Neil and Jo Benson and Our Peter, Jackie and the Razors - both with 20. Maura and Phil Parsons scored 19, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 18 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Danny and Lou both scored 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.

Today's front pages

1. Tory candidate for Bristol North West Laura Saunders and her husband Tony Lee, the party’s campaigns director, were being investigated for allegedly doing what? 
2. During a special edition of BBC's Question Time, Labour leader Keir Starmer said that who would have been a 'better Prime Minister’ than Boris Johnson?
3. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned of a big Labour victory saying: 'You want to make sure that in this next Government, whoever forms it, there’s a proper system of accountability. You don’t want to have somebody receive a __’ What is the missing hyphenated word?
4. Billionaire John Caudwell, who gave the Conservatives £500,000 before the last General Election but said he would now vote Labour for the first time in his life, was the founder of which, now defunct, company?
5. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, when asked if he would stand as Prime Minister in what year, replied ‘yes, absolutely’?
6. Inflation hit the Bank of England's target of what per cent for the first time in almost three years?
7. The Home Office said that 882 people did what on Tuesday - the highest number on a single day this year?
8. Jay Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire went missing, while on his first holiday with friends, on what island?
9. The Princess of Wales returned to public life for the first time in six months attending what event to celebrate the King’s birthday?
10. Why was the police driver of a response vehicle in Feltham, Surrey, removed from frontline duties?
11. Which two countries signed a mutual defence strategy that included a clause that they would come to each other’s aid if either was attacked?
12. The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence said what decision was a 'new low' in the way her family had been treated by the criminal justice system?
13. According to police figures obtained by a charity, assaults using what as a weapon rose by 75 per cent in a year with only eight per cent leading to criminal charges?
14. Two Just Stop Oil activists were arrested after what monument was sprayed with orange powder?
15. The UK Health Security Agency said it was ‘confident' that an e-coli outbreak, which led to at least 86 people being admitted to hospital, was linked to which vegetable?
16. Who said he was lucky to be alive, and shared a video of a huge purple bruise, after a 'really bad’ cycling accident in Connecticut?
17. Former footballer Joey Barton apologised and agreed to pay who £75,000 in damages over online posts?
18. After customers shared comical errors online, McDonald's announced it was removing what from its drive-through restaurants in the US?
19. This Morning host Cat Deeley apologised after saying her dance moves to Meghan Trainor's All About The Bass looked like she was having what?
20. Serbia threatened to pull out of Euro 2024 if UEFA didn't punish which two countries for their fans chanting 'kill, kill, kill the Serb’? Half a point for each. 
21. Singer Justin Timberlake was arrested and charged with what offence in New York?

22. Who was taken to hospital after falling from the stage at the Noël Coward theatre in London while playing Shakespeare’s John Falstaff?
23. Actor Donald Sutherland, star of films including The Hunger Games, M*A*S*H and Don't Look Now, died at what age?
24. What linked historian Niall Ferguson, post office campaigner Alan Bates and cyclist Mark Cavendish?

25. In the Euros 1-1 draw on Thursday, the England football team performed better than Denmark in which area? a) shots on target b) possession c) passes d) corners won e) none of these?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Tony Smith, Robert Rea and George Mann all with 22, ahead of Gavin Devine on 21, Thom Sands on 16 and the Rev Leon on 15. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 21, ahead of Our Peter, Jackie and Joe on 20. Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe both scored 19. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

Yesterday's front pages

1. In the Conservatives' election manifesto Prime Minister Rishi Sunak offered a tax-cutting package estimated at how many billion pounds a year by 2030?
2. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak launched the Tory manifesto at which sporting venue?
3. Launching Labour’s election manifesto, party leader Keir Starmer said '__ __ is our number one priority’ What are the two missing words?
4. Labour leader Keir Starmer launched the Labour manifesto at which company’s headquarters in Manchester?
5. Labour said it would give 'multi-year funding settlements to local leaders’ to fix a million what a year to end the Government's 'sticking plaster approach’?
6. Which of these has Lib Dem leader Ed Davey not done on his campaign trail? a) fallen off a paddle board b) zoomed down a waterslide c) worn a clown’s nose on the campaign bus d) donned a chef’s hat at a school
7. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage posted a video on X of a man throwing objects at him while he was on top of a bus in which town?
8. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he went without what as a child so that his parents could pay for his education?
9. In a fiery TV General Election debate who did Tory minister Penny Mordaunt call a ‘Labour enabler’?
10. Tory party chairman Richard Holden caused a stir when he was parachuted in to stand in which 'safe seat' 300 miles away from his former constituency?
11. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak replied 'No. Of course not’ when asked what question during a campaign visit in Horsham, West Sussex?
12. Two boys who killed a man with a machete in a Wolverhampton park are the youngest convicted of murder since James Bulger's killers in 1993. How old were the Wolverhampton killers?
13. The BBC said it would air two tribute programmes to remember who, described as 'one of the most important broadcasters of recent decades’?
14. US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter was found guilty of lying about his drug use on a form while trying to buy what?
15. French President Emmanuel Macron called a snap election after his allies suffered a crushing defeat to which party in the European elections?
16. America's third largest bank Wells Fargo sacked employees who were using 'mouse movers' to do what?
17. Coroner Anne Pember criticised who for a lack of training provided to employee Anne Sacoolas prior to the crash which killed motorcyclist Harry Dunn?
18. Four people, including an 11-year-old girl, were taken to hospital after being injured by what at Lambeth Country Show?
19. A 39-year-old Polish man appeared in court after attacking which country’s prime minister in the street?
20. Around 20,000 motorcyclists took part in a ride from London to which town to celebrate the life of Hairy Biker Dave Myers?
21. England’s last game before the Euros ended in a 1-0 home defeat to which country?
22. After being rained off against Scotland and beaten by Australia in cricket’s T20 World Cup, England finally won their first match against which country?
23. After receiving a massive backlash, Thornaby football club announced it would reinstate what? 
24. Lionesses legend Ellen White became the first woman to do what?
25. The British Geological Survey measured seismic activity in Scotland caused by what at the weekend?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Robert Rea and Tony Smith with 23, ahead of Janet Boyle on 22, Sally Duffin on 20 and Ian McCulloch on 16. The top team was Tony and Christine Smith with a maximum 25. The Isle of Bute walkers, including Adam Batstone, Dominic Hurst, Phil Parsons and Steve Bonhomme scored 23.5, the Global newsroom, with Amelia Cox, Lucinda Horsley, Tim Humphrey and Tom Croasdell, scored 22 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Phil Leftwich with his dad scored 19. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s news. Give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. US President Joe Biden said at the D-Day commemoration in Normandy that: '__ is never guaranteed. Every generation must preserve it, defend it and fight for it. That’s the test of the ages.’ What is the missing word?
2. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologised for what ‘mistake’ at the D-Day commemorations in France?
3. Five years ago, 225 British veterans travelled to Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day commemorations – this year there were how many?
4. The first TV election debate between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer was televised on Wednesday and took place in which city?
5. Labour accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of lying after he claimed, in the televised debate, that Keir Starmer wanted to put taxes up by how much a year for each household?
6. Labour leader Keir Starmer said what were ‘vital' to the UK's defence and he would 'of course' be prepared to use them?
7. Nigel Farage announced he would stand in the General Election for Reform UK and would also take over from who as the party leader?
8. Two people were arrested after Reform leader Nigel Farage had what flavour milkshake thrown over him while launching his campaign in Clacton?
9. Which UK politician insisted he was not going to resign after losing a vote of no confidence?
10. TV doctor and newspaper columnist Michael Mosley went missing after going on a coastal walk on which Greek island?
11. Why were two London hospital trusts forced to cancel all non-emergency operations and blood tests?
12. A judge at the East London Family Court ruled that what could be revealed about 'Baby Elsa’, who was abandoned in London, as it was of 'great public interest'?
13. The family of Rob Burrow, who died aged 41, visited the ground of which rugby club to see thousands of flowers and balloons and club shirts left in tribute by supporters?
14. A court in Florence reconvicted who for slandering a bar owner by accusing him of murder? 
15. The UK Health Security Agency said around 113 people had become ill with what infection which was probably linked to a nationally distributed food item?
16. In a landslide election victory, Claudia Sheinbaum became which country’s first woman president?
17. Scottish woman Fiona Harvey is suing Netflix for defamation, negligence and privacy violations claiming that which series falsely depicted her as a criminal who spent time in prison for stalking?
18. Who did 67-year-old retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova marry in California?
19. What survived a UK winter for the first time, posing a deadly threat to honey bees?
20. Ukrainian Yevhenii Lubnenko pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates court to trying to do what as part of a prank to win £250,000 from a Belarusian vlogger?
21. Which football club announced it was taking legal action against the Premier League because its rules around commercial and sponsorship deals were unlawful?
22. Which of these footballers was NOT dropped from England's Euro24 squad? a) Kieran Trippier b) Jack Grealish c) Harry Maguire d) James Maddison
23. Members of which club called for their former president Stephen Fry to be suspended after he said it was full of 'beetroot-coloured' men and ‘stinks' of privilege?
24. What song did 28-year-old Sydnie Christmas sing to win Britain’s Got Talent?
25. Coronation Street actress Helen Worth announced she was quitting the cobbles after 50 years of playing what character?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were George Mann and Janet Boyle with 23, ahead of Alan Geere on 22 and Robert Rea on 20. The top team was Global's Newsroom with Amelia Cox, Tim Humphrey, William Chalk, Chris Golds and Lucinda Horsley with a score of 24. Others on the leaderboard were Maura and Phil Parsons and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe both with 19, Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 18 and Our Peter, Jackie and Steve on 15.

 

Today's front pages

1. Former US President Donald Trump was convicted on how many counts of falsifying business records in his criminal trial in New York?
2. After his conviction Donald Trump emailed supporters saying: 'This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was __.’ What is the missing word?
3. Which of these had NOT announced, up until Friday lunchtime, that they will be standing down as an MP at the election? a) Michael Gove b) Robert Jenrick c) John Redwood d) Andrea Leadsom
4. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he believed that introducing what would help foster the 'national spirit' that emerged during the pandemic?
5. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was disappointed his plan to do what did not have enough time to become law ... but that it would be back if the Conservatives win the election?
6. Which Labour politician said: 'Although the whip has been restored, I am banned from standing as a Labour candidate’?
7. Labour leader Keir Starmer said he wanted to introduce what, following in the footsteps of other countries including Austria, Argentina and Brazil?
8. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said, in a speech at the Rolls Royce's factory in Derby: 'Today I want to put forward a simple proposition that this changed Labour Party is today the natural party of British __’. What is the missing word?
9. Why did Lucy Allan, the Conservative MP for Telford, lose the party whip?
10. Who announced a five-day strike from June 27 - a week before election day - which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said looked 'incredibly political’?
11. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told parliament that what was a 'tragic mishap’?
12. The takeover of which British company edged closer after its owner agreed terms on a £3.57 billion offer by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský?
13. A landslide in which country buried more than 2,000 people?
14. A 20-year-old man from Croydon was arrested on suspicion of murder after a 34-year-old woman was stabbed to death on which town’s beach?
15. Cancer Research UK said cases of what type of cancer continued to rise, with a record 20,800 cases likely to be diagnosed this year?
16. Twelve people were injured due to turbulence on a flight to Dublin from which country?
17. Pope Francis apologised for using what ‘offensive' word during a discussion about admitting gay men into seminaries?
18. Pilot Mark Long died following the crash of what type of plane in Lincolnshire?
19. Which newspaper announced plans to stop daily publication and become a weekly?
20. Iain Dale announced he was quitting his role as an LBC radio host so he could do what?
21. Electrician Gary Priddle, 56, appeared at Exeter Magistrates’ Court charged with the deaths of ten what? 
22. Who apologised to fans for postponing a concert at Manchester’s Co-op Live arena after being arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of exporting drugs?
23. TV broadcasters Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford announced their divorce after being married for how many years?
24. Which team won the Championship play-off final and will be joining Leicester City and Ipswich Town in the Premier League next season?
25. An acoustic guitar used by who sold for $2.9million (£2.3million) via a telephone bid at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York?

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It's newsquiz time

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with an impressive score of 23.5. Others on the leaderboard were Janet Boyle on 21.5, Andy Reed on 20.5, Toby Brown on 19, Giles Borg on 18.5 and Robert Rea on 16.5. The top team was Global's Newsroom with Amelia Cox, Tim Humphrey, Alicia Edwards, Lucinda Horsley and Tom Croasdell who scored 22.5, just ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 22. Bruce and Sarah Hayward scored 20.5 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 16.5. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s news. Give it a go and let me know your score.

Thursday's election announcement front pages

1. What is the name of Labour's 1997 election anthem that blared out while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak revealed the date of the General Election?
2. Who told local newspaper, the Islington Tribune, that he would fight to retain a seat he has represented for 40 years?
3. Who said he would not stand in the General Election, saying six weeks was 'not long enough' to fight a constituency but added 'I will do my bit to help in the campaign’?
4. Why did SNP leader John Swinney say holding the General Election on July 4 was an act of disrespect and showed the 'contempt' the Government had for Scotland?
5. According to the Office for National Statistics what fell by ten per cent last year to 685,000?
6. Inflation fell to what per cent … its lowest level in almost three years?
7. Victims of the infected blood scandal called on who to be stripped of his peerage after he was criticised in a report by inquiry chairman Sir Brian Langstaff?
8. Paymaster General John Glen announced that interim payments of how much would be made within 90 days to 'living infected beneficiaries' of the infected blood scandal?
9. At the Horizon IT inquiry an email revealed that former Post Office boss Paula Vennells dropped a review into the convictions of sub-postmasters after being advised it would make '__ __ news’. What are the two missing words?
10. Geoff Kitchen, 73, suffered a suspected heart attack on board a London to Singapore flight, hit by turbulence, which was diverted to what city’s airport?
11. Ireland, Norway and Spain announced plans to recognise what?
12. MP Craig MacKinlay returned to the Commons after revealing he had lost his hands and feet to what condition?
13. Former Royal Marine Matthew Trickett, who was facing charges of assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service, was found dead in a park in which town?
14. Census information revealed that, for the first time since records began, the majority of people in Scotland do not have what?
15. How was Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi killed?
16. Campaign group Liberty said it was a 'victory for democracy’ after the High Court ruled that what was unlawful? 

17. At least nine people were killed and 50 injured after a stage collapsed at an election rally in which country?
18. Which online car retailer fell into administration after cutting hundreds of jobs?
19. What was the name of the Majorcan club and restaurant which collapsed, killing four people and injuring at least 16?
20. Who said she was left ‘shocked' and ‘angered' after a chatbot 'stole her voice'?
21. Rapper Sean Combs (Diddy) said what was ‘inexcusable' and that he was ‘disgusted’?
22. What was the name of the swimmer, who won an Olympic gold medal in Montreal in 1976, as well as two Olympic silver medals and three world titles, who died aged 70?
23. Manchester City became the first Premier League team to win the title for how many consecutive seasons?
24. Which 17-year-old collected £275,000 by winning a Premier League title at the O2 Arena in London?
25. Veterinary surgeon Brin Pirathapan, 29, beat 57 other contestants to be crowned victorious in the 20th series of what?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 23, ahead of Janet Boyle on 21, Marion Fountayne on 20 and Robert Rea on 18. The top teams, also with 23, were Georgina Harland and Nick Turner and Global's Newsroom including Amelia Cox, Tim Humphrey, Tom Croasdell, Chris Golds and Charlotte Lynch. Neil and Jo Benson scored 20, Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Maura and Phil Parsons both scored 19 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 17. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's news. Give it a go and let me know your score.

1. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned that an axis of authoritarian states like China, Russia and which other two countries was working together 'to undermine us’. Half a point for each.
2. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer announced six commitments, if his party wins the election, which included the recruitment of how many teachers?
3. Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said she was determined to improve the quality and consistency of what services after an inquiry found poor care is 'all-too-frequently tolerated as normal’?
4. Under new Government guidelines, schools in England will be banned from teaching sex education to children under what age?
5. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gave a speech on the Government’s economic record with what three words, in red, used twice on the wall behind him and on the front of his lectern?
6. Which country declared British defence attache Adrian Coghill as a 'persona non grata’ and told him he must leave within a week’?
7. What is the name of Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer who told the New York court he had submitted false invoices for legal services to cover up a $130,000 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels?
8. Two men appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court charged with terrorism offences over an alleged plan for a gun attack targeting which community in the North-West of England?
9. Just Stop Oil protesters, the Rev Sue Parfitt, 82, and retired teacher Judy Bruce, 85, used a hammer and chisel to smash the glass around what at the British Library?
10. In which town were 22 cases of cryptosporidiosis, caused by drinking contaminated water, confirmed and a primary school closed because it had no drinking water?
11. Roberto Fico, the Prime Minister of which country, was in a serious condition after being shot?
12. Ahmed Ali Alid was jailed for life for an attack, motivated by events in Gaza, where he prowled the streets of which English town and stabbed a 70-year-old grandfather to death?
13. French police shot and killed an armed suspect who was reported to be intent on setting fire to what in the town of Rouen?
14. Who became the first UK musician to reach billionaire status, according to the Sunday Times Rich List?
15. US secretary of state Antony Blinken performed which song at a bar in Kyiv after being called on stage by the frontman of a Ukrainian rock band?
16. What is the name of the artist who painted the 'vivid red' portrait of King Charles III which was unveiled at Buckingham Palace?

17. James Anderson, from Burnley, known as 'Britain's kindest __', had his citizen award rescinded after it emerged he had faked stories about helping vulnerable people. What is the missing word?
18. Georgia Laurie, 31, from Sandhurst, is to receive a King's Gallantry Medal for repeatedly punching what in the face?
19. Premier League clubs will vote next month on whether to scrap what?

20. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited which country to mark ten years of the Invictus Games?
21. Which team won their first Women’s FA Cup trophy, beating Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 at Wembley?
22. Who collected the Leading Actress and Leading Actor awards at the Baftas? Half a point for each name.
23. TV presenter Ant McPartlin, 48, announced the birth of his first child with a message saying: 'Baby is beautiful, Mummy's a legend, Sisters are over the moon. Dad's a mess!’ What is the baby’s first name?

24. Which country’s act was disqualified from Eurovision after an allegation of intimidation by a female member of the production crew?
25. Which long-running TV series returned, with Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th actor to have played the title role?

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