The newsquiz: 25 questions about the week

The top scorer in last week's newsquiz was Tom Savage with 19.5. It was a particularly impressive total as the quiz was clearly a toughie with the scores being well below average. Gavin Devine with 16 was the only other solo player to come close. The top team was the staff at Wright Bothers in London with 16, narrowly ahead of Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 15.5. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the last seven days. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

The Sundays report on Saturday's vote (Question 3)

1. Thirty-nine people who were found dead in a container in Essex were initially believed by police to be what nationality?

2. The refrigerated container used to smuggle 39 people into the UK crossed the channel between which two ports? Half a point for each.

3. When the Commons sat on Saturday former Tory minister Oliver Letwin’s amendment, saying Parliament would withhold approval of the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s withdrawl deal, was passed by what majority? 

4. What did Prime Minister Boris Johnson not do that led shadow chancellor John McDonnell to say he was behaving 'like a spoilt brat' and ex Tory Anna Soubry to accuse him of acting like a 'truculent child'?

5. Some MPs were unhappy at being given just three days to digest the Government’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill document which is, not including the 124 pages of explanatory notes, how many pages?

6. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that if MPs 'genuinely want more time to study this excellent deal, they can have it - but they have to agree to a General Election’ on what date?

7. Which political leader saw his party's representation in the House of Commons reduced from 177 to 157 seats, 13 short of a majority?

8. The Government said what could be given to electric cars so drivers can benefit from incentives such as free parking or access to clean air zones?
9. Legislation passed by MPs at Westminster means that something has been decriminalised and something else is to be legalised in Northern Ireland. What are the two somethings. Half a point for each. 

10. Prince Harry, speaking on an ITV documentary aired on Sunday, said of Prince William: ‘We’ll always be brothers and we’re certainly on ___ ___ at the moment.' What are the two missing words?

11. England and Wales are both playing their Rugby World Cup semi-finals this weekend at a 72,000-seat stadium in which Japanese city?
12. The Office for National Statistics said the population of the UK would pass what figure by 2031?

13. Why was Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort, who won gold and silver at London 2012 and two medals at Rio 2016, in the headlines?

14. The Government lifted a ban on direct flights between the UK and which airport following improvements in security?

15. Why does Haringey Borough's FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie with Yeovil Town have to be replayed?

16. The NHS announced that the drug Orkambi is to be made available to people with which disease within a month?

17. The chair of the Business Select Committee, Rachel Reeves, this week said that: 'Everyone we’ve seen from ___ ___have blamed everybody apart from themselves’. What are the two missing words?

18. According to research by the University of Glasgow, which group of people are three and a half times more likely to suffer from dementia?

19. Hundreds of tourists took part in the final climb of which sacred landmark before it permanently closed today (Friday)?

20. Charlie Chandler, 21, appeared in court accused of murdering two teenagers who were stabbed to death at a house party on Saturday night in which town?

21. Lonely Planet's Best In Travel 2020 book named England as the second best country for holidays next year but which country came top?

22. Who broke her leg in two places while tackling an inflatable assault course on holiday with her family?

23. How did Sian Massey-Ellis, 33, fulfil her dream on Thursday night?

24. Christina Koch and Jessica Meir became the first women to do what?

25. Who is to ‘star’ in Walkers Crisps Christmas advert for a reported fee of £9million?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Dora Allday with an impressive 22. There were other good scores too including Becca McAuley on 21, Gavin Devine, Janet Boyle, Liz Gerard all on 20, Ed Mortimer on 19, Toby Brown 18 and Dave Bromage 17. The top scoring team was Bruce and Sarah Hayward with 21, just ahead of Rob and Nicola Lawrence on 20. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 17. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

Today's front pages

1. On Thurday Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: 'We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control – now parliament should get Brexit done on Saturday so we can move on to other priorities’. He then listed four priorities - cost of living, the NHS and which two others. Half a point for each.
2. The deputy leader of which party predicted a 'massive vote' against the Withdrawal Agreement tomorrow (Saturday), accusing Boris Johnson of being 'too eager by far to get a deal at any cost’?
3. At an EU summit press conference European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said that which group of UK people had been ‘right’ all along?
4. What did the Queen not do - for only the third time in her reign - when she delivered her speech at the State Opening of Parliament on Monday?
5. Which MP quit the Labour Party after 55 years - 22 as an MP - citing 'the threat that a Jeremy Corbyn premiership could pose to the country’?
6. Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan told parliament that plans to introduce an age verification system for what had been abandoned?
7. Commuters dragged an Extinction Rebellion protester from the roof of a tube train at which London Underground station?
8. A climate change protestor arrested in London while holding a sign that said ‘I'm locally sourced & environmentally friendly’ was dressed as what?
9. More than 100 MPs, led by Labour’s Chris Elmore, have written to Barclay’s Bank’s chief executive urging him to reverse what decision?
10. According to Turkish officials what did President Recep Tayyip Erdogan do with a letter from US President Donald Trump which urged him not to 'be a fool' over Syria?
11. Who did the family of Harry Dunn, the 19-year-old killed in a crash involving an American diplomat’s wife, describe as being stiff, cold, unpleasant and rude during a meeting about their son’s death?
12. Football fans were arrested over the racial abuse of black England players during a Euro 2020 qualifying match in which city?
13. British paedophile Richard Huckle died after being strangled and stabbed with a makeshift weapon, probably a toothbrush, in which prison?
14. Sainsbury’s announced it would not be selling what in any of its 2,300 branches this year?

15. Prince Harry appeared to shed a tear as he delivered an emotional speech at which awards in London?
16. How old is Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge who became the first person to complete a marathon in under two hours?
17. The Booker prize judges broke the rules and jointly awarded the prize to which two writers? Half a point for each name.
18. Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne was cleared of sexually assaulting a woman on a train by a jury at which crown court?
19. Why was 93-year-old widow Margaret Ford in the headlines?
20. Who was named Guildford Phoenix ice hockey team’s man of the match after saving the crucial shot in a shootout to give his team victory?
21. Leah Bracknell, who died age 55, played which character in Emmerdale for 16 years?
22. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge played which game with children taking part in the British Council's DOSTI (friendship) programme in Lahore?
23. What was 62-year-old Shay Bradley’s dying wish that went viral this week?
24. When Simon Byford found a wallet in North London he contacted the owner by paying into his bank account, leaving a small message each time. How much did he spend?
25. Australian Reg Watson, who died aged 93, was a pioneer of what type of TV programmes?

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It's newsquiz time: 25 questions about the week

Becca McAuley continued her run of form, which saw her win the Champagne for being the top news-quizzing trainee two weeks ago, by coming top in last week’s newsquiz with a personal best of 21. She was narrowly ahead of Toby Brown on 20. Other good scorers were Dominic Hurst 18.5, Liz Gerard 18 and Lydia Willgress 17. Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe were the top teams with 18. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

Today's front pages

1. What happened at the outbreak of war in 1939, during the Suez crisis in 1956 and after the invasion of the Falklands in 1982 … and is set to happen again next week?

2. EU president Donald Tusk this week tweeted: 'Boris Johnson, what’s at stake is not winning some stupid ___ ___. At stake is the future of Europe and the UK as well as the security and interests of our people.’ What are the two missing words?

3. What is the name of the Grade II listed 19th Century country house on the Wirral in Merseyside where Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar?

4. Former Conservative MP Heidi Allen became the seventh MP this year to do what?

5. A Leave.EU poster of German chancellor Angela Merkel with the words 'we didn’t win two world wars to be pushed around by a ___' was condemned by MPs and deleted. What is the missing word?

6. US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri confirmed to ITV's Good Morning Britain that she had what 'codename' for Boris Johnson on her phone?

7. Paralympian James Brown climbed on top of a British Airways plane at which airport as part of the Extinction Rebellion protest?

8. Who told a crowd at Extinction Rebellion’s London demonstrations that he backed their methods and was proud to call himself an 'uncooperative crusty’?

9. US President Donald Trump threatened which country that if it does anything ’off limits’ he would 'destroy and obliterate' its economy?

10. Whose report into Scotland Yard’s handling of the VIP paedophile scandal, published in full for the first time this week, identified 43 separate mistakes by the police?

11. Outgoing chief medical officer Sally Davies called for a ban on all eating and drinking, except for water and for medical conditions, to be banned where?

12. Why was 42-year-old Anne Sacoolas in the headlines?

13. What is the name of the super typhoon that caused England's Rugby World Cup game with France to be called off?

14. An eco-friendly council estate in which UK city was said to be 'the future of council housing' after winning the prestigious Stirling Prize by the Royal Institute Of British Architects?

15. What was the real first name of legendary rock drummer Ginger Baker who died this week age 80?

16. A gunman killed a man and woman, threw a grenade into a Jewish cemetery and left explosives near a synagogue in which German city?

17. The prime minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, was awarded what?

18. What was found dead in the River Thames near the Dartford Crossing after being hit by a ship?

19. Technology company Dyson scrapped a project to build what because they were not 'commercially viable’?
20. The five-year-old daughter of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been living with grandparents in Tehran and visiting her mother in prison, flew to the UK so she can start school. What is her name?

21. In the WAG row over leaked Instagram posts, Rebekah Vardy, when asked if she had argued with Coleen Rooney, said: 'That would be like arguing with a ___. You can tell it that you are right and it is wrong, but it's still going to shit in your hair.’ What is the missing word?

22. Who pledged to fund the tuition fees and living costs of two black students at Cambridge University each year?

23. Prince George was photographed punching the air as he watched Aston Villa beat which football team 5-1?

24. Elton John revealed his brush with death, his stormy relationship with his mother and his drug-use in his official autobiography which has what title?

25. Steps singer Ian ‘H' Watkins and Matt Evers are to become the first what?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Elly Rewcastle with an impressive 21, ahead of Toby Brown on 19, Becca McAuley 17, Sian Bahia 16.5 and Gavin Devine 16. The top team was the Roberts Family with 19, narrowly ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18. Heather and Pete Clifton and the Three Legs Drinkers both scored 17. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Today's front pages

1. The Government confirmed plans to prorogue Parliament next Tuesday and hold a Queen's Speech on what date?

2. In his speech to the Tory Party conference Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: ‘The sad truth is that voters have more say over ___ ___ ___ than they do over this House of Commons.’ What are the missing three words?

3. Chancellor Sajid Javid announced an increase in the National Living Wage for all workers over 21 to what amount by 2024?

4. Home Secretary Priti Patel vowed to end what ‘once and for all’ after the UK leaves the EU?

5. Who stood in for Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions? Half a point for each.

6. What is the name of the journalist whose first column for The Sunday Times alleged that Boris Johnson had squeezed her inner thigh 20 years ago?

7. Who announced his resignation at a Letters Live event before reading a 1982 letter, describing Boris Johnson as ‘disgracefully cavalier’, which was sent to Johnson’s father Stanley by Eton teacher Martin Hammond?

8. Hong Kong's government used legislation called the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to ban what at public gatherings?

9. Julie Delve, 61, and Karen Glynn, 63, lost their landmark legal fight against the Government at the High Court on Thursday. What were they campaigning for?

10. Which company announced around 75 head office roles, including that of managing director Rob Collins, are being cut as it scraps separate management teams to save around £100million?

11. Scotland became the first country in the UK, and the 58th in the world, to ban what?
12. The Duchess of Sussex is suing which newspaper over its publication of a private letter she sent to her father Thomas Markle?

13. The US is to impose $7.5billion of tariffs on exports from the EU, including Scotch whisky, French wine and cheese, in retaliation for subsidies given to which company?

14. Which former schoolfriend of John Lennon and comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, who had a 45-year career with ITN, Channel Four and the BBC, died age 77?

15. Why was 45-year-old Mickaël Harpon in the headlines?

16. A major incident was declared near the village of Laxey where flooding, caused by Hurricane Lorenzo, washed away cars and trapped people in houses. Where is Laxey?

17. Who admonished the BBC and presenter Gabby Logan following their criticism of empty stadiums at the World Athletics Championships in Doha?

18. Shares in which retailer crashed by 38 per cent after it went into its first half-year loss in more than 20 years citing 'very difficult trading conditions’ including unseasonable spring weather?

19. Four people were arrested after Extinction Rebellion activists tried to spray fake blood - a liquid coloured with what juice - at the Treasury in Westminster from a fire engine?

20. A Banksy painting called Devolved Parliament which features what was sold for £9.9million at Sotheby's in London?

21. Dina Asher-Smith became the first British female athlete to win a world championship title in what event?

22. The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that a tweet was irresponsible. The tweet said: 'Dear people of Scotland. We're selling ___ all weekend. Have fun. Love BK. #justsaying'. What is the missing word?

23. Which actor's former assistant is suing him for £9.7million, accusing him of 'years of gender discrimination and harassment’?

24. What did supermodel Gigi Hadid do at the Chanel show during Paris Fashion Week that made her go viral with some posts describing her as a superhero?

25. Former Towie star Kate Wright became Mrs who?

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Becca wins the newsquiz Champagne

The trainee subs with Becca and her newsquiz Champagne

The Daily Mail subbing trainees had an intense final week of training in Kensington. The two sports subs were on the sportsdesk for much of the week, creating spreads and covering games. The news subs worked on a breaking story, created visuals for new sections and went through an editing exercise with senior subs Mike Hawkins and Ben Jackson. 

Trainee Anna Tatham reviews the morning papers

There were sessions by chief sub Alex Richman and features chief sub Andrea Jones. The trainees now head off to newsrooms in London and Glasgow for their placements. They are a bright and likeable group and I wish them well.

We finished the course, as usual, with the newsquiz. This week's winner was Becca McCauley with a score of 17, just ahead of Sian Bahia on 16.5. It meant Becca overtook quiz pacesetter Lewis Steele to collect the Champagne for the top score over the four weeks. Well done to her. 

Last week’s top online newsquiz score was an unbeatable 23 by Liz Gerard, ahead of Janet Boyle on 20, the same as Becca scored. Toby Brown clocked up 18 and Gavin Devine 17. The best team score was 17.5 by Bruce and Sarah Hayward followed by the Penman Collective and the Roberts Family on 17. 

Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and see if you can beat Becca's 17.

Wednesday's front pages

1. After the Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday the Speaker John Bercow said he had instructed the authorities to ensure the House of Commons sat on Wednesday at what specific time?

2. In response to Labour MP Paula Sherriff’s plea to stop using inflammatory words such as surrender, betrayal and traitor, Boris Johnson said: 'I have never heard so much ___ in my life.’ What is the missing word?
3. Who said of Boris Johnson: 'I think it was sloppy language and the wrong thing to say but I don’t think that he is an evil man.’
4. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox made a statement to Parliament on Wednesday which finished with the line: ‘The time is coming Mr Speaker, when even these ___ won’t be able to prevent ___’. What are the two missing words? Half a point for each.
5. Cabinet minister Michael Gove described Boris Johnson as a born winner and compared him to which football manager?

6. The Labour Party conference finished midweek and the Conservative party conference is due to begin on Sunday. In which two cities? Half a point for each.
7. What is the name of the company, that built London's red double decker Routemaster buses when Boris Johnson was mayor, which went into administration putting 1,400 jobs at risk?
8. More than half of a Government £100,000 grant given to which company, owned by Boris Johnson’s friend Jennifer Arcuri, was frozen while a review is carried out?
9. Following the collapse of Thomas Cook, the Civil Aviation Authority arranged for 150,000 passengers to be brought back to the UK in an operation with what codename?

10. A t-shirt with an image of what creature on the shoulder sold-out quickly this week, raising money for Shelter?
11. Which presenter was found to have breached the BBC's editorial guidelines after criticising Donald Trump for telling black politicians to 'go home’?
12. Why did a £12.99 blue-and-white dungaree outfit from H&M sell out online this week?
13. What is the name of Joe Biden’s son whose business dealings in the Ukraine were central to the Democrats' bid to impeach President Donald Trump?
14. US rugby player John Quill was the first man to do what at this year’s World Cup?
15. British couple Roger and Sue Clarke, both 72, were jailed for how many years by a Portuguese court for drug smuggling on a cruise ship?
16. Why was 34-year-old millionaire property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in the headlines?
17. France’s second-longest-serving postwar president, Jacques Chirac, died this week at what age?
18. The Duchess of Cambridge officially named the polar research ship, which the public voted to call Boaty McBoatface, as Sir David Attenborough at a dockyard on which river?
19. What is the name of the company that launched Creatable World doll kits which are gender inclusive?
20. Journalist Freddy McConnell lost his case at the High Court where he had asked not to be called what? 

21. What is the name of the hurricane whose remnants brought heavy rain to the UK this week?
22. How was 44-year-old Elayne Stanley from Widnes killed?
23. What was Australian Wally Conron referring to when he said his life’s regret was opening 'a Pandora's box’ and 'releasing a Frankenstein’?
24. Love Island contestant Maura Higgins and former television presenter Michael Barrymore were named as the first what?
25. Which television programme won Emmys for outstanding writing, best comedy series, best directing and lead actress in a comedy series?

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Becca wins this week's newsquiz

The trainees with some of the pages they created this week

The Daily Mail's trainee sub-editors and sports journalists had a change of pace this week. They spent three days developing their InDesign, Photoshop and layout skills with Mike Brough. And yesterday and today the sports journalists worked on the sports desk. Isaan Khan went to the Tottenham Hotspur press conference and his article was published online. You can read it here. 

Lewis Steele was at Manuel Pellegrini's press conference today ahead of West Ham's game against Manchester United on Sunday. The sub-editors spent the last two days doing features with Fiona Webster. As usual we finished the week with the newsquiz and the top score was Becca McAuley with an impressive 20. 

The top solo scorer in last week's quiz was Carson Black, narrowly ahead of trainees Lewis and Kumail Jaffer on 17.5. The top team was Adam Batstone and his Lake District walking pals with 18. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and see if you can beat Becca's score. 

Today's front pages

1. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would ignore the Commons vote ordering him to delay the UK's EU departure and added: 'The madder ___ gets, the stronger___ gets.’ What is the missing word?

2. How many Supreme Court judges have been hearing challenges arguing that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks is unlawful?

3. Former Prime Minister Sir John Major, in his submission to the Supreme Court, said that Boris Johnson acted like a dishonest what when he prorogued Parliament?

4. Former PM David Cameron was rebuked by Buckingham Palace after revealing he asked The Queen to intervene in the Scottish referendum, telling her that even raising what would make a difference? 

5. In his autobiography For The Record former Prime Minister David Cameron said of which colleague that ‘one quality shone through: disloyalty.’

6. What did David Cameron say in his book was 'one of the proudest moments' of his premiership, although he had ‘wobbled’ over it and faced heated opposition in the Conservative party?

7. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage tweeted: 'The ___ prime minister of Luxembourg set out to ritually humiliate Boris Johnson and mock our country. We want no part in their EU empire.’ What is the missing word?

8. Which former minister quit the Conservatives to join the Liberal Democrats, saying the Government had a 'scorched earth approach' to delivering Brexit?

9. British Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng said the voices of children taking part in the global climate strike today were 'being heard’ but that he 'could not endorse' what?

10. Paedophile Vanessa George, who was released from prison after serving ten years, is to be banned from which two counties? Half a point for each.

11. Former Rangers and Netherlands footballer Fernando Ricksen died at the age of 43, six years after revealing that he had what disease?

12. Why was new father Omar Salem in the headlines? 

13. An 18-carat solid gold toilet, made by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and estimated to be worth £4.8 million, was stolen from where?

14. Saudi Arabia displayed drone and missile fragments which it said showed that an air strike on two oil installations was 'unquestionably sponsored’ by one country and 'did not originate’ from another country. Name the two countries. Half a point for each.

15. Newspapers were making the news this week. Cricketer Ben Stokes described one as ‘despicable', rugby’s Gareth Thomas said another was the 'paper I trust’ and another apologised after saying David Cameron had 'privileged pain' over his son’s death. Name the three newspapers. Half a point for two, one point for all three.

16. Grandmother Mavis Eccleston, 80, was cleared of what at Staffordshire Crown Court?

17. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologised after a photograph emerged of him with a brown face at a school gala in 2001. Which character was he dressed as?

18. England and Scotland play their first Rugby World cup games in Japan on Sunday. Who are their opponents? Half a point for each.

19. Why, according to BBC director general Lord Hall, was there a 'collective sigh of relief issued by leaders and public figures all over the country’ on Thursday?

20. Shares in which company, that has 550 high street stores and employs 22,000 staff, dropped by 20 per cent when markets opened this morning (Friday) following news of its possible collapse?

21. Nine-year-old Ella McEwan and her seven-year-old sister Caitlin, from Southampton, campaigned to stop what? 

22. Who said this week: 'Guys, you’ve got to really go to the doctor … finger up the bum, no harm done’?

23. American musician Ric Ocasek, who died aged 75, fronted which new wave band who had hits with My Best Friend’s Girl and Drive?

24. The songs American Idiot by Green Day. Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus and Mr Brightside by The Killers were in the top five of which list published this week?
25. Streatham rapper Dave was named as the winner of this year's Mercury Prize for his debut album. What is the album called?

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Aloysius wins the newsquiz Champagne

The trainees in Northcliffe House this afternoon. Aloysius (fourth from left) collected the newsquiz Champagne

The Daily Mail trainees had another busy week in Kensington. They had sessions with consultant editor Andrew Pierce, weekend editor Amy Marley and editor emeritus Peter Wright, who went through Ipso and the editor's code. On Wednesday they had a day with the lawyers. Associate night editor Chris Dean and Katherine Cowles, from last year's course, gave talks to the subbing trainees. Trainee Kathryn Batte spent time on the sports desk and her story on England's record at St Mary's, before Tuesday's game against Kosovo, was published. You can read it here. 

As always we finished the week with the newsquiz. The joint top scorers this week are Kumail Jaffer and Lewis Steele who both scored 17.5. The highest scoring reporter over the two weeks, though, was Aloysius Atkinson who won the Champagne. Well done to him.
The reporters now head off to their placements in Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool and Birmingham. I wish them well and look forward to their success stories. The subs have another two weeks of training in London. 
The newquiz was done at the same time by the Press Association's trainees and the top scorer was Rebekah Evans with 16.
In last week's quiz Aloysius's score of 20 was unbeaten by the online players. Liz Gerard scored 19 and Lydia Willgress 17. The top teams were Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe, both on 18. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and see if you can beat Lewis and Kumail's 17.5?

Today's front pages

1. The answer Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave to a question he was asked, while on a lighthouse tender on the Thames, was ‘absolutely not’. What was the question?
2. Works and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd quit the Cabinet, calling Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to expel 21 MPs from the parliamentary Conservative party an 'act of ___ ___’ . What are the two missing words?
3. Works and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd resigned her post and said she would stand down from her seat where she has a majority of just 346. Which two towns does she represent?
4. John Bercow, the longest serving Speaker of the commons since the 1940s, announced his retirement after how many years in the chair?
5. After the Speaker John Bercow announced his resignation bookmakers said which two MPs were the clear favourites to replace him. Half a point for each.
6. Which two people did a senior Conservative source say were 'not fit and proper persons’? Half a point for each.
7. Who told Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a face-to-face meeting that ‘there’s no such thing as a clean break or just getting it done’?
8. Asked about the criticism of his knighthood on Radio 4's Today programme, former cricketer Geoffrey Boycott responded: 'I don't give a ___ about her, love. It was 25 years ago so you can take your political nature and do whatever you want with it.’ What is the missing word?
9. A study revealed that the UK performed worse than Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand and Norway in what?
10. British Airways started cancelling flights for thousands of passengers at the end of September when pilots belonging to which union are threatening strike action?
11. What was dropped by Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue because it might put women off joining the brigade?
12. Former F1 champion Michael Schumacher was reported to be 'conscious' after undergoing stem-cell treatment in which city?
13. The Duchess of Sussex returned to official duties after her maternity leave to launch a five-piece clothing range for unemployed women trying to enter the workplace. What is it called?
14. Little Mix's Jesy Nelson in a BBC documentary this week spoke about attempting to take her life after trolls who mocked her looks and weight. What was the documentary called?
15. Why was K2-18b in the headlines?
16. Banker Stacey Macken won a sexual discrimination claim against BNP Paribas because her male colleagues were paid more than her. She also said that colleagues had left what on her desk?
17. A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 11-month-old Zakari William Bennett-Eko who died after he was thrown in a Moses basket into which river?
18. In England’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo what did Harry Kane do that had not been done by an England player since 2004?
19. US President Donald Trump has fired his third national security adviser in three years. What is his name?
20. What nationality is 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu who beat Serena Williams in the US Open final to claim her first Grand Slam title and deny the American a 24th major?
21. The Independent Commission on Examination Malpractice, set up to investigate cheating, said that what should be banned from exam halls?
22. More than 23 of which actor's family members are feared missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas?
23. What did athlete Mo Farah do for the sixth time in a row?
24. Actor Asan N’Jle was sacked after getting into a brawl with fellow actor Jamie Lomas at the TV Choice Awards. Which two soaps do they work for? Half a point for each?
25. Top Gear presenter Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff said he was 'absolutely fine' after crashing a three-wheeled motorcycle at Elvington Airfield near which city?

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