Mason scores 17 in the newsquiz

This week the Daily Telegraph trainees have been doing multi-platform writing and storytelling with Chris van Schaick, analytics, audiences and digital marketing with Aren Grimshaw, reporting statistics with Anthony Reuben and reporting science with Fiona Lethbridge of the Science Media Centre. Today they were with Nick White learning about reporting finance, companies and business. They finished, as usual, with newsquiz. The top scorer this week was Mason Boycott-Owen with an impressive 17

In last week’s quiz the top online solo scorer was Toby Brown with 18. The highest scoring team was Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe, also with 18. Liz Gerard scored 17, the same score as MailOnline trainee Jack Newman and Telegraph trainee Lizzie Roberts. Here is this week’s quiz. Give it a go and see if you can beat Mason’s score. 

Today's Telegraph

1. After the Brussels summit on Wednesday Prime Minister Theresa May said an idea had emerged on Brexit 'to extend the implementation period for a ____ ____ ____’. What are the three missing words?

2. Chancellor Philip Hammond claimed that Britain will still have to pay the EU up to what amount if it fails to agree a trade deal?

3. An independent report said bullying and harrassment had been allowed to thrive in the House of Commons. Which former judge is the report’s author?

4. The baby born to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex next spring will be ____ in line to the throne and the Queen's ____ great-grandchild. What are the two missing numbers. Half a point for each.

5. A six-year-old boy called Gavin presented the Duchess of Sussex with a necklace made from what during a visit to Melbourne?

6. Frank Field, the chairman of the Commons Welfare Committee, said that women were turning to what because of Universal Credit? 

7. A campaign, started by Zehra Zaidi and backed by historian Dan Snow, MP Tom Tugendhat and Baroness Warsi, has called for the Muslim Second World War heroine, Noor Inayat Khan, to be commemorated where?

8. Radical preacher Anjem Choudary was released from jail after serving half of his sentence. How long was his original sentence?

9. Chef Delia Smith, Dragon’s Den star Deborah Meaden and actor Steve Googan, along with 100,000 others, are expected to be doing what tomorrow (Saturday)?

10. England won a football match in Spain for the first time since 1987. In which city did this week’s game take place?

11. A new portrait was unveiled in the White House showing Donald Trump with eight other ex-presidents including two George Bushes, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Name any two of the other four. Half a point for each.

12. What happened at Little Plumpton for the first time in the UK for seven years?  

13. An outbreak of what was confirmed for the first time in ten years in Scotland?

14. An investigation by consumer group Which? found which UK railway station is the worst for delays? Full name needed.

15. Which company is scrapping its Mansize brand and replacing it with Extra Large after concerns over sexism?

16. Why did the mayor of the French town Montriond order a temporary ban on hunting?

17. Three people were killed when a car towing a caravan drove the wrong way in the fast lane of which motorway?

18. Anna Burns became the first female author from Northern Ireland to win the Man Booker prize. What is the name of her winning novel?

19. Paddington station in London suffered major disruption after a test train built by which company hit overhead cables?

20. Britain’s longest running children’s TV show Blue Peter celebrated which anniversary this week?

21. The Government, following recommendations from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, is expected to announce that what will be added to all flour to stop thousands of children being born with birth defects?

22. ‘The biggest boy band on the planet’ from South Korea have been playing in the UK as part of a sell-out world tour. What is their name?

23. Which 32-year-old sportsman turned down a two-year deal with Maltese champions Valletta FC?

24. Actress Keira Knightley has banned her three-year-old daughter from watching two Disney films whose portrayal of women she disagrees with. Name either one of the films.

25. Comedian Harry Hill slapped a cream pie in Piers Morgan’s face on Good Morning Britain and yelled 'that's for the guys that wear ____’. What is the missing word?

Answers here