Chris and Izzy lead in newquiz battle

The MailOnline trainees have had a busy second week in Kensington. They pitched stories to head of exclusives Dan Sanderson and sports editor Olly Todd. One story by trainee Chay Quinn, on Manchester aiming to be only the third city to win football’s European double, has been published already. Read it here. 

There are more stories in the pipeline. The trainees also had sessions with deputy Femail editor Steph Linning, deputy head of video Olivia Bateman, assistant managing editor Paul Hutchinson, travel editor Ted Thornhill and senior reporter Mark Duell. One of last year’s trainees Kate Dennett popped in to offer some useful practical tips. As usual we did the newsquiz. This week’s winner was Chris Matthews on 19.5 narrowly ahead of Izzy Baldwin on 19. 

A selection of today's front pages

Last week’s newsquiz appeared to be a little tougher with online scores below average although Janet Boyle scored a healthy 20, just ahead of Jayme Bryla on 19. Robert Rea scored 17, the same as last week’s course winner Chris Matthews. Toby Brown scored 16 and Gavin Devine and Mail trainee Lizzie May 15. The top team was Simon, Sue and Will Cole with a huge 23.5. Other good team scores were Neil and Jo Benson with 18, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Maura and Phil Parsons with 17 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward with 15. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and see if you can beat Chris's score

1. Former Downing Street advisor Dominic Cummings told the Commons Health, Science and Technology committees that Health Secretary Matt Hancock 'should have been fired for at least ___ to ___ things’. What are the two missing numbers? Half a point for each
2. Dominic Cummings told the committees that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was a 'thousand times too obsessed with the media' and appeared to be persuaded by which newspaper's view of events on any given day?
3. Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly refused to send a letter of complaint to The Times after the newspaper ran an article claiming that who was to be reshuffled?
4. Downing Street backtracked over travel advice to eight areas worst hit by the Indian virus variant, after guidance against non-essential travel had caused widespread confusion? Name any three of the areas for one point. Half a point if you name two.
5. A single-shot coronavirus vaccine made by which company was given approval for use in the UK?
6. According to a report by Healthwatch, England, some people are being told to wait three years for an appointment with who?
7. Which politician was awarded £125,000 in damages after a defamatory Tweet by TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen which claimed she had been having an extra-marital affair?
8. Which company reported a pre-tax loss of £201.2million, down from a £67.2million profit in the previous year, and said it planned to close 30 shops over the next ten years as part of a turnaround plan?
9. A Ryanair plane travelling from which city to Lithuania was diverted to Belarus so that dissident journalist Roman Protasevich could be detained?
10. What is the name of the black equal rights activist who was shot at a party in south London on Sunday morning?
11. What was the name of the second person in the world to get the Pfizer-BioNTech jab who died this week aged 81?
12. Eitan Biran, a five-year old Israeli boy, was the only survivor when 14 people were killed when what crashed?
13. An investigation led by Professor Swaran Singh said anti-Muslim sentiment was a problem in the Conservative Party and that Boris Johnson comparing women wearing face veils to 'bank robbers' and to what else gave the impression the party was insensitive? 
14. Ex-BBC director general Lord Hall resigned as chairman of which institution following the inquiry into Panorama's Princess Diana interview?
15. Broadcaster Jeremy Paxman said he had been diagnosed with what disease but added 'I plan to continue broadcasting and writing for as long as they'll have me’?
16. Gerónimo Rulli did two things that David de Gea failed to do on Wednesday night that made him a hero. What were they?
17. Families condemned the ‘ludicrous’ decision by a judge in Salford to acquit former police officers and a solicitor of perverting the course of justice, meaning that nobody has been held accountable for which incident?
18. Max Mosley, who died aged 81, successfully sued which newspaper for invasion of privacy after it ran a story under the headline 'F1 boss has sick Nazi orgy with five hookers’?
19. A gunman in San Jose, California, shot dead nine people who all worked in what industry, before turning the gun on himself? 
20. Tim Parker left his position as chairman of what organisation in a row over historical links to slavery and colonialism?
21. Footballer Marcus Rashford said it was 'quite surreal' that he was sitting in his kitchen in Manchester talking to who?
22. Eric Carle, who died aged 91, wrote which children’s book in 1969 that translated into 62 languages and sold more than 50 million copies?
23. A famous video known by what name is to be taken off YouTube after it was sold for $760,999 (£538,000)?
24. Golfer Phil Mickelson became the oldest man to win a major title as he claimed the US PGA Championship. How old is he?
25. The UK’s James Newman scored no points in this year's Eurovision Song Contest but what was the name of the Italian act that finished first with a massive 524 points?

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Opportunity for young journalists at the i

Here is a fantastic opportunity for budding young journalists. Britain’s youngest national newspaper and website, the i, has launched an apprentice scheme aimed at school and college-leavers and people who may traditionally face barriers to a media career.

Each successful apprentice will complete four weeks of intensive training with the Press Association in London, followed by a 13-week programme of training from Monday to Thursday, with Fridays spent in i’s newsroom. 

Trainees will work towards their Junior Journalism Apprenticeship, made up of the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism and a final assessment project. Each apprentice will receive a salary for the two-year programme and their tuition will be full funded. Editor Oly Duff and colleagues explain the scheme in a video here. If you have A-levels and/or a B-Tec level 3 (or will have by the summer), a passion for journalism and can start in London in August, get your application in here.  

Designs on the Memorial Cup ...

I have been having fun over the last few weeks putting together the programme for a charity football match being played at Selhurst Park next Saturday (May 29). It is the Mark Milsome Memorial Cup between the film crews who are working on Indiana Jones and a TV series with the working title Essex. Mark was killed while filming a car stunt in Ghana in November 2017. The Mark Milsome Foundation was set up in his memory and it helps support young people who do not have the contacts or education to a break into the film and TV industry. The foundation also offers health and safety courses. The first memorial cup game was held in 2019. This year it is being held at the Crystal Palace ground on Saturday May 29, kick off 2pm. 

I got involved, along with my youngest son Thom, because eldest son Jack is part of the Indiana Jones crew. With help from Andy Woodcock, Harry Bowers and my colleague Mike Brough we wrote, designed and printed the 28-page match programme which is full of information about Mark, profiles and pictures of all the players, quizzes and puzzles and it doubles up as a raffle ticket. 

It is a really good cause so if anyone fancies coming to the game you can buy tickets, at £10 each, here. We have access to the FanZone after the game - for food, beers and the Champions League Final if you fancy it. Look forward to seeing you there (and in the bar afterwards). 

The newsquiz: Can you beat Chris's score?

I enjoyed a welcome return to the coalface in Kensington this week to work with seven MailOnline trainees. They had a good first week with sessions by editor Danny Groom, assistant managing editor Natalie Glanville, chief foreign reporter Chris Pleasance and former trainee Georgia Simcox. We covered style, intros, headlines and Natalie Johnson gave them guidance on SEO. The winners of the best intro of the week were Elmira Tanatarova and Chris Matthews and the winner of the best headline was also Chris. Head of exclusives Dan Sanderson spoke to them about the types of stories MailOnline is interested in and where to find them. They will each be pitching three story ideas to him next week. This morning another former trainee, Harry Howard, talked to them about how his role as a history specialist developed. We also did the newsquiz. It was won by Chris Matthews with 17 ahead of Lizzie May on 15. There were some very good scores posted online last week. The top solo scorer was Sam Neve with a massive 24, ahead of Amanda Kitson and Liz Gerard who scored 22. Dominic Hurst and Gavin Devine both scored 21, Blaise Tapp and Toby Brown 19, Cormac Connelly-Smith 18, Jayme Bryla 17 and Ed Mortimer 16. The top team was Simon, Sue and Will Cole who scored an impressive 24.5, just ahead of the Roberts Family on 24, Nicky, Les, Peter and Stacey scored 22.5, Maura and Phil Parsons and Team Swindle both got 21, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 20 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 18. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's main news stories. Give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. What is the name of the former Justice of the Supreme Court who led the investigation into the BBC’s handling of the Panorama interview with Princess Diana in 1995?
2. Journalist Martin Bashir stepped down from which position at the BBC just before the release of the inquiry report investigating his interview with Princess Diana?
3. Prince Harry addressed traumatic memories from his childhood, including using drugs and alcohol, in the first of three episodes of his new Apple TV show which is called what?
4. Prince Harry came in for criticism earlier in the week when he said in a podcast: 'I've got so much I want to say about the First Amendment as I sort of understand it, but it is ___.’ What is the missing word?
5. Boris Johnson told Prime Minister's Questions: 'You should not be going to an ___ ___ country on holiday.’ What are the missing two words?
6. What did Jenny McGee describe as 'a kick in the teeth’ as she resigned after eight years in her job?
7. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the rail industry would be simplified and 'become a single familiar brand with a bold new vision for passengers – of punctual services, simpler tickets and a modern and green railway that meets the needs of the nation’. What is it to be rebranded as?
8. The Office for National Statistics said that the inflation rate more than doubled in April to what per cent?
9. Israel agreed a ceasefire with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip in an agreement brokered by which country?
10. A Metropolitan police officer is being investigated after being seen on video shouting which two words?
11. Who was elected leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, succeeding Arlene Foster?
12. Oriel College, Oxford, rejected a call to take down whose statue - despite an independent commission recommending it should be removed?
13. What is the name of the cafe in Gloucester that is being dug up as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl, believed to be a victim of Fred West more than half a century ago?
14. Prince William posted a picture of his biceps as he received his Covid vaccination at which London establishment?
15. Leicester City's Kaspar Schmeichel joined which elite group, including David Seaman and Dave Beasant, at the weekend?
16. The Queen was reported to be upset that a dorgi, bought by Prince Andrew to keep her company while Prince Philip was in hospital, had died. What was the dog’s name?
17. A proposed Government deal with which country, where taxes on imports will be phased out over 15 years, was opposed by the National Farmers Union who said it would 'have a massive impact on British farming’?
18. What did Mark Farrier do to save the day for a 79-year-old man in Cardiff this week?
19. DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles was reported to be in crisis talks with the BBC over a breach of rules when he advertised which product?
20. Supermodel Naomi Campbell welcomed her first child by sharing a photograph of her hand cradling tiny feet on Twitter and Instagram, saying 'A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother.’ How old is Naomi Campbell?
21.To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the television programme Friends, a reunion episode, hosted by James Corden, will be shown later this month. What is the episode called?
22. Name any two Premier League managers who announced this week that they would be stepping down at the end of the season? Half a point for each.
23. Betfair made Philip and Sarah 8/1 joint favourites to be what?
24. Eurovision is being held in Rotterdam tomorrow night with which act representing the UK?
25. Who married 25-year-old estate agent Dalton Gomez in a 'tiny and intimate’ wedding in California?

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Test your knowledge with the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Sam Neve with a personal best of 22, Tom Savage scored 21, Cormac Connelly-Smith and Jayme Bryla 19, Janet Boyle 18, Dominic Hurst and Ed Mortimer 17 and Gavin Devine 16. The top team was Simon, Sue and Will Cole with another impressive 24, the Roberts Family scored 21, my Three Legs' drinking buddies Stacey, Peter, Nicky and Les scored 20, Maura and Phil Parsons and Bruce and Sarah Hayward 19, Andy and Amanda 17 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 16. 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 your score.  

Today's front pages

1. Angela Rayner was given different roles in Labour’s post-election reshuffle but which of these positions does she not hold? a) shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster b) Labour Party Chair c) Shadow secretary for the future of work d) deputy leader
2. The Scottish National Party won 64 seats in the Scottish Parliament election, one more than it won in 2016, but how many short of a majority?
3. Kim Leadbeater, the sister of murdered MP Jo Cox, announced her intention to stand as a candidate in a by-election in which constituency?
4. Labour's Sadiq Khan won a second term as London's mayor, beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey, with Sian Berry from which party coming third?
5. Coronavirus infections doubled in a week in four Indian variant hotspots, Bedford, Sefton, Blackburn and which other town where rates spiralled by 120 per cent?
6. Which of these will not be allowed in England from Monday under Government guidelines? a) Fans attending Premier League game b) Hotels and B&Bs taking guests c) People visiting a cinema d) Nightclubs re-opening.
7. Which 'green list' country caused confusion with British holidaymakers when it announced its 'state of calamity' would be in place until May 30 ... but then clarified that tourists with a negative test would be welcome from Monday? 
8. In the Queen’s Speech the Government set out plans to make voters do what at General Elections?
9. Why did Liverpool players wear the name Jordan on their shirts while warming up against Manchester United?
10. Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised unreservedly after an inquest ruled ten people who were shot dead in Ballymurphy in which year were 'entirely innocent’ and posed no threats to soldiers?
11. Airlines including KLM, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic suspended services to which country after days of violence?
12. Former Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking via video link to the Treasury Select Committee, declined to reveal his salary at finance company Greensill but said it was ‘far more’ than what?
13. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was issued with a county court judgement over an unpaid debt of how much?
14. Why were hundreds of protesters in a day-long standoff with police on a residential street in Glasgow?
15. Callum Wheeler, 21, was remanded in custody after being charged at Maidstone Crown Court with whose murder?
16. Police began digging for the body of a 15-year-old girl, who vanished in 1968, at a cafe in which city?
17. An investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches, with The Sunday Times, claimed that who could be hired for £10,000 a day to make ‘confidential' representations to Vladimir Putin's regime?
18. The all-England Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea was moved from Istanbul to which city?
19. Which company announced it was to create more than 10,000 new jobs in the UK and launch a £10million programme to help employees gain new skills?
20. Manchester City won their fourth Premier League title in three years after their rivals Manchester United lost at Old Trafford to which team?
21. Who said this week that she hadn’t realised she was the first young person to receive a Junior Respiration Award from the Royal Life Saving Society?
22. Parents, including singer Paloma Faith, expressed concern at the nationwide shortage of which product after some stores, including Tesco and Boots, reported low supplies?
23. Which actor returned his three Golden Globes awards in a row over lack of diversity?
24. The Brit Awards kicked off with a video where Line of Duty stars Martin Compston and Vicky McCLure where brought to order by which woman who then called host Jack Whitehall a ‘little twerp’ and removed him from the video?
25. Who received two awards at the Brits and made a speech demanding a pay rise for NHS workers?

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Test your knowledge with the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Toby Brown with a personal best of 22, just ahead of Liz Gerard on 21. Gavin Devine, Nick Turner and Janet Boyle all scored 20, Dominic Hurst 19, Robert Rea and Tom Savage 18, after a stewards’ inquiry into the name of a Kent village, controversially beating Giles Borg's 17 and Jayme Bryla on 16. The top teams were the Roberts Family and Simon, Sue and Will Cole both with a hugely impressive 24, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 22, Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Nicola and Rob Lawrence on 21, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18, Team Swindle on 17 and Peter and Stacey on 16. 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 your score.

Today's front pages

1. What is the name of the new MP for Hartlepool - the first Conservative to have represented the town since 1964?
2. Which former Hartlepool MP said he felt 'fairly gutted' 'sad disappointment' and 'a mild fury' over the town’s by-election result?
3. In Scotland and Wales's elections which group of people, who can’t go to the polls in any other European places except the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Austria, were allowed to vote?
4. Police said the Labour candidate for the mayor of West Yorkshire, MP Tracy Brabin, did not break electoral law after the Conservatives reported her for a potential breach of the rules by doing what on the campaign trail?
5. France’s minister for maritime affairs threatened Jersey with what over a lack of access for the country's fishing fleet?
6. A flotilla of French fishing boats, that headed to Jersey to protest about fishing rights, were met by two Royal Navy ships. Name either of them.
7. The Events Research Programme held large-crowd experiments including a music festival, two club nights and a business conference with no masks or social distancing in which English city?
8. The UK's medicines safety regulator announced that most adults under what age will be given an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine due to a link with blood clots?
9. The body of Mayra Zulfiqar, 24, a law graduate living in London, was found murdered in a flat in which city?
10. Manchester United’s Premier League game with Liverpool at Old Trafford was postponed after a protest by fans who were angry with which family?
11. Seven people were hurt, two of them seriously, when a house exploded in which English town?
12. PC Benjamin Monk was on trial at Birmingham Crown Court charged with murdering which former Aston Villa footballer?
13. Which company announced it was recalling 125,000 of its products in the US after the death of a six-year-old child?
14. UEFA confirmed that the Champions League final, between Chelsea and Manchester City on May 29, will not be moved to the UK and will still take place in which city?
15. A metro overpass collapsed killing at least 24 people in which city?
16. The fourth wealthiest person in the world, Bill Gates, and his wife announced their divorce on Monday after 27 years of marriage. What is her name?
17. Mark Selby said he would not chase records set by snooker's all-time greats after beating Shaun Murphy to win the World Championship. How many times has Selby now won it?
18. What is the title of the Duchess of Sussex's first children's book, a story about the special bond between father and son, due to be published on June 8?
19. The Government announced that all stores in England, including corner shops, must charge how much for single-use carrier bags from May 21?
20. Nick Kamen, who died aged 59, became famous for appearing in an advert for which company where he stripped to his boxer shorts in a launderette?

21. Why did a revamped ride at Disneyland in California, which reopened after being closed for a year due to the pandemic, receive a backlash on social media?

22. Which comic actor said the fire brigade 'didn’t snigger too much as they rescued me' after trapping himself on a ledge while cleaning his windows?
23. Line of Duty’s Martin Compston revealed that he, the other two main actors and creator Jed Mercurio had made a pact do what should viewing figures reach 12 million?
24. Singer Ed Sheeran was named as the new shirt sponsor for which football club?
25. Celebrities supported Captain Tom Moore's charity challenge, with David Beckham doing 100 keepy-uppies, Mary Berry baking 100 cakes and Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill bouncing on a pogo stick 100 times. But what did Dame Judi Dench do?

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