A panel of last year's trainees take questions
A selection of last week's newspapers
1. In the Cabinet reshuffle Liz Truss replaced Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab who was given three positions - Justice Secretary, Lord Chancellor and which other?
2. Who replaced Gavin Williamson as Education Secretary in the Cabinet reshuffle?
3. The Office for National Statistics said the Consumer Price Index jumped from 2 per cent in July to what per cent in August - the biggest monthly increase since records began?
4. Labour leader Keir Starmer has written an essay of how many words, setting out his vision for the party which he will share on the eve of its annual conference next week?
5. What decision was Health Secretary Sajid Javid referring to when he said: 'If you did know what I knew, because you are sensible, responsible people, you would have made exactly the same decision - of that I have no doubt’?
6. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he wasn’t as familiar with whose work as he should be although he was familiar with Nikki Kanani, superstar GP of Bexley?
7. What was the first name of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s mother, who he described as his family’s ’supreme authority’, who died at the age of 79?
8. A historic security pact, in which Australia will build nuclear-powered submarines to counter a threat from China, is to be known as what?
9. What is the name of the Extinction Rebellion off-shoot group whose activists brought traffic to a standstill on the M25?
10. Emma Raducanu was ranked number 345 in the world at the start of 2021 and No 179 after Wimbledon. What is her ranking after winning the US Open?
11. Public Health England said the pandemic had contributed to life expectancy in England falling to its lowest level in almost a decade. What is the new life expectancy of women? a) 79.7 years b) 80.5 years c) 81.8 years d) 82.7 years
12. After a vote by doctors and medical students, the British Medical Association moved from a position of opposition to one of neutrality on what?
13. After a crash in the Italian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said: 'I feel very fortunate today. Thank God for the ___ which saved me and saved my neck’. What is the missing word?
14. The High Court ruled that the content of the Duke of Edinburgh’s will would be kept secret for how many years to protect the Queen’s dignity?
15. Virginia Giuffre’s legal team accused Prince Andrew of dodging legal papers and likened his behaviour to a game of what 'behind palace walls’?
16. Sir Clive Sinclair, who died aged 81, invented the ZX ___ computer which brought affordable personal computing to the masses and sold in its millions. What was the computer’s name?
17. On which islands were nearly 1,500 dolphins killed, the largest number ever in a single hunt, according to the Sea Shepherd conservationists?
18. Which surprise guest serenaded the relatives of those killed in the 9/11 terror attacks with an acoustic rendition of 'I’ll See You In My Dreams' as they gathered at the World Trade Center site on Saturday?
19. What is the name of the Chelsea footballer whose medals were stolen from his home while he was playing in the Champions League on Tuesday night?
20. Rupert Murdoch’s News UK announced plans to launch a national television station in Britain which will see the return of Piers Morgan. What is it called?
21. What three words were on the back of congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s dress when she attended the Met Gala in New York on Monday?
22. Police in West Yorkshire and elsewhere asked shopkeepers to stop selling which foodstuff to children after a new TikTok craze?
23. Who left the BBC after 20 years saying: ‘Another winter of the dark mornings was not what I wanted to do anymore’?
3. The Office for National Statistics said the Consumer Price Index jumped from 2 per cent in July to what per cent in August - the biggest monthly increase since records began?
4. Labour leader Keir Starmer has written an essay of how many words, setting out his vision for the party which he will share on the eve of its annual conference next week?
5. What decision was Health Secretary Sajid Javid referring to when he said: 'If you did know what I knew, because you are sensible, responsible people, you would have made exactly the same decision - of that I have no doubt’?
6. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he wasn’t as familiar with whose work as he should be although he was familiar with Nikki Kanani, superstar GP of Bexley?
7. What was the first name of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s mother, who he described as his family’s ’supreme authority’, who died at the age of 79?
8. A historic security pact, in which Australia will build nuclear-powered submarines to counter a threat from China, is to be known as what?
9. What is the name of the Extinction Rebellion off-shoot group whose activists brought traffic to a standstill on the M25?
10. Emma Raducanu was ranked number 345 in the world at the start of 2021 and No 179 after Wimbledon. What is her ranking after winning the US Open?
11. Public Health England said the pandemic had contributed to life expectancy in England falling to its lowest level in almost a decade. What is the new life expectancy of women? a) 79.7 years b) 80.5 years c) 81.8 years d) 82.7 years
12. After a vote by doctors and medical students, the British Medical Association moved from a position of opposition to one of neutrality on what?
13. After a crash in the Italian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said: 'I feel very fortunate today. Thank God for the ___ which saved me and saved my neck’. What is the missing word?
14. The High Court ruled that the content of the Duke of Edinburgh’s will would be kept secret for how many years to protect the Queen’s dignity?
15. Virginia Giuffre’s legal team accused Prince Andrew of dodging legal papers and likened his behaviour to a game of what 'behind palace walls’?
16. Sir Clive Sinclair, who died aged 81, invented the ZX ___ computer which brought affordable personal computing to the masses and sold in its millions. What was the computer’s name?
17. On which islands were nearly 1,500 dolphins killed, the largest number ever in a single hunt, according to the Sea Shepherd conservationists?
18. Which surprise guest serenaded the relatives of those killed in the 9/11 terror attacks with an acoustic rendition of 'I’ll See You In My Dreams' as they gathered at the World Trade Center site on Saturday?
19. What is the name of the Chelsea footballer whose medals were stolen from his home while he was playing in the Champions League on Tuesday night?
20. Rupert Murdoch’s News UK announced plans to launch a national television station in Britain which will see the return of Piers Morgan. What is it called?
21. What three words were on the back of congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s dress when she attended the Met Gala in New York on Monday?
22. Police in West Yorkshire and elsewhere asked shopkeepers to stop selling which foodstuff to children after a new TikTok craze?
23. Who left the BBC after 20 years saying: ‘Another winter of the dark mornings was not what I wanted to do anymore’?
24. Whose farewell tour of the UK and Europe was put back a year after he was injured in a fall?
25. Comedian Sara Pascoe is to take over from Joe Lycett as host of which television programme?
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