Trainee Daisy wins newsquiz champagne

Trainee (from left): Dolly Busby, Bill Bowkett, Daisy Graham-Brown with the champagne, Aadam Patel, Issy Stanley, Sophie Mitchell and, in the inset, Maya Wilson Autzen

I said farewell to the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday trainees today. They now go to the Mail newsrooms in London, Dublin, Glasgow and the Evening Standard on placement. They are a bright and likeable bunch. I wish them well and look forward to their success stories. The trainees had some first class sessions this week. On Monday they had safety awareness training from Charlie McGrath and Grant Wootton. They also had a session with digital editor Ailsa Leslie who talked about MailPlus and showed them how to use the Glide software. They then covered a breaking story in real time, built it for MailPlus and had their work assessed by production editor Chris Dean. They also enjoyed talks by Susie Coen from the investigations team and deputy political editor John Stevens. Aadam Patel racked up more bylines including his report from the ODI at Headingley.

Last night we had farewell drinks in the Greyhound. We finished the week, as always, with the newsquiz. This week’s winner was Daisy Graham-Brown with 18, ahead of Aadam on 16. The top scorer over the three weeks was Daisy who won the Champagne.
In last week’s quiz the top solo scorer was Tom Savage with 20, ahead of Stuart Bagnall and Aadam Patel on 19, Daisy Graham-Brown and Jayme Bryla on 18 and Robert Rea on 16. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 21, Marguerite Turner’s team and the Three Legs drinkers (Bryan, Heather, Kevin, Mandy, Peter, Stacey and Jim) both on 19, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 17 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 16. 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. What is the name of the TalkTV political editor who fainted during the televised Tory leadership debate?
2. In an apparent change of strategy, Tory leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak pledged to scrap VAT on what next year?
3. The televised Tory leadership debate on the BBC, hosted by Sophie Raworth, was broadcast from which city?
4. Culture secretary Nadine Dorries tweeted about the Tory leadership contest, saying: 'Liz Truss⁩ will be travelling the country wearing her ___ which cost circa £4.50 from Claire Accessories. Meanwhile Rishi visits Teesside in Prada shoes worth £450 and sported a £3,500 bespoke suit.’ What is the missing word?
5. The cost of living crunch meant a McDonald’s cheeseburger went up to £1.19 from 99p, a price it had been for how many years?
6. Doug Bannister, the chief executive of the Port of Dover, said it was 'absolutely true' that what was the main cause of the chaos at the border over the weekend?
7. What is the name of the junior shadow transport minister, who joined striking rail workers on a picket line, who was fired by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer for 'making unauthorised media appearances’?
8. England’s Lionesses beat Sweden 4-0 in the Euro 2022 semi-final at which football stadium?
9. Who scored England’s third goal against Sweden in the Euro 2022 semi-final with a back-heel?
10. The judge in the Wagatha Christie case, ruling that Rebekah Vardy had not been libelled by Coleen Rooney, said it was likely that Vardy had deleted her WhatsApp chat with her agent Caroline Watt and the phone was deliberately dropped where?

11. James Lovelock, the British environmental scientist and creator of what theory, that the Earth acts as a single living organism, died aged 103?
12. Former Northern Ireland first minister Lord Trimble, an architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, who died aged 77, was leader of which political party from 1995 to 2005?
13. UK holidaymakers travelling to Spain may now have to prove they have how many euros per day to spend on their visit?
14. Broadcaster Nicky Campbell revealed that he was the victim of abuse at a private school in which city during the 1970s?
15. Why did the life sentencing of 25-year-old Ben Oliver at the Old Bailey make legal history?
16. Why was eight-year-old Tess Dolan in the headlines?
17. Who reached the UK charts Top Ten in the 1960s with Hole In The Ground and Right Said Fred?
18. Yorkshire teacher Louise Atkinson died after falling 100 feet in which mountain range?
19. The Met Office said that July had been the driest month in England since which year?
20. The entire board of which organisation resigned ahead of the publication of a report which highlighted 448 examples of institutional racism?
21. Which former BBC newsreader fought off a bag snatcher who rugby-tackled her and left her with a gash in her arm in a French village?
22. What is the name of the official mascot of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games?
23. Which Birmingham pop band closed the opening ceremony at the Commonwealth Games?

24. According to bookmakers Paddy Power, Glasgow is odds on favourite, followed by Manchester, London, Birmingham and Liverpool, to do what?
25. Manchester United and England footballer, and free school meals campaigner, Marcus Rashford guest edited which publication?

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