Sara wins the US newsquiz

I have just finished an enjoyable first week with five DailyMail.com trainees in New York. They covered a lot of ground, met some key people and wrote stories in style. They had sessions with Jimmy McCloskey from the newsdesk and head of health and science Connor Boyd. They will be pitching three stories each to them next week. They also had talks from executive editor Barclay Crawford, the political team of Wills Robinson and Kelly Laco, deputy associate picture editor Emanuel Ramirez and former trainees Germania Rodriguez, Emma Richter and Martha Williams. The managing editor’s team of Niccole Lewis and Hugh Burgdorf went through the rotas and gave other practical tips and Kim Ratterman told them about the range of benefits on offer. Sonya Gugliara was the first trainee on the course to be published. She brought in the story of a 53-year-old father who could barely get out of bed but now walks five hours a day thanks to a pioneering headset. It was the banner on the health page and you can read it here. 

There will be many more stories to come.
Lauren Acton-Taylor won a scratch card for the best intro/lede of the week and Kelly Garino for the best headlines. As usual we finished with the newsquiz … 25 questions about the week. Sara McGiff was the highest scorer with 15.5, narrowly ahead of Sam Rutt who scored 15. Below are the 25 questions. Why not give it a go and see if you can beat Sara's score.

1. According to a Marquette University survey Kamala Harris had a lead of how many points in a head-to-head matchup with Donald Trump?
2. Who did Kamala Harris choose as her vice-presidential running mate?
3. Kamala Harris’s choice as her deputy has served as the governor of which state since 2019?
4. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris agreed to a September 10 debate on which TV network?
5. Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff issued a statement acknowledging he had done what?
6. Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown said Donald Trump's claim they had shared what 'never happened’?
7. Who gave Vice-President Kamala Harris permission to use her songs and suggested she may endorse her presidential campaign because, she said, the 'stakes are too high’?
8. Sources in the Democratic Party told DailyMail.com that which actor’s involvement in the presidential race was part of a 'calculated' effort to put himself in line for a future White House run?
9. The wife of Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance said ‘they're all natural’ and that she had always been jealous of them. What was she referring to?
10. Taylor Swift cancelled three concerts in which European city after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack?
11. Which country issued its first ever megaquake warning following tremors in the same area where 'one of the world's deadliest earthquakes' hit almost 80 years ago?
12. The Prime Minister of which country resigned and fled after weeks of deadly anti-government protests?
13. Three German tourists face thousands of dollars in fines and prison after being accused of defacing and vandalizing road signs and bathrooms around which US national park?
14. A plane with 62 people on board crashed in which country on Friday?
15. A third person, from Virginia, died after eating what brand of contaminated deli meat?
16. Why did an American Airlines jet heading from Dallas to Spain divert to New York?
17. Why were Barry ‘Butch' Wilmore and Sunita Williams in the headlines?
18. According to the Butler County coroner's office, how was former volunteer firefighter Corey Comperatore, 50, killed?
19. Actor Zac Efron was taken to hospital after hitting the bottom of a swimming pool at a villa on which island?
20. Rapper Travis Scott was seen being dragged out of a five-star hotel and bundled into the back of a police car in which city?
21. The two boxers who faced allegations over their gender at the Olympics represented which countries. Half a point for each?
22. Julien Alfred won the women's 100-metres to make history as which country's first Olympic medallist?
23. How many medals, in total, did gymnast Simone Biles win at the Paris Olympics?
24. Noah Lyles, who finished third in the men's 200-metre final, was wheeled out of the Stade de France because he was suffering from what?
25. Organizers from the Olympics vowed to replace what after a complaint by American skateboarder Nyjah Huston?

Answers here