Test yourself with the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 23, just ahead of Janet Boyle on 22.5, Robert Rea on 22, Tim Humphrey on 20, Phil Lambell and Nick Turner on 19, Rory Benson on 17 and Gabriel Millard-Clothier on 16.5. The top team was the King’s Head drinkers of Peter, Stacey, Nicky, Les and Heather who got an impressive maximum of 25. The Barnard Castle FOC of Trevor, Carole, Sarah, Peter, Jackie and Bill scored 23, Andy Cave and Paula Gill 22, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 20 and the Tillingham trio of Thom, Tim and Craig 17. 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.

The photos of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaving police custody, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble, was used on just about all of today's front pages

1. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in __ __. What are the two missing words?
2. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk on his birthday. How old is he?
3. Who said of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest: 'I think it’s a shame. I think it’s very sad. I think it’s so bad for the royal family. It’s very, very sad. To me, it’s a very sad thing’?
4. As her brother was in a prison cell yesterday, what was the Princess Royal visiting in Leeds in her role as patron of the charity, the Butler Trust?
5. The former chief executive of which political party had his court case, on a charge of embezzling £459,000, postponed until after elections were held?
6. Inflation fell to what per cent in January, the lowest level since March 2025?
7. Just over 16 per cent of UK youngsters between 16 and 24 are now what - the highest number in more than ten years?
8. In the latest Government U-turn, plans to delay elections across how many local authorities were ditched, leaving councils facing a 'race against time' to arrange them by May?
9. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appointed Dame Antonia Romeo as the first woman to hold what position?
10. Reform UK announced that Robert Jenrick would take which Cabinet role if the party wins the next General Election?
11. Who marked 15 years as a resident of 10 Downing Street, having served six prime ministers?
12. British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman were sentenced to ten years for espionage in which country?
13. Who did Donald Trump describe as a force of nature, Barack Obama say was a true giant and Joe Biden call ‘a man of God and the people’?
14. Data revealed that NHS hospitals had performed which procedure 56,143 times on children in the last year, marking a 14 per cent rise from the previous year?

15. Quentin Griffiths, the co-founder of which online fashion company, died after falling from a high-rise apartment block in Thailand?
16. At Woolwich Crown Court two teenagers were found guilty of manslaughter after luring a man they thought was a paedophile to a beach on which island?
17. Which actor, who received seven Oscar nominations and eight for the Golden Globes in his career, died aged 95?
18. At least 86 people including four Britons have been killed in avalanches in Europe this ski season with most of them being in which country?
19. Alfie Phillips, nine, from Northampton, became the first person in the UK to have pioneering surgery that did what?
20. Eric Dane, who died aged 53, became famous for playing heart-throb Dr Mark ‘McSteamy’ Sloan in which long-running American medical drama?
21. Why was the Real Madrid v Benfica Champions League game stopped for 11 minutes?
22. Pubs in England and Wales will be able to stay open until 2am if what happens this summer?
23. Who became the first British athlete to win two golds at the same Winter Olympics?
24. At the Winter Olympics, athletes in the women's team sprint cross country were joined by what at the finishing line?
25. What is the name of the solo artist who will be representing the UK at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May?

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Daily Mail looking for trainee journalists

The Daily Mail is looking for the next wave of trainee journalists. Details of the course for reporters and sub-editors who will start in August and September have been posted on Hold The Front Page, Journo Resources and LinkedIn today. Here is a link. The scheme is in its 23rd year, having started in 2003. It was initially for sub-editors only and run by the Press Association at its Manor House in Howden. In 2008  the scheme was rolled out for print reporters and Sue Ryan, a former managing editor at the Daily Telegraph, was brought in to recruit and manage it. It then came in-house and was run at Northcliffe House. The MailOnline scheme began in London in 2013 and was launched in New York and Sydney two years later. There have been 70 courses since it began. Nine courses have been run for New York trainees, two of which were held in London, four were held in Sydney and 57 in London. Some graduates have inevitably moved on and are editors, broadcasters and well-known writers for other outlets. But many of those who started on the scheme hold senior positions at the Mail. In London these include the UK editor (digital), the global editorial director, the Mail+ editor, head of sport, digital head of sport, head of newsletters, associate chief sub, Whitehall editor, head of travel and property, executive science editor, political correspondent, the recently appointed influencer correspondent and many others subs and reporters. In New York office, the executive editor, Mail+ editor, deputy head of news, lifestyle editor, assistant sports editors and many others are former trainees. The 16 youngsters who were recruited last year mean that there have now been 548 trainees who have passed through the scheme. I have delivered the training since it began and enjoyed every minute, meeting amazing people and watching brilliant careers grow. The Mail’s management, editors, journalists, admin staff and IT team have been a huge support along the way. A big thanks to them all … there are too many to mention but they know who they are. This year's reporting course starts on August 24 for three weeks and the subbing course on September 28 for four weeks, as it covers layout, design and training in InDesign and Photoshop. Get your application in and I might see you later in the year. 

It's time for the newsquiz ...

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann on 21, ahead of Robert Rea and Marion Fountayne on 20. The top team was the King’s Head drinkers of Peter, Stacey and Danny with 21, ahead of the Barnard Castle FOC with Peter, Jackie, Trev, Carole, Bill and Ron on 19. The Kaprun skiers of Thom, Rosie, Jack and Tim scored 18 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe with Spanish holiday pals David and Dawn scored 15. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. What is the name of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff who quit over his role in Lord Mandelson's appointment as ambassador to the US?
2. Tim Allan left as Downing Street’s director of what after five months, ‘to allow a new No 10 team to be built’?
3. Anas Sarwar became the most senior Labour Party figure to call for Keir Starmer to quit as Prime Minister, saying there had been 'too many mistakes’. What is Sarwar’s position?
4. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would 'never walk away from the __ that I love' after brushing off speculation about his leadership? What is the missing word?
5. Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe said he was sorry that his 'choice of language had offended some people’ after saying the UK was being what?
6. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson said the aim of long-awaited government guidance on what was meant to provide pragmatic advice and not make the issue a 'political football’?
7. New Government proposals urged what to be banned in cars carrying children?

8. What did US President Donald Trump describe as 'an affront to the Greatness of America’?
9. US President Donald Trump announced ‘the largest deregulation in American history’ by reversing an Obama-era scientific ruling that claimed what was a danger to public health?
10. According to the latest release from the Epstein files, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was accused of sharing confidential information with the sex offender while holding what role in 2010 and 2011?
11. Which group won a legal challenge in the High Court against the ruling to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws?
12. How old was the boy charged with two counts of attempted murder, following stabbings at Kingsbury High School in Brent?
13. Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, was named as the suspect in an attack that killed eight people and injured dozens more in which country’s worst mass shooting for decades?
14. Former nursery worker Vincent Chan was jailed for how many years after pleading guilty to 56 sexual offices including filming himself abusing children in his care?
15. Stocks jumped to a record high following a landslide election victory by the first woman prime minister of which country?
16. Actor James Van Der Beek, who died aged 48, was best known for his starring role in which US teen drama?

17. The vegan drink brand Oatly lost a Supreme Court case and can no longer use what word to describe its drinks?
18. People who have a couple of teas or coffees a day have a lower risk of what, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association?
19. In which UK city was the sun seen for the first time in 21 days yesterday (Thursday) - ending the longest sunless period since Met Office records began?
20. Why was Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych banned from competing at the Winter Olympics?
21. What is the name of the American skier who had surgery on a broken leg after a crash at the Winter Olympics on Sunday?
22. After winning a bronze medal, Norwegian Olympian Sturla Holm Laegreid confessed in a live television interview to what?
23. Two Premier League managers were sacked on Wednesday by which clubs? Half a point for each.
24. Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with West Ham meant supporter Frank Ilett’s 500-day wait for what will have to continue?
25. After quitting Strictly Come Dancing Claudia Winkleman is to join the Channel 4 presenting team for which four-day event in March?

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Have a crack at the newsquiz

The top solos scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Tim Humphrey, George Mann and Tim (still totally unremarkable) with 23. Janet Boyle scored 22 and Robert Rea 20. The top team was the FOC of Bill, Our Peter, Jackie, Trev, Carole and Steve with 21. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 19 and the Broad Oak Boozers on tour, Danny, Thom, Rosie, Anna and Dale, scored 18. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Why not give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. Apologising for appointing Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US, Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledged Mandelson knew sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but added: ‘None of us knew the depth and the __ of that relationship.’ What is the missing word.
2. An email believed to be sent by then Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2010 said: 'Finally got him to go today …’ Who was it referring to?

3. An email thread from 2010 showed Jeffrey Epstein offering to introduce the then Prince Andrew to a 26-year-old woman who was 'clevere [sic] beautiful, trustworthy’ and from which country?
4. After the latest Epstein revelations, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen doing what near Royal Lodge on Monday before moving out?
5. What announced that it was closing 'for the foreseeable future' after revelations emerged about Sarah Ferguson’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein?

6. Prince Edward said it was 'really important' to remember the victims after being asked about the fallout from the Epstein files while giving a speech at the World Governments Summit in which city?

7. What is the name of the Grammys host who was threatened with legal action by Donald Trump for making a joke about the president’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein?
8. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced she had ended 'the wasteful use’ of what by asylum seekers?
9. MPs were told that restoring what crumbling building could cost more than £39billion and take between 38 and 61 years?
10. Serial killer Steven Wright, who was charged with murdering a 17-year-old girl more than 25 years ago, is serving a life sentence for killing five women in and around which town?
11. An inquiry found that the deaths of how many people, who drowned while attempting to cross the English Channel in 2021, could have been avoided?
12. Which country announced plans to ban social media for children under 16, with its prime minister saying: 'We will protect them from the digital Wild West’?
13. The deaths of four British tourists, within months of contracting stomach bugs, raised questions about the safety of visiting which island?
14. American broadcast journalist Savannah Guthrie, the co-anchor of NBC News, published a video statement calling for what?
15. William Stevenson, the former husband of which prominent American, was charged with murdering his wife in Delaware?
16. A Russian ship's captain was jailed for how many years after crashing into a US tanker in the North Sea, killing one crew member?
17. The French offices of which company were raided by the cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography?
18. What is the name of the former UK snooker champion and BBC commentator who died aged 79?
19. US heavyweight boxer Jarrell Miller won his fight at Madison Square Garden in New York but lost what?
20. Ninety-one-year-old Peter Quinney from Wiltshire won two gold medals at a competition for the over-40s in what sport?
21. Tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, 22, won the Australian Open final to become the youngest man to complete what?
22. The 25th Winter Olympics kicked off this week, with almost 3,000 athletes from 90 countries, and an opening ceremony in which city?
23. After this week’s semi-finals which two teams will meet in the Carabao Cup Final in March? Half a point for each.
24. Who announced on Loose Women that she had married for the fifth time … at the age of 79?
25. Which British singer won the Grammy Award for best new artist?

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