Can you beat Jack's newsquiz score?

Peter Rutzler's article on Liverpool and Manchester City

The MailOnline trainees have had another busy week. They pitched story ideas to executive editor Ian Walker and discussed travel stories with Ted Thornhill. From Wednesday they have been put through their paces by Amy Marley, the former head of the Mail’s global news gathering team. Sports trainee Peter Rutzler was the first on the course to be published with a story looking at Manchester City and Liverpool’s title challenges. You can read it here. 

Meanwhile the Daily Telegraph trainees enjoyed social media training, including advanced verification and story-finding and social story-telling, with Silvia Costello and the art of editing, grammar, punctuation and language with Malcolm Starbrook. They also had advanced media law with Andrew Knight. As usual both sets of trainees finished the week with the newsquiz. The top scorer on the Mail course was Jack Newman with 15. The top Telegraph scorer was Mason Boycott-Owen with 12. 

The top online scorer in last week’s quiz was Toby Brown with 17 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 16.5. Here is this week’s quiz. Give it a go and see if you can beat Jack's score. 

Boris on the front of today's Telegraph (Question 1)

1. Boris Johnson set out his own plan for Brexit, calling Theresa May's Chequers strategy 'a moral and intellectual ______’. What is the missing word?

2. Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, talking about the EU negotiations, used a ‘word' from which film to describe Canada?

3. Who told the Labour Party conference: 'If we want to root out fascism and racism and hatred from our world, and from our country, then we must start, we must start, with rooting it out of our own party’?

4. Tosh Macdonald, president of train drivers union Aslef, told the Labour Party conference that until 2013 he always set his alarm clock an hour earlier. What reason did he give?

5. Which city renamed a square after murdered MP Jo Cox?

6. A public inquiry, which is likely to last more than two years and has had more than 100,000 documents submitted, began this week. What is the inquiry looking into?

7. Secret documents and photographs appear to prove that suspected Salisbury hitman Ruslan Boshirov is Anatoliy Chepiga who served at what rank in Russia’s special forces?

8. Who denied claims that he was a sexual predator as a student, insisting he was a virgin until many years after his college days?

9. Dutch police arrested seven suspects, aged between 21 and 34, who planned to attack an event with guns and grenades and to detonate a car bomb. The suspects were arrested in the Weert region and in which Dutch city? 

10. Despite six cases of allergic reactions before the death of a teenager on a British Airways flight, an inquest was told that Pret a Manger failed to state that its ‘artisan baguette' contained which ingredient?

11. Why was Abhilash Tomy in the headlines? 

12. A judge in Pennsylvania jailed  comedian Bill Cosby for sexual assault. How old is Cosby?

13. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were photographed playing netball at a sports award ceremony at which university?

14. Which company has bought fashion brand Versace for an estimated $2.1billion?

15. The Ryder Cup is under way in Paris. Who is the captain of the Europe golf team? 

16. Heinz  said ‘it could not ignore the will of the people’ and decided not to rename its Salad Cream. What alternative name was rejected?

17. Friends Wayne Eagling and Peter Orton defied 17 million-to-one odds to achieve what in Richmond, South West London?

18. Which city is considering a ban on carrying alcohol, even in a sealed shopping bag, in its streets in reaction to excessive tourism?

19. Two men in their 20s were found dead at the Britannia hotel in which city?   

20. A stained glass window has been unveiled at Westminster Abbey to celebrate the Queen's reign. Which artist designed it on an iPad? 

21. Charles Nicholas Hodges died aged 74. How was he better known?

22. A death notice in the Ilkley Gazette read that John Cunliffe left his Ilkley home in a deluge of rain on Thursday 20 September, never to return. Even the skies wept for John, the gifted creator of ... Which two TV programmes did the notice then name? Half a point for each.

23. Why was 23-year-old Patrick Kehoe arrested at Dublin airport?

24. Who ‘demolished' Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium?

25. Where is it now OK to use the word OK?

Answers here 

Trainee Peter wins this week's newsquiz

I have been with the MailOnline trainees in London this week. They have written stories and headlines and enjoyed sessions with editorial compliance manager Paul Hutchinson, SEO deputy manager Rena Burton, senior journalists Chris Pleasance and Mark Duell, executive editor Ian Walker and former trainee, now entertainment editor, Rachel Quigley who is over from New York. 
The Daily Telegraph course also started at the Press Association's headquarters in Howden. They started with a session by Ian MacGregor on life in a busy newsroom and held an ideas and news conference with PA training manager Tina Moran. Journalists Fergus Kelly and Nikki Murfitt helped the trainees with their interviewing skills. 
As usual both sets of trainees finished the week with the newsquiz. This week's top scorer was Mail sports journalist Peter Rutzler with 16. Second was Jack Elsom with 14. The top Telegraph trainee was Lizzie Roberts with 8.5.
Last week's top solo scorer was Mail sports trainee George Bond with 17. The top team scores were Adam Batstone and the Mountain Men with 17.5 and the Three Legs drinkers with 16.
Here's this week's quiz. As usual, there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and see if you can beat Peter's score.  

The EU's reaction to Theresa May's Salzburg speech dominates today's front pages

1. In her hastily arranged statement after the Salzburg summit, Theresa May said that no UK prime minister would ever agree to a border where? 

2. Malta's PM Joseph Muscat revealed that there was 'almost unanimous' support among EU leaders for Britain to do what?

3. Which leading Conservative accused some of the Prime Minister's critics of being more interested in their careers, telling them to 'put the sharp elbows and the personal ambition away’?

4. A memo circulating among Tory MPs gave assessments of Theresa May’s possible successors. About which Cabinet minister did the memo say say: ‘Dark horse, near the front of the pack coming up on the rail (note John Major 1990)?'

5. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable fluffed the key line in his closing speech at his party’s conference. He meant to say that years of economic pain was being ‘justified by the ___ ___ of leaving the European Union’. What are the missing two words?

6. Michael Spurr was asked to step down as chief executive of what after nine years in charge?

7. Terrorist Khalid Masood had a fish and chip supper the night before he killed five people on Westminster Bridge, an inquest heard this week. In which city was the chip shop? 

8. What is the name of the MP who tried to save a police officer fatally injured in the Westminster Bridge attack and who urged the public to ignore government advice and step forward during terrorist atrocities?

9. Two SAS servicemen have been acquitted of charges involving an exercise in which three reservists died. Where was the exercise? 

10. What is the name of the cookbook that was published this week with the foreword written by Meghan Markle? 

11. What is responsible for one in eight casualties on motorways and major A-roads, according to Highways England?

12. The first storm of the year, Storm Ali, was quickly followed by a Met office warning that a second storm was about to hit the UK. What was it called?

13. What was the name of the typhoon that killed at least 70 people as it tore through the Philippines, Hong Kong and South China?

14. Prince Harry revealed in an ITV documentary, Queen of the World, that he does what when he bumps into the Queen in the corridors of Buckingham Palace? 

15. He was credited with inventing the phrases Trouble at t’mill and Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells. Who is he?

16.  Claire Foy won the best actress in a drama award at the Emmy’s for her performance in which programme?

17. What is the name of the discount supermarket chain launched by Tesco this week to compete with Aldi and Lidl?

18. Why was Mario Kart character Toad trending on social media this week?

19. An overcrowded ferry capsized killing at least 100 people on which lake? 

20. Which airline spelt its name wrong on the side of its own plane?

21. London Indie band Wolf Alice picked up the 2018 Mercury Prize for their second album. What is it called?

22. What has Japanese billionaire Yusaka Maezawa paid to do in 2023?

23.  Broadcaster Chris Evans called his twins Ping and Pong before they were born but after their birth he announced their real names. What are they? Half a point for each.

24. Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off in his first Champions League game for new club Juventus against which team? 

25. Grace Jones, Britain’s oldest woman, said at her birthday celebration this week that ‘whisky is very good for you. I never miss my night cap'. Which birthday was she celebrating?

Answers here

George wins the newsquiz Champagne

Trainees Will Tilbrook, Katherine Cowles, Ruby Lyle, Ella Olszowska, George Bond (with the Champagne), Hannah Tomes, Joe Irwin and Sophie Watkiss

The Daily Mail and Evening Standard subbing trainees had an intense final week of training in Kensington. The two sports subs were on the sportsdesk for much of the week, creating pages and spreads, writing features and doing interviews. Their work will be published soon. The news subs worked on a breaking story, created visuals for new sections and went through a subbing exercise with associate chief sub Lara King and former trainee Emily Clark. They now head off to the newsrooms in London, Dublin and Glasgow. They are a bright and likeable group and I wish them well.

We finished the course, as usual, with the newsquiz. This week's winner was George Bond with a score of 17, ahead of Will Tilbrook on 15. 

George, who has been the quiz pacesetter since the course began, collected the Champagne for the top score over the four weeks. Well done to him.   

Last week’s top online newsquiz score was 18 by Tom Savage, marginally ahead of Janet Boyle on 17. The best team score was also 18 by Adam Batstone and the members of Furze Platt Dads FC who were on tour in Leeds. My drinking buddies in the Three Legs (Peter, Stacey, Bryan and Heather) notched up a respectable 16.

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 George’s 17.

Today's front pages

1. The Government has warned that if UK residents want to drive in Europe after a no-deal Brexit they may have to get an international driving permit which costs how much?
2. In an article which accused Theresa May of wrapping a ’suicide vest’ around the British constitution, Boris Johnson wrote of the Chequers deal: 'It is a humiliation. We look like a seven-stone weakling being comically bent out of shape by a 500lb ____’. What is the missing word?
3. What is  the name of the former Tory party communications executive who has been cited as the reason behind Boris Johnson’s marriage breakdown?
4. What did the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, say was a 'shameful and disgraceful' episode, adding that ‘we are - and must be - better than this’?
5. Labour MP Chuka Umunna urged leader Jeremy Corbyn to call off what?
6. Metropolitan police commissioner Cressida Dick said the Government’s two per cent pay award to officers felt like what?
7. Suspected Russian spies Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov claimed in a television interview that they returned to Salisbury on Sunday March 4 because they really wanted to see the cathedral and what?
8. The editor of Russia Today hung up on which British TV presenter after being asked if her programme was a propaganda tool for the Russian State?
9. Which company blamed discounting by rivals and the cost of new stores and IT for a drop in first-half profits of almost 99 per cent?
10. How many runs did Alastair Cook score at the Oval in his final Test innings?
11. At the Trade Union Congress conference in Manchester the general secretary said that unless a deal was secured that protected jobs and workers’ rights, she would support the People’s Vote campaign? Who is the TUC’s general secretary?
12. Why has architect Kengo Kuma been in the headlines?
13. Fans held a vigil for rapper Mac Miller in a Pittsburgh Park that his debut album was named after. What is the album called?
14. Serena Williams received three code violations during her defeat to Naomi Osaka for her conduct during the US Open final. How much, in dollars, was she fined?
15. Edward Putman, 53, from Kings Langley, was charged with what?
16. Who gave a speech admitting he was ‘booted out’ of Disneyland’s Magic Kingdom for smoking on a gondola?
17. Hurricane Florence, packing winds of up to 90mph is first due to hit which US state first?
18. The storm names for the 2018-2019 season have been released by the Met Office. Which five letters of the alphabet will not be used for the first names of storms? (Half a point if you get four)
19. A cliff collapsed leaving at least seven people injured at a beach on which Greek island?
20. Which actress, who played camp vamp Valeria in Carry On Screaming, said the famous line ‘do you mind if I smoke?’ which became the title of her autobiography?
21. The first cases of which rare and potentially life-threatening infection have been confirmed in Britain?
22. Which event in Saltash has upset bakers this week?
23. Katriona Jones told the British Science Festival in Hull that social media and television programmes have led to a rise in tocophobia, which is an overwhelming fear of what?
24. How did Gabriel Hames create history this week?
25. Which UK location was officially given an apostrophe in the right place?

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George, Sophie and Will win the newsquiz

The Daily Mail and Evening Standard trainee subs have had a week laying out pages and developing their InDesign and Photoshop skills with Mike Brough and editing long form articles with Fiona Webster. They finished the week as always with the newsquiz. The top scorers were George Bond, Sophie Watkiss and Will Tilbrook who all scored 15, narrowly beating Katherine Cowles on 14. 

Last week George and Dora Allday scored 20, a score that was matched by Janet Boyle and Martin Cowles online. The Penmans were the top scoring team with 16. 

Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Let me know how you get on.

The Mail and Standard trainee subs with some of the pages they created this week

1. Theresa May told Parliament that two Russian agents had been charged with conspiracy to murder, adding: ‘The Government has concluded that the two individuals named by police are officers from the Russian military intelligence service, also known as the ___.’ What is the missing abbreviation?
2. Russia accused Britain of tinkering with Gatwick CCTV images of the two alleged Novichok spies which showed them walking through gates at exactly the same time. What was the exact time?
3. Police are urging guests who stayed at the same London hotel as the Russian spy suspects to get in touch after finding traces of Novichok. What is the name of hotel? 

4. The chief executive of which company said hackers had carried out a 'sophisticated, malicious criminal attack' on its website?

5. A new book, called Fear: Trump in the White House, has already caused political tremors throughout Washington. Who is the author?

6. Donald Trump demanded which newspaper turn over, 'for national security purposes’, an anonymous senior official who wrote an article claiming to be part of a ‘resistance seeking to curtail the president's worst inclinations'?

7. Boris Johnson and his wife have separated after she accused him of cheating. What is her name?

8. What, according to the head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, could have been the result of a ‘wavering hand’?

9. Paul Pester quit as chief executive of which company in the wake of another IT meltdown?

10. What is Coca-Cola buying from Whitbread for £3.9billion?
11. The Green Party called on the Irish government to cancel what event in November?
12. After being used in most homes for nearly 60 years what were banned across Europe on September 1?
13. Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond and his wife Mindy were gassed before being burgled as they slept in their villa in which French town?
14. What was the name given to the strongest typhoon in 25 years that killed at least ten people and caused widespread damage and disruption in Japan?

15. Underfire actress Roxanne Pallett gave her first interview since leaving the Big Brother house on which TV show?
16. Stephen Nicholson, 24, was jailed for 14 months by Southampton Crown Court for refusing to reveal what?
17. David Beckham, charged with speeding, was represented at Wimbledon magistrates court by Nick Freeman, a Manchester based solicitor known as 'Mr ____.’ What is the missing word?

18. He will bow out this season as England's most capped cricket player, their leading run scorer who had the highest number of centuries and catches to his name. Who is he?

19. Actor Burt Reynolds, who died age 82, was said to have collection of what that is worth $100,000 (£77,000)?

20. Katy Williams and her three-year-old son Finn were badly injured during an attack by what?

21. In an interview with The Sunday Times Sir Paul McCartney claimed his dead wife Linda came back to him as what animal during a hallucinogenic substance session?

22. Who posted a picture of Isla Elizabeth Anne on social media saying ‘dad is head over heels’?

23. Chris Evans announced he is to quit BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show and is moving to which station?

24.  Who asked seven-year-old Matilda Booth at the WellChild awards to make a 'pinky promise' that she would never stop smiling?

25. The new Good Pub Guide says customers are being turned off by pretentious food, adding: 'We don't want our dishes adorned with carrot _____' What is the missing word?

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Dora wins the newsquiz Champagne

The trainees in Northcliffe House this afternoon. Dora (centre) collected the newsquiz Champagne

The Daily Mail and Evening Standard trainees enjoyed another challenging week. They did, of course, work bank holiday Monday. Sessions this week were by the Mail lawyers, Editor Emeritus Peter Wright, who went through Ipso and the editor's code, and Mail on Sunday journalists Charlotte Wace and Jonathan Bucks. Last night the trainees met senior staff for drinks in the Greyhound.
As always we finished the week with the newsquiz. The joint top scorers this week are Dora Allday and George Bond who both scored an impressive 20 out of 25. Eleanor Sharples and Will Tilbrook both scored 16. It means Dora is the highest scoring reporter over the two weeks and collected the Champagne. 
None of last week's online quizzers came close to George's score of 21, although the drinkers in the Three Legs scored a creditable 17 (there were ten of them). Here's this week's newsquiz. As usual here are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

Today's front pages

1. Alex Salmond resigned from the SNP and launched an online appeal to raise money towards his legal costs. What was his initial target?
2. What did Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson describe as 'a major wake-up call’?
3. Who said his vision for Europe would involve 'concentric circles' with eurozone nations in the inner ring and Britain in a second?
4. Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta rebuked Prime Minister Theresa May because no British prime minister has visited his country for how many years?
5. Theresa May was filmed dancing with school children, on the first day of her tour, and two days later she was dancing again with Scouts and Guides. In which two cities was she? Half a point for each.
6. Public Health Minister Steve Brine said the Government is considering banning the sale of energy drinks with more than how much caffeine per litre to under 18s?
7. Perhaps for the first time ever The Sun and Financial Times carried the same three-word headline this week. The first two words were Crash, bang, what was the third?
8. American war hero and presidential nominee John McCain’s memorial service were held in which American city?
9. Which company did Donald Trump accuse of 'suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good?’
10. On his trip to Ireland Pope Francis visited the Marian shrine, where an apparition of Mary, is said to have appeared in 1879. In which village is the shrine?
11. What name did David Katz, who shot dead two people at an online video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, use as his gaming handle
12. A new device has been credited with saving the life of F1 driver Charles Leclerc in a crash in the Belgian grand prix. What is it called?
13. Mother and daughter Khaola Saleem and Raneem Oudeh were stabbed to death on bank holiday Monday in which town?
14. Lewis Pugh, 48, made history by doing what?
15. The captain of France’s World Cup winning team has been charged with drink-driving in London. Name him.
16. Cliff Richard is to release a new album of original songs - his first in 14 years - which he said was inspired by a ‘bad period’ and its title was poignant because he had broken free of his 'own quagmire'. What is the album’s title?
17. He gained international fame for stage and screen comedies including The Odd Couple and Barefoot In The Park and won the Pulitzer Prize For Drama in 1991 with Lost in Yonkers. Who is he?
18. Ashley Peart was banned from driving for three years by Southend magistrates after he racked up a record-breaking number of points for speeding. How many?
19. What medical condition does Kirsty Young suffer which has caused her to take a break from Desert Island Discs? Correct spelling please.
20. Why was Alize Cornet in the headlines?
21. Whose demise was celebrated by the Church of England and Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis?
22. Which 72-year-old rocker and 54-year-old actress were reported to have married on a yacht near the San Juan Islands in California? Half a point for each.
23. A huge fire broke out at which store in Belfast’s famous Bank Building?
24. Ofcom said it was deciding whether or not to investigate which TV programme after receiving more than 3,000 complaints? 
25. The Alesmith Speedway Stout Hawaiian Special Edition, by the Craft Beer Co, was identified as the most expensive pint of beer in Britain. How much does a pint cost?

Answers here

Trainee George wins this week's newsquiz

I have had an enjoyable week with the new intake of Daily Mail and Evening Standard trainees. There are six reporters, six news subs and two sports subs being put through their paces in Kensington over the next few weeks. This week they had sessions with former managing editor Charles Garside, reporters Christian Gysin, Simon Murphy, Sian Boyle (a former trainee who is now on the investigative team) and sub-editors Lauren Davis and David Feldstein. The reporters also pitched story ideas to chief reporter Sam Greenhill. As usual we finished the week with the newsquiz. The winner with an impressive 21 points was George Bond ahead of Will Tilbrook with 18.
Last week's top solo score submitted online was 19 by Matt Cornish. The top team score was by the Penmans who wrote: 'It’s late, it’s 29C in Pollensa, we’ve had a couple and we’ve scored...20. I think the secret is to be a little drunk.' Not advice I will be passing on to the trainees. Here's this week's quiz. See if you can beat George's score.

Today's front pages

1. Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg wrote to the chairmen of local Conservative parties, saying a no-deal Brexit was not to be feared and adding: ‘It is time to ____ ____, respect the referendum, be out of Europe, take back control and believe in Britain.’ What are the two missing words?

2. Chancellor Philip Hammond came under fire from Conservative colleagues after warning that a no-deal Brexit would mean Britain's borrowing could be higher by how many billion pounds by 2033? 

3. Multimillionaire Julian Dunkerton said he was making a £1million donation to the People’s Vote campaign. Which fashion company did Dunkerton co-found?

4. Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced that how many of the Windrush generation, who could have been wrongfully removed or detained, are to receive a formal apology?

5. Who was reported to police over allegations he sexually assaulted two staff at Bute House?

6. Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan’s home country declared a week of national mourning after he died age 80. Which country?
7. Kay Longstaff was rescued after falling from a cruise liner in the Adriatic. What is the ship’s name?
8. What is the name of Australia’s new Prime Minister?

9. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was granted a three-day release from prison in Iran, was briefly reunited with her four-year-old daughter. What is the daughter called?

10. In an interview with Fox News US President Donald Trump said: 'I don't know how you can ____ somebody who has done a great job.’ What is the missing word?

11. Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger said she felt unwelcome in the party after a video emerged showing Jeremy Corbyn saying British Zionists had no what?

12. Which MP described Jamie Oliver’s jerk rice as 'cultural appropriation'?
13. Which private school’s head teacher resigned after rapper Stefflon Don was filmed showering and appearing to smoke marijuana in a dormitory? 

14. What three words did Pamela Stephenson call Michael Parkinson for saying her husband Billy Connolly couldn’t remember his close friends?
15. Where did inspectors find blood, vomit and rat droppings on the floor, sleeping staff, cockroaches and an overpowering smell of drugs?
16. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras, celebrating the end of Greece’s European Union debt and budget controls, said: 'Ithaca will once again be identified with the end of a modern-day ____’. What is the missing word?
17. A British couple died on holiday in an Egyptian hotel which was later evacuated. What is the name of the hotel? 

18. Why was Karen McDougal in the headlines?

19. A former chief inspector, accused of trying to blame Liverpool fans for the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, had four charges of misconduct in a public office dropped? What is his name?

20. In the first six months of the year in Europe there were 41,000 cases, including 37 deaths, of what? 

21. Who has reportedly told friends that he expects to be offered the Manchester United job if Jose Mourinho is sacked. 

22. Calculations by the Recording Industry Association of America said that The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975 was now the biggest-selling album of all time in the US. Which album did it surpass?
23. A statement on the official 007 website announced that 'due to creative differences Danny Boyle' had decided to no longer direct Bond __’  What is the missing number?

24. Where was Torran MacDonald born?
25. Why has a ward at Epsom Hospital been closed for a 'deep clean'?

Answers here

The newsquiz: 25 questions about the week

Sixteen was the top score in last week’s newsquiz. Well done Gavin Devine who achieved it on his own. It was also the score by Louise Hart’s Team Williams and the drinkers in the Three Legs on Saturday night (Peter Gunthorp, Bryan and Heather Booth and Nicky and Les Castell). Other solid scores were 15.5 by Janet Boyle, 15 by Ginger Elvis and 14.5 by the previous week’s winner Tom Savage who said he would be 'having a word with himself'. As it’s the silly season, the holidays were clearly getting in the way. The Penmans, usually high scorers, blamed the Majorcan sunshine for a lame 13. And news professionals Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe said they were 'too busy with holiday to bother with news blather’ before recording a paltry ten. Here’s this week’s quiz - as usual 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

Respect: Aretha Franklin's picture graces every front page today
(Question 4)

1. What was the name of the bridge in Genoa that collapsed killing at least 38 people?
2. Salih Khater was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after what make and model of car was driven into cyclists at Parliament Square in London?
3. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn defended laying a wreath at a cemetery in Tunis, saying he was there to honour innocent people killed in a Israeli air strike that took part in which year?
4. Aretha Franklin, who died age 76, reached No 1 in the UK charts only once with a duet in 1987 called I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me). Who did she sing it with?

5. An all-party select committee on science and technology called for a rethink on banning what product from buses, trains and other public places, as well as a cut on its tax?

6. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announced a cap on the rise in rail fares from January 1 of what per cent?
7. A feud between former White House adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman and president Donald Trump erupted over her book attacking his physical and mental health. What is the book called?
8. Ofcom found that Royal Mail had abused its dominant market position against rivals TNT (now Whistl) and handed the company a record fine of how much for breaching competition law?
9. A £100million government strategy, launched by Communities Secretary James Brokenshire on Monday, aims to end what in England by 2027?
10. How many times did a memorial bell toll across Omagh to mark the 20th anniversary of the Real IRA car bombing?
11. Kent police tweeted it was ‘pleased to update no serious injuries with overturned coach at junction 3 M25’. And then added that what had made things 'more interesting'?
12. Which currency slumped to a record low of 7.24 to the American dollar on Monday?
13. Which footballer scored the first Premier League goal of the 2018/19 season?
14. In an attempt to combat the touts, Ticketmaster closed down two secondary ticketing websites. Name them. Half a point for each.
15. Jeremy Clarkson told students not to worry about their A-level results saying: ‘I got a C and 2Us, And I’m sitting here deciding which of my ___ ___ to use today’? What are the two missing words?
16. Who announced that he will fund two black British students to go to Cambridge University, paying for tuition fees and a maintenance grant for up to four years?
17. An American school groundsman was awarded $289million after a jury found the he was not adequately warned about the risks of what product?
18. Great Britain was second in the tally of gold medals at the European Championships with 26 … but which country was top with 31 golds?
19. Ross Edgley, 32, broke the world record for what?
20. Who did Kai Barry and William O’Connor describe as their ‘hero’ who 'stuck for us when we were vulnerable’?
21. During the 73rd minute of a football match at which club did the crowd chant 'To Me, To You’?
22. What will social media personality Joe Sugg, former cricketer Graeme Swann and campaigner and author Katie Piper be doing in September?

23. England rugby international Danny Cipriani was fined £2,000 after admitting an assault at a nightclub in which town?
24. According to Forbes magazine who was the best-paid actress in the world, earning $40.5million (£31.9m), last year?
25. Why were Prince William, Justin Beiber, Barack Obama and Emma Thompson among the millions of people celebrated on Monday?

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Test your knowledge with the newsquiz

The runaway top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tom Savage with a score of 20, well ahead of second placed Ginger Elvis on 15. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and a House Full of Penmans were the joint top teams with 16, narrowly ahead of Louise Hart and Joe on 15. Here’s this week’s quiz - as usual 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Today's front pages

1. In his Daily Telegraph column, Tory MP Boris Johnson said of women wearing face-covering veils: ‘I would go further and say it is absolutely ridiculous people should choose to go around looking like____ ____.’ What are the two missing words?
2. Which former Conservative minister said of Boris Johnson: 'If he were to become leader of the party, I for one wouldn’t be in it. I don’t regard him as a fit and proper person to lead a political party and certainly not the Conservative party’?
3. Twitter users mounted a campaign with what hashtag after Labour’s deputy leader warned that the party faced a 'vortex of eternal shame' unless it got to grips with the anti-semitism issue?
4. Vandals spray painted ‘posh scum’ on windows at the home of Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg and left what on the bonnet of his car?
5. In a letter to the Home Office, the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners said that what will put public safety at risk and reduce policing capacity in Britain? 
6. DUP MP Ian Paisley is facing a possible by-election after he was suspended from the House of Commons for failing to register family holidays which were paid for by which country?
7. Three members of a Rochdale grooming gang face deportation to which country after court of appeal judges upheld a decision to strip them of their British citizenship?
8. England cricketer Ben Stokes and two men he brawled with outside a nightclub, Ryan Ali and Ryan Hale, appeared in court in Bristol facing charges of what offence?
9. NHS data showed that admissions to hospital by girls afflicted by what had almost doubled in the last 20 years - 7,327 in 1997, compared to 13,463 in 2017? 
10. A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck which Indonesian island killing more than 340 people?
11. Why was 22-year-old Georgia Hall from Bournemouth in the headlines?
12. Which retail chain is to file for voluntary insolvency with the closure of between 60 and 80 stores and the likely loss of about 1,000 jobs?
13. Britain’s richest man, petrochemical engineer Sir Jim Ratcliffe, is reported to be leaving the UK and moving to where?
14. The Duke of Cambridge and Prime Minister Theresa May attended commemorations in northern France to mark the centenary of which battle?
15. Dina Asher-Smith set a new British record to win a European Championships' gold medal in which event?
16. A nine-year-old girl died when rocks fell from a cliff at a beach in which North Yorkshire seaside village?
17. What did doctors say was partly to blame for a record number of people, 2.2 million, seeking emergency help from the NHS in July?
18. Spain's defence ministry is investigating after one of its fighter jets accidentally fired a missile over which country during a training mission?
19. Joël Robuchon, who died age 73, had more Michelin Guide stars than any chef in the world. How many did he have?
20. Which company announced it is to increase prices for 3.5 million customers by 3.8 per cent? 
21. Surrey police apologised for 'fundamental failures’ which led to the collapse of whose trial?
22. Three players joined Premier League clubs during the transfer window for a reported fee of £60 million or more. The players are Kepa (£71m), Alisson (£66m) and Riyad Mahrez (£60m). Name the three clubs they joined. Half a point for two, one point for all three.
23. Which company announced it has received a £10million emergency cash injection from a consortium of high-profile technology shareholders to save it from going bust?
24. Comedian Barry Chuckle died at the age of 73. What was his real surname?
25. Actor Brad Pitt’s lawyers denied claims by estranged wife Angelina Jolie that he has failed to support their children, saying in court he had paid more than $1.3m in costs and loaned how many dollars to help her buy a house?

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