Time to tackle the newsquiz

There were some very high scores posted in last week’s newsquiz. The top solo scorer was Sylvia Warne with an impressive maximum of 25. Marion Fountayne scored 22, Janet Boyle, Toby Brown and Gavin Devine all scored 21, Robert Rea and Stuart Bagnall 19, Marguerite Turner and Tony Brannon 18 and Tom Scotson 17. The top team was Bruce and Sarah Hayward with 24, just ahead of Lou, Joe, Sam and Dan, Maura and Phil Parsons and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe all on 23. Neil and Jo Benson and Andrew Everton and Matthew Jeffrey scored  21 and Our Peter, Sarah and Joe 19. Here is this week’s newsquiz on yet another busy news week. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. In her final statement as Prime Minister, Liz Truss ended by saying she knew that what kind of days lay ahead?

2. Rishi Sunak became the youngest UK Prime Minister since 1812. How old is he?

3. In his first speech as Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak paid tribute to his predecessor Liz Truss but added ' Some ___ were made. Not borne of ill will or bad intentions. Quite the opposite, in fact. But ___ nonetheless.’ What is the missing word?
4. New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been an MP for which constituency since 2015?
5. In Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet which one of these was not appointed to a previously held position? a) Simon Hart (chief whip) b) Ben Wallace (defence) c) James Cleverly (foreign), d) Suella Braverman (home).
6. Who is the new Education Secretary?
7. The Government’s fiscal plan, due to be delivered next Monday, will now be a full autumn statement by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on what date?
8. At his first Prime Minister’s Questions Rishi Sunak confirmed to Green Party leader Caroline Lucas that he would honour a manifesto commitment by 'reversing the green light' that Liz Truss had given to what?
9. Whose Cabinet appointment was described by Labour leader Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions as 'a grubby deal’?
10. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly advised LGBT people attending what to show 'a little bit of flex and compromise’ and 'respect the culture’ of the country?
11. Russia delivered a letter to the United Nations claiming that Ukraine was preparing to detonate what kind of bomb?
12. Around 15,000 protesters marched from Park Lane to Parliament Square in London on Saturday to demand what?
13. Who posted a video of himself carrying a sink and later tweeted ’the bird is freed’?

14. Two Just Stop Oil protesters smeared cake on what, saying: 'The demand is simple, just stop new oil and gas, it's a piece of cake’?
15. The Home Affairs Committee was told that around 10,000 men from which country had arrived in the UK on small boats this year?

16. Pope Francis warned against the dangers of what, saying it was a vice among some priests and nuns?
17. Which car, that has been in production for 46 years - including 12 as the best seller - will no longer be made from June next year?
18. Which company, known for its fashionable homeware, announced it was no longer taking orders from customers after an attempt to secure an 11th-hour rescue collapsed?
19. Where was a 'Jenga tower' replaced by a more 'solid and stable' if slightly smaller model?
20. Who was reported to be in danger of losing his billionaire status after being dropped by Adidas over an anti-Semitic rant?
21. Arsenal defender Pablo Marí was taken to hospital after being stabbed with five other people in a supermarket in which city?

22. The first coins featuring King Charles III, which will be in circulation from December, will be of what value?
23. Publisher Penguin Random House announced that the Duke of Sussex's memoir, which will be published on January 10, will be called what?

24. King Charles appeared in a one-off episode of which TV programme this week? 
25. The full line-up of ITV's I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here was announced with who, at 61, being the oldest contestant?

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Another busy newsweek - so try the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week's newsquiz was Stuart Bagnall with 22, just ahead of Robert Rea on 21. Gavin Devine and Marguerite Turner both scored 19 and Marion Fountayne and Jayme Bryla 18. The top team was Neil and Jo Benson with 22, ahead of Lou, Joe and Dan on 20. The Spain Golfers (Adam Batstone, David Kohn and Julian Diamond), Bruce and Sarah Hayward and Maura and Phil Parsons all scored 19. This week has been another busy one in the newsroom. Here is this week's quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week's events. Give it a go and let me know your score.

A selection of today's front pages

1. Announcing her resignation as Prime Minister outside 10 Downing Street, Liz Truss said: 'I recognise, though, given the situation I cannot deliver the ___ on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.’ What is the missing word?

2. Liz Truss will be the shortest serving Prime Minister in UK history after resigning how many days after winning the Tory leadership election?

3. Chairman of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady said that the new Prime Minister would be announced by what date at the latest?

4. What celebrated Liz Truss’s departure as Prime Minister in a blonde wig, wearing googly-eye stickers, with disco lights, a Greggs snack with an audience of more than 20,000 people on livestream?

5. Which potential Tory leader candidate ruled himself out of the contest by tweeting this morning (Friday): 'As the Party starts the process of looking for a new leader, I would like to put on the record that I will not be letting my name go forward as a candidate'?

6. Before the Prime Minister’s resignation, the Leader of the house Penny Mordaunt said, in a response to a question from Labour MP Stella Creasy, that Liz Truss was not where?

7. Which one of these measures in the mini-budget did new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt not reverse? a) 1p cut in income tax b) VAT-free shopping for international tourists c) scrapping of the National Insurance rise d) cuts to dividend tax rate.

8. Which broadcaster was taken off-air for a week after he was overheard calling Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker a c**t following an interview?

9. Before her resignation as Home Secretary, Suella Braverman defended the Government's controversial Public Order Bill and blamed the 'Guardian-reading wokerati’ who eat what for disruption on Britain’s roads?

10. Who replaced Suella Braverman as Home Secretary?

11. Who used the f-word about Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Radio 4’s Today programme and was told: 'Oh, no, no, no, you mustn’t say that. No, you can’t say that! We’ll have to have you out of the studio now’?

12. Actor Robbie Coltrane, who died aged 72, played a character called Fitz in which television series?

13. Civil engineer Morgan Trowland, 39, and musician Marcus Decker, 33, appeared at Southend magistrates court charged with committing a public nuisance by doing what? 

14. What led to Charlotte Charles saying: 'I think that's the overwhelming feeling… just sheer relief that we could look up and say Harry, we've done it mate. We've done what we promised’?

15. King Charles was reported to be planning to sell 12 what, that belonged to the Queen, to 'scale back royal tradition’?

16. Which rugby team made 167 players and staff redundant after becoming the Premiership's second club to go into administration in 21 days?
17. A pro-democracy protester claimed to have been beaten up by men from which country’s consulate in Manchester?

18. Who was released on bail following a private hearing at Manchester Crown Court after having been remanded in custody by magistrates on Monday on charges including attempted rape?

19. Talk show host Graham Norton deleted his Twitter account after facing a backlash for saying that what phrase should be changed to ‘accountability’?

20. Who did the manager of New York restaurant Balthazar briefly ban for abusive behaviour describing him as a 'hugely gifted comedian' but a 'tiny cretin of a man’?

21. Aston Villa parted ways with manager Steven Gerrard after losing 3-0 to which team on Thursday?

22. What did Dame Judi Dench say blurred 'the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism’?
23. North Macedonia, Montenegro and which other country said they would not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest because of the increased entry fee?

24. David Thorp, 42, was revealed as what and said he was ‘not spoiling anyone's enjoyment' but 'providing a service’?

25. Who won the Mercury Prize, for the best British or Irish album of the last 12 months?

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It's time for the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Tony Smith on 21, ahead of Stuart Bagnall and Marion Fountayne on 20, George Mann and Toby Brown on 19, Marguerite Turner and Damon Wake on 18, Gavin Devine on 17 and Robert Rea on 16. The top team was Adam Batstone, Lucy Thorpe, Phil and Maura Parsons, David Kohn, Steve, Sue and Dawn, who scored 23. Jo, Lou, Sam and Dan and Bruce and Sarah Hayward both scored 22, ahead of Neil and Jo Benson on 21 and Peter and Stacey on 19. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

A selection of today's front pages

1. Who was appointed as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer after Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked today?

2. Kwasi Kwarteng became the second shortest serving UK Chancellor of all time. How many days did he serve?
3. Prime Minister Liz Truss finished her PMQs this week by saying: 'Mr Speaker, I think the last thing we need is a ___ ___.’ What are the two missing words?
4. Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg criticised which organisation, suggesting the Government will ignore its forecasts of low growth and rising debt for the UK?
5. Who greeted Liz Truss with the words: 'So you’ve come back again? Dear, oh dear’?
6. The Office for National Statistics said the UK unemployment rate fell to what per cent in the three months to August - its lowest for nearly 50 years?
7. What is the name of the trade minister who was sacked from the Government after a complaint of serious misconduct?
8. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was accused of using 'dangerous language’ after she told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: 'I ___ the Tories and everything they stand for.’ What is the missing word?
9. The bridge from Russia to Crimea that was partially destroyed by an explosion takes its name from what strait that it crosses? 
10. What is the name of the County Donegal village where ten people were killed by a huge explosion at a petrol station?
11. Detectives investigating the disappearance of 19-year-old Leah Croucher launched a murder investigation after finding human remains in which city?
12. Nurse Lucy Letby, 34, appeared at Manchester Crown Court and denied murdering how many premature babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital?
13. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay $965million (£869million) in damages after falsely claiming that what was a hoax?
14. Just Stop Oil activists threw tomato soup over which masterpiece at the National Gallery in London?
15. Which retailer said it was speeding up a shake-up of its stores with 67 of its bigger shops to shut within five years?
16. Actress Angela Lansbury, who died aged 96, played which character in the TV series Murder She Wrote from 1984 to 1996?
17. Which service announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs, including 6,000 redundancies, by next August?
18. The Metropolitan Police said it believed that Stefan Sylvestre, who was serving a life sentence for attacking which celebrity, has fled the country while on licence from jail?
19. Research commissioned by Ofcom found that a third of children using social media do what?
20. Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles III's coronation will be held at Westminster Abbey on what date next year?
21. Which singer accused comedian Leigh Francis (aka Keith Lemon) of normalising bullying by making it comedy?
22. Who did BBC presenter Pria Rai introduce as 'two very special Newsbeat reporters’ in a programme to mark World Mental Health Day on Monday?
23. In the National Television Awards who won the award for TV Expert
24. Glasgow Rangers suffered their biggest ever home defeat when they were beaten 7-1 by which team?
25. Former England rugby player, and member of the Royal Family, Mike Tindall has reportedly signed up to appear in what?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 21.5, ahead of Stuart Bagnall on 19, Marion Fountayne on 18.5, George Mann on 18, Will Holmes on 17.5, Damon Wake and Robert Rea on 17 and Jayme Bryla and Toby Brown on 16. The top team was Neil and Jo Benson with 23, ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 21, Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 19, Three Legs drinkers Peter and Stacey on 18 and Lou and Joe Hart with Dan on 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. 

Some of today's front pages

1. On Monday Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng tweeted that he was 'not proceeding' with the abolition of the higher tax rate of how much?
2. In her speech at the Conservative Party conference Prime Minister Liz Truss said: 'I have three priorities for our economy' and then repeated which word three times?
3. The founder of the pop group M People, Michael Pickering, said he was ‘very angry’ when Prime Minister Liz Truss walked on stage at the Tory conference to which song?
4. Liz Truss’s conference speech was disrupted by Greenpeace activists who held up a yellow banner with what question written on it?
5. Liz Truss told the Conservative Party conference: 'I stand here today as the first prime minister of our country to have gone to …' Where?
6. Daniel Grainger, a young Conservative chairman, apologised for referring to Birmingham as what on the eve of the party's conference in the city?
7. Prime Minister Liz Truss met leaders from the EU, Turkey, Norway and the Balkans at the first European Political Community which was held in which city?
8. Buckingham Palace said King Charles, following advice given to him by Prime Minister Liz Truss, would not attend which event next month?
9. Which newspaper apologised after it mistakenly used a picture of an American banker but saying it was Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng on its website?
10. American President Joe Biden responded to Russia’s threat to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine by saying: 'I don’t think there’s any such thing as the ability to easily (use) a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with ___.’ What is the missing word?
11. Panya Khamrab, 34, who killed 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a nursery school in Thailand, had been sacked from his job as what last year?
12. Why was Thomas Cashman, 34, in the headlines?
13. At least 125 people died in a crush at a football match on which island?
14. King Charles conferred city status on which former town saying it would 'gladden my dear mother’s heart’?
15. How was 65-year-old Ann Dunn from Liverpool killed?
16. A Delaware judge gave billionaire Elon Musk until 5pm on October 28 to do what?
17. American President Joe Biden announced he was to pardon thousands of Americans convicted of what?
18. Country singer Loretta Lynn, who died aged 90, had a hit record with the same name as her autobiography and an Oscar-nominated film about her life? What were all three called?
19. An inscribed copy of which Jane Austen novel became the most expensive of the author’s works ever sold after being bought for £375,000?
20. Who was ordered by West Oxfordshire district council to shut down his restaurant and cafe as they were 'visually intrusive and harmful’ to the area?
21. Author JK Rowling tweeted a picture of herself in a T-shirt that named who as a 'destroyer of women's rights’?
22. Yalemzerf Yehualaw, 23, became the youngest woman to do what?
23. Who became the first footballer to score three successive Premier League home hat-tricks?
24. Sara Arfaoui, an Italian model, was told to 'get out more' after claiming food in which English city was ‘horrible' and 'all frozen’?
25. University student Tom Stevenson, 21, recorded the highest ever score of 154 points on which programme?

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Trainee sub Will wins newsquiz champagne

Trainee subs (from left): Dom Lee, Isabella McCrone, Will Holmes (with the champagne), Naveen Gharyal and Lizzie Newton

I said goodbye to the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday trainee sub-editors this week who now head off for their placements at the Evening Standard, the i newspaper, the Press Association and the Mail in Glasgow. They are very smart and likeable bunch and I will follow their careers with interest. They did long-form journalism with Fiona Webster and designed pages, in Mail style, for a new supplement and a breaking news story with training and guidance from Mike Brough. 

The trainees with some of their pages

Today they had a session with former trainee, now assistant chief sub, Tom Belcher. As usual we finished with the newsquiz. This week’s winner was Will Holmes with 17.5 points, ahead of Isabella McCrone on 15.5 and Dom Lee on 15.  Well done to Will who also collected the champagne for the top score by a sub over the four weeks.
The top solo scorer in last week’s quiz was Jayme Bryla with 20, just ahead of Robert Rea on 19, Marguerite Turner and Janet Boyle on 18, Toby Brown on 17, Will Holmes 16.5 and Isabella McCrone on 16.
The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 21, ahead of Sarah, Joe and Our Peter 19, the same score as Lou and Joe Hart with Tim and Kay. Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe scored 16. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and see if you can beat Will's score.

Today's front pages

1. The Bank of England announced it would buy Government bonds worth up to how many billions of pounds, on a temporary basis, to calm financial markets after the mini-budget caused turmoil?
2. Which organisation said the Government’s financial plan was economically risky, likely to increase inequality and recommended taking an 'early opportunity' for a re-evaluation in the coming weeks?
3. A YouGov poll for The Times found Labour had surged to a lead of how many points ahead of the Tories?
4. Which high profile Conservative is to miss the party conference in Birmingham at the weekend, reportedly saying it would give Prime Minister Liz Truss 'all the space she needs to own the moment’? 
5. Labour MP Rupa Huq was suspended from the party after she said of Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng ‘___ he is a black man’. What is the missing word?
6. What did former leader Jeremy Corbyn says was 'very, very odd’ about the Labour Party Conference in Manchester?
7. Who made a guest appearance at the Labour Party Conference on Monday and said that Liz Truss had 'tanked the pound lower than my reputation in Liverpool’?
8. Police searching the Yorkshire Moors for which 12-year-old schoolboy, who died in the 1960s, said they had found human remains including a skull?
9. What is the name of the two pipelines which leaked gas into the Baltic Sea?
10. Russian President Vladimir Putin is to annex four more areas of Ukraine after self-styled referendums. They are Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and which other?
11. What was the name of the hurricane that tore in Cuba before causing chaos in Florida on Wednesday?
12. The Queen's death certificate, which was released by the National Records of Scotland, said she died of old age at what time on September 8?
13. Which union announced its workers would hold 19 strikes in October and November?
14. Which Grammy winning rapper, whose hit Gangsta Paradise was a UK Number One in 1995, was found dead in Los Angeles?
15. US President Joe Biden made a blunder during a speech in Washington when he asked if a congresswoman, who died in a car crash in August, was in the audience, saying: '___ are you here? Where's ___? She must not be here.’ What is the missing name?
16. Giorgia Meloni claimed election victory and is on course to become which country’s first female prime minister?
17. What was the name of the spacecraft that NASA successfully smashed into an asteroid seven million miles from Earth?
18. JD Wetherspoon announced it was selling how many pubs due to rising food and energy costs and a lack of staff?
19. In the book Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown by Valentine Low, a former Palace insider says of the Duchess of Sussex: 'I think Meghan thought she was going to be the ___ of the UK’. What is the missing name?
20. Why did Joachim say his children Nikolai, 23, Felix, 20, Henrik, 13, and Athena, 10, had been 'harmed' by their grandmother?
21. Why did the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland order thousands of Lidl chocolate bunnies to be incinerated?
22. Eliud Kipchoge broke the world record for what in Berlin?
23. The Cheshire home of which couple was burgled on Tuesday evening with jewellery and handbags stolen? Half a point for each name. 

24. Nearly 400 people gathered in a pub in Worcestershire for a festival in a bid to revive their name that is in danger of becoming extinct. What is the name?
25. Which two cities are still in the running to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest, after the shortlist was cut from seven? Half a point for each.

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Liv wins the newsquiz champagne

Trainees (left to right) Neirin Gray Desai, Milo Pope, Sabrina Miller, Lizzie Newton, Dom Lee (standing), Liv Dean with the champagne, Will Holmes (standing), Isabella McCrone, Zander Butler and Naveen Gharyal.

The Mail trainees had another amazing week. They all spent Monday out and about in London and Windsor getting stories from people in the crowd at the Queen’s funeral. There were bylines for those working for the Daily Mail and Liv Dean and Sabrina Miller were published online with a story about the chaos after the funeral. Will Holmes also got a byline on MailPlus for a story about the Windsor farmers who formed a guard of honour with tractors. 

Bylines in the Daily Mail for Naveen Gharyal, Isabella McCrone, Lizzie Newton, Will Holmes and Dom Lee. 

Bylines for Sabrina Miller and Liv Dean on MailOnline

A byline for Will Holmes on MailPlus

The trainees had a session with group digital editor Ailsa Leslie on MailPlus. She also taught them how to use the Glide software. They covered a live breaking story in real time and built it on MailPlus. Dom Lee created the best page - including a photo gallery - and won a scratchcard. Associate chief sub Rich Hall talked to the print subs and Tahar Rajab went through SEO with the online trainees. Head of production Chris Dean examined the paper in detail and Harry Howard talked about his role as history correspondent. The reporters prepared newslists for their placement and the subs drew up proposals for a new supplement which they will create next week. I debriefed the reporters this afternoon before they head off on placement while copytaster Lottie Young put the subs through their paces with practical work. As usual we finished with the newsquiz. This week’s winner was Will Holmes with 16.5, just ahead of Isabella McCrone on 16 and Dom Lee on 15.5. The highest scoring reporter over the three weeks was Liv Dean who collected a bottle of champagne. Well done Liv. The three online trainees and two Mail on Sunday reporters now head off on their placements. They are a talented and likeable bunch and I wish them well.

The top solo scorer in last week's quiz was Jayme Bryla with 19.5 ahead of Marguerite Turner on 19, Etan Smallman and Robert Rea on 18.5, Toby Brown on 17.5, Stuart Bagnall and Will Holmes on 17 and Liv Dean on 16.5.

The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with Will on 22.5, ahead of The Mountain Men (featuring Adam, Lucy, Damian, Neil, Tim and Stafford) on 20.5, Joe and Lou Hart on 20, the Three Legs drinkers of Thom, Tim, Les and Peter on 19.5, Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 17.5 and Sarah Cockerill and Joe Everton on 17.

Tuesday's front pages

1. What is the name of the chapel in Windsor where the Queen was laid to rest next to her husband, mother, father and sister?

2. The State Gun Carriage that carried the Queen’s coffin had not been seen on the streets of London since which event?
3. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office defended him after he was filmed singing which song in a London hotel, two days before the Queen's funeral
4. Who did Australian broadcasters Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw fail to recognise, suggesting she might be a ‘minor Royal’, while commentating on the Queen’s funeral?

5. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in his emergency Budget promised: 'We will turn the vicious cycle of ___ into a virtuous cycle of growth.’ What is the missing word? 
6. In his emergency budget Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced that the 45p tax rate for top earners, with an income of more than how much a year, would be abolished from April next year?
7. The Bank of England raised interest rates to what per cent, taking borrowing costs to their highest level since 2008?
8. Health Secretary Therese Coffey announced that no patient should have to wait more than how long to see a GP?
9. Russian president Vladimir Putin gave a rare televised speech part of which was translated as: 'When the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. It's not a ___’. What is the missing word?
10. Prime Minister Liz Truss said of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threat that: 'He is desperately trying to claim the mantle of democracy for a regime without human rights or freedoms. And he is making yet more bogus claims and __-__ threats.' What is the missing hyphenated word?
11. Which country brokered the deal between Russia and Ukraine which led to ten prisoners, including five British nationals, being freed?
12. Hindu and Muslim community leaders in which city called for an end to weeks of violent disturbances which resulted in 47 arrests?
13. A record reward of up to £200,000, put up by Crimestoppers founder Lord Ashcroft and a private donor, has been offered for what?
14. The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini led to angry protests, with women burning what, in Iran?
15. A murder investigation started after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death outside a school in which town?
16. Dame Hilary Mantel, who died aged 70, won the Booker Prize twice for Wolf Hall and its sequel. What is the name of the sequel?
17. A global report said that more than eight in ten Britons will be what by 2060 – costing the economy £142billion a year?
18. Fletcher Cox, 19, from Jersey was the youngest member of which team that were universally praised on Monday?
19. More than 66,000 people signed a petition for who to be sacked?
20. England claimed a six-wicket Twenty20 win in their first game in which country for 17 years?
21. Chrissy Heerey, who serves in the RAF, was the last person to do what?
22. England men's football captain Harry Kane, along with those from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales, will wear an armband that says what at the World Cup in Qatar?
23. Adam Levine, the lead singer with which pop group, faced claims from Instagram models who allege he sent them inappropriate messages?
24. Who replaced Richard Osman in the Pointless chair?

25. Former I’m a Celebrity contestants will return in an ‘all-star’ series which will be filmed in which country?

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Trainee Will wins the newsquiz

The Mail trainees had another busy week in Kensington. They pitched story ideas to MailOnline executive editor Amanda Williams and travel editor Ted Thornhill. The first trainee on the course to be published was Naveen Gharyal with a story about an artist who created a street mural of the Queen in two and a half hours as he was worried about his car parking ticket. You can read it here.

The trainees also had sessions with Daily Mail consultant editor Andrew Pierce, MailOnline senior reporter Mark Duell, deputy showbiz editor Rebecca Davison and Mail on Sunday news-editor Ben Felsenburg. Paul Hutchinson from the managing editor’s office talked to the onliners and Editor Emeritus Peter Wright gave an insight into IPSO and the editor’s code. The trainees wrote headlines, picture captions and developed wire stories into Mail style. Milo Pope won both the headline of the week awards. This afternoon the trainees were briefed on the Queen’s funeral which they will all be covering on Monday. As always we finished with the newsquiz. The top scorer was Will Holmes with 17, narrowly ahead of Liv Dean on 16.5. The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Robert Rea on 22, ahead of Marion Fountayne, Stuart Bagnall, Etan Smallman and Sam Neve on 21, Olivia Dean on 20.5, Nick Turner, Janet Boyle and Gavin Devine on 20, Jayme Bryla 19 and Toby Brown and Anthony Ferguson on 18. The top team was the Three Legs drinkers (Peter, Stacey, Nicky, Les, Jim and Andre) who scored a maximum 25. They were ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 22.5, Joe and Lou Hart on 20.5, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Bruce and Sarah Hayward both on 20 and Sarah and Joe on 19.5. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and see if you can beat Will's score of 17.

Monday's front pages

1. Elizabeth II’s reign was referred to as the Elizabethan era, while Charles III’s will be called what era?
2. Thousands of people queued through the night to see the Queen's coffin at which cathedral in Edinburgh?
3. Which one of these countries is officially invited to the Queen’s funeral? a) Russia b) Argentina c) North Korea d) Venezuela?
4. Charles III, in his first speech as King, finished with an emotional sign off to his 'darling Mama' saying ‘may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest' a quote from which play?
5. What was King Charles referring to when he said 'I can’t bear this bloody thing … every stinking time’ and 'Oh God, I hate this’?
6. Dozens of staff at which Royal residence were given notice of redundancies as the offices of King Charles and the Queen Consort move to Buckingham Palace?
7. Morrisons turned off its music and tannoy announcements and turned down what out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II?
8. A barrister who held up a blank piece of paper near the Houses of Parliament was told by police that he risked arrest if he wrote what three words on it?
9. Which company faced criticism after telling guests they would have to leave on Monday morning, the day of the Queen's funeral, and not return till Tuesday? 
10. The Prime Minister’s office announced there would be 'a one-minute silence where the public are invited to come together and observe a national moment of reflection to mourn and reflect on the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II’ at what time on Sunday?
11. A 22-year-old man was charged with a breach of the peace in Edinburgh for shouting at Prince Andrew and calling him what?
12. Which two Cabinet ministers, in full uniform, stood guard over the Queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall? Half a point for each.
13. BT Sport apologised for showing footage of fans of which football club holding banners directed at the Royal family including one reading ‘F*** the crown’?
14. The mother of Olivia Pratt Korbel, the nine-year-old shot dead in Liverpool, said at her funeral: ‘I will never say ___ but what I will say is ___, love you, see you in the morning.’ What are the two missing words? Half a point for each.
15. A mass burial site containing around 440 graves was found in which Ukrainian city after it was liberated from Russian control?
16. What was the name of the 24-year-old shot dead by a Metropolitan Police officer in south London on Monday?
17. How did French film director Jean Luc Godard die?
18. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was said to be drawing up plans to end the cap on bankers' bonuses which currently stands at how many times their salary?
19. Former BBC radio DJ Alex Belfield, who was jailed for five years after being convicted of four stalking charges against broadcasters, was said to have subjected which radio presenter to an 'avalanche of hatred’?
20. Europe’s football governing body, UEFA, rejected requests from Chelsea, Rangers and Manchester City to allow what at their European games this week?
21. Which Grammy-winning rapper pleaded guilty to third degree assault and second decree reckless endangerment after a fight at a strip club in New York?
22. Which company overtook Morrisons to become the fourth-largest UK supermarket, according to research firm Kantar?
23. British writer Jesse Armstrong collected the Emmy's top award for Outstanding Drama Series for which show and made a joke about King Charles?
24. Roger Federer, who announced his retirement, won 20 Grand Slams and holds the title for the most Wimbledon singles wins. How many?
25. New Health Secretary Therese Coffey’s department told civil servants to avoid jargon and refrain from using which ‘unnecessary’ punctuation?

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