Courtney wins the newsquiz Champagne

The Daily Mail trainees 2017 ... with Courtney holding the Champagne

The Daily Mail trainees had another busy week in London with Mike Watson, Sue Ryan and me. They had sessions with sketch writer Quentin Letts, head of news Ben Taylor, managing editor Alex Bannister and editor emeritus Peter Wright who went through the Editor’s Code in detail. On Tuesday they had a day with the Mail’s lawyers on defamation, contempt, copyright, privacy and the Bribery Act. Congratulations to sports trainee Nathan Salt who had his story on the clash between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel published online. You can read it here.

We finished the week, as always, with the newsquiz. The top online score last week was 13.5 by the Penmans, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe and Toby Brown. The low scores made Courtney Bartlett’s 18 all the more impressive. Courtney won the quiz again with another 18 this week. He was narrowly ahead of Oli Gamp on 17.5 and Jacob Furedi and Huw Oliver on 17. Good scores. Courtney collected the Champagne for being the highest scoring reporter over the two weeks. Well done to him. There were also awards to Georgia Edkins, Jake Hurfurt and Courtney for best intros. The reporters leave Derry Street this weekend and head off on placements in Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool and Bristol. I wish them well. The others have another two weeks’ training to go. Here’s this week’s quiz … 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.
  

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(Question 4 and 15)

1. MPs passed the EU (Withdrawal) Bill with a Government majority of how many?
2. How many Labour MPs defied Jeremy Corbyn’s three-line whip and voted with the Government in favour of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill?
3. Who told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that 'the wind was back in Europe’s sails’?
4. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the Royal Marines on the hurricane-hit island of Anguilla was 'the biggest operation our armed forces have conducted since ____’. What is the missing word?
5. Theresa May said new police recruits had 'a real terms increase of what per cent' since 2010? 
6. The DUP supported two Labour motions in the House of Commons. What were they? Half a point for each.
7. Commuters were injured after an explosion on a London Underground train at which tube station?
8. The first Premier League manager was sacked after losing four games and his team failing to score. Name the team and the manager. Half a point for each.
9. He introduced London audiences to the work of Samuel Beckett with the UK premiere of Waiting for Godot, founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and was knighted in 1977. Who is he?
10. Nick Clegg and his wife Miriam, speaking on the television show Lorraine, revealed their 15-year-old son Antonio had been diagnosed with which form of rare cancer last year?
11. The UK's first named storm of the year lashed the country with gale force winds of 83mph. What was the storm called?
12. Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr made her first public appearance. Who is her mother?
13. The International Olympic Committee awarded the 2024 and the 2028 summer games to which two cities? Half a point for each.
14. The headteacher of which school has told pupils to be in bed by 9pm, up at 6.30am and that they'll be given buckets to vomit in if they feel sick in class?
15. TV baker Paul Hollywood said he was devastated after a 2003 picture of him wearing a Nazi uniform emerged. Hollywood said he was dressed as a character from which television show?
16. The Museum of London requested a piece of what to exhibit - saying it would help highlight the challenges faced by the world's cities?
17. The daughter of Holby City actor John Michie was found dead on the fringe of which music festival?
18. Cyclist Chris Froome became only the third rider to achieve what in the same year? 
19. Pope Francis got a black eye and blood on his white cape when the Popemobile braked sharply during a procession in which country?
20. What did Francia Raisa give her best friend?
21. Sir Cliff Richard is selling his 300-year-old farmhouse and its surrounding vineyard - in which country?
22. A space probe’s 20-year mission is ending with it plunging into Saturn’s atmosphere. What is it called?
23. Why were Nigel and Sally Rowe in the headlines?
24. Photographer David Slater was embroiled in court case over who owned the copyright of a selfie taken on his camera but not by him? Who took the picture?
25. According to Esquire magazine, what does former Chancellor George Osborne want in his freezer? 

Answers here