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