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| 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.
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?
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.
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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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