Test your knowledge with the Aussie newsquiz

I met the new Daily Mail Australia trainees in Sydney these week. They had enjoyed an intense nine days learning the system with trainer Nick Enoch. Yesterday we went through the course programme, what will be expected of them and they had a sessions with news-editor Katie Davies. Connie Sideras and Katie Camilleri from the managing editor's office also give them practical tips and guidelines. We finished the week, as usual, with the newsquiz - 25 questions about the week's news. Wade Zaglas, Mary Mrad and Shivé Prema were joint top scorers with nine points. I am sure the scores will increase as the course progresses.

The squabble between Bernard Tomic and Lleyton Hewitt continues to make the headlines (Question 23)

Anyway, here is this week's Australian newsquiz. Let me know if you score higher than nine.

1. Student Aiia Maasarwe, 21, was found dead outside a shopping centre in which city?

2. The towns of Port Augusta and Tarcoola topped which list this week?

3. Australian tourist Claire Johnson, 46, sent text messages to a friend to tell her she was locked up in an immigration detention centre in which country?

4. Why was mother-of-two Felicity Shadbolt, 36, of Tom Price in the headlines?

5. More than 20 people were killed in a terrorist attack at the DusitD2 hotel in which city?

6. How much to the nearest million did a Sydney woman win in this week’s Powerball Jackpot?
7. An inquiry criticised Victoria Police for a 'lack of ethics' after an internal investigation revealed officers had faked 258,463 what over five-and-half years?
8. Who said this week he had been an arrogant prick adding: ‘My marriage is over, my reputation is shattered. I have to accept that all of that is completely self-inflicted’?

9. Who said he was 'blessed with a second chance at life' four weeks after falling from a bridge in Melbourne?
10. Bachelorette winner Stu Laundy claimed a video, with NRL player Corey Norman and rugby union star Kurtley Beale, showed a man snorting a substance that was not cocaine from a plate. What substance did he say it was? 
11. A British family, who are to be deported from New Zealand after claims they trashed a beach, left a cafe without paying and damaged their apartment, said they were a 'respectable' family who were only 'here to see the ___’. What is the missing word?
12. A duty manager and two security contractors were stood down as Sydney Trains investigated claims that excessive force was used on a visually impaired passenger at which station?
13. Why was 16-year-old Lexi Karakostas, from Melbourne, refused entry to Bali and sent home?
14. Five men with replica guns were arrested in which Westfield shopping centre in Sydney?
15. Who tweeted: 'I am not egg-xpecting but it's egg-celent to hear everyone is so happy for us... We're happy for us too! Egg-cited for this next chapter in our lives... Now can everyone leave me alone and go back to staring at an egg’?
16. Who did Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista Agut knock out in the first round of the Australian Open?

17. Who said of Australia Day: 'I can’t separate the 26th of January from the fact that my brothers are more likely to go to jail than school, or that my little sisters and my mum are more likely to be beaten and raped than anyone else’s sisters or mum’? 

18. Despite her wealth dropping by $2.5billion to $20.6billion, who has retained the top spot on Forbes Aussie Rich List?
19. Which classic rock band announced tour dates kicking off in August in Perth and then taking in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne?
20. Craig McLachlan launched defamation action against which two media organisations? Half a point for each.
21. Who did former Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham tweet to ask for a quote to build a tunnel through the Blue Mountains?
22. Why was the Big Bash game at the Gabba between Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat abandoned?

23. In the ongoing row with Bernie Tomic, Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt said this week: 'The most disappointing thing is on day one we had all these great wins by a lot of our guys and all these Bernie comments overshadow it. It's one ____ making a silly comment and that's the main news.’ What is the missing word?

24. Prince Philip was pulled from his overturned Land Rover after a crash on which royal estate?

25. In the UK Theresa May’s government survived Labour's no-confidence motion by how many votes?

Answers here.

If you are feeling confident you can also have a go at this week's UK newsquiz here.