Wade wins the Aussie newsquiz

The Daily Mail trainees had a fruitful week in Sydney. They had good sessions with editor Barclay Crawford and MD Peter Holder. Yvette Kelly explained the way the picture desk operates and former trainee Hannah Moore talked about her training experience, including London and New York and joining the exclusives team. She also gave some tips on what to expect in the newsroom. On Wednesday the trainees pitched ideas for Australia Day to acting news-editor Ollie Gillman. Several have now been put together and Shivé Prema's picture story of the Royal Family's Australian Day visits has been published. You can read it here.

Shivé had a second story published too - a look at 'dad bod' contests. Read it at your own risk here.

Well done to Shivé. It was also good to see one of last year's trainees, Claudia Poposki, resurrecting an idea - the alternative Aussie heroes - that she came up with on the course and it making the banner this morning. You can read it here.

We finished the week, as always, with the newsquiz. There were 25 questions about the week's events. Well done to Wade Zaglas who won the scratchcard with a score of 13. Here is this week's quiz ... give it a go and see if you can beat Wade's score. 

1. What is the name of the 20-year-old who was charged at Melbourne Magistrates Court with raping and murdering Aiia Maasarwe (spelling must be correct to get a point)

2. Grandmother Barbara Doran, 55, was described as the matriach of which group that made the headlines this week?

3. Passengers on board a flight from the Gold Coast to Singapore ended up in Sydney after an unruly traveller forced the pilot to make an emergency landing. What was the name of the airline?

4. The Housing Industry Association revealed that properties are being sold for the lowest price in more than 20 years in Australia's most affordable city. Which city?

5. Why was 74-year-old Eric Newman from Glen Innes in the headlines?

6. Who beat former champion Maria Sharapova to reach the quarter finals of the Australian Open?

7. What was Juanita Hickey filmed doing 'for her sons' in New Zealand?

8. Which Australian city recorded its highest-ever temperature of 46.6C on Thursday, breaking a record that had stood for almost a century?

9. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) told its 100,000-plus members that: 'Once the temperature reaches ____ or a humidity level above 75 per cent, there will be an orderly cessation of work.’ What is the missing temperature?

10. What did publican Stephen Firth, who runs the Red Lion Hotel, do when temperatures reached 45C?

11. Which MP admitted to using ecstasy or MDMA at dance parties as she called on politicians to 'get real' about pill testing?
12. Who announced her intention to quit saying: 'I've made this decision for personal reasons that relate to me and my family and that's just the truth’?

13. Tens of thousands of high school graduates were presented with their HSC certificates with an error which led Education Minister Rob Stokes to say he was 'incredibly disappointed’. What was the error?
14. Which job that pays up to $200,000 a year - and does not require any qualifications - has a test which only three in 100 applicants pass?
15. Queensland man Jai Ellis, 21, took to Facebook on Monday night, writing: 'I love you all ____.’ What is the missing word?
16. The remains of which Australian explorer have been found under Euston train station in London?
17. Swimmer Ian Thorpe announced he is to become a parent with his long-term boyfriend. What is the name of his boyfriend?
18. Prime Minister Scott Morrison removed a picture from Instagram after discovering a rude message on a mug when he visited a radio station. What three letters were on the mug?

19. Sir James Dyson announced he is moving the production of his vacuum cleaner from the UK to which country?
20. Who announced that he was planning to sue a woman for defamation after she accused him of raping her in a Paris hotel?

21. A man is to be charged with the murder of his blind cheerleader girlfriend who died after she was allegedly thrown from a high-rise balcony at his luxury apartment in which town in 2013?

22. Why was 15-year-old Brody Hurst in the headlines?

23. Junkyard owner Maria Jackson, 72, from Foster, east of Melbourne, became the first person to be jailed under Worksafe Victoria duty laws? What did she do?

24. Who was the first contestant to be voted off I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here?

25. Nathan Struck and his friends were spotted driving from Botany Bay to Cecil Park in Sydney dragging what behind them?

Answers here.

* If you are feeling confident the UK newsquiz is here.