Time to tackle the newsquiz

The MailOnline trainees have had a tricky week. We began by working in Kensington as usual. My trip on the Circle Line actually became a good way to self-isolate. This was the usually 'standing-room only' 8.50am from the Embankment to High Street Kensington.

Towards the end of the week, though, we have been training remotely using emails, WhatsApp and social media. The trainees pitched stories to Travel and Femail (watch this space) and had sessions by senior journalists Mark Duell, Harry Howard, Rory Tingle and Jemma Carr.  The trainees wrote stories around videos and Clare McCarthy won the best headline award. They have created home pages from wire copy and are writing personality profiles. They will tackle the newsquiz of course … but no longer in 'exam conditions’. 

Today's regional front pages all carry the same message

Last week’s newsquiz was clearly tricky with Janet Boyle, on 18, being the only solo scorer to beat trainee Georgia Simcox’s 17.5. Andy Reed, Liz Gerard and Gavin Devine scored 17 and Ed Mortimer and Toby Brown 16. The best team was Phil and Maura Parsons with 18, followed by Three Legs drinkers Peter, Stacey and Bryan on 17.5 and The Plough at Udimore with 17. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Schools to closed indefinitely ... Thursday's front pages

1. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a package of how many billion pounds in loans and grants to help Britain cope with the lockdown of large parts of the economy?

2. Announcing economic measures to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, Chancellor Rishi Sunak used what three-word phrase five times in his speech, including in his pay-off line?

3. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in his media briefing on Thursday that he was 'confident we can send coronavirus packing in this country’ and 'can curb the tide' within how many weeks?
4. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told Parliament that schools would shut their gates on Friday afternoon for all children, except for those whose parents were what? 

5. The Queen issued a message on coronavirus as she left Buckingham Palace to go where?

6. Prime Minister Boris Johnson repeatedly said: 'We must act like any ___ government and do whatever it takes to support our economy.' What is the missing word?

7. Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said the Government's new aim was to limit deaths to fewer than what figure - which he said would be ‘a good outcome’?

8. Who shared a video on Twitter saying he had coronavirus but adding: 'I'm as well as I can be, strictly confined to my home. I'm fine, morale is good.'

9. The Bank of England cut interest rates for the second time in just over a week, bringing them down to what per cent … the lowest ever in the Bank's 325-year history?

10. A 26-year-old man was arrested and could be jailed for up to three months after failing to self-isolate after arriving in what part of the UK?

11. Who cancelled her planned wedding reception with fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi because of coronavirus?

12. Which company, with more than 150 British stores and 2,700 employees, announced it was to file for administration after rescue talks had been thwarted by the coronavirus outbreak?

13. Publishing chief executive Ben Kohn said that which struggling 66-year-old magazine had been 'eventually killed off by the virus’?

14. Which company announced it is to create 5,000 store-based jobs to offer employment for hospitality workers who have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus crisis?
15. Church of England weddings held during the coronavirus outbreak should be limited to a maximum of how many people, according to guidance?

16. Which two ex-footballers closed their two hotels to the public, offering 176 beds for NHS and other medical staff free of charge? Half a point for each.

17. Andrew Bailey took over which high-profile job on Monday?

18. Peter Whittingham, who died age 35, made 459 appearances and scored 98 goals for which team?

19. Hashem Abedi, the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, was found guilty of the murder of how many people?

20. Carphone Warehouse announced it is to close all its 531 standalone stores but keep its 305 shops that are housed inside which other two major stores? Half a point for each.

21. Who was released from prison but will be required to wear an ankle tag and remain within 300m of her parents’ home?

22. Four men found guilty of the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on a bus seven years ago were hanged in which country?

23. Snooker player and commentator Willie Thorne tweeted to reveal he had been diagnosed with what?
24. Two different versions of how actor Johnny Depp lost what were raised at a preliminary hearing in London this week in which he is suing Sun publisher News Group Newspapers for libel?

25. Which comedian, actor and satirist, whose roles included cheerful undertaker Archie Shuttleworth in Coronation Street, and who was given an OBE for services to entertainment died age 83.

Answers here