I said goodbye to the four Daily Mail trainee sub-editors this week who now head off for their placements at the Evening Standard, the i newspaper and the Mail in Dublin. They are very smart and likeable bunch and I will follow their careers with interest. They had a productive final week with sessions from assistant chief sub Richard Hall, deputy night-editor Chris Dean, copytaster Lottie Young and they did real-time subbing exercises with Tom Belcher. They also designed pages for a new supplement and a breaking news story. Last night they caught up with some of the senior staff in the Greyhound. As usual we finished with the newsquiz. This week’s winner was Alice Feilden with 16 points, just ahead of Robyn Schaffer on 15 who collected the champagne for the top score over the four weeks. The top solo scorers in last week’s quiz were Imogen Horton and Toby Brown with 20, just ahead of Janet Boyle on 19.5, Marguerite Turner on 19, Clara Gaspar on 18.5, Damon Wake on 18, Stuart Bagnall on 16 and Tali Fraser and Jayme Bryla on 15.5. The top team were the Three Legs drinkers with 20, ahead of Team Swindle and Maura and Phil Parsons on 19 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 16.5. Here is this week’s quiz. There are 26 points up for grans this week as there is a bonus point on question 11. Give it a go and see if you can beat Alice's score.
1. Sentencing murderer Wayne Couzens at the Old Bailey, Lord Justice Fulford said the severity of the case was so 'exceptionally high' it warranted a WLO. What does it stand for?
2. Wayne Couzens’s colleagues in the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, where he worked before the Metropolitan Police, were reported to have given him what nickname?
3. Koci Selamaj, who appeared via video link at the Old Bailey accused of the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, was arrested in which town?
4. How many minutes long was Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s conference speech?
5. Andy McDonald resigned as shadow secretary of state for employment rights because he said he was ordered to argue against lifting the national minimum wage to how much an hour?
6. Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner declined to apologise for saying about the Conservatives: 'We cannot get any worse than a bunch of ___, homophobic, racist, misogynistic, absolute vile … banana republic, vile, nasty, Etonian … piece of ___’ . What is the missing word that she used twice?
8. The Government announced that, from Tuesday, what was no longer valid for British drivers travelling abroad?
9. Activist Greta Thunberg gave a speech at the Youth4Climate summit in Milan saying: 'Build back better. ___ ___ ___. Green economy. ___ ___ ___. Net zero by 2050. ___ ___ ___. This is all we hear from our so-called leaders.’ What is the missing word that she used nine times?
10. R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty of sex trafficking and which other offence at a New York court?
11. The death of former Liverpool and England footballer Roger Hunt, aged 83, means there are now only how many survivors of the team that won the world Cup in 1966? And for a bonus point, name them.
12. A petrol station in London turned away motorists queuing for fuel because actor James Nesbitt was filming for which TV series in the garage?
13. According to figures from the Department for Transport 100, people were injured by what last year?
14. What was the name of the indoor ski centre in Tamworth where a 12-year-old boy died after being injured?
16. Which hospitality company reported a record annual loss of £154.7million, following a £34.1million loss a year earlier, which its chairman blamed on the 'use of lockdowns and draconian restrictions’?
18. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall joined Daniel Craig on the red carpet for the premiere of No Time To Die at which London venue?
19. Police in Merseyside defended shooting dead what animal that was 'out of control' and roaming the streets of Bootle?
20. Europe slumped to the heaviest ever defeat by the Americans in the Ryder Cup. What was the score?
21. Who posted a video during a flying lesson with the message 'on cloud nine right now’?
22. An artist, who was given 534,000 kroner ($83,000) to recreate old artworks using banknotes by a Danish museum, produced blank canvasses with what title?
23. A bill from internet chef Salt Bae's newly opened restaurant in London's Knightsbridge went viral with a single tomahawk steak priced at what amount?
24. Five acts have been announced as the half-time performers at next year's Super Bowl, name any two of them?
25. Former Strictly Come dancing judge Arlene Phillips is to appear in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here as the oldest ever contestant. How old is she?
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