Trainee Rachel wins the newsquiz

I have really enjoyed working with 11 MailOnline trainees in Kensington this week. They had sessions with editor-in-chief Danny Groom, history correspondent Harry Howard and training manager Sue Ryan. We covered style, intros, headlines and Natalie Johnson gave them guidance on SEO. Head of exclusives Dan Sanderson spoke to them about the types of stories MailOnline is interested in and where to find them. The trainees will each be pitching three story ideas to him next week. The winner of the best intro of the week was Arthur Parashar and the winner of the best headline was Alice Giddings. We finished the week, as always, with the newsquiz. The winner with 20 points was Rachel Muir, ahead of Elena Salvoni on 18.

Last week’s newsquiz seemed to be a tough one with scores below average. The top solo scorer was Jayme Bryla with 18, just ahead of Marion Fountayne, Phil Marsden and Robert Rea on 17, Gavin Devine scored 16, and Toby Brown 15. The top team was the Roberts Family with 22.5. Phil, Maura and Will Parsons scored 21, Bruce and Sarah Hayward 18 and Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe 16.5. Here is this week’s newsquiz. Can you beat Rachel's score of 20? Give it a go and let me know how you get on. 

Today's front pages

1. People in the UK, who open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, will get how much a month under the Government’s 'cash for accommodation’ scheme?
2. In a televised rant, Russian President Vladimir Putin described critics of the war as ’scum’ and said the Kremlin would ’spit them out like a ___ that flew into their mouths’. What is the missing word?
3. The Prime Ministers of which three European countries met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv after travelling by train? Half a point for two. Point for all three.
4. Why were Brent Renaud, Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova in the headlines?
5. What did US President Joe Biden call Russian leader Vladimir Putin, which led to the Kremlin saying that it believed 'such rhetoric to be unacceptable and unforgivable on the part of the head of a state, whose bombs have killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world’?
6. Journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who denounced the war on Ukraine on live TV was fined how much by a Russian court?
7. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was pictured at which city’s airport - the first time he had been seen in public since he was sanctioned by the Government over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
8. The release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, after years of detention in Iran, came after the UK settled a 1970s debt of how much?
9. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori were reunited with their families at which UK airport?
10. A Government spokesman said Britain would raise human rights issues after Saudi Arabia executed how many people on Saturday?
11. P&O Ferries sacked how many employees over Zoom, saying its survival was dependent on 'making swift and significant changes’ after making a £100million loss?
12. What was the name of the P&O ferry captained by Eugene Favier who lifted the gangway to prevent security guards or police coming on board?
13. A 7.3 earthquake hit which country cutting power to two million homes and prompting a tsunami advisory?
14. Interest rates increased for the third time in four months to what per cent - their highest level since March 2020?
15. Which Hollywood star, who won the best actor Oscar in 1986 for playing a prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman, died age 71?
16. Seven-time F1 world champion driver Lewis Hamilton announced he was changing his name to include his mother's surname. What is it?
17. Who was filmed trying to fix potholes in Harlow, Essex, claiming 'no-one can be bothered to do it’?
18. Actor Peter Bowles, who died at the age of 85, was perhaps best known for playing Richard DeVere in which BBC sitcom?
19. Who was suspended from Instagram for 24 hours for violating the platform's policies on hate speech and bullying?
20. Items removed from the inflation basket, used to measure the cost of living, included coal, single doughnuts, the road atlas, the dictionary, laminate flooring and which clothing that has been in there since 1947?
21. Prince Harry was accused of snubbing the Queen after he announced he will not be attending the Duke of Edinburgh’s memorial on March 29 but is still planning to visit which European country in April?
22. TV personality Georgia Toffolo (Toff) claimed it was beginner's luck when she won £37,500 at Cheltenham races. How much was her original stake?

23. Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo became professional football's all-time leading scorer with 807 goals after a hat trick against which team?
24. Actress Emma Watson presented an award at the BAFTAs where she appeared to make a dig at JK Rowling, by saying she was 'here for all the ___’. What is the missing word?
25. The best film award at the BAFTAs went to what movie which also picked up the best director award for Jane Campion?

Answers here