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Which city has been liberated from Islamic State after three years of jihadist rule?
Mosul

 

Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism division has started performing “lie detector” tests on who for the first time recently?
Informants

 

Which footballer will become the first £1m-a-week player in a new deal to be signed this month?
Lionel Messi

 

The British Lions tied the final test against New Zealand when Owen Farrell scored a penalty with 2 min remaining, but what was the final score?
15-15

 

How much drugs and how many mobile phones were seized in prisons last year? a) 125kg and 3000 b) 175kg and 9000 c) 225kg and 13000
c) 225kg and 13000

 

A survey from the British Pest Control Association has revealed that Bridgend (in 2015-16) is the nations hotspot for which pest? a) Rats b) Cockroaches c) Tom Jones fans
a) Rats

 

Which major motor manufacurer has announced that it will discontinue making deisel or petrol-only cars by 2019 to concentrate on electric and hybrid vehicles?
Volvo

 

Customs officials in Hong Kong have seized 7.2 tons of what, hidden in a consignment of frozen fish? 
Ivory