1. The UK economy expanded for the third consecutive month in July, with GDP growing by how much as lockdown restrictions ease?
a. 7.7%
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2. Which EU state was the first to record over half a million confirmed cases of Covid-19 this week?
3. Which are the latest two countries to be removed from the UK government’s list of safe countries to travel to without having to quarantine upon return?
4. Jean-Sebastien Jacques, chief executive of Rio Tinto, is stepping down after the mining giant bowed to investor pressure over what?
5. Which is the latest major airline to cut more flights over the next three months after a “delayed recovery” in demand?
6. Why was world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic disqualified from the US open this week, costing him at least $267,000 in prize money and fines?
7. Which TV show announced it would be ending in 2021 following several successful seasons?
8. French prime minister Jean Castex unveiled a stimulus package for the country this week to cover the next to year that is four times bigger than the one that followed the 2008 financial crisis. Dubbed “France re-launch”, how much is the stimulus package worth?
9. Transport for London revealed that the first quarter of 2020 was the most challenging financial quarter in its 20-year history, with advertising revenues plummeting by how much?
10. Up to how much money was claimed fraudulently or paid in error as part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme payments?
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