Weekend Quiz on Current Affairs

We haven't had a Weekend Quiz in a few weeks so, given all that's happening, what about Current Affairs as a topical subject?

Questions:

1. What do Philip Green, of BHS fame; Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe; Romanian Dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and Il Duce Benito Mussolini have in common?
2. What was the name of the Wallasey MP who first challenged Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership?
3. What was the name of the last contender other than Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination in the USA Presidential race?
4. Who was the Foreign Secretary before Boris Johnson?
5. In which USA state is Baton Rouge, scene of a police shooting that led to protests?
6. Where was the American Republican Party's convention held?
7. What is the name of Donald Trump's wife who spoke using a plagiarised speech at that convention?
8. What is the name of the EU Head of the Commission?
9. Who has just resigned as the third chair of the Child Abuse Inquiry?
10. Outside which French city was a priest murdered while celebrating Mass?

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