Thursday arrives and presents one more opportunity for you to test your awareness in our weekly quiz. Did you pay heed to the current events – especially the quirkier bits? Find out here, while also enduring a series of boring in-jokes, and then post your score in the comments to let us know how you got on. Allons-y!
Our Queries
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Canterbury church is welcoming its first woman religious leader. Who?
- Ella Connelly
- Ms. Mullally
- Fiona Bellamy
- Grace Holloway
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The pontiff Leo has revealed his first overseas tour. Where is the pontiff traveling?
- The African nation and Libya
- Greece and Cyprus
- Turkey and Lebanon
- The fictional country and its rival
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Amazon Prime has altered promotional pictures on its streaming video service after people complained it was doing what …
- Depicting Sherlock Holmes without his tobacco accessory
- Depicting The adventurer Jones without his whip
- Showing The spy Bond without his gun
- Showing The musician from Sparks without his facial hair
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Hilariously, the first Thursday quiz after the break inquired who France's new government leader was, and just four weeks later they have already been removed through the door labeled 'do one'. Which French Prime Minister has just resigned, giving President Macron one more problem?
- Mr. Lecornu
- Gérald Darmanin
- Mr. Bayrou
- Léon Colbert
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We lost Author Cooper, famous for her 'bonkbuster' romance novels. What of these pair very famous ones came first?
- The competitive novel
- The equestrian story
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Talking of literature, PEN America’s Banned in the USA report found what was the most banned book in the 2024-25 academic session in the US?
- Author Blume’s The novel
- Anthony Burgess’s The dystopian book
- Author King's The horror story
- Gary Barlow's The humorous title
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At the Conservative political gathering, the Tories succeeded to give out a complimentary present where the term 'The country' was spelt wrong. What was the present?
- A sweet bar
- A small container of sweet substance
- A labeled container of H2O
- A extremely mischievous small dog breed
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The is The canine, the official dog of the midweek challenge. The dog would like to know which famous kids' figure is suing the producers of the satirical show over their latest seeming depiction of it …
- The cloth cat
- The stringed puppet
- Basil Brush
- The bear from Peru
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This week's visiting canine is Frank, who the Thursday quiz encountered down the bar. Such a good boy. He would like to find out what charitable effort The individual Scanlon, the person in the viral gif internet phenomenon, has used his online popularity to collect money for
- The health condition
- Cardiovascular illness
- The disease
- The neurological disorder
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Seventeen of David Hockney's iPad artworks are to be auctioned at sale. The drawings are of where?
- The Cornish town
- Woldgate
- Gosport
- The Herefordshire market town
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Who will provide a partial reimbursement to Australia's federal government over a expensive report that included multiple errors, after confessing it used generative technology to help produce it?
- Deloitte
- Accenture
- KPMG
- The fictional Cybernetics Corporation
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And now our recently added standard segment, least or most with Liberace's spirit. Currently the midweek challenge imagines the spirit of Liberace would like to know which of these individuals has the greatest number of Uefa Champions League winners' medals?
- The defender Ramos
- Karim Benzema
- The midfielder Modrić
- Kate Bush
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An academic (the proper scientific term) only discovered he'd won the Nobel prize in medical science when his spouse turned her mobile on after they had been on a digital detox in the western US wilderness. What is his name?
- Jed Branscombe
- Mr. Denshaw
- Mr. Ramsdell
- Mr. Dugnutt
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Midweek challenge favorite The singer Swift has a new record out. What is it called?
- Admissions of a Romance Novelist
- The Life of a Showgirl
- The Curriculum of Heartbreak
- Exotic Animals of the Deep
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Lastly … a new regular round! Today in history with The guitarist May! And his badger! Currently the midweek challenge imagines the iconic Band guitarist would like to learn about the Prague celestial clock. 9 October is generally considered as the date of the first mention to the existence of the clock. However in which year?
- 1210
- 1410
- 1610
- The 19th century
Should you truly do think there has been an egregious mistake in a single of the queries or responses – and can show your working and are absolutely 100% certain you are not trying to verify a humorous element – you can complain about it in the comments below.
