Thursday arrives and brings another chance for you to challenge your knowledge in our regular quiz. Have you been paying heed to the news – especially the more unusual bits? Discover here, while also experiencing a series of tedious in-jokes, and then post your score in the comments to let us know how you got on. Let's go!
Our Queries
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Canterbury church is welcoming its first woman archbishop. Who?
- Ms. Connelly
- Ms. Mullally
- Ms. Bellamy
- Ms. Holloway
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The pontiff Leo has revealed his first international visit. Where is the pontiff heading?
- The African nation and its neighbor
- The European country and the island
- Turkey and the Middle Eastern country
- Syldavia and Borduria
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Amazon Prime has changed marketing pictures on its online content service after people objected it was performing what …
- Showing Sherlock Holmes without his pipe
- Showing Indiana Jones without his leather tool
- Depicting The spy Bond without his gun
- Depicting The musician from Sparks without his facial hair
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Amusingly, the first Thursday challenge after the hiatus inquired who the French new prime minister was, and just four weeks later they have already been removed through the door marked 'do one'. What French Prime Minister has just resigned, giving President Macron yet another headache?
- Sébastien Lecornu
- Gérald Darmanin
- Mr. Bayrou
- Léon Colbert
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The world mourned Jilly Cooper, renowned for her 'romantic' love novels. What of these pair very famous ones was published first?
- The competitive novel
- Riders
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Speaking of literature, The organization America’s Banned in the USA report found what was the most restricted book in the 2024-25 school year in the US?
- Author Blume’s Forever
- Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange
- Stephen King's The horror story
- Gary Barlow's Massive Son
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At the Tory political gathering, the Conservatives managed to give out a free gift where the term 'Britain' was spelt wrong. What was the present?
- A chocolate bar
- A small container of sweet substance
- A branded container of water
- A very mischievous small dog breed
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This is The canine, the official pet of the Thursday challenge. The dog would like to know which famous children's figure is suing the producers of Spitting Image over their recent seeming depiction of it …
- Bagpuss
- Andy Pandy
- The fox puppet
- The bear from Peru
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The current visiting dog is The pup, who the midweek challenge met down the pub. Such a well-behaved dog. He would like to know what good cause The individual Scanlon, the person in the viral gif meme, has utilized his viral popularity to raise funds for
- The health condition
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Multiple sclerosis
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17 of The artist Hockney's iPad drawings are to be auctioned at sale. The drawings are of which location?
- Padstow
- Woldgate
- Gosport
- Ledbury
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Which entity will provide a partial reimbursement to Australia's federal government over a expensive report that included multiple mistakes, after admitting it used AI technology to assist create it?
- Deloitte
- Accenture
- KPMG
- The fictional Cybernetics Corporation
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And now our recently introduced standard segment, least or most with Liberace's spirit. This week the midweek quiz envisions the spirit of Liberace would like to find out which of these people has the MOST European Champions League victory awards?
- The defender Ramos
- Karim Benzema
- Luka Modrić
- The singer Bush
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A boffin (the proper technical word) only discovered he'd received the prestigious award in medicine when his spouse switched her phone on after they had been on a technology break in the American West backcountry. What is his identity?
- Mr. Branscombe
- Grant Denshaw
- Mr. Ramsdell
- Mr. Dugnutt
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Thursday quiz favourite Taylor Swift has a new album out. Which title is it named?
- Confessions of a Romance Novelist
- The Story of a Performer
- The Syllabus of Heartbreak
- Unusual Creatures of the Ocean
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And finally … a new standard segment! Today in history with The guitarist May! And his animal! Currently the midweek challenge envisions the iconic Band musician would like to learn about the Czech celestial clock. October 9 is usually considered as the date of the first mention to the presence of the timepiece. However in which date?
- 1210
- 1410
- 1610
- 1810
If you truly believe there has been an egregious mistake in one of the queries or answers – and can show your working and are absolutely 100% certain you aren’t trying to verify a joke – you can raise an issue about it in the comments below.
