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Thursday arrives and presents another chance for you to test your awareness in our regular quiz. Have you been paying attention to the news – especially the quirkier bits? Discover here, while also experiencing a set of tedious in-jokes, and then post your score in the comments to let us know how you performed. Allons-y!

Our Queries

1. Canterbury church is welcoming its first female religious leader. Who?

   • Ella Connelly
   • Sarah Mullally
   • Ms. Bellamy
   • Ms. Holloway

2. The pontiff Leo has revealed his first overseas tour. Where is the pontiff traveling?

   • Egypt and its neighbor
   • The European country and the island
   • Turkey and Lebanon
   • The fictional country and its rival

3. Amazon Prime has changed promotional images on its streaming video platform after people objected it was performing what …

   • Showing Sherlock Holmes without his tobacco accessory
   • Showing The adventurer Jones without his leather tool
   • Depicting The spy Bond without his gun
   • Showing The musician from Sparks without his moustache

4. Amusingly, the first midweek challenge after the hiatus inquired who France's new prime minister was, and just a month later they have already been yeeted through the door labeled 'do one'. What French Prime Minister has just resigned, giving President Macron one more problem?

   • Mr. Lecornu
   • Gérald Darmanin
   • François Bayrou
   • Léon Colbert

5. The world mourned Jilly Cooper, renowned for her 'bonkbuster' romance novels. What of these pair well-known titles was published first?

   • Rivals
   • The equestrian story

6. Speaking of books, PEN America’s Prohibited in the USA report found what was the most banned publication in the current academic session in the US?

   • Author Blume’s The novel
   • Author Burgess’s The dystopian book
   • Author King's The horror story
   • Singer Barlow's The humorous title

7. During the Conservative political conference, the Tories managed to distribute a free gift where the word 'Britain' was spelt wrong. What was the present?

   • A chocolate bar
   • A small container of honey
   • A labeled container of H2O
   • A very naughty small dachshund

8. This is The canine, the designated pet of the Thursday quiz. The dog would like to know which famous children's figure is suing the producers of Spitting Image over their latest seeming portrayal of it …

   • Bagpuss
   • The stringed puppet
   • Basil Brush
   • Paddington

9. The current guest dog is Frank, who the midweek challenge met down the bar. What a good boy. He wants to know what charitable effort Drew Scanlon, the person in the viral gif internet phenomenon, has utilized his viral fame to raise funds for

   • The health condition
   • Cardiovascular illness
   • The disease
   • Multiple sclerosis

10. Seventeen of David Hockney's digital artworks are to be auctioned at sale. The artworks are of which location?

    • Padstow
    • Woldgate
    • Gosport
    • The Herefordshire market town

11. Who will offer a partial refund to the Australian national government over a $440,000 report that contained several mistakes, after admitting it used generative technology to help produce it?

    • The consulting firm
    • Accenture
    • The audit firm
    • The fictional Cybernetics Corporation

12. Next up our recently added regular segment, comparative with the entertainer's spirit. Currently the Thursday quiz envisions the ghost of Liberace would like to know which of these people has the MOST Uefa Champions League victory awards?

    • Sergio Ramos
    • Karim Benzema
    • The midfielder Modrić
    • The singer Bush

13. An academic (the proper scientific term) only discovered he'd won the prestigious prize in medical science when his spouse turned her mobile on after they had been on a technology detox in the western US backcountry. What is his name?

    • Mr. Branscombe
    • Grant Denshaw
    • Mr. Ramsdell
    • Mr. Dugnutt

14. Midweek quiz favorite Taylor Swift has a new album out. What is it named?

    • Admissions of a Romance Novelist
    • The Life of a Showgirl
    • The Curriculum of Heartbreak
    • Exotic Animals of the Ocean

15. Lastly … a recent standard round! Today in history with Brian May! Plus his badger! Currently the midweek challenge imagines the legendary Band musician wants to learn about the Prague celestial clock. October 9 is generally considered as the date of the first reference to the presence of the timepiece. But in which date?

    • The 13th century
    • The 15th century
    • 1610
    • The 19th century

Should you really do think there has been an egregious mistake in one of the queries or responses – and can show your working and are absolutely 100% positive you aren’t attempting to verify a humorous element – you can raise an issue about it in the comments below.