Thursday arrives and presents another opportunity for you to test your awareness in our regular challenge. Did you pay heed to the current events – especially the quirkier parts? Discover here, while also enduring a series of tedious in-jokes, and then share your score in the comments to let us know how you performed. Allons-y!
The Queries
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Canterbury cathedral is getting its first female religious leader. Who?
- Ms. Connelly
- Sarah Mullally
- Fiona Bellamy
- Ms. Holloway
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The pontiff Leo has revealed his first overseas tour. Where is the religious leader traveling?
- The African nation and its neighbor
- The European country and the island
- Turkey and Lebanon
- Syldavia and Borduria
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The streaming Prime has changed marketing pictures on its online content service after people objected it was doing what …
- Showing The detective Holmes without his tobacco accessory
- Depicting The adventurer Jones without his leather tool
- Showing The spy Bond without his firearm
- Showing The musician from Sparks without his moustache
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Hilariously, the first midweek quiz after the hiatus asked who the French new prime minister was, and just a month later they have already been yeeted through the door marked 'do one'. Which France's PM has just quit, giving President Macron one more headache?
- Mr. Lecornu
- Gérald Darmanin
- François Bayrou
- Mr. Colbert
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The world mourned Author Cooper, renowned for her 'romantic' romance novels. What of these two very famous ones was published first?
- Rivals
- The equestrian story
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Speaking of books, The organization America’s Prohibited in the USA report found what was the most restricted book in the current academic session in the US?
- Author Blume’s The novel
- Author Burgess’s The dystopian book
- Stephen King's Carrie
- Singer Barlow's The humorous title
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At the Conservative political conference, the Conservatives succeeded to give out a free gift where the word 'The country' was spelt wrong. What was the present?
- A chocolate bar
- A small jar of sweet substance
- A labeled bottle of water
- A extremely mischievous miniature dachshund
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This is Willow, the official dog of the midweek quiz. She wants to find out which famous children's figure is suing the producers of Spitting Image over their recent apparent depiction of it …
- Bagpuss
- Andy Pandy
- The fox puppet
- Paddington
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The current guest dog is The pup, who the midweek challenge encountered down the pub. What a well-behaved dog. The dog would like to know what good cause Drew Scanlon, the person in the Blinking White Guy gif meme, has used his viral popularity to collect money for
- HIV/Aids
- Heart disease
- The disease
- Multiple sclerosis
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Seventeen of The artist Hockney's digital artworks are to be sold at sale. The artworks are of where?
- The Cornish town
- The Yorkshire location
- Gosport
- The Herefordshire market town
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Which entity will provide a partial reimbursement to Australia's national government over a $440,000 document that contained several mistakes, after admitting it employed generative artificial intelligence to assist produce it?
- Deloitte
- Accenture
- KPMG
- The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
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Next up our lately added standard segment, least or most with Liberace's ghost. Currently the midweek challenge imagines the spirit of the pianist would like to know which of these people has the greatest number of Uefa Champions League winners' awards?
- The defender Ramos
- Karim Benzema
- Luka Modrić
- The singer Bush
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An academic (the correct scientific term) only discovered he'd received the Nobel award in medicine when his wife turned her phone on after they had been on a digital break in the American West wilderness. Which is his name?
- Jed Branscombe
- Mr. Denshaw
- Mr. Ramsdell
- Bobson Dugnutt
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Midweek quiz favourite Taylor Swift has a latest album out. Which title is it named?
- Admissions of a Romance Novelist
- The Story of a Performer
- The Syllabus of Romantic sorrow
- Unusual Animals of the Deep
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And finally … a new regular round! Today in history with Brian May! And his badger! This week the midweek quiz envisions the legendary Queen guitarist would like to learn about the Czech astronomical timepiece. 9 October is usually considered as the day of the first mention to the existence of the timepiece. But in which date?
- 1210
- The 15th century
- 1610
- 1810
Should you really believe there has been an glaring error in a single of the queries or answers – and can show your working and are completely 100% certain you are not attempting to verify a humorous element – you can complain about it in the comments below.
