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Thursday arrives and brings another chance for you to test your awareness in our weekly quiz. Have you been paying attention to the news – particularly the more unusual bits? Find out here, while also experiencing a series of boring in-jokes, and then share your result in the feedback section to let us know how you performed. Allons-y!

Our Queries

1. Canterbury cathedral is welcoming its first woman religious leader. Who?

   • Ella Connelly
   • Sarah Mullally
   • Fiona Bellamy
   • Grace Holloway

2. The pontiff Leo has announced his first overseas tour. To which location is the pontiff heading?

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

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

   • Depicting Sherlock Holmes without his tobacco accessory
   • Showing Indiana Jones without his leather tool
   • Showing James Bond without his gun
   • Depicting Ron from Sparks without his moustache

4. Hilariously, the first midweek challenge after the break inquired who the French new government leader was, and just a month later they have already been removed through the door marked 'do one'. Which French Prime Minister has just resigned, giving President Macron yet another problem?

   • Sébastien Lecornu
   • Mr. Darmanin
   • François Bayrou
   • Mr. Colbert

5. The world mourned Author Cooper, famous for her 'romantic' romance novels. Which of these pair well-known titles came first?

   • The competitive novel
   • Riders

6. Talking of literature, PEN America’s Prohibited in the USA report found what was the most restricted book in the current school year in the US?

   • Author Blume’s Forever
   • Anthony Burgess’s The dystopian book
   • Author King's Carrie
   • Gary Barlow's The humorous title

7. At the Tory political gathering, the Conservatives managed to distribute a free present where the term 'Britain' was spelled wrong. Which item was the gift?

   • A chocolate bar
   • A tiny container of sweet substance
   • A branded bottle of H2O
   • A extremely mischievous small dog breed

8. The is Willow, the designated pet of the Thursday challenge. The dog wants to find out which well-known kids' character is taking legal action against the makers of Spitting Image over their latest seeming depiction of it …

   • The cloth cat
   • The stringed puppet
   • The fox puppet
   • The bear from Peru

9. This week's visiting dog is Frank, who the midweek quiz met down the pub. What a good boy. He wants to find out what charitable effort Drew Scanlon, the person in the Blinking White Guy gif meme, has utilized his viral popularity to collect money for

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

10. Seventeen of David Hockney's iPad drawings are to be sold at auction. The drawings are of which location?

    • Padstow
    • Woldgate
    • The Hampshire town
    • The Herefordshire market town

11. Who will provide a limited refund to the Australian federal government over a expensive report that included several errors, after admitting it employed generative artificial intelligence to help produce it?

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

12. And now our lately introduced standard segment, comparative with the entertainer's spirit. Currently the Thursday challenge imagines the spirit of the pianist would like to know which of these people has the greatest number of European Champions League winners' awards?

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

13. An academic (the proper scientific word) only found out he'd received the Nobel award in medical science when his wife switched her mobile on after they had been on a technology break in the American West backcountry. Which is his identity?

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

14. Midweek challenge favorite Taylor Swift has a latest album out. What is it called?

    • Confessions of a Love Novelist
    • The Life of a Performer
    • The Syllabus of Romantic sorrow
    • Exotic Creatures of the Ocean

15. And finally … a new standard segment! On this day with Brian May! And his animal! This week the midweek quiz envisions the iconic Queen musician wants to learn about the Prague astronomical timepiece. 9 October is generally regarded as the day of the first reference to the existence of the clock. However in which year?

    • 1210
    • 1410
    • The 17th century
    • The 19th century

If you really believe there has been an glaring error in one of the questions or responses – and can demonstrate your working and are completely 100% certain you aren’t trying to factcheck a joke – you can raise an issue about it in the feedback section below.