It is time for the Thursday news quiz, where, thanks to Anaïs Mims’ illustration, you will discover whether you are standing over a nerveless, history-making putt with the crowd hushed in awe, or moments away from a wild shank that ricochets off a water hazard, a rules official and your own self-esteem. Fifteen questions on topical news headlines, pop culture and general knowledge await you. There are no prizes, but we always love it when you share your results in the comments. Allons-y!
The Thursday news quiz, No 239
1.Which country’s consumer council has issued a promotional video protesting against the ‘enshittification’ of the internet (not pictured)?
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2.The Djidji Ayôkwé, a talking drum confiscated in 1916 by French administrators, has been returned to which country?
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3.Everybody – except presumably Michael O’Leary (pictured) – laughed when bailiffs boarded a Ryanair plane after the airline had refused to pay delayed flight compensation. Where?
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4.Which English Premier League team ludicrously surrounded referee Paul Tierney at the weekend while performing their pre-match ‘huddle’?
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5.Guinness, in a transparent attempt to get its brand featured in the Thursday quiz, has teamed up with the luxury clothing brand JW Anderson to produce a unisex V-neck jumper that uses textured jacquard stitches to ‘recreate the feel of pub carpets’. How much will it set you back?
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6.Which slightly irritating celebrity chef has appeared in a new video by CMAT (pictured) for a song that name-checks them?
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7.It is the birthday of Bruce Willis today! Happy birthday, Bruce. Yippee-ki-yay, etc. What was the name of his character in Moonlighting?
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8.This week’s guest canine is Blue, who the Thursday quiz, quite clearly, met in the pub. She wants to know which social media network quietly announced it was phasing out end-to-end encryption for private messages?
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9.The author of The Ipcress File has died aged 97. What was his name?
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10.Pen-pushers at which local council have stopped residents from installing any more memorial benches in the town amid concerns that it is becoming ‘overwhelmed’?
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11.Who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup this year?
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12.Scientists at the Cern nuclear physics laboratory near Geneva have discovered a heavier version of what?
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13.The Thursday quiz fondly remembers Keith Chegwin, so here is Cheggers Plays Population! What is the population of Malta?
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14.On this day with Brian May! And his badger! 19 March is the anniversary of The Statute of Rhuddlan, which essentially incorporated the principality of Wales under the English king. The Thursday quiz imagines Queen’s legendary guitarist wants you to tell him – and his badger – in which year …
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15.And finally … two long-lost episodes of Doctor Who have turned up. They are from which story?
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