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This week’s quiz is suffering a little bit from a Halloween hangover, as you face 15 mostly topical questions, with a smattering of general knowledge and some niche pop culture thrown in for good measure. What counts as a good score? Judging from the comments it appears to vary from week to week, but the most important thing is that everybody has fun. Especially the person who wrote it. Enjoy!
The Thursday quiz, No 185
- 1.Collins dictionary chose which as its word of the year for 2024?
- 2.In which European city did thousands of people throng the streets for a Halloween parade that didn't exist?
- 3.Angry people from areas flooded in Spain pelted King Felipe VI and his wife with mud and hurled insults at them. What is the name of the queen consort of Spain?
- 4.Terry Rosoman claims to have drawn the world's largest GPS penis (not pictured) across Bannau Brycheiniog (pictured, and looking lovely) for charity. For which cause was he raising money?
- 5.Farm-owners Jeremy Clarkson and James Dyson were furious about tax changes affecting farms but didn't get cross about this announcement. How much is the UK government raising the maximum cap for university tuition fees to in England?
- 6.Talking of university, what did the new Conservative party leader, Kemi Badenoch, study?
- 7.Chris Martin of Coldplay made an unplanned stage exit through a trapdoor at a Melbourne venue just weeks after which pop star also had a trapdoor mishap on one of the city's stages?
- 8.Passengers awaiting an early morning flight at New York’s LaGuardia airport were surprised by the sudden arrival of what falling through the ceiling?
- 9.Edinburgh zoo has announced the birth of a pygmy hippo, which they hope will be as popular as Thailand’s internet hit, Moo Deng. What have they called her?
- 10.It is scores on the doors with Swindon’s Diana Dors. This week the statue wants to know, if you are playing snooker, how much is potting the brown ball worth?
- 11.Time again for Karl-Heinz and his opening lines. This week the Thursday quiz imagines the German soccer legend would like you to identify the TV series whose first episode opens with the main character giving his name and address, and then saying: "To all law enforcement entities, this is not an admission of guilt."
- 12.A publisher in which country has announced it is to conduct a limited trial of using AI to translate books into English?
- 13.Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz, wants you to tell her who is releasing a cover version of the Pretenders’ I’ll Stand By You for Children in Need this year?
- 14.The quiz master recommends Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara, a documentary about the internet stalker/hacker who has wreaked havoc in their fandom. But what is Tegan and Sara's surname?
- 15.Who said last week that the whole of the UK was suffering from PTSD after the Liz Truss era?
If you really do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers – and can show your working and are absolutely 100% positive you aren’t attempting to factcheck a joke – you can complain about it in the comments below. Why not watch the new Sharon van Etten single Afterlife instead?
Sharon van Etten & the Attachment Theory - Afterlife (Official Video)
