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Welcome to the first Thursday quiz of 2025. For those of you new to the feature, every Thursday we set 15 questions that are based on topical events from the week before, mixed with a few questions on general knowledge and pop culture. Think of it like a pub quiz, except it appears at lunchtime in the UK and everybody is meant to be relatively sober. It isn’t entirely serious, and there are always a few jokes along the way. Do let us know how you get on in the comments.
The Thursday quiz, No 191
- 1.The former US president Jimmy Carter passed away at the weekend aged 100. Of which state was he governor between 1971 and 1975?
- 2.Nasa's Parker spacecraft has made the closest ever pass to what?
- 3.The chess legend Magnus Carlsen was excluded from one round of the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York for what reason?
- 4.The National Library of Wales has opened a groundbreaking exhibition devoted exclusively to Welsh art, as Wales does not have a national gallery. Where is the National Library of Wales?
- 5.The former and soon-to-be-again US president Donald Trump has been banging on about the Panama canal. When did it open?
- 6.In the latest news from the "'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces party", Republican book-banning laws in which US state led to a school district briefly removing the Bible from libraries?
- 7.It's scores on the doors with Swindon’s Diana Dors. This week, to start the year off right, the statue wants to know: if you are playing snooker, how much is it worth to pot the pink?
- 8.It's Karl-Heinz and his opening lines. This week the Thursday quiz imagines the German soccer legend would like you to point out which Quentin Tarantino movie opens with the line: "No, forget it, it's too risky. I'm through doin' that shit."
- 9.The Gavin and Stacey finale was the most watched thing on British TV on Christmas Day. How many people watched it?
- 10.The nimbys who look after the cottage that Shakespeare's wife (not pictured) was born in are taking legal action against a nearby restaurant, saying it has breached planning permission. But what was Shakespeare's wife called?
- 11.This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz, opening her present on Christmas morning. She wants to know in which corner of Nigeria is Lagos …
- 12.And this is Myrtle, a lovely guest dog that the quizmaster met in the pub while writing the quiz. She knows 1,300 members of an endangered species have been released back into the wild on the mountainous island of Deserta Grande near Morocco. Which type of animal?
- 13.Willem Dafoe, Bill Skarsgård and Lily-Rose Depp (not pictured) are among those starring in a 2024 remake of Nosferatu. But who was the main star of the 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film Nosferatu directed by FW Murnau?
- 14.Given that the Thursday quiz is often written in the pub in haste on a Wednesday evening, it was dismayed to hear that the number of pubs in England and Wales continues to fall. How many are there?
- 15.Who won the battle to be the No 1 single for Christmas in the UK?
If you 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 are not attempting to factcheck a joke – you can complain about it in the comments below. Why not watch Loveshot by Gia Ford instead?
