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Thursday arrives and presents one more chance for you to test your knowledge in our weekly quiz. Did you pay attention to the news – especially the more unusual bits? Find out here, while also enduring a series of tedious in-jokes, and then post your score in the feedback section to let us know how you got on. Allons-y!

The Queries

1. The historic cathedral is getting its first woman archbishop. Which person?

   • Ms. Connelly
   • Ms. Mullally
   • Ms. Bellamy
   • Grace Holloway

2. Pope Leo has revealed his first overseas visit. Where is the religious leader traveling?

   • Egypt and Libya
   • The European country and Cyprus
   • Turkey and Lebanon
   • Syldavia and its rival

3. The streaming Prime has changed marketing images on its streaming video platform after people complained it was doing what …

   • Showing Sherlock Holmes without his tobacco accessory
   • Showing Indiana Jones without his whip
   • Showing The spy Bond without his firearm
   • Depicting The musician from Sparks without his facial hair

4. Amusingly, the first Thursday challenge after the break asked who France's new government leader was, and just a month later they have already been removed through the door marked 'do one'. What French PM has just quit, giving Emmanuel Macron one more headache?

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

5. We lost Author Cooper, famous for her 'bonkbuster' romance novels. What of these two well-known titles was published first?

   • The competitive novel
   • Riders

6. Talking of books, PEN America’s Banned in the USA study found what was the most restricted book in the 2024-25 school year in the US?

   • Author Blume’s The novel
   • Anthony Burgess’s The dystopian book
   • Author King's The horror story
   • Gary Barlow's Massive Son

7. During the Conservative party gathering, the Conservatives succeeded to distribute a complimentary present where the word 'The country' was spelt wrong. What was the gift?

   • A sweet bar
   • A small container of sweet substance
   • A branded container of water
   • A extremely naughty miniature dachshund

8. This is Willow, the designated pet of the midweek challenge. The dog wants to find out which well-known children's figure is taking legal action against the producers of the satirical show over their latest seeming depiction of it …

   • The cloth cat
   • The stringed puppet
   • Basil Brush
   • Paddington

9. This week's guest canine is Frank, who the midweek quiz encountered down the bar. What a good boy. The dog wants to find out what good cause Drew Scanlon, the person in the viral gif meme, has utilized his online popularity to collect money for

   • The health condition
   • Heart disease
   • Cancer
   • Multiple sclerosis

10. 17 of The artist Hockney's digital drawings are to be auctioned at auction. The artworks are of where?

    • Padstow
    • The Yorkshire location
    • The Hampshire town
    • The Herefordshire market town

11. Who will provide a limited refund to Australia's federal government over a expensive document that included multiple errors, after confessing it used generative technology to help produce it?

    • The consulting firm
    • The professional services company
    • The audit firm
    • The fictional Cybernetics Corporation

12. Next up our lately added regular round, comparative with the entertainer's ghost. Currently the Thursday quiz imagines the spirit of the pianist would like to find out which of these people has the MOST European Champions League winners' medals?

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

13. A boffin (the proper scientific term) only discovered he'd won the Nobel prize in medicine when his spouse turned her mobile on after they had been on a technology detox in the western US backcountry. Which is his identity?

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

14. Thursday challenge favourite The singer Swift has a latest record out. What is it called?

    • Admissions of a Romance Novelist
    • The Life of a Showgirl
    • The Curriculum of Romantic sorrow
    • Unusual Creatures of the Ocean

15. Lastly … a new standard round! Today in history with Brian May! And his animal! Currently the Thursday challenge envisions the iconic Band musician would like to know about the Czech astronomical timepiece. October 9 is usually considered as the date of the first mention to the presence of the timepiece. But in which year?

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

Should you really believe there has been an egregious mistake in a single of the questions or answers – and can show your working and are absolutely 100% certain you aren’t attempting to factcheck a joke – you can complain about it in the feedback section below.