Midweek arrives and brings one more chance for you to test your awareness in our weekly quiz. Have you been paying heed to the news – particularly the more unusual parts? Discover here, while also enduring a series of tedious in-jokes, and then share your score in the feedback section to let us know how you got on. Allons-y!
The Questions
-
Canterbury cathedral is welcoming its first woman religious leader. Which person?
- Ella Connelly
- Sarah Mullally
- Ms. Bellamy
- Grace Holloway
-
Pope Leo has revealed his first overseas visit. To which location is the religious leader traveling?
- Egypt and Libya
- The European country and Cyprus
- Turkey and Lebanon
- Syldavia and Borduria
-
The streaming Prime has altered promotional pictures on its streaming video platform after people objected it was performing what …
- Showing The detective Holmes without his pipe
- Showing The adventurer Jones without his leather tool
- Showing James Bond without his gun
- Showing The musician from Sparks without his moustache
-
Hilariously, the first Thursday quiz after the hiatus inquired who France's new prime minister was, and just four weeks later they have already been yeeted through the door labeled 'do one'. What French PM has just resigned, giving Emmanuel Macron yet another problem?
- Mr. Lecornu
- Mr. Darmanin
- François Bayrou
- Léon Colbert
-
We lost Author Cooper, famous for her 'bonkbuster' romance novels. Which of these two very famous ones was published first?
- The competitive novel
- Riders
-
Speaking of literature, PEN America’s Banned in the USA study found what was the most restricted book in the 2024-25 school session in the US?
- Author Blume’s Forever
- Author Burgess’s The dystopian book
- Author King's Carrie
- Gary Barlow's The humorous title
-
During the Tory party gathering, the Tories managed to distribute a free gift where the word 'The country' was spelled wrong. What was the gift?
- A chocolate bar
- A tiny jar of sweet substance
- A branded container of H2O
- A extremely naughty miniature dog breed
-
The is The canine, the official dog of the midweek challenge. The dog would like to know which famous kids' character is taking legal action against the producers of the satirical show over their latest seeming depiction of it …
- Bagpuss
- The stringed puppet
- Basil Brush
- The bear from Peru
-
The current visiting dog is The pup, who the Thursday quiz encountered down the bar. What a good boy. The dog would like to find out what charitable effort The individual Scanlon, the man in the viral animation internet phenomenon, has used his online popularity to collect money for
- The health condition
- Cardiovascular illness
- Cancer
- Multiple sclerosis
-
17 of David Hockney's digital drawings are to be auctioned at auction. The drawings are of where?
- The Cornish town
- Woldgate
- The Hampshire town
- The Herefordshire market town
-
Who will provide a limited refund to Australia's national government over a expensive report that contained multiple mistakes, after admitting it used AI technology to help create it?
- The consulting firm
- The professional services company
- The audit firm
- The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
-
And now our lately introduced standard round, comparative with the entertainer's ghost. This week the midweek challenge envisions the spirit of the pianist would like to find out which of these people has the MOST European Champions League winners' medals?
- Sergio Ramos
- The forward Benzema
- Luka Modrić
- The singer Bush
-
A boffin (the proper technical term) only discovered he'd received the prestigious prize in medical science when his spouse turned her phone on after they had been on a technology break in the western US wilderness. Which is his identity?
- Mr. Branscombe
- Mr. Denshaw
- Fred Ramsdell
- Mr. Dugnutt
-
Thursday quiz favourite The singer Swift has a new album out. Which title is it called?
- Admissions of a Romance Novelist
- The Life of a Performer
- The Syllabus of Heartbreak
- Exotic Animals of the Ocean
-
And finally … a recent regular segment! Today in history with The guitarist May! And his badger! Currently the midweek quiz imagines the iconic Band musician would like to learn about the Prague celestial timepiece. October 9 is generally regarded as the date of the first reference to the presence of the clock. But in which date?
- The 13th century
- 1410
- 1610
- 1810
If you truly believe there has been an glaring error in a single of the questions or answers – and can demonstrate your reasoning and are completely 100% positive you are not trying to verify a humorous element – you can raise an issue about it in the feedback section below.
