Midweek comes around and brings another chance for you to challenge your awareness in our regular quiz. Have you been paying heed to the news – particularly the more unusual bits? Discover here, while also experiencing a set of boring in-jokes, and then share your result in the comments to let us know how you got on. Allons-y!
Our Queries
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Canterbury cathedral is getting its first woman archbishop. Which person?
- Ms. Connelly
- Sarah Mullally
- Ms. Bellamy
- Grace Holloway
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The pontiff Leo has announced his first overseas tour. To which location is the pontiff traveling?
- Egypt and its neighbor
- The European country and Cyprus
- Turkey and Lebanon
- The fictional country and its rival
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The streaming Prime has altered marketing pictures on its streaming video platform after people objected it was performing what …
- Showing Sherlock Holmes without his pipe
- Showing The adventurer Jones without his leather tool
- Depicting James Bond without his firearm
- Depicting Ron from Sparks without his facial hair
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Hilariously, the first Thursday quiz after the hiatus inquired who France's new government leader was, and just four weeks later they have already been yeeted through the door labeled 'do one'. What France's Prime Minister has just resigned, giving President Macron yet another headache?
- Mr. Lecornu
- Gérald Darmanin
- François Bayrou
- Léon Colbert
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We lost Jilly Cooper, famous for her 'romantic' love novels. What of these two well-known ones was published first?
- Rivals
- Riders
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Talking of literature, PEN America’s Banned in the USA study found what was the most restricted book in the current academic session in the US?
- Judy Blume’s Forever
- Author Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange
- Author King's Carrie
- Gary Barlow's The humorous title
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At the Conservative political conference, the Tories managed to distribute a complimentary present where the word 'The country' was spelled wrong. What was the present?
- A chocolate bar
- A small jar of honey
- A branded bottle of water
- A extremely mischievous miniature dachshund
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The is Willow, the designated dog of the midweek quiz. The dog wants to find out which well-known children's figure is taking legal action against the makers of Spitting Image over their latest apparent depiction of it …
- The cloth cat
- The stringed puppet
- Basil Brush
- Paddington
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The current visiting dog is Frank, who the midweek quiz met down the pub. What a good boy. He wants to find out what good cause The individual Scanlon, the person in the viral animation internet phenomenon, has utilized his viral fame to collect money for
- The health condition
- Cardiovascular illness
- Cancer
- Multiple sclerosis
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Seventeen of The artist Hockney's iPad drawings are to be sold at auction. The drawings are of where?
- Padstow
- The Yorkshire location
- Gosport
- Ledbury
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Who will offer a limited reimbursement to Australia's federal government over a $440,000 report that contained multiple errors, after admitting it used AI technology to assist produce it?
- Deloitte
- Accenture
- KPMG
- The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
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And now our lately introduced standard round, comparative with Liberace's spirit. Currently the midweek challenge imagines the ghost of the pianist would like to find out which of these individuals has the MOST European Champions League victory medals?
- The defender Ramos
- The forward Benzema
- The midfielder Modrić
- The singer Bush
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A boffin (the correct technical word) only found out he'd received the Nobel award in medical science when his spouse switched her phone on after they had been on a digital detox in the western US backcountry. Which is his identity?
- Jed Branscombe
- Mr. Denshaw
- Fred Ramsdell
- Mr. Dugnutt
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Midweek quiz favorite The singer Swift has a latest record out. What is it called?
- Confessions of a Romance Novelist
- The Life of a Showgirl
- The Syllabus of Romantic sorrow
- Exotic Creatures of the Deep
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And finally … a new regular segment! On this day with Brian May! And his badger! This week the midweek challenge imagines the legendary Queen guitarist wants to learn about the Prague celestial timepiece. October 9 is generally considered as the day of the first reference to the existence of the timepiece. However in which year?
- 1210
- 1410
- 1610
- The 19th century
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