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Thursday news quiz: Liz is absurd, Apu finds words and a bloke steals a bird

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Thursday news quiz: Liz is absurd, Apu finds words and a bloke steals a bird

The Thursday quiz is aware of standard international units of time, such as the Liz Truss (۴۹ days) and the Scaramucci (۱۱ days). Now a new unit of measurement has entered the chat: the Zacharia (five days). But whatever arbitrary length of time the world invents to measure chaos, political downfalls or social media meltdowns, the Thursday news quiz remains resolutely fixed. It is always seven days apart, unwavering, inescapable and ultimately reliable. Which means, once again, it is time for some questions on topical news, pop culture and general knowledge, with no prizes on offer except pride. Or shame. Allons-y!

The Thursday news quiz, No ۲۷۰

  1. ۱.Which province of Canada held a referendum this on whether it should have a binding referendum on declaring independence from the country?

  2. ۲.Archaeologists believe they have solved the mystery of whose bones were buried in a Roman sarcophagus unearthed at Westminster Abbey. Who was it?

    Thursday news quiz: Liz is absurd, Apu finds words and a bloke steals a bird

  3. ۳.Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s film about Elizabeth Holmes (pictured) had the biggest documentary debut since ۲۰۰۴ in North America, taking in $۱۵m. What is it called?

    Elizabeth Holmes

  4. ۴.The Thursday quiz loves trains and saw this lovely steam locomotive in Leicester the other day. But which city in the north of England is to get a brand new station as part of the Northern Powerhouse Rail scheme?

    A steam locomotive at Leicester station

  5. ۵.Japan (pictured) has launched a space mission to gather rocks from which moon of Mars (also pictured)?

    National flag of Japan

  6. ۶.A man has been found guilty of animal cruelty after he stole a ۲۷-year-old flamingo from its enclosure at a Las Vegas hotel. What is the bird’s name?

    Flamingos

  7. ۷.Send Derren Brown today’s collective noun. Use your psychic powers to let him know what, according to Grammar Monster, the collective noun for jaguars is (the animal, not the car).

    Derren Brown

  8. ۸.This week’s guest canine is Spanner, who the Thursday quiz met in Crouch End. She wants to know the name of the silly bomb-sniffing dog in Utah who accidentally broke several bones when he inexplicably leapt over the side of an overpass while out on a mission?

    A dog called Spanner in Crouch End

  9. ۹.It is Jeff Goldblum’s birthday today. Happy birthday, Jeff! Jurassic Park! What’s the name of his character in the dinosaur-infused franchise?

    Jeff Goldblum

  10. ۱۰.Apu has his voice back on The Simpsons. Who now voices the character?

    Apu

  11. ۱۱.The Thursday quiz fondly remembers Keith Chegwin, so here is Cheggers plays population! According to the ۲۰۲۶ CIA World Factbook, what is the population of Algeria?

    Keith Chegwin

  12. ۱۲.England’s lady egg chasers (pictured in training) lost their first rugby union match after four years and ۴۱ games unbeaten. Who bested them?

    The England women's rugby union team in training

  13. ۱۳.A bear in California’s Mono county wandered into where to raid the staff snacks and check out the new releases?

    A black bear

  14. ۱۴.On this day with Brian May! And his badger! ۲۲ October is the anniversary of a war fought between Britain and Spain from ۱۷۳۹ to ۱۷۴۸, mostly in the Caribbean. The Thursday quiz imagines Queen’s legendary guitarist wants you to tell him – and his badger – what it was called.

    Queen guitarist Brian May and Bill the badger

  15. ۱۵.The Thursday quiz regrets to inform you that Liz Truss is at it again, with a new book. What is it called?

    Liz Truss

  16. ۱۶.Bonus question: There is a new Doctor Who story that features a dachshund on the cover, and the writer, Jez Fielder, has posed you this question: In Anton Chekhov’s The Lady with the Little Dog, the lady’s dog is never named. Big Finish’s latest Doctor Who audio drama, The Beasts of Sakhalin Island, gives Chekhov a dog and finally supplies a name, the same as the lady herself. What is it?

    Composite of the cover of Big Finish boxset Doctor Who: The Planet Killers

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 ۱۰۰% positive you aren’t attempting to factcheck a joke – you can complain about it in the comments below. Why not watch Don’t Call It Love by Jonathan Bree feat Adah Dylan instead?

Don’t Call It Love by Jonathan Bree feat Adah Dylan

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