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Thursday comes around and presents one more opportunity for you to challenge your knowledge in our regular challenge. Have you been paying heed to the news – particularly the quirkier bits? Discover here, while also experiencing a set of tedious in-jokes, and then share your result in the comments to let us know how you performed. Let's go!

Our Questions

1. Canterbury church is welcoming its first woman archbishop. Which person?

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

2. Pope Leo has announced his first international tour. To which location is the religious leader traveling?

   • The African nation and Libya
   • The European country and Cyprus
   • The transcontinental nation and Lebanon
   • The fictional country and Borduria

3. Amazon Prime has changed marketing images on its streaming video platform after people objected it was performing what …

   • Depicting The detective Holmes without his pipe
   • Showing Indiana Jones without his whip
   • Showing The spy Bond without his gun
   • Showing The musician from Sparks without his facial hair

4. Hilariously, the first Thursday challenge after the hiatus asked who France's new government leader was, and just a month later they have already been removed through the door labeled 'do one'. Which French Prime Minister has just quit, giving President Macron one more problem?

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

5. The world mourned Author Cooper, famous for her 'bonkbuster' love novels. What of these pair very famous titles was published first?

   • Rivals
   • Riders

6. Talking of literature, The organization America’s Prohibited in the USA report found what was the most restricted book in the current school session in the US?

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

7. At the Conservative party conference, the Tories managed to distribute a complimentary present where the term 'The country' was spelled wrong. Which item was the present?

   • A sweet bar
   • A small container of sweet substance
   • A branded container of H2O
   • A extremely naughty small dog breed

8. The is Willow, the designated dog of the Thursday quiz. The dog wants to know which well-known children's character is taking legal action against the makers of the satirical show over their recent apparent depiction of it …

   • Bagpuss
   • Andy Pandy
   • The fox puppet
   • Paddington

9. The current visiting canine is The pup, who the midweek quiz met down the pub. What a good boy. The dog wants to find out what good cause Drew Scanlon, the person in the viral gif internet phenomenon, has used his viral popularity to collect money for

   • HIV/Aids
   • Cardiovascular illness
   • The disease
   • Multiple sclerosis

10. 17 of The artist Hockney's iPad artworks are to be auctioned at auction. The artworks are of which location?

    • Padstow
    • The Yorkshire location
    • Gosport
    • Ledbury

11. Which entity will offer a partial refund to the Australian federal government over a $440,000 document that contained multiple errors, after admitting it used AI technology to help create it?

    • The consulting firm
    • The professional services company
    • KPMG
    • The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation

12. Next up our recently added regular round, least or most with the entertainer's spirit. Currently the Thursday quiz imagines the spirit of Liberace would like to find out which of these individuals has the MOST European Champions League winners' awards?

    • The defender Ramos
    • The forward Benzema
    • The midfielder Modrić
    • Kate Bush

13. A boffin (the proper technical term) only discovered he'd won the prestigious prize in medicine when his spouse switched her phone on after they had been on a digital detox in the American West backcountry. What is his identity?

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

14. Midweek quiz favourite The singer Swift has a new record out. What is it named?

    • Confessions of a Romance Novelist
    • The Story of a Performer
    • The Curriculum of Heartbreak
    • Exotic Creatures of the Ocean

15. Lastly … a new regular round! Today in history with Brian May! And his badger! This week the Thursday challenge imagines the legendary Band guitarist would like to know about the Czech astronomical clock. October 9 is usually considered as the day of the first mention to the existence of the clock. But in which year?

    • 1210
    • The 15th century
    • The 17th century
    • The 19th century

If you really do think there has been an glaring mistake in a single of the questions or responses – and can show your reasoning and are absolutely 100% positive you are not attempting to factcheck a humorous element – you can complain about it in the feedback section below.