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On this day in 1888, the mechanical mastermind John Logie Baird was born in Dunbartonshire. He was the pioneering inventor who first beamed a recognisable image across a room, giving the world the very first working television. Without his early experiments with biscuit tins, darning needles and bicycle lenses, half of the questions the Thursday quiz has asked would never have been possible. So tune in, turn up your mental brightness, and test your frequency with these 15 questions. Allons-y!
The Thursday news quiz, No 260
- 1.Unfortunately, the invention of the television also gave us Donald Trump (not pictured). His media company – which owns the Truth Social platform the US president uses – posted a loss of how much in the second quarter of this year?
- 2.What is the name of the typhoon that has been causing havoc in China?
- 3.Which dating app is dropping its famous feature that only women can initiate a conversation on it?
- 4.The British driver Andy Green reached 406.320mph (653.908km/h) in a car powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines (not pictured, that's Herbie), setting a new land speed record. Where?
- 5.Send Derren Brown today's collective noun. Use your psychic powers to let him know what, according to Grammar Monster, is the collective noun for herons?
- 6.Revelations that a "body" found inside a suitcase was actually a sex doll were rather embarrassing for police where?
- 7.Back to the president of the US (not pictured). Donald Trump was apparently snuck off Air Force One because of a security threat, leaving White House staff and the press pack somewhat uncomfortably ignorant that they were on a flight subject to a "credible" threat. Where was Air Force One flying from?
- 8.This week's actual guest canines are, from left to right, Cranachan, Poppy and Fergus, courtesy of Thursday quizzer John Christiansen. Tell them who won the Tour de France Femmes.
- 9.What is the name of the Game of Thrones play being performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Stratford theatre in England?
- 10.Which music service has said it will add a label "AI persona" to distinguish AI artists from real people?
- 11.The Brazilian footballer Jacy Maranhão went viral last week after what happened when he scored a goal?
- 12.It is Janet Yellen's birthday today. Happy birthday Janet! Money, money, money. In 2014 she became the first woman to hold which position?
- 13.The Thursday quiz remembers Keith Chegwin fondly, so here is Cheggers plays population! According to the 2026 CIA World Factbook, what is the population of Poland?
- 14.On this day with Brian May! And his badger! 13 August is the anniversary of the French king Louis XIII appointing Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister. The Thursday quiz imagines Queen's legendary guitarist wants you to tell him – and his badger – in which year …
- 15.And finally … a high school football player in Arkansas discovered what in his helmet during practice?
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 100% positive you aren’t attempting to factcheck a joke – you can complain about it in the comments below. Or why not watch Better for the Worse by Lucia & The Best Boys instead?
