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The Thursday quiz likes to believe there is a certain type of news story that regular readers will spot on the Guardian website, and immediately think “that is a shoo-in for the Thursday quiz” and commit every last detail to memory. This week’s quiz features quite a few stories like that, as well as the debut of a brand new exciting regular celebrity general knowledge round. As ever, there are no prizes, but we love to hear how you got on in the comments. Allons-y!
The Thursday news quiz, No 217
- 1.The acting world is in a tizz after what the Thursday quiz is sure is a publicity stunt, with a computer-generated "AI-actor" (presumably not generated by the computer pictured) apparently in high demand. What is the name of the actor?
- 2.The Thursday quiz isn't entirely sure what a tree has to do in order to win the annual tree of the year competition organised by the Woodland Trust in the UK, but which tree (not pictured) did it this year?
- 3.There is going to be a new Simpsons movie in 2027. When did the first one come out?
- 4.Nicole Kidman is back being single after filing for divorce from which musician?
- 5.Space boffins (the correct technical term) have got very excited after appearing to have detected an array of carbon-based substances being spewed from which of Saturn's multitude of moons?
- 6.Nine in 10 counterfeit toys seized at the UK border this year were …
- 7.High on the Thursday quiz list of things not to do is to ski down Sagarmāthā – also known as Mount Everest – without the use of additional oxygen. But someone just did it, the crazy fool. Which nationality was he?
- 8.Moldova's Action and Solidarity party (PAS) won the election there at the weekend. The party was founded by the country's incumbent president. Who?
- 9.Also going to the polls in the last few days was Switzerland, with a referendum on introducing electronic identity cards (not quite pictured). How did the vote go?
- 10.A rare orange lobster (not pictured, that is a regular one) was released back into the wild this week after being spotted by an enthusiast at a local grocery store in New York. What was the little cutie nicknamed?
- 11.This is Willow, the official chonk of the Guardian Thursday quiz. She wants to know which species won New Zealand's bird of the year for 2025, presumably so she can then bark at it like she does any pigeon she spots on the balcony. The winner was …
- 12.A brand new regular round! It is time to introduce "least or most with Liberace's ghost". We know, exciting, huh? This week the Thursday quiz imagines the ghost of Liberace would like to know which of these artists has won the most Grammys?
- 13.Not only did Europe's Ryder Cup team ruin a good walk at the weekend, they also got heckled all the while doing it by an obnoxious home crowd in the US. What was the final score in the 2025 Ryder Cup
- 14.Who has been announced as the half-time turn at next year's Super Bowl?
- 15.And finally, this week's guest canine is Deck, seen here enjoying his summer on the other side of the Atlantic from the Thursday quiz. He wants you to tell him the name of the bear that won Katmai national park and preserve's Fat Bear week competition. It was …
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. Why not watch The Happy Dictator by Gorillaz ft Sparks instead?
