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After a summer hiatus, the Thursday quiz is back, back, back, baby! For new readers, that means every Thursday on the Guardian app or website you face 15 questions on stories that have been in the news the week before, alongside a smattering of general knowledge and pop culture. Think of it like a combination between a topical pub quiz and Trivial Pursuit. As you will discover, it also doesn’t entirely take itself seriously.
For regular and returning readers, thank you so much for your many kind emails and comments about the absence of the quiz this summer. Rest assured, having had weeks and weeks to think about and redesign the format, it is basically still going to be the same old nonsense. There are no prizes, it is just for fun, and we love it when you tell us how you got on in the comments. Allons-y!
The Thursday news quiz, No 214
- 1.Rather like Angela Rayner (pictured), Japan's prime minister recently had to usher themselves out of the door marked 'do one'. Who just resigned in Tokyo?
- 2.France has also just yeeted their prime minister out the door. Who has taken over as the third prime minister Emmanuel Macron (pictured) has had to appoint in a year?
- 3.Which running event has had to apologise after putting a map of the wrong city on its medals?
- 4.A Sydney daycare centre is facing questions after a child (not the one pictured) was sent home with the wrong guardian (also not pictured). Who collected the wrong child?
- 5.Bruce Springsteen is to release an electric version of his acclaimed 1982 album named after which state?
- 6.A woman (not pictured) who was immediately sacked when she insulted her manager during a row won an unfair dismissal case after it was decided that what she said wasn't a sackable offence. What did she call her manager?
- 7.It has emerged that David Bowie was working on a musical set in the 18th century when he died. What was it to be called?
- 8.Terry Dunn, 54, stepped up to offer to play in goal for which team facing an injury crisis?
- 9.This is Willow, the increasingly chonkier official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. She wants you to tell her the name of the place in the US where 11 cats have been battling it out to be elected mayor?
- 10.The Guardian's restaurant critic Grace Dent (pictured) has got the gig as the new presenter of Masterchef. Who will present alongside her?
- 11.Michael Caine (pictured) is taking a break from blowing the bloody doors off in retirement to appear in one final movie. Which one?
- 12.This week's guest canine is Ella, a therapy dog that the Thursday quiz met in the pub in Brighton. She heard there was a fire at the old BBC Television Centre in West London. She wants to know when the BBC sold the building.
- 13.Who has been declared the Catholic church’s first millennial saint by Pope Leo (pictured)?
- 14.Which golfer (not pictured, that is the thing they thwack) inexplicably decided to reveal that they had woken up in a pool of their own vomit in an Indianapolis hotel room celebrating their Ryder Cup selection?
- 15.And finally, in Germany, a prankster (not pictured) who kept ringing doorbells in an apartment block in Bavaria turned out to be what?
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 Wolf by Kathryn Joseph instead?
