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There comes a time in life when you have to consider whether you are the enticing wriggly worm of knowledge or the carp of ignorance, blissfully unaware that you are about to get hoiked out of the lake. And that time is on Thursdays, when 15 questions on topical headlines, pop culture and general knowledge await you. As ever, we do not give prizes, but we always like to hear how you got on in the comments. Allons-y!
The Thursday news quiz, No 238
- 1.Which train station in Scotland had to be closed for a couple of days after a huge fire nearby?
- 2.Balendra Shah looks set to be Nepal's new PM after his party’s landslide election win. What did he do before he went into politics?
- 3.Nigel Farage has invested in a cryptocurrency firm chaired by which former Conservative chancellor?
- 4.Nymphalis polychloros (not pictured) – an elusive and enigmatic butterfly that became extinct in Britain in the last century – is a UK resident species once again. What is it better known as?
- 5.Which bank has got into hot water over the use of personal data after customers were offended by its 'Spotify Wrapped' style summary of their spending habits?
- 6.A Sydney fashion designer has won her epic trademark dispute with a US pop star after a legal battle lasting almost 17 years over the name they share?
- 7.A clumber spaniel (pictured) has won the best in show prize at Crufts. What is his name?
- 8.This week's feline interloper is once again the random cat that keeps stalking the Thursday quiz and following it home. They want to know who has purchased the Telegraph after tabling a £575m deal?
- 9.Farther or nearer with Geordie Alan Shearer! This week we imagine the England soccer legend wants to know, if he leaves his hometown of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which is farther or nearer – Tunis, Tunisia or Marrakesh, Morocco?
- 10.A 'new trend' to fake working from home has emerged, with shirkers weighing down their laptop so that it looks like they are working. What is it nicknamed?
- 11.Liza Minnelli's memoir, called Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, sounds an absolute hoot. Who was her mum?
- 12.Who won the men's T20 cricket world cup at the weekend?
- 13.The Thursday quiz fondly remembers Keith Chegwin, so here is Cheggers plays Population! Which of these Baltic states has the largest population?
- 14.On this day with Brian May! And his badger! 12 March is the anniversary of the first reactor explosion at Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. The Thursday quiz imagines Queen's legendary guitarist wants you to tell him – and his badger – in which year …
- 15.And finally … Antonín Kinský (very much pictured) had an absolute nightmare in Madrid on Tuesday where he was so bad on his Champions League debut for a woeful Tottenham Hotspur that he was substituted after how long?
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 One Stop by Aldous Harding instead?
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