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Welcome back to the Thursday news quiz – a weekly exercise in trivia, triumph and asking: “How on earth did that make headlines in the Guardian?” As always, there are no prizes except the possibility of feeling unbearably smug when you get one right, and the knowledge that the official dog of the quiz, Willow, would be delivering you her very best side-eye every time you guess incorrectly. Let us know how you got on in the comments. Allons-y!
The Thursday news quiz, No 227
- 1.Thursday quiz favourite Liz Truss (pictured) is back in the limelight with her exciting new YouTube production. What is it called?
- 2.Who is Justin Trudeau (pictured) in a relationship with that got made Instagram official?
- 3.Which museum has announced that 300 to 400 items in its Egyptian department (not quite pictured) were damaged by a water leak in November?
- 4.The annual review by the tech company NordPass of the top 200 most common passwords used in the UK found which was the most popular?
- 5.For some reason Fifa decided to give Donald Trump a peace prize that resembles the world being dragged down into hell (pictured). Which of these sets of countries are making their debuts in the Fifa men's World Cup next summer?
- 6.Who has been named the new president of the Royal Society of Literature?
- 7.This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday news quiz, outside a building named after her. She wants to know what incredibly British food thing somebody threw over the crown jewels display in the Tower of London. It was …
- 8.This week's feline interloper is Kate Bevan's internet-famous Daphne, who generally disapproves of quizzes. And most other things. She wants to know which wild animal has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time in 500 years?
- 9.In a shameless attempt to get its name in the papers, Rightmove has named which place as the 'happiest place to live' in Great Britain (which is definitely in that picture somewhere)?
- 10.Here is Karl-Heinz, with his opening lines, which almost rhymes. This week the Thursday quiz imagines the German soccer ace would like to know which film begins 'There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs'
- 11.The award-winning Italian games developer Santa Ragione has said its latest horror game has been banned from sale by Steam and the Epic Games Store. Which animal is it named after?
- 12.India’s Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha (not pictured) has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official Fide rating. How old was he when it was awarded?
- 13.A statue of RoboCop (not pictured) has been erected where?
- 14.It is time for On this day with Brian May! And his badger! 11 December is the 20th anniversary of an oil depot catching fire in Hemel Hempstead, England. The Thursday quiz imagines Queen's legendary guitarist wants you to tell him – and his badger – which depot?
- 15.And finally, people have been warned not to pick up what (not pictured, that's just a random guy, it is fine to pick them up on the beach) that has been washing up on the shores of West Sussex?
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 of the loveliest modern Christmas tunes Sunshine by Sia instead?
