It's time as soon as once more to check your mettle in opposition to the notoriously erratic problem ranges of the Thursday quiz. Will or not it's like final week , when all people boasted of excessive scores? Or the week earlier than , when it was so tough individuals vowed en masse to by no means do it once more? Who can inform till you are taking it on – 15 questions on normal data and topical information, with a couple of in-jokes alongside the best way. It's only for enjoyable. Tell us how you bought on within the feedback.
The Thursday quiz, No 77
1. OOOH LA LA: Which French creator picked up the Nobel prize for literature final week?Reveal
2. WELSH THINGS: Barry Island is known as after which Welsh saint (not pictured)?Reveal
3. ON THIS DAY-ISH: On 13 October 54AD the Roman Emperor Claudius (not pictured) died. Who succeeded him?Reveal
4. SHADDAP YOU FACE: It's Joe Dolce's birthday at the moment. Joyful birthday, Joe! In 1981 his single Shaddap You Face was a No 1 within the UK charts. Which eighties traditional did it famously forestall from attending to No 1 within the UK?Stand and Ship by Adam and the Ants
Ghost City by the Specials
Below Stress by Queen and David Bowie
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5. IT'S-A ME, MARIO! Speaking of horrible Italian impressions, the brand new trailer for The Tremendous Mario Bros movie dropped and almost all people on the web laughed at Mario's voice in it. Who's "enjoying" Mario?Reveal
6. IT'S-A ME, NOSTRADAMUS: Speaking of horrible issues normally, the ramblings of Nostradamus (not pictured) are again within the e book charts as a result of you may make any of his imprecise poems be about something in the event you strive exhausting sufficient. When was Michel de Nostradame born?Reveal
7. 1966 AND ALL THAT: A sequence of questions not associated to soccer, main as much as the 2022 Fifa World Cup awarded to Qatar by a number of individuals who subsequently bought banned from soccer. The 1990 Fifa World Cup was in Italy, however who wrote the aria Nessun Dorma which turned related to the match?Reveal
8. 2022 AND ALL THAT: Speaking of soccer, European soccer champions England had the fastest-selling England soccer match ever – males's or ladies's – on the new Wembley stadium final week. They had been enjoying the present world champions. Who?Reveal
9. TWO WHEELS GOOD: Cities world wide are being supplied the prospect to compete for $1m funding in addition to experience to construct new biking infrastructure by whose charitable basis?Reveal
10. TAMMY'S TEASER: Tammy Wynette had a success single with D-I-V-O-R-C-E in 1968. This week's letter is I. Which state within the US has the state capital Boise?Reveal
11. HAPPILY EVER AFTER: Speaking of US states, a authorized quirk has been permitting homosexual couples who reside in China to get married wherein US state?Reveal
12. IT'S A DOG'S LIFE: The is Willow, the official canine of the Guardian Thursday quiz. The Kennel Membership within the UK claims to be 'the oldest recognised kennel membership on the planet', however when was it based?Reveal
13. GCSE SCIENCE BUT WITH OMD: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Darkish – or no less than a few of them – had a success with Crusing on the Seven Seas in 1991. However at GCSE stage, pupils are taught that one among these items is NOT a bonus of utilizing water vitality. Which one? Water energy in its numerous types is a renewable vitality useful resource and there aren't any gas prices
Rotting vegetation underneath water energy installations also can launch methane
No dangerous polluting gases are produced
Tidal barrages and hydroelectric energy stations are very dependable and will be simply switched on
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14. SCREWED UP: That could be a 1976 tune by Sparks the place you're going 'down, down, down'. An professional at a French public sale home screwed up when one thing they valued at €2,000 finally bought for €7.7m. What?A signed copy of Kate Bush's single Working Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
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15. NEW FACE IN AI HELL: What immediate did the Thursday quiz give an AI drawing program to make it draw this hateful sight?Stephen Fry admiring some ham
Jacob Rees-Mogg leaving notes on desks
Lord Elgin stealing marbles
Liam Gallagher with a fork in a world of soup
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The Thursday quiz, No 77
When you do assume there was an egregious error in one of many questions or solutions, please be at liberty to e-mail martin.belam@theguardian.com , however keep in mind the quiz grasp’s phrase is remaining, and positively price €7.7m not €2,000.
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