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Midweek arrives and brings one more opportunity for you to challenge your knowledge in our weekly challenge. Did you pay attention to the news – especially the quirkier parts? Discover here, while also enduring a series of boring in-jokes, and then share your score in the comments to let us know how you performed. Let's go!

Our Questions

1. The historic church is welcoming its first female religious leader. Who?

   • Ms. Connelly
   • Ms. Mullally
   • Ms. Bellamy
   • Grace Holloway

2. The pontiff Leo has revealed his first international tour. Where is the pontiff heading?

   • Egypt and Libya
   • Greece and Cyprus
   • Turkey and the Middle Eastern country
   • The fictional country and its rival

3. The streaming Prime has changed marketing images on its streaming video service after people complained it was performing what …

   • Showing Sherlock Holmes without his pipe
   • Depicting Indiana Jones without his whip
   • Showing James Bond without his firearm
   • Showing Ron from Sparks without his facial hair

4. Amusingly, the first midweek challenge after the hiatus asked who France's new prime minister was, and just four weeks later they have already been removed through the door labeled 'do one'. What French Prime Minister has just quit, giving President Macron yet another headache?

   • Sébastien Lecornu
   • Mr. Darmanin
   • Mr. Bayrou
   • Léon Colbert

5. The world mourned Jilly Cooper, famous for her 'romantic' romance novels. Which of these pair well-known ones came first?

   • The competitive novel
   • The equestrian story

6. Talking of literature, The organization America’s Banned in the USA report found what was the most restricted book in the 2024-25 academic session in the US?

   • Author Blume’s Forever
   • Anthony Burgess’s The dystopian book
   • Author King's Carrie
   • Singer Barlow's Massive Son

7. During the Tory political gathering, the Tories succeeded to distribute a free present where the word 'Britain' was spelt wrong. Which item was the present?

   • A chocolate bar
   • A small jar of honey
   • A labeled bottle of water
   • A very naughty miniature dog breed

8. The is Willow, the designated pet of the midweek quiz. The dog wants to know which famous kids' character is taking legal action against the producers of the satirical show over their latest apparent portrayal of it …

   • Bagpuss
   • Andy Pandy
   • Basil Brush
   • The bear from Peru

9. This week's guest dog is Frank, who the Thursday quiz met down the bar. Such a well-behaved dog. The dog would like to know what charitable effort Drew Scanlon, the man in the Blinking White Guy gif meme, has utilized his online popularity to raise funds for

   • HIV/Aids
   • Cardiovascular illness
   • Cancer
   • Multiple sclerosis

10. 17 of David Hockney's digital drawings are to be auctioned at sale. The artworks are of where?

    • Padstow
    • The Yorkshire location
    • Gosport
    • Ledbury

11. Who will provide a limited reimbursement to Australia's national government over a $440,000 document that included multiple errors, after admitting it used AI artificial intelligence to help create it?

    • The consulting firm
    • Accenture
    • KPMG
    • The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation

12. And now our recently introduced regular round, least or most with the entertainer's spirit. Currently the Thursday quiz envisions the spirit of Liberace would like to know which of these people has the greatest number of European Champions League victory medals?

    • The defender Ramos
    • The forward Benzema
    • The midfielder Modrić
    • The singer Bush

13. A boffin (the correct technical word) only discovered he'd won the Nobel prize in medical science when his wife turned her phone on after they had been on a technology break in the American West wilderness. Which is his identity?

    • Jed Branscombe
    • Mr. Denshaw
    • Fred Ramsdell
    • Bobson Dugnutt

14. Thursday challenge favourite Taylor Swift has a new album out. Which title is it named?

    • Confessions of a Romance Novelist
    • The Story of a Showgirl
    • The Syllabus of Heartbreak
    • Exotic Animals of the Ocean

15. And finally … a recent standard segment! On this day with Brian May! And his animal! This week the Thursday quiz envisions the iconic Queen musician would like to learn about the Czech astronomical clock. October 9 is usually considered as the date of the first mention to the existence of the timepiece. But in which date?

    • 1210
    • 1410
    • The 17th century
    • 1810

If you really believe there has been an glaring error in one of the queries or responses – and can demonstrate your reasoning and are completely 100% positive you aren’t trying to verify a humorous element – you can complain about it in the comments below.