The Thursday quiz, an oasis of calm, tranquility and silliness in the midst of a turbulent world. You face 15 questions on topical news and general knowledge, with more than a few repetitive in-jokes thrown in. This week, as a mark of clemency and kindness, the Thursday quiz has decided to avoid all politics. There are no prizes, but let us know how you got on in the comments.
The Thursday quiz, No 194
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Nepal has raised the cost of a permit to climb Chomolungma, also known as Mount Everest. How much does it cost?
£4,000
£8,000
£12,000
£24,000
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Timothée Chalamet has claimed he was fined £65 in London for doing what?
Leaving a Lime bike unattended.
Urinating near Buckingham Palace.
Dropping a cigarette butt.
Releasing 30-50 feral hogs on to the streets.
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A cat (not pictured) became a frequent flier when their cage wasn't unloaded from a plane, and so they made three trips between New Zealand and Australia. What was her name?
Buttons
Lucky
Mittens
Ron
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Residents of a beach resort in the south of England are in a fury with council plans to demolish what is believed to be the first municipal beach hut built in the UK, dating back to 1909. Where?
Bournemouth
Hastings
Hove
Medderton
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Scotland’s largest haggis maker is creating a 'compliant' recipe of the delicious dish (pictured, before) to circumvent a US ban on importing sheep's lung. What are they replacing it with in the new recipe?
Sheep's liver
Sheep's kidney
Sheep's heart
Very naughty miniature dachshunds
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What have aquarium owners in Japan done to cheer up a lonely sunfish?
Put a penguin in with it to keep it company.
Put cardboard cut-outs of visitors next to its tank.
Put an obstacle course in its tank for it to play with.
Put episodes of Pokémon on a loop for it to watch on a TV next to its tank.
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There was a huge outpouring of sadness when we lost director David Lynch last week. What was his debut feature film called?
The Elephant Man
Eraserhead
Blue Velvet
Wild at Heart
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It's scores on the doors with Swindon’s Diana Dors. This week the statue wants to talk about Australian rules football, a game much more enjoyable when punch-ups are involved. You get one point for scoring a 'behind' using the outer posts. How much do you get for thwacking it between the two biggest sticks and scoring a goal?
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
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This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. She wants to know until which year Erling Haaland is contracted to Manchester City …
2028
2031
2034
2038
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This week's geography subject is Cameroon. Which country borders Cameroon to the west?
Benin
Togo
Equatorial Guinea
Nigeria
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In which year did Scooby Doo (not quite pictured) make his US TV debut?
1967
1969
1971
1973
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The Oxford University Press identified children's three favourite slang words in the UK this week. Which of these is the odd one out and wasn't on the list?
Sigma
Sass
Slay
Skibidi
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Washington Capitals goalie Logan Thompson blamed what for him conceding a goal in the NHL this week?
Some Tex-Mex nachos
A laser pen
A flatulent fan
Chris Martin falling through a trap door
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It's Karl-Heinz and his opening lines (which doesn't quite rhyme). This week the Thursday quiz imagines the German soccer legend would like you to identify the Oscar Wilde play that opens with the line: 'Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?'
A Woman of No Importance
Lady Windermere's Fan
An Ideal Husband
The Importance of Being Earnest
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The owner of Lock House is complaining they can't sell it because which singer, who lived there for six months, has described it as 'quite scary', which people have interpreted to mean haunted?
Kim Wilde
Adele
Annie Lennox
Kate Bush
Solutions
1:C - For that much money, the Thursday quiz would expect someone to carry them up there into the bargain., 2:A - He made the claim on the French chatshow Quotidien, although nobody is quite sure who would have levied such a fine., 3:C - 'It was not a great start to our new life in Melbourne,' said the cat's owner, Margo Neas, with some understatement., 4:A - In defence of the plan to demolish the hut, the local authority suggests that over the years every bit of it has been replaced, creating a Ship of Theseus/Trigger's Broom scenario., 5:C - Heart instead of lungs, nobody will be able to tell the difference. You haven't been able to import delicious haggis to the US since 1971., 6:B - Staff surmised it had become lonely while the aquarium was closed for refurbishment., 7:B - He had made some short films in the 1960s and 1970s, but 1977's Eraserhead was his feature-length debut, 8:D - It is a whopping great six points. Is 'thwacking it between the two biggest sticks' the correct technical terminology for this sporting action? It is now …, 9:C - The 24-year-old’s fresh terms tie him to the champions until 2034 and will earn him a basic salary of about £500,000 a week, and is the longest agreed by a player in domestic competition, 10:D - The Cameroon-Nigeria border is nearly 2,000km long, or about 4m ancient Sumerian cubits, 11:B - The first episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! aired on 13 September 1969 in the US, 12:B - Sass is the odd one out, 13:A - Apparently they had been thrown on to the ice and distracted him at a vital moment., 14:D - It is Algernon who says it, and then the fun begins …, 15:B - Adele rented the home for six months and a planning statement now says: 'Unfortunately, during an interview on CBS, Adele remarked that she believed the house to be haunted. This comment negatively impacted future marketing efforts and continues to affect the property’s reputation to this day.'
Scores
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0 and above.
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