Sweden’s winner, Sunak’s losers and Toyah’s guitar hero – take the Thursday quiz

She won Eurovision. But who is she? Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

After all the excitement of live blogging both the coronation and Eurovision, an exhausted quiz master lazily asked Google Bard to write the intro blurb to this week’s quiz. It said: “Welcome to the Guardian online Thursday quiz! This week’s quiz is a mix of general knowledge and topical trivia, with a few jokes thrown in for good measure.” So, basically, the quiz master could have just Googled what had previously been written. Anyway you know the drill by now – have fun and be kind to each other in the comments.

The Thursday quiz, No 108

1. 

   EUROVISION 2023: At the weekend Sweden won the Eurovision song contest for the seventh time. Who was representing them?

   1. Jolene

   2. Loreen

   3. Klorine

   4. Soreen

2. 

   DOWN DOWN DEEPER AND DOWN: Rishi Sunak spent his Saturday not at Eurovision, but watching his team become the first side to get relegated from the Premier League this season. Who does Sunak support?

   1. Crystal Palace

   2. Leicester

   3. Southampton

   4. Aston Villa and/or West Ham

3. 

   ULTIMATE PLAY THE GAME: The much-anticipated follow up to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is out. What is it called?

   1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

   2. The Legend of Zelda: Lords of Midnight

   3. The Legend of Zelda: Wild Hunt

   4. The Legend of Zelda: Horace Goes Skiing

4. 

   HAPPY BIRTHDAY: It would have been Pope John Paul II's birthday today. Happy birthday, your holiness. What was his name at birth?

   1. Witold Łokuciewski

   2. Jan Zumbach

   3. Zdzisław Krasnodębski

   4. Karol Józef Wojtyła

5. 

   TURBULENT PRIEST: Talking of holy men, the archbishop of Canterbury has been busy with a coronation and criticising the government's immigration policy. But which of these things also happened to him in the last 10 days?

   1. He got a fixed-penalty notice for littering

   2. He was spotted in his car pulled up on the hard shoulder of the M2 eating a McDonald's

   3. He got a speeding fine for doing 25mph in a 20mph zone

   4. He was ambushed by 30-50 feral hogs

6. 

   THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD. The Irish Times has withdrawn an opinion piece after it was revealed to be a hoax written by a chatbot. But how did the article start?

   1. "Dear Irish women, we need to talk about fake eyelashes …"

   2. "Dear Irish women, we need to talk about fake nails …"

   3. "Dear Irish women, we need to talk about fake tan …"

   4. "Zoo time is she and you time. The mammals are your favourite type, and you want her tonight …"

7. 

   THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BULLIES, WITH DOMINIC RAAB: This week the former deputy PM would like to know the full name of Cartman, the obnoxious sociopath in South Park

   1. Kyle Theodore Cartman

   2. Eric Theodore Cartman

   3. Trent Theodore Cartman

   4. Gavin Williamson Cartman

8. 

   FOR THE LONGEST TIMES WITH DARREN GRIMES: This week Darren wants to know which is longer – the amount of time Liz Truss spent as prime minister before resigning, or the new world record for living underwater set by Joseph Dituri?

   1. Liz Truss as prime minister

   2. Joseph Dituri living underwater

9. 

   IT'S A DOG'S LIFE: This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. She is contemplating poor Rocky the akita, who had to be rescued after cutting his paw and getting exhausted climbing where?

   1. Scafell Pike, England

   2. Ben Nevis, Scotland

   3. Yr Wyddfa, Wales

   4. Slieve Donard, Northern Ireland

10. 

    THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE: Element 4 in the periodic table is Beryllium. True or false – it was named after Beryl May Dent, the English scientist instrumental in discovering how to isolate it in 1828?

    1. True

    2. False

11. 

    PUBLISHING MYSTERY: A book known only as "4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023" did huge pre-sale business after internet rumours it was by Taylor Swift. But who has it turned out to be by?

    1. The French president, Emmanuel Macron

    2. Hip-hop star Eminem

    3. K-pop group BTS

    4. Absolute legend and goddess Kate Bush

12. 

    WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 2023: Nigeria have appeared at every single Fifa Women's World Cup so far. But what is the capital of Nigeria?

    1. Abuja

    2. Yaoundé

    3. Sokoto

    4. Lagos

13. 

    WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 2023: Colombia will be appearing at their third Fifa Women's World Cup. What is the currency of Colombia?

    1. Colombian real

    2. Colombian peso

    3. Colombian dollar

    4. Colombian peladon

14. 

    ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD: Leyton Orient are still the champions of League Two in the English Football League, and the quiz master is still literally in this photo. The much loved Craig Clay left the club this week, having achieved two promotions with the O's in his six years, but which of these phrases best describes the chemical composition of clay?

    1. Hydrous pyrovile nephelines

    2. Hydrous cobaltaceous lithospheres

    3. Hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates

    4. Hydrous zirconium geopolymers

15. 

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY (SLIGHT RETURN): Today is the birthday of the almighty Toyah Wilcox. Which famous guitarist is she married to, who appears in the couples' viral Sunday Lunch videos?

    1. Robert Fripp

    2. Steve Howe

    3. Phil Manzanera

    4. Craig Scanlon

Solutions

1:B - Loreen won with her song Tattoo, becoming only the second artist to win it twice, after Johnny Logan achieved the same feat for Ireland. The quiz master was live blogging it and it is without a doubt his favourite night of the year. There were some Thursday quiz regulars in the comments too with very kind words, so thank you for that., 2:C - Sunak supports Southampton, and was there to watch them lose to Fulham and get sent down to the Championship at the weekend. It was David Cameron who famously said at different times that he supported Aston Villa or West Ham. Any old claret-and-blue team will do when you aren't interested in the sport. He probably cheers for Burnley and Scunthorpe United too., 3:A - The hugely awaited game builds on the Nintendo Switch's signature game and has received glowing reviews. In a move destined to fail, the quiz master is trying to conceal its release from the quiz master juniors until the summer holidays start., 4:D - He was born Karol Józef Wojtyła on 18 May 1920 in Wadowice, Kraków. He took the name Pope John Paul II when he was made pope in 1978, a role he held until his death in 2005. The other three were all notable commanders in the 303rd "Tadeusz Kościuszko Warsaw" fighter squadron from the second world war., 5:C - Justin Welby was prosecuted at a private hearing after being caught in his Volkswagen Golf doing 25mph in a 20mph zone along the Albert Embankment in central London on 2 October last year. George Brandis, the former Australian high commissioner to the UK, criticised the archbishop for his attack on the government, saying: "I do think it's wise that senior clergymen stay out of politics frankly", when Welby had been speaking in *checks notes* the House of Lords, where the archbishop of Canterbury gets an automatic seat and a vote on legislation, suggesting Brandis has quite a light grasp on constitutional politics himself., 6:C - The paper ran the opinion piece from a contributor bylined as Adriana Acosta-Cortez on 11 May. It accused Irish women who used fake tan of mocking those with naturally dark skin. The piece was the paper’s second-most read article and prompted debate on radio and social media. The newspaper deleted the opinion piece within hours of discovering the hoax and launched an internal review. The editor, Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, said on Sunday that the paper had fallen victim to “a deliberate and coordinated deception” that showed a need for stronger controls. , 7:B - Cartman, along with Stan, Kyle and Kenny appeared together as the dysfunctional gang in 1997 when South Park began the first of its 26 seasons to date. An earlier version of this question inadvertently promoted Raab to "former PM". The mind boggles., 8:B - The university professor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurisation at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers. Unlike a submarine, the lodge does not use technology to adjust for the increased underwater pressure. He beat the previous record of 73 days, two hours and 34 minutes. Liz Truss was prime minister for 44 days before resigning. , 9:A - Rocky the akita and its owners had successfully climbed Scafell Pike in the Lake District on Saturday, but the dog got into trouble on the descent. It was described as "cool, calm and positively regal throughout" the rescue operation., 10:B - It is false. The element was first isolated in 1828 by Friedrich Wöhler and Antoine Bussy, and it is named after the mineral beryl in which it is found. Beryl May Dent lived in the 20th century, and was involved in the design and application of early computers., 11:C - Rumours about the book began to spread when US booksellers shared news that an untitled book with a huge initial print run of 1m copies was coming on 9 July, and that they had been required to sign an affidavit to stock copies on publication day. A Flatiron sales official told sellers in an email that the book would have “global appeal” and “massive publicity”. Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS is written by the journalist Myeongseok Kang with the seven members of the group – RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook – and will be structured as an oral history of their story., 12:A - It isn't the country's biggest city, which is still Lagos, but it became the capital in 1991. , 13:B - Introduced in the early 19th century, the peso replaced the Colombian real, and uses the $ symbol., 14:C - According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, clay minerals are composed essentially of silica, alumina or magnesia or both, and water, but iron substitutes for aluminium and magnesium in varying degrees, and appreciable quantities of potassium, sodium, and calcium are frequently present as well". So hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates covers it, apparently., 15:A - It is Robert Fripp of Frippertronics fame. Over the years he has collaborated with the likes of Brian Eno, David Bowie and David Sylvian, and was a key component of King Crimson.

Scores

1. 0 and above.

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