Midweek Current Events Challenge Number 218: Examine Your Knowledge of Recent Happenings

Midweek arrives and brings one more opportunity for you to challenge your awareness in our weekly quiz. Did you pay heed to the current events – particularly the more unusual parts? Discover here, while also experiencing a series of tedious in-jokes, and then post your score in the feedback section to let us know how you got on. Allons-y!

The Questions

1. The historic cathedral is welcoming its first woman archbishop. Which person?

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

2. Pope Leo has announced his first international tour. Where is the pontiff heading?

   • The African nation and Libya
   • Greece and Cyprus
   • The transcontinental nation and the Middle Eastern country
   • Syldavia and its rival

3. The streaming Prime has altered promotional pictures on its streaming video service after people complained it was performing what …

   • Showing Sherlock Holmes without his tobacco accessory
   • Showing Indiana Jones without his leather tool
   • Showing James Bond without his firearm
   • Showing The musician from Sparks without his facial hair

4. Hilariously, the first Thursday quiz after the break inquired who France's new prime minister was, and just four weeks later they have already been yeeted through the door labeled 'do one'. Which French Prime Minister has just quit, giving Emmanuel Macron one more headache?

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

5. The world mourned Jilly Cooper, famous for her 'romantic' love novels. What of these two well-known titles was published first?

   • The competitive novel
   • The equestrian story

6. Talking of literature, PEN America’s Prohibited in the USA report found what was the most restricted publication in the 2024-25 academic session in the US?

   • Author Blume’s The novel
   • Author Burgess’s The dystopian book
   • Author King's Carrie
   • Gary Barlow's The humorous title

7. At the Tory party gathering, the Conservatives managed to distribute a complimentary present where the word 'The country' was spelt wrong. What was the gift?

   • A chocolate bar
   • A small container of honey
   • A branded bottle of water
   • A very mischievous miniature dachshund

8. This is The canine, the official pet of the Thursday quiz. The dog wants to find out which well-known kids' figure is taking legal action against the producers of Spitting Image over their recent seeming depiction of it …

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

9. The current guest dog is Frank, who the Thursday challenge encountered down the bar. Such a well-behaved dog. He would like to know what charitable effort The individual Scanlon, the person in the viral gif meme, has used his online popularity to raise funds for

   • HIV/Aids
   • Cardiovascular illness
   • The disease
   • The neurological disorder

10. Seventeen of David Hockney's digital artworks are to be sold at auction. The artworks are of where?

    • Padstow
    • Woldgate
    • Gosport
    • The Herefordshire market town

11. Which entity will offer a partial refund to Australia's federal government over a expensive report that contained several errors, after confessing it employed AI technology to help produce it?

    • Deloitte
    • Accenture
    • The audit firm
    • The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation

12. And now our recently added regular round, comparative with Liberace's spirit. Currently the midweek challenge envisions the ghost of Liberace would like to know which of these people has the greatest number of European Champions League winners' awards?

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

13. An academic (the correct technical word) only discovered he'd won the Nobel prize in medical science when his spouse turned her phone on after they had been on a digital break in the western US wilderness. Which is his name?

    • Jed Branscombe
    • Grant Denshaw
    • Fred Ramsdell
    • Bobson Dugnutt

14. Thursday quiz favourite Taylor Swift has a new album out. What is it called?

    • Confessions of a Love Novelist
    • The Life of a Showgirl
    • The Curriculum of Heartbreak
    • Unusual Animals of the Ocean

15. And finally … a new regular segment! Today in history with The guitarist May! Plus his animal! Currently the Thursday quiz imagines the iconic Band guitarist would like to know about the Prague celestial timepiece. October 9 is generally considered as the day of the first mention to the presence of the clock. However in which year?

    • The 13th century
    • The 15th century
    • The 17th century
    • 1810

Should you truly believe there has been an egregious error in a single of the queries or answers – and can demonstrate your reasoning and are absolutely 100% certain you aren’t trying to verify a humorous element – you can complain about it in the comments below.