Parking signs, overdue books, and ill-advised decorations – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style

Parking signs, overdue books, and ill-advised decorations – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style

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Events, dear boy, events. A huge challenge for politicians, and also for people who write quizzes. The Thursday quiz would like to start by pointing out that last week there was a question about alleged cheating at the world conker championship. We would like to take this opportunity to clarify that “King Conker” David Jakins has subsequently been cleared of any alleged wrongdoing. There now follows 15 questions on news, topical silliness, general knowledge and pop culture, hopefully none of which we will have to retract or clarify next week. Enjoy!

The Thursday quiz, No 183

  1. 1.A jokey parking limit sign at an airport has caused a stir among the joyless quibblers of the world after it said goodbye hugs were limited to three minutes. Where?

  2. 2.Which country this week narrowly voted in a referendum in favour of ultimately joining the European Union?

    European union flags

  3. 3.Who earlier this week caused a rush of people saying they’d been onion-cutting after they discussed their grief for their mother with Elmo on Sesame Street?

    Cut onions

  4. 4.Which book has been returned to a Cumbria school library 113 years overdue?

    Books

  5. 5.Which Eminem track did former US president Barack Obama rap at a rally in Wisconsin?

    Barack Obama

  6. 6.Who from Britain has Donald Trump’s campaign accused of interfering in the US election?

    Donald Trump

  7. 7.Which fashion designer’s limited edition collection for Marks & Spencer sold out in a day?

    Marks & Spencer branch

  8. 8.Defying critics and box office figures, the quiz master enjoyed Joker: Folie à Deux so much he went twice. Which Irish actor joins Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in the gloriously nerd-baiting musical, playing abusive prison guard Jackie Sullivan?

    Picturehouse Cinema magazine with a Joker: Folie à Deux cover

  9. 9.Who has been named as the support act for the Oasis reunion tour dates in the UK?

    Oasis mural in Manchester

  10. 10.A publicity canny children’s play centre in Cirencester hilariously had to remove Halloween decorations that appeared to be hanging bodybags after parents claimed their children were terrified. But what is the centre’s name?

    Halloween child

  11. 11.How much did then home secretary James Cleverly spend per head on catering on a charter flight to Rwanda to sign an agreement?

    James Cleverly

  12. 12.This week Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz, is curious about Uruguay. She wants to know where in Uruguay the capital, Montevideo, is …

    Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz

  13. 13.Which tech company announced that it had fired an intern for allegedly sabotaging one of its AI projects?

    A phone

  14. 14.A county in which US state has reclassified a Linda Coombs book on European colonisation of Native American land as fiction?

    Manchester library

  15. 15.Who last week won the outstanding contribution to music award at this year’s Association of Independent Music (Aim) awards at Camden Roundhouse, London?

    Camden Roundhouse

If you really do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers – and can show your working and are absolutely 100% positive you aren’t attempting to factcheck a joke – you can complain about it in the comments below. Why not watch Be Reasonable by somesurprises instead?

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