1. 

   Who, pictured, has been chosen as the new head of Ofcom?

   1. Ian Cheshire

   2. Henry Kent

   3. Paul Somerset

   4. Clive Mummerset

2. 

   The UK government is to cap the rate of interest on plan 2 and plan 3 student loans to what from September?

   1. 2%

   2. 4%

   3. 6%

   4. 8%

3. 

   There is uproar where after it was realised a little-noted clause in a recent change to military service policy requires men aged 17 to 45 to apply for authorisation to leave the country for more than three months?

   1. Poland

   2. Germany

   3. Lativa

   4. Syldavia

4. 

   The programme for the 31st Meltdown festival at the South Bank has been announced. Who is curating it this year?

   1. Harry Styles

   2. Robert Smith

   3. Arlo Parks

   4. Robbie Williams

5. 

   Which finance company has secured agreement with London City airport to seek planning permission to build one of Europe’s tallest office towers in the east of the city?

   1. BNP Paribas

   2. JP Morgan Chase

   3. Lloyds Banking Group

   4. A troop of escaped macaques embarking on a crime spree

6. 

   This week's flag question is about Colombia. The country's flag shares its yellow, blue and red colour scheme with which two neighbouring states?

   1. Ecuador and Panama

   2. Panama and Bolivia

   3. Venezuela and Ecuador

   4. Bolivia and Venezuela

7. 

   Making the quiz feel better about its parenting skills, some parents have been charged with letting their child get practically into the wolf enclosure at which zoo?

   1. Pennsylvania

   2. New England

   3. Virginia

   4. Kentucky

8. 

   Politicians in Spain have been clashing about the proposed loan of which painting (not pictured) to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao?

   1. Goya's The Third of May 1808

   2. Dalí's The Persistence of Memory

   3. Picasso’s Guernica

   4. Mael’s Portrait of an Innsmouth Fishmonger

9. 

   Farther or nearer with Geordie Alan Shearer! This week we imagine the England soccer legend wants to know, if he leaves his hometown of Newcastle upon Tyne, which is farther or nearer – Nuuk, Greenland or Ankara, Turkey?

   1. Nuuk, Greenland is nearer to Newcastle upon Tyne than Ankara, Turkey

   2. Ankara, Turkey is nearer to Newcastle upon Tyne than Nuuk, Greenland

10. 

    This week's guest canine is one of the world's biggest dogs (quiz master pictured for scale). Tigger is from Fareham, and she wants to be reminded of the surnames of the astronauts aboard Artemis II …

    1. Jones, Woomble, Newton, Fox

    2. Smith, Hanley, Scanlon, Wolstencroft

    3. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, Hansen

    4. Moscrop, Johnson, Topping, Kerr

11. 

    German mayors have called for a nationwide ban on night-time use of robot lawnmowers to protect what?

    1. Hedgehogs

    2. Badgers

    3. Owls

    4. 30-50 feral hogs

12. 

    Ahead of this year's bloated 48-team Fifa men's World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada, which sports equipment manufacturer is having to address a problem with the shoulder seam on their recently released kits?

    1. Under Armour

    2. Nike

    3. Adidas

    4. Grace Brothers Leisure Division

13. 

    The Thursday quiz fondly remembers Keith Chegwin, so here is Cheggers plays population! Which of these has the biggest population: Switzerland, Austria, or the Czech Republic?

    1. Switzerland

    2. Austria

    3. Czech Republic

14. 

    On this day with Brian May! And his badger! 9 April is the anniversary of King Philip III of Spain decreeing the expulsión de los moriscos – descendants of Spain's Muslim population who had been forced to convert to Christianity. The Thursday quiz imagines Queen's legendary guitarist wants you to tell him – and his badger – in which year …

    1. 1309

    2. 1409

    3. 1509

    4. 1609

15. 

    And finally … which band are currently playing a five night residency in Camden where they are only playing obscure album tracks and b-sides?

    1. Suede

    2. Sparks

    3. Erasure

    4. Pet Shop Boys

Solutions

1:A - He was formerly the boss of the B&Q owner, Kingfisher, and served as the chair of Channel 4 until last year, 2:C - 6% of 'you are in debt all your life' is still 'you are in debt all your life', 3:B - The legislation, which went into effect on 1 January, aims to bolster the military and demands all 18-year-old men fill out a questionnaire to gauge their suitability to serve in the armed forces, but stops short of conscription, 4:A - Warpaint, Kamasi Washington, Devonté Hynes, Nilüfer Yanya and Orlando Weeks are among the artists he has selected to play the event, 5:B - The £3bn tower is poised to be the tallest in the Canary Wharf financial district, 6:C - The Colombian flag, the flag of Ecuador, and the flag of Venezuela are all derived from the flag of Gran Colombia, which broke up in 1831, 7:A - The child went through a small opening in a wooden barrier perimeter fence and entered a restricted area near the wolf exhibit at ZooAmerica in Hersheypark, 8:C - The work has hung in the Reina Sofía museum in Madrid since 1992 and repeated requests for it to be moved to the Basque Country have been refused. The request was for it to be housed temporarily in Bilbao to mark the 90th anniversary of the bombing of the town, 9:A - It is quite tight this week. If you got it wrong, blame the Mercator projection. Nuuk, Greenland is only about 2,909km away from Newcastle upon Tyne, whereas Ankara, Turkey is about 3,025km away, a difference of about 243,600 ancient Sumerian cubits. Top bins!, 10:C - James Delingpole has described the mission as 'fake and gay' which shows you just how far he has fallen down the grifting conspirasphere, 11:A - Hedgehogs are particularly vulnerable to the devices, since when sensing danger they roll up into a ball and stay still, making them a tasty snack for the robot lawnmowers, 12:B - Hashtag awkward when you are charging approximately one zillion pounds for the replica kits, 13:C - It is the Czech Republic, with 10.8 million people. Both Austria and Switzerland are just shy of 9 million people. That is according to the archived internet version of the 2026 CIA World Factbook, which has been discontinued by the Trump administration, 14:D - Of those permanently expelled, the majority eventually settled in the Barbary Coast, 15:D - And jolly good it was too

Scores

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