1. 

   The Thursday quiz was saddened by the death of Penelope Keith (pictured here perfectly capturing Lady Bracknell). What was the name of her character in To The Manor Born?

   1. Audrey ffoulkes-Lewesparke

   2. Audrey ffeatherstone-Kitchener

   3. Audrey fforbes-Hamilton

   4. Audrey ffeckinton-Uffice

2. 

   Which religious group is suing a podcast over the use of its name?

   1. The Church of Scientology is suing the Scientology For Dummies podcast

   2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is suing the Mormon Stories podcast

   3. The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God is suing the Universal God podcast

   4. The Chorazin Ecclesia of the Deep is suing the Cthulhu Is Just Misunderstood and Cuddly podcast

3. 

   A cassette recording of whose lost attempt to write a James Bond theme is being auctioned?

   1. Damon Albarn of Blur

   2. Jarvis Cocker of Pulp

   3. Chris Martin of Coldplay

   4. Timmy Mallett of Bombalurina ft Timmy Mallett

4. 

   The Princess of Wales (pictured with her family, and she will always be Kate Middleton to the quiz) has completed what to raise money for charity?

   1. A London-Paris cycle ride

   2. The Three Peaks challenge

   3. Walked from Lands End to John o' Groats

   4. Grand Theft Auto VI on beta download

5. 

   Maths with goths! Take the extra amount of money the UK is to spend on drones, multiply it by the number of goals Brazil scored against Japan at the World Cup, divide it by the amount of money donated to Nigel Farage by the crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne, and what have you got?

   1. 1,000

   2. 2,000

   3. 4,000

   4. 30-50

6. 

   Who has announced they will be playing Hamlet in the West End next year (not pictured, that is obviously Yorick)?

   1. James Norton

   2. Aidan Turner

   3. Matt Smith

   4. Ronald Mael

7. 

   It is Margot Robbie's birthday today. Happy birthday, Margot! Hey Puddin! Which soap opera did she make her acting debut in?

   1. Neighbours

   2. Home and Away

   3. E Street

   4. The Young Doctors

8. 

   This week's guest canine is Basil, who the quiz met at The Fellow, just down the road from Thursday Quiz Towers in King's Cross. Basil knows the EU has said small parcels under the value of €150 will now have to pay a customs charge, mostly to stop online platforms including Shein and Temu from undercutting retailers. How much is the charge to be?

   1. €1.50

   2. €3

   3. €4.50

   4. €6

9. 

   Scores on the doors with Swindon's Diana Dors! After breezing through their semi-final by reaching their target of 126 in just 13 overs, who will face either England or South Africa in this weekend's Women's T20 Cricket World Cup final?

   1. Australia

   2. India

   3. Pakistan

   4. Borduria

10. 

    London to Manchester trains were disrupted on Tuesday after what managed to get on to the tracks?

    1. A pair of swans

    2. A herd of cows

    3. A horse

    4. A very naughty miniature dachshund

11. 

    Which country has just taken over the rotating EU presidency?

    1. Slovakia

    2. Portugal

    3. Ireland

    4. Syldavia

12. 

    The Sycamore Gap tree continues to make headlines after a sapling from it was stolen from where?

    1. Portchester parkland and castle in Fareham

    2. Leeds parkland and castle in Kent

    3. Ludlow parkland and castle in Shropshire

    4. Wray parkland and castle in Cumbria

13. 

    This giddy goose of a giraffe (the actual animal pictured, for once) absconded from a private game ranch in rural Texas and went missing for nearly two weeks. She has been found safe. What is her name?

    1. Gabriela

    2. Gemima

    3. Gracie

    4. Gwendolyn

14. 

    On this day with Brian May! And his badger! 2 July is the anniversary of an 1881 assassination attempt on a US president that ultimately proved successful. The Thursday quiz imagines Queen's legendary guitarist wants you to tell him – and his badger – which president.

    1. James Abram Garfield

    2. Chester Alan Arthur

    3. Rutherford Birchard Hayes

    4. Charles Dexter Ward

15. 

    Michael Phillips (not pictured) has had a healthy dose of attention for claiming to have the world’s smallest penis, and is now crowdfunding for what?

    1. To provide urgently needed medical assistance to victims of the earthquake in Venezuela

    2. To contribute to ending the Ebola outbreak in Africa

    3. To fund research into the scourge of early onset dementia

    4. To fork out for a programme to release genetically modified mosquitoes to combat malaria

    5. To bankroll clean drinking water for children in some of the poorest favelas in Brazil

    6. To shell out on an experimental project to remove microplastics from the ocean to preserve rare wildlife

    7. To have a bigger penis

Solutions

1:C - What a perfect bit of casting she was. Rest well, Penelope, 2:B - The 200-year old church stopped using 'Mormon' to describe itself or its members in 2019, when its leader announced that the Lord had commanded it to drop the title. The Lord is apparently still pissy about other people using the word though, 3:C - It was written for The World Is Not Enough, with the job actually going to Garbage for that movie, 4:B - She climbed the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales – Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) – within 24 hours, which seems an extreme way to have avoided watching England v Panama, 5:B - The UK is pledging £5bn extra for drones, Brazil scored twice, giving you £10bn, and Harborne bunged Farage £5m. £10bn divided by £5m is 2,000 – and no, we are not having any truck with the definition of US or UK billions here, we all know what the common usage is and the Guardian style guide defines it as a thousand million, 6:A - The King & Conqueror star said it was a privilege and 'pretty terrifying' to be cast as the tragic prince in the acclaimed German director Thomas Ostermeier’s production next autumn, 7:A - She played Donna Freedman from 2008 to 2011, long after the Thursday quiz had stopped watching it while hungover as a student, 8:B - Indeed, 9:A - They absolutely pasted the West Indies at the Oval on Tuesday, 10:B - The incursion happened shortly before 9am and knackered the trains for the day, 11:C - Dublin will be in the hot seat for the next six months, 12:D - The National Trust collected seeds from the tree, which was at least 100 years old, and 49 saplings were successfully salvaged to be planted across the country as 'signs of hope', 13:C - According to local media, Gracie was 'fat and happy' when found and had a 'catch me if you can, suckers' attitude. What a good girl, 14:A - Garfield eventually died from the injury in September that year, 15:G - Of course he is. Of course he is

Scores

1. 0 and above.

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