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Midweek arrives and presents another opportunity for you to challenge your knowledge in our weekly quiz. Did you pay attention to the current events – especially the quirkier parts? Find out here, while also enduring a set of tedious in-jokes, and then share your score in the feedback section to let us know how you performed. Let's go!

The Queries

1. Canterbury church is welcoming its first female archbishop. Which person?

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

2. Pope Leo has revealed his first overseas visit. To which location is the religious leader heading?

   • Egypt and its neighbor
   • The European country and Cyprus
   • Turkey and the Middle Eastern country
   • Syldavia and its rival

3. The streaming Prime has changed promotional images on its streaming video service after people objected it was performing what …

   • Depicting The detective Holmes without his tobacco accessory
   • Showing Indiana Jones without his leather tool
   • Depicting James Bond without his firearm
   • Depicting Ron from Sparks without his moustache

4. Hilariously, the first Thursday challenge after the hiatus inquired who France's new government leader was, and just four weeks later they have already been removed through the door labeled 'do one'. Which France's PM has just resigned, giving Emmanuel Macron yet another problem?

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

5. The world mourned Author Cooper, renowned for her 'romantic' romance novels. Which of these pair very famous ones came first?

   • Rivals
   • The equestrian story

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

   • Judy Blume’s The novel
   • Author Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange
   • Author King's Carrie
   • Singer Barlow's The humorous title

7. At the Conservative party conference, the Tories managed to give out a free present where the term 'Britain' was spelt wrong. What was the gift?

   • A chocolate bar
   • A tiny container of sweet substance
   • A branded bottle of H2O
   • A extremely mischievous small dachshund

8. The is Willow, the official pet of the Thursday quiz. She would like to know which well-known kids' character is taking legal action against the producers of the satirical show over their recent apparent depiction of it …

   • The cloth cat
   • Andy Pandy
   • Basil Brush
   • The bear from Peru

9. This week's guest dog is The pup, who the midweek challenge met down the bar. Such a well-behaved dog. The dog wants to find out what charitable effort Drew Scanlon, the man in the viral animation internet phenomenon, has utilized his online popularity to raise funds for

   • The health condition
   • Heart disease
   • The disease
   • The neurological disorder

10. Seventeen of David Hockney's iPad artworks are to be auctioned at sale. The artworks are of where?

    • Padstow
    • The Yorkshire location
    • The Hampshire town
    • Ledbury

11. Who will offer a limited refund to the Australian federal government over a $440,000 report that included several errors, after admitting it employed AI technology to assist produce it?

    • The consulting firm
    • The professional services company
    • The audit firm
    • The fictional Cybernetics Corporation

12. And now our lately introduced standard segment, comparative with the entertainer's spirit. This week the midweek challenge imagines the ghost of the pianist would like to know which of these individuals has the greatest number of Uefa Champions League victory medals?

    • Sergio Ramos
    • The forward Benzema
    • Luka Modrić
    • Kate Bush

13. An academic (the correct scientific word) only found out he'd won the Nobel prize in medicine when his spouse turned her mobile on after they had been on a technology detox in the western US backcountry. What is his identity?

    • Mr. Branscombe
    • Mr. Denshaw
    • Fred Ramsdell
    • Mr. Dugnutt

14. Midweek challenge favorite Taylor Swift has a new record out. What is it named?

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

15. Lastly … a new regular round! Today in history with The guitarist May! Plus his badger! This week the midweek quiz envisions the legendary Queen musician wants to know about the Prague celestial timepiece. 9 October is generally considered as the date of the first mention to the presence of the clock. However in which date?

    • 1210
    • 1410
    • The 17th century
    • The 19th century

If you truly do think there has been an glaring error in one of the queries or responses – and can show your working and are absolutely 100% positive you are not attempting to factcheck a joke – you can raise an issue about it in the comments below.