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Midweek arrives and brings one more chance for you to challenge your awareness in our regular challenge. Have you been paying heed to the current events – particularly the quirkier parts? Discover here, while also experiencing a set of boring in-jokes, and then post your score in the comments to let us know how you got on. Allons-y!

Our Queries

1. The historic church is getting its first woman archbishop. Which person?

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

2. The pontiff Leo has revealed his first overseas visit. To which location is the religious leader traveling?

   • The African nation and Libya
   • The European country and Cyprus
   • Turkey and Lebanon
   • Syldavia and Borduria

3. The streaming Prime has altered marketing images on its streaming video platform after people complained it was doing what …

   • Depicting The detective Holmes without his pipe
   • Depicting The adventurer Jones without his leather tool
   • Showing The spy Bond without his firearm
   • Depicting The musician from Sparks without his facial hair

4. Amusingly, the first midweek challenge after the break inquired who France's new government leader was, and just four weeks later they have already been yeeted through the door marked 'do one'. Which France's Prime Minister has just quit, giving President Macron yet another problem?

   • Mr. Lecornu
   • Mr. Darmanin
   • Mr. Bayrou
   • Mr. Colbert

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

   • Rivals
   • The equestrian story

6. Speaking of books, The organization America’s Prohibited in the USA study found what was the most banned book in the current school year in the US?

   • Author Blume’s The novel
   • Anthony Burgess’s The dystopian book
   • Author King's The horror story
   • Singer Barlow's The humorous title

7. At the Tory party conference, the Tories succeeded to distribute a complimentary gift where the word 'Britain' was spelt wrong. Which item was the gift?

   • A sweet bar
   • A tiny jar of honey
   • A labeled container of H2O
   • A very naughty small dachshund

8. This is Willow, the official pet of the midweek quiz. She wants to find out which well-known kids' figure is taking legal action against the producers of the satirical show over their latest apparent depiction of it …

   • The cloth cat
   • Andy Pandy
   • The fox puppet
   • Paddington

9. The current guest canine is Frank, who the Thursday challenge met down the bar. Such a good boy. The dog wants to find out what good cause The individual Scanlon, the man in the Blinking White Guy gif meme, has used his viral popularity to raise funds for

   • HIV/Aids
   • Cardiovascular illness
   • The disease
   • Multiple sclerosis

10. 17 of David Hockney's iPad artworks are to be auctioned at auction. The artworks are of which location?

    • Padstow
    • The Yorkshire location
    • The Hampshire town
    • The Herefordshire market town

11. Which entity will provide a partial reimbursement to the Australian federal administration over a $440,000 document that contained several errors, after confessing it used generative technology to help produce it?

    • Deloitte
    • Accenture
    • KPMG
    • The fictional Cybernetics Corporation

12. And now our lately introduced standard round, comparative with the entertainer's ghost. This week the Thursday quiz envisions the spirit of the pianist would like to know which of these individuals has the greatest number of European Champions League victory medals?

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

13. An academic (the proper scientific term) only discovered he'd received the prestigious prize in medicine when his wife turned her phone on after they had been on a digital break in the western US wilderness. What is his identity?

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

14. Midweek quiz favorite Taylor Swift has a latest record out. What is it called?

    • Confessions of a Romance Novelist
    • The Story of a Showgirl
    • The Curriculum of Romantic sorrow
    • Unusual Creatures of the Ocean

15. And finally … a recent regular segment! Today in history with The guitarist May! And his badger! Currently the midweek challenge imagines the legendary Queen musician wants to learn about the Prague celestial clock. 9 October is usually regarded as the day of the first mention to the existence of the clock. But in which year?

    • The 13th century
    • The 15th century
    • 1610
    • 1810

If you truly do think there has been an egregious mistake in one of the questions or answers – and can show your working and are completely 100% positive you aren’t trying to factcheck a humorous element – you can raise an issue about it in the comments below.