A lovely fleece, a hip priest and the number of the beast – take the Thursday quiz

  • 7/8/2021
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We meet again. I’ve got 15 questions about topical news and general knowledge with some jokes and weird facts thrown in, and you’ve got a desperate desire to find something that will kill exactly two minutes and fifty-seven seconds of your Thursday. And then you will get cross because one of the questions unexpectedly involves anagrams. Let us know how you get on in the comments, but remember, it is just for fun and there are no refunds. The Thursday quiz, No 11 1.GLOBAL NEWS: The ship that gained notoriety for blocking up the Suez canal earlier in the year is being released by Egyptian authorities who have held it since it was dislodged on 29 March. But what was its name? Evergreen Ever Given Ever Ready Ever Clear Reveal 2.SPORT: Emma Raducanu withdrew from her Wimbledon fourth-round match on Monday. But who was her opponent? Ajla Tomljanović Ashleigh Barty Karolína Plíšková Aryna Sabalenka Reveal 3.FATE & FORTUNE: 10-year-old Irish lad William Woods won €1,000 (£860) in a prize draw at Christmas. This week he was interviewed about how he"d spent the money. What did he buy? €1,000 worth of Lego because "I can"t get enough Star Wars sets" €1,000 worth of sweets because "I wanted the world"s biggest pick"n"mix" Invested €1,000 in Tesla shares because "Elon Musk is a super-villain" €1,000 worth of baby cows because "I missed my friends so much" Reveal 4.ON THIS DAY: It is the anniversary of the day that Roswell army airfield issued a press release reporting the recovery of a "flying disc" from a ranch near Roswell, sparking the Roswell UFO incident and a million conspiracy theories. Which year though? 1942 1947 1953 1961 Reveal 5.AD ASTRA: Today also marks the anniversary of the 135th and final launch of a US space shuttle by Nasa, 10 years ago. Which shuttle flew the last mission? Atlantis Discovery Endeavour Enterprise Reveal 6.YET MORE SPACE: This week Chinese astronauts performed a space walk outside their new space station – called Tiangong station. But what does the name mean in English? Heavenly Questions Goddess of the Moon Heavenly Palace Storm Reveal 7.LOVELY FLEECE: The 1963 movie Jason and the Argonauts depicts the quest for the "Golden Fleece". In Greek myth, what was the name of the legendary golden-woolled winged ram that was the source of the fleece? Pegasus Chrysomallos Telos Charybdis Reveal 8.HIP PRIEST: Mark E Smith once famously said: "If it"s me and yer granny on bongos, it"s the Fall." But according to the Wikipedia timeline of members of the Fall – the official source for the Thursday quiz – how many permanent members of the Fall were there over the course of the band"s history? 28 36 43 79 Reveal 9.TURBULENT PRIEST: While on the subject of priests, history records that the archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket met his end after an English king exclaimed "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" and some over-enthusiastic aides obliged. Which king? Edward II Henry VIII Richard I Henry II Reveal 10.NUMBER OF THE BEAST: Earlier this year #TimsTwitterListeningParty held their 666th event. Which LP did everyone listen to along with the artist? Iron Maiden"s Powerslave Slayer"s Reign in Blood Black Sabbath"s Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Kate Bush"s 50 Words For Snow Reveal 11.SCIENCE: What is the chemical symbol for silver? S Si Ag Ar Reveal 12.KIDS TV: Disney"s Donald Duck has a ludicrous middle name. What is it? Eggbert Artemis Lysander Fauntleroy Reveal 13.MOVIES: The Cannes film festival opened with the new Leos Carax movie – Annette – starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. But which lovable but arty pop duo have supplied the music? Sparks Erasure Pet Shop Boys Daphne & Celeste Reveal 14.MONEY: The BBC published its annual list of its highest-paid stars, with Gary Lineker top of the pile. But who was the highest-paid woman? Plot twist – it"s anagram time… Fae Rubicon Ann Euler Laver Lola Zeb Evans Fez Slat Reveal 15.ONLY IN AUSTRIA: A 65-year-old man “felt a ‘nip’ in the genital area” shortly after sitting on the toilet at his home in Graz just after 6am on Monday, according to a statement from police in Styria province. He then looked into the toilet and discovered … what? A baby alligator! A python! A rat! A beaver!

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