The quiz master remains on holiday, but before he departed he left behind a crumpled up piece of paper behind a filing cabinet with 14 questions written on it which has taken ages for some poor soul at the Guardian’s office to type in. As ever, the questions are on general knowledge and topical trivia, there’s a hidden Doctor Who reference to find, there’s a picture of the divine Kate Bush, and one question is for no readily apparent reason formatted with anagrams. Have fun – let us know how you get on in the comments. The Thursday quiz, No 22 1.TO THE STARS!: Who was the first woman in space? Yelena Serova Valentina Tereshkova Yelena Kondakova Svetlana Savitskaya Reveal 2.WHAT THE HELL IS IT THIS TIME: That"s a Sparks song that imagines a busy god vexed every time someone prays to them because of something trivial like hoping that Arsenal wins. But that’s not important right now. The first four books of the Old Testament are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and…? Deuteronomy Judges Numbers Ecclesiastes Reveal 3.ENSEMBLE CASTS: Which US children"s TV series features characters with the surnames Rogers, Blake and Dinkley Scooby Doo Spongebob Squarepants The Flintstones Wacky Races Reveal 4.GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital city of Sierra Leone Kampala Freetown Libreville Kinshasa Reveal 5.EYE KNOW WHO YOU ARE: Which British politician is this? Michael Gove Keir Starmer Dominic Raab Matt Hancock Reveal 6.MUSIC: In 2011 who had a top ten selling album in the UK with Let England Shake? Laura Marling Florence + The Machine PJ Harvey Kate Bush Reveal 7.EARLY SCIENCE FICTION: R.U.R. or "Rossum"s Universal Robots" was a play in the 1920s that introduced the word robot for artificial beings into the English language. Who wrote it? Taren Capel Karel Čapek Jaroslav Kvapil Antonín Dvořák Reveal 8.COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING: While we are on the topic of plays, which of these plays by Joe Orton was performed first? The Good and Faithful Servant What the Butler Saw Loot Entertaining Mr Sloane Reveal 9.WHO SAID IT: Which leading woman in tech said: “Done is better than perfect”? Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook Ellen Pao, former CEO of Reddit danah boyd, founder and president of Data & Society Research Institute Reveal 10.ANAGRAM TIME: He is the undisputed King of Rock"n"Roll®, but which of these is NOT the name of an Elvis movie? Plot twist – it is anagram time… Core Gel Ink Hair Sock Joule Karate Throb Heel Remelted Oven Reveal 11.TRUE OR FALSE: The Nintendo company which produces the Super Mario games was founded in 1889? True False Reveal 12.TV & FILM: Jared Harris played which character in HBO"s Chernobyl? Valery Legasov Boris Shcherbina Anatoly Dyatlov Vasily Ignatenko Reveal 13.POETRY CORNER: Which famous poem opens with these line: "April is the cruellest month, breeding / Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing / Memory and desire, stirring / Dull roots with spring rain." T. S. Eliot"s The Waste Land Robert Frost"s The Road Not Taken Wallace Stevens" Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Paul Laurence Dunbar"s We Wear the Mask Reveal 14.SCIENCE CORNER: Which of these sentences best describes a compound? A substance made from atoms of one element A substance made from atoms of two elements A substance made from atoms of two elements that are chemically bonded A substance made from atoms of two or more elements that are chemically bonded