The fates have conspired to strike a vicious blow against the Thursday quiz, but despite being incapacitated, the quiz master has bravely mustered the strength from his sickbed to write 15 general knowledge and vaguely topical questions for your entertainment. There will be Kate Bush. There will be hidden references to Doctor Who. There will be jokes that people will then fact-check in the comments for some reason. There are no prizes, but let us know how you got on. The Thursday quiz, No 72 1.THANK YOU BILL: We lost the lovely BBC Breakfast and Classic FM presenter Bill Turnbull last week. But what was the name of the book he published about one of his hobbies? How To Build a Motorbike The Bad Beekeepers Club Weathering for Railway Modellers Fly the Wing – Hooking into Hang-gliding Reveal 2.DEAD LETTER OFFICE: Which music star has decided after many years to sue the FBI to see the contents of the files kept about them? Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and the Hollies Todd Rundgren of Nazz, solo artist, and the producer of the first Sparks album Micky Dolenz of the Monkees Lindsey Buckingham of Buckingham Nicks and Fleetwood Mac Reveal 3.I"M SORRY DAVE I"M AFRAID I CAN"T DO THAT: Which country"s digital minister is trying to eliminate the floppy discs that are still required for 1,900 government-related procedures such as submitting applications and other documents? Japan Slovakia India Argentina Reveal 4.BORK, BORK, BORK!: The Swedish prime minister sent congratulations to the wrong Liz Truss on Twitter, and my how we all laughed at this mistaken identity. Who is Sweden"s prime minister? Sanna Marin Mette Frederiksen Ann Linde Magdalena Andersson Reveal 5.ON THIS DAY: 8 September 1504 is often given as the date the Renaissance sculpture masterpiece David was unveiled to the public outside the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Who sculpted it? Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Sandro Botticelli Donatello Reveal 6.WE MISS YOU, GARY: It would have been the birthday of the much-loved and much-missed Welsh footballer Gary Speed today. With which team did he win the English First Division championship in 1991–92? Leeds United Newcastle United Everton Bolton Wanderers Reveal 7.HEY! LUCIANI: Immortalised in the song Hey! Luciani by the Fall, and recently beatified by Pope Francis, for how long was John Paul I the pope in 1978? 13 days 23 days 33 days 43 days Reveal 8.GCSE SCIENCE WITH STEVIE NICKS: Gold Dust Woman was written and sung by Stevie on Fleetwood Mac"s Rumours album. But what is the atomic number of gold? 19 39 59 79 Reveal 9.THE VINYL COUNTDOWN: What does the EMI stand for in the name of the record label EMI? English Music Industries Electrogram and Magnetic Industries Electric and Musical Industries Electric and Music Incorporated Reveal 10.1966 AND ALL THAT: A series of questions that aren"t about football leading up to the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar, a country that David Beckham has described as "perfection". The 1974 Fifa World Cup was held in West Germany. But with Berlin divided, what was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990? Bonn Bremen Düsseldorf Frankfurt am Main Reveal 11.WEIRD WORDS: Which of these words, according to the Collins dictionary online, means "an ornament at the top of a piece of furniture" Frobly-mobly Flarnecking Fanon Finial Reveal 12.TAMMY"S TEASER: Tammy Wynette had a hit single with D-I-V-O-R-C-E in 1968. But which O was in the Wombles ? Odesa Orinoco Orcini Okanogan Reveal 13.IT"S ALL GREEK TO ME: Nasa has been trying to launch its Artemis mission. But in Greek mythology, who was the father of the goddess Artemis? Zeus Alpheus Dionysus Apollo Reveal 14.IT"S ALL GREEK TO ME (SLIGHT RETURN): The Tunnel of Eupalinos is considered one of the great achievements of ancient engineering. On which Greek island is it? Crete Kefalonia Ithaca Samos Reveal 15.IT IS TOO EARLY FOR ALL THAT XMAS NONSENSE: Who (not pictured) this week announced they would be releasing their first dedicated Christmas album in nearly two decades? Sir Cliff Richard Michael Bublé Michael Ball Kate Bush