A beach mystery, a much-loved drummer and chatbots galore – take the Thursday quiz

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Today is the 100th edition of the Guardian Thursday quiz, and to honour this great event we asked ChatGPT to write a celebratory centenary poem about it. Here it is. On Thursday’s eve, a challenge begins, A quiz that’s tricky, full of twists and grins, From politics to culture, and all in between, The Guardian’s quiz, a true mental scene. With a love for the game, and a mind that’s keen, We’ll tackle the quiz, like a true trivia machine, And as we finish, with a sigh of relief, We’ll feel accomplished, and filled with belief. So let us embrace, the Guardian’s Thursday quiz, A challenge of knowledge, that’s hard to dismiss, A test of our smarts, and a showcase of skill, The Guardian’s quiz, a thrill that we’ll never fill. Who among us hasn’t felt accomplished as they finished with a sigh of relief, eh? Anyway, there were several more verses of it, but you get the gist – on with the quiz! The Thursday quiz, No 100 1.OOOH LA LA: Emmanuel Macron"s government used special powers to force through pension reforms without a vote last week, raising the pension age in France from 62 to 64. What article of the constitution did they invoke to pass the measure? Emmanuel Macron Article 19.3 of the constitution Article 29.3 of the constitution Article 39.3 of the constitution Article 49.3 of the constitution Reveal 2.PROPAGANDA: That is the title track of the fourth Sparks album. Home secretary, Suella Braverman, was accused of rewarding favourable coverage by excluding left-leaning and liberal news outlets from her taxpayer-funded government business trip to Rwanda. Which of these TV channels did she take? Ron Mael Russia Today GB News TalkTV OANN Reveal 3.NID YW CYMRU AR WERTH: Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, spoke of his emotion upon seeing a letter written to the king of France, Charles VI, in 1406 asking for help in the Welsh fight against English rule. Who sent it? Wales flag at the football Goronwy Owain Glyndŵr Cynan Dindaethwy Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Reveal 4.I"LL DRINK TO THAT: Campa Cola is returning to supermarket shelves after being a successful replacement for Coca-Cola and Pepsi during the 1970s and 1980s. Where? Campa Cola Vietnam South Africa Angola India Reveal 5.CHOO-CHOO! Great British Railways is due to take over from Network Rail in the confusing mish-mash that passes for a train system in Great Britain these days. This week its new HQ was announced (not pictured). Where? Pitlochry station Crewe Derby Doncaster Birmingham Reveal 6.DOER-UPPER: A man renovating his kitchen (not pictured) has found a 400-year-old wall painting of “national significance” in which English city? Stock photo of a kitchen York Canterbury Winchester Chichester Reveal 7.YOU CAN"T WATCH THAT: Hong Kong has cancelled a screening of a British slasher movie featuring which beloved childhood character? Cinema scenes Peter Pan Paddington Bear Winnie The Pooh Doctor Who Reveal 8.HEADLESS: An appeal has been launched to recover the head of what after it was discovered washed up on a Hampshire beach (not pictured)? A beach The figurehead from a Napoleonic-war era British navy ship A smalltooth sand tiger shark A statue thought to be of the emperor Claudius from around the time of the Roman invasion Thor the Walrus Reveal 9.I WILL HAVE THAT, THANKS: On this day Waltham Abbey was the last monastery in England to surrender to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Which year? Waltham Abbey 1340 1440 1540 1640 Reveal 10.OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM, AI AI OH: Not only does ChatGPT write terrible poetry, but it has a new rival from Google. What is Google"s new AI chatbot, which launched Tuesday, called? K-9 Bard Opal Tay Wotan Reveal 11.ON THIS DAY (SLIGHT RETURN): On this day two years ago the world watched agog as a massive container ship got hilariously stuck in the Suez Canal. What was she called? An aerial view of the ship stuck in the canal Ever Relentless Ever Ready Ever Green Ever Given Reveal 12.IT"S A DOG"S LIFE: This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. She is wondering whether a fossil will ever be named after her like the fossil plesiosaur now on display at the Charmouth Heritage Coast centre which was found by a dog in Dorset. What is the name of the fossil – and the dog? Willow, the official dog of the Guardian"s Thursday quiz Edwina Raffles Buddy Luna Reveal 13.GCSE SCIENCE CORNER: 2.0 A current flows through a 0.5 Ω resistor. What is the potential difference across the resistor? Science! 1.0 V 1.5 V 4.0 V 30-50 feral hogs Reveal 14.MATHS WITH GOTHS: Fields of the Nephilim want to know, if you have a triangle with a base of eight ancient Sumerian cubits, and it is six ancient Sumerian cubits high, how many ancient Sumerian square cubits is its area? Fields Of The Nephilim 14 ancient Sumerian square cubits 24 ancient Sumerian square cubits 36 ancient Sumerian square cubits 48 ancient Sumerian square cubits Reveal 15.ONE TWO THREE FOUR TAKE THE ELEVATOR: Jack White published a poem defending the White Stripes" drummer after a critic besmirched her playing style. Who was the White Stripes" drummer? White Stripes Kristen White Nancy White Meg White Kate Bush

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