A couple of weeks ago the quiz master received possibly the most unnecessarily rude and sneering email complaining about a minor typo that he has ever seen. It was nothing to do with the Thursday quiz, but he is still furious about it, so thought he would mention it. Here is this week’s selection of 15 general knowledge, vaguely topical and downright obscure and silly questions, which will now almost certainly include a minor typo somewhere. Let us know how you got on in the comments, but do try and avoid suggesting the quiz master learned nothing at school and doesn’t give a [REDACTED] about their job. Have fun! The Thursday quiz, No 114 1.[PLACEHOLDER TEXT]: What is the name of the "law" which maintains: "If you write anything criticising editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written." Judge holding gavel in courtroom Poe"s law Betteridge"s law Godwin"s law Muphry"s law Reveal 2.COUP WAS THAT: Who is the boss of the Wagner PMC group which staged an aborted armed rebellion in Russia at the weekend? A man takes down a Wagner poster Vyacheslav Gladkov Dmitry Peskov Yevgeny Prigozhin Sergei Shoigu Reveal 3.MATHS WITH RISHI SUNAK: An interim study by the Electoral Commission said how many people were turned away from voting in May"s local elections in England due to new voter ID restrictions? Rishi Sunak About 14,000 About 8,000 About 4,000 Exactly 1,057 Reveal 4.THE WORLD"S UGLIEST DOG: Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz, is not the world"s ugliest dog. But she does know that a dog from Tucson, Arizona, has just been granted that title. Who? Willow Scooter Bluto Hugo Potus Reveal 5.YUM YUM: A restaurant called Central has just been declared the best in the world. It is located in the capital of which South American country? An empty plate set on a table with knife and fork Ecuador Peru Uruguay Chile Reveal 6.WOMEN"S WORLD CUP 2023: On the topic of South America, here are this week"s non-football questions about some of the 32 teams at this year"s Fifa Women"s World Cup, which looms ever closer. How many countries does Brazil share a land border with? Brazil in the U17 World Cup 6 8 10 14 Reveal 7.WOMEN"S WORLD CUP 2023: Canada"s women will also be at the Fifa Women"s World Cup. Sam Panopoulos claims to have invented what type of pizza in Canada in the early 1960s? Pizza base being prepared Calzone pizza (available in different varieties but crucially folded) Hawaiian pizza (pineapple and ham) Windsor pizza (maple syrup and apple with bacon) New Yorker pizza (pastrami, pickle and rocket) Reveal 8.WHAT A MISTAKE-A TO MAKE-A!: Nine men have been charged with “causing public alarm” near Turin after doing what as part of a stag do? Italian police Stripping the stag naked and then suspending him in gaffer tape from a city landmark Staging what appeared to be an armed kidnap of the stag Getting obscene tattoos on their foreheads Releasing 30-50 feral hogs into town Reveal 9.THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE: Element number 10 is neon. Which of these bands has NOT released a cover version of Kraftwerk"s song Neon Lights? Elements Depeche Mode U2 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Señor Coconut and his Orchestra Reveal 10.TOUGH ON CRIME, TOUGH ON CAUSES OF CRIME: John Murray, a university friend of Keir Starmer, told a podcast that the Labour leader had been caught doing which of these naughty things on the French Riviera when they were both students? Keir Starmer Illegally selling ice-creams Illegally drinking underage Illegally working in a night club Illegally proroguing parliament Reveal 11.HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Today is the anniversary of the birth of Eva Narcissus Boyd, better known as Little Eva. Which dance craze song was she famous for, taking it to No 1 the US in 1962? Little Eva The Mashed Potato The Chicken Walk The Castrovalva The Loco-Motion Reveal 12.THE WORLD"S MOST FAMOUS BULLIES, WITH DOMINIC RAAB: This week the former deputy PM would like to know: what was the name of the bullying medical professional played by Louise Fletcher in the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? Dominic Raab Nurse Ratched Novice Hame Sister Buckingham Gavin Williams Reveal 13.BEAT THE CLOCK: The 1979 song was one of Sparks" biggest hits in the UK. But this week a shot put and hammer throw champion unexpectedly ran in the 100m hurdles at the European Championships to avoid her team being disqualified. Who was Jolien Boumkwo representing? Ron Mael from Sparks The Netherlands France Germany Belgium Reveal 14.ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD: Leyton Orient are still the champions of League Two in the English Football League, and the quiz master is still literally in this photo. Orient"s mascots are called Theo and Cleo, but which Cleo frequently appeared with the much-missed Kenny Everett on his TV shows? Leyton Orient Cleo Lemon Cleo Moore Cleo Demetriou Cleo Rocos Reveal 15.OOOH MATRON: Which pop star (not pictured) is stepping down as CEO of her lingerie brand, Savage X Fenty? Kenneth Williams Miley Cyrus Rihanna Lizzo Kate Bush