Is there anything worse on the internet than those terrible faux-nostalgia poems designed to get older people to forward them on like grim chain letters about how everything was better back in the day – provided you ignore the disease, poverty and cruelty of the age? It turns out that there is something worse than that on the internet – a quiz based on one because the quiz master is on holiday. Have fun! The Thursday quiz, No 122 1.I REMEMBER THE CORNED BEEF OF MY CHILDHOOD: Corned beef, a product still readily available in supermarkets today and also for several centuries before this terrible poem was written, is often made by Fray Bentos. Where does Fray Bentos get its name from? Corned beef A town in Colombia A regional district in Chile A mountain in Argentina A port in Uruguay Reveal 2.AND THE BREAD THAT WE CUT WITH A KNIFE: Who starred as Benoit Blanc in Knives Out? Pure black Knives Rian Johnson Daniel Craig Michael Shannon Chris Evans Reveal 3.WHEN THE CHILDREN HELPED WITH THE HOUSEWORK: Who is credited by the Hoover company for inventing the "suction sweeper" that launched the company in the early 1900s? Hoover logo Murray Spangler Emmett Brown Egon Spengler Eric Stahlman Reveal 4.AND THE MEN WENT TO WORK, NOT THE WIFE: Unpaid labour is still labour. But what was Australian band Men at Work"s biggest international hit? Australian flags The Safety Dance Down Under Live It Up Beds Are Burning Reveal 5.THE CHEESE NEVER NEEDED A FRIDGE: What is the biggest selling brand of cheese in the US? A cow Land O"Lakes Borden Kraft singles Plastic Reveal 6.AND THE BREAD WAS SO CRUSTY AND HOT: Bread again. A thing which still has crusts, can be heated, and exists in 2023. But who wrote the British TV sitcom Bread, which ran from 1986 to 1991? Bread Carla Lane Jimmy Perry and David Croft Craig Cash and Phil Mealey Caroline Aherne Reveal 7.THE CHILDREN WERE SELDOM UNHAPPY: Unless they were really ill with diseases that can now be prevented. Which year did the World Health Organization declare that smallpox had been eradicated? Monkeypox 1970 1980 1990 2000 Reveal 8.AND THE WIFE WAS CONTENT WITH HER LOT: Lot"s wife, on the other hand, was turned into a pillar of salt in which book of the Old Testament? Salt and pepper Exodus Leviticus Genesis Marillion Reveal 9.I REMEMBER THE MILK FROM THE BOTTLE: Milk still comes from cows (and goats, sheep, soya and almonds too of course) but is it the official state beverage of New York? Cows True False Reveal 10.WITH THE YUMMY CREAM ON THE TOP: Willow, the official dog of the Thursday quiz, is slightly miffed she has never had a puppuccino, which is a small cup of whipped cream. But the band Cream featured bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton and which drummer? Willow, the official dog of the Guardian"s Thursday quiz Keith Moon Mitch Mitchell ‎Norman "Dinky" Diamond Ginger Baker Reveal 11.OUR DINNER CAME HOT FROM THE OVEN: Which of these metals has the highest boiling point? Gas ring Tungsten Copper Manganese Beryllium Reveal 12.AND NOT FROM A FREEZER, OR SHOP: What were you putting in the oven that didn"t come from a shop unless you owned a farm? Talking of farms, what is the name of the inspirational pig that preaches a revolution in George Orwell"s Animal Farm but dies before it comes to pass? Piggies Sgt Rock Old Major Plantagenet Wise Ol" Tom Reveal 13.THE KIDS WERE A LOT MORE CONTENTED, THEY DIDN’T NEED MONEY FOR KICKS: How many pennies were there in a pre-decimal pound sterling? Silver pennies 20 60 120 240 Reveal 14.JUST A GAME WITH THEIR FRIENDS UP THE ROAD, AND SOMETIMES THE SATURDAY FLICKS: Hang on, if you didn"t need money for kicks [see question 13], how were you getting into the movies without paying? You sound like juvenile delinquents. Anyway, which movie won the Oscar for best picture earlier this year? The Hyde Park picture house Everything Everywhere All at Once All Quiet on the Western Front Tár Triangle of Sadness Reveal 15.I REMEMBER THE SHOP ON THE CORNER: Ah yes, shops, another thing the modern world has done away with. What was the name of Cornershop"s biggest hit single in the UK? Cornershop Dub Be Good to Me The Rockafeller Skank Brimful of Asha Caravan of Love