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Midweek comes around and brings one more chance for you to challenge your awareness in our weekly challenge. Did you pay heed to the current events – particularly the quirkier bits? Find out here, while also experiencing a series of tedious in-jokes, and then share your result in the comments to let us know how you performed. Allons-y!

The Questions

1. The historic church is welcoming its first female archbishop. Which person?

   • Ms. Connelly
   • Ms. Mullally
   • Ms. Bellamy
   • Grace Holloway

2. The pontiff Leo has announced his first overseas tour. To which location is the religious leader heading?

   • Egypt and Libya
   • Greece and Cyprus
   • Turkey and the Middle Eastern country
   • Syldavia and Borduria

3. The streaming Prime has altered marketing images on its streaming video service after people objected it was doing what …

   • Showing The detective Holmes without his tobacco accessory
   • Showing Indiana Jones without his leather tool
   • Depicting James Bond without his gun
   • Depicting The musician from Sparks without his moustache

4. Hilariously, the first midweek quiz after the break asked who France's new prime minister was, and just a month later they have already been yeeted through the door marked 'do one'. Which France's Prime Minister has just resigned, giving President Macron yet another headache?

   • Sébastien Lecornu
   • Mr. Darmanin
   • Mr. Bayrou
   • Léon Colbert

5. The world mourned Author Cooper, renowned for her 'romantic' love novels. Which of these pair very famous ones was published first?

   • Rivals
   • Riders

6. Speaking of books, PEN America’s Prohibited in the USA report found what was the most banned publication in the current academic year in the US?

   • Author Blume’s Forever
   • Anthony Burgess’s The dystopian book
   • Author King's The horror story
   • Gary Barlow's The humorous title

7. During the Tory political conference, the Conservatives managed to give out a free present where the word 'The country' was spelled wrong. What was the present?

   • A chocolate bar
   • A tiny jar of honey
   • A branded bottle of H2O
   • A very mischievous miniature dog breed

8. The is Willow, the designated dog of the midweek quiz. The dog would like to know which well-known kids' figure is suing the producers of the satirical show over their latest seeming depiction of it …

   • Bagpuss
   • The stringed puppet
   • Basil Brush
   • The bear from Peru

9. The current guest dog is Frank, who the Thursday quiz encountered down the bar. Such a good boy. He would like to know what good cause Drew Scanlon, the person in the Blinking White Guy gif internet phenomenon, has utilized his viral popularity to raise funds for

   • HIV/Aids
   • Heart disease
   • Cancer
   • The neurological disorder

10. Seventeen of The artist Hockney's iPad artworks are to be sold at auction. The drawings are of where?

    • The Cornish town
    • Woldgate
    • Gosport
    • Ledbury

11. Who will provide a partial refund to Australia's federal government over a $440,000 document that contained several errors, after admitting it employed AI technology to help produce it?

    • Deloitte
    • Accenture
    • The audit firm
    • The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation

12. Next up our recently introduced regular round, least or most with the entertainer's ghost. Currently the midweek quiz imagines the spirit of Liberace would like to find out which of these individuals has the MOST European Champions League winners' medals?

    • Sergio Ramos
    • Karim Benzema
    • The midfielder Modrić
    • The singer Bush

13. A boffin (the correct technical term) only discovered he'd won the prestigious award in medical science when his spouse switched her phone on after they had been on a digital detox in the American West wilderness. Which is his name?

    • Jed Branscombe
    • Mr. Denshaw
    • Mr. Ramsdell
    • Mr. Dugnutt

14. Thursday challenge favourite The singer Swift has a new record out. Which title is it named?

    • Confessions of a Romance Novelist
    • The Life of a Showgirl
    • The Curriculum of Romantic sorrow
    • Unusual Creatures of the Ocean

15. Lastly … a new regular round! Today in history with Brian May! Plus his badger! Currently the Thursday quiz envisions the iconic Queen guitarist wants to learn about the Czech astronomical clock. October 9 is usually regarded as the day of the first mention to the existence of the clock. But in which date?

    • The 13th century
    • 1410
    • The 17th century
    • 1810

If you truly do think there has been an egregious error in a single of the questions or responses – and can demonstrate your working and are completely 100% certain you are not attempting to verify a joke – you can raise an issue about it in the comments below.