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The Thursday quiz, an oasis of calm, tranquility and silliness in the midst of a turbulent world. You face 15 questions on topical news and general knowledge, with more than a few repetitive in-jokes thrown in. This week, as a mark of clemency and kindness, the Thursday quiz has decided to avoid all politics. There are no prizes, but let us know how you got on in the comments.

The Thursday quiz, No 194

  1. 1.Nepal has raised the cost of a permit to climb Chomolungma, also known as Mount Everest. How much does it cost?

    Chomolungma

  2. 2.Timothée Chalamet has claimed he was fined £65 in London for doing what?

    Timothée Chalamet

  3. 3.A cat (not pictured) became a frequent flier when their cage wasn’t unloaded from a plane, and so they made three trips between New Zealand and Australia. What was her name?

    An Air New Zealand passenger plane

  4. 4.Residents of a beach resort in the south of England are in a fury with council plans to demolish what is believed to be the first municipal beach hut built in the UK, dating back to 1909. Where?

    Buckets on the beach

  5. 5.Scotland’s largest haggis maker is creating a ‘compliant’ recipe of the delicious dish (pictured, before) to circumvent a US ban on importing sheep’s lung. What are they replacing it with in the new recipe?

    A sheep

  6. 6.What have aquarium owners in Japan done to cheer up a lonely sunfish?

    A sunfish

  7. 7.There was a huge outpouring of sadness when we lost director David Lynch last week. What was his debut feature film called?

    David Lynch

  8. 8.It’s scores on the doors with Swindon’s Diana Dors. This week the statue wants to talk about Australian rules football, a game much more enjoyable when punch-ups are involved. You get one point for scoring a ‘behind’ using the outer posts. How much do you get for thwacking it between the two biggest sticks and scoring a goal?

    Statue of Diana Dors outside the Cineworld cinema in West Swindon

  9. 9.This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. She wants to know until which year Erling Haaland is contracted to Manchester City …

    Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz

  10. 10.This week’s geography subject is Cameroon. Which country borders Cameroon to the west?

    Cameroon supporters

  11. 11.In which year did Scooby Doo (not quite pictured) make his US TV debut?

    Scooby!

  12. 12.The Oxford University Press identified children’s three favourite slang words in the UK this week. Which of these is the odd one out and wasn’t on the list?

    Children

  13. 13.Washington Capitals goalie Logan Thompson blamed what for him conceding a goal in the NHL this week?

    Ice hockey

  14. 14.It’s Karl-Heinz and his opening lines (which doesn’t quite rhyme). This week the Thursday quiz imagines the German soccer legend would like you to identify the Oscar Wilde play that opens with the line: ‘Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?’

    Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

  15. 15.The owner of Lock House is complaining they can’t sell it because which singer, who lived there for six months, has described it as ‘quite scary’, which people have interpreted to mean haunted?

    Some Halloween decorations in a pub

If you really do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers – and can show your working and are absolutely 100% positive you aren’t attempting to factcheck a joke – you can complain about it in the comments below. Why not watch Killing It by Disgusting Sisters instead.

Killing It by Disgusting Sisters


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