Welcome to the Thursday Quiz, No 1171. It’s time to test your knowledge on recent news events while having a little fun! This quiz consists of 15 questions, some sprinkled with jokes and random nonsense, and even a hidden Doctor Who reference. Plus, we’ve included pictures of our official dog, Willow, and a Pokémon. Let’s see how well you do!
1. Which railway company in the UK is being forced to re-record some of its onboard train announcements due to mispronouncing station names?
2. The future of the Commonwealth Games is thrown into doubt as which Australian state cancels hosting the 2026 event?
3. Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film for Studio Ghibli has finally revealed its English title – The Boy and what?
4. Meet Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz, hiding under the sofa. Can you guess who has been aggressively snatching surfers’ boards in California?
5. In which European country is a town piloting a DNA database for dogs, aiming to trace owners who don’t clean up after their pets?
6. This EU country recently raised the bloc’s largest flagpole. Can you guess which country it is?
7. Out of the following islands or groups of islands, which is the furthest north in the Atlantic Ocean?
8. The Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America have announced simultaneous strikes in Hollywood. This hasn’t happened since when?
9. As we near the end of our non-football questions about the countries in the Fifa Women’s World Cup, can you tell us when England legally adopted God Save the King as its national anthem?
10. The US are the reigning world champions in the Women’s World Cup. The third amendment of the US constitution concerned what?
11. We’re now on element 13 in our round of questions about the elements. Can you name element 13?
12. A musical based on the songs written by Stock Aitken Waterman will feature a digital appearance from whom?
13. In the 1985 movie “The Breakfast Club,” what is the name of the hectoring vice-principal who keeps the characters in Saturday detention?
14. Wimbledon saw its first unseeded women’s champion in the Open era over the weekend. Do you know who it was?
15. Taylor Swift fans had a surprise when her new album went viral on TikTok due to a mispressing that contained something other than her music. Can you guess what it was?
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