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It is Thursday once more, and so there are 15 vaguely topical or general knowledge questions for you to tackle. You will find them liberally sprinkled with a few poor dad jokes plus the inevitable appearance of some of our regular cast of characters – look out for Ron from Sparks, Kate Bush, Willow the official dog of the Guardian’s Thursday quiz, and hidden references to Doctor Who. There are no prizes, but let us know how you got on in the comments.

The Thursday quiz, No 93

  1. 1.CZECH ELECTION: Who is the new president of the Czech Republic after winning a landslide victory?

  2. 2.YOU CAN’T SAY ANYTHING THESE DAYS: The Associated Press Stylebook apologised after tweeting a list of terms it thought could be considered dehumanising that included which phrase?

    Question faces

  3. 3.NO THANKS: Which actor (not pictured) announced on their 58th birthday last week that they were giving back their OBE?

    An OBE

  4. 4.ON THIS DAY: On 2 February 1585, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway’s twin children (not pictured) were baptised. What were they called?

    William Shakespeare

  5. 5.ON THIS DAY (SLIGHT RETURN): It is also the anniversary of the birth of Eleanor Gwyn, better known as Nell Gwyn and famous for being one of the first women to act on stage in England. She was also known for being a companion to which king?

    Nell Gwyn

  6. 6.GCSE SCIENCE WRITTEN BY AN AI: The Thursday quiz asked ChatGPT: “Write a multiple-choice question for an online quiz about GCSE chemistry,” and it said: “What type of chemical bond is formed between two atoms when they share electrons?”

    ChatGPT

  7. 7.GROUNDHOG DAY AGAIN: It is Groundhog Day. What is the name of the groundhog in the 1993 film starring Bill Murray?

    A groundhog

  8. 8.VEXILLOLOGY: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei and Cambodia all have symbols in the middle of their flags. But on which of them is the symbol a dragon?

    Dragon

  9. 9.ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: The English painter John Craxton (not pictured) bought what for £250 in the 1960s that is now expected to sell for as much as £7m at auction?

    An auctioneer

  10. 10.HIGHER OR LOWER WITH TONY YEBOAH: This week the Leeds United legend wants to know which of these cities in Norway is furthest north.

    Yeboah

  11. 11.MATHS WITH GOTHS: The bouncer at Le Phonographique in Leeds will only let you in if you can spot which of these is a correct chain of conversions of fractions, decimals and percentages. Which is it?

    Goths

  12. 12.KANGAROO ANUS: How much of his £320,000 fee for appearing on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! has the health secretary during the pandemic, Matt Hancock (not pictured), donated to the charity he said he did it to raise awareness for?

    Kangaroo

  13. 13.IT’S A DOG’S LIFE: This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz, playing Pokémon Go. But which Pokémon is she meeting here?

    Willow the miniature dachshund playing Pokémon Go

  14. 14.HER HIPS DON’T LIE (AND THE LAWYERS HAVE CHECKED THIS): It is Shakira’s birthday today. Happy birthday Shakira! But what was the name of the song she sang for the 2010 Fifa World Cup?

    Shakira

  15. 15.NOW THAT’S A BREAK-UP: Who has smashed Spotify’s one-week streaming record with more than 96m streams of her new track Flowers, which is aimed at her ex?

    Smashed records

If you do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers, please feel free to email [email protected], but remember the quizmaster’s word is final, and he isn’t at work on Thursdays.


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