Tina Turner tributes in London

The challenge is the same as it ever was – 15 questions of varying degrees of difficulty, topicality, and downright silliness. You will find them interspersed with some jokes, some political mischief, along with the regular references to Sparks, Kate Bush, Doctor Who and the official dog of the quiz, Willow the miniature dachshund. There are no prizes, but we always like to hear how well you did in the comments.

The Thursday quiz, No 110

  1. 1.SIMPLY THE BEST: We lost Tina Turner last week. Which British pop act was involved in producing her comeback single Let’s Stay Together in 1983?

  2. 2.WE GO AGAIN: Which classic newsroom satire is to get a new lease of life in a stage production?

    A news microphone

  3. 3.IT’S A DOG’S LIFE: This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. She is worried because she can’t remember who broke into a bakers in Connecticut this week and stole 60 cupcakes before running away. Can you remind her?

    Willow, the official dog of the Guardian's Thursday quiz

  4. 4.TWINKLE TWINKLE: Which star in the constellation of Orion (not pictured) is currently freaking out astronomers by pulsating from bright to dim twice as fast as usual?

    Verka

  5. 5.ALSO IN SPACE, BUT A LOT CLOSER: Astronomers have spotted an enormous plume of water vapour blasting out of Enceladus, a tiny moon of which planet?

    Cyberman

  6. 6.HE’S SO HIGH: The renowned US mountain guide Garrett Madison has achieved a rare Everest region “triple crown”, climbing three of the world’s tallest peaks in one season. Aside from what westerners tend to call Mount Everest, what were the other two peaks that make up his “triple crown”?

    Sagarmatha

  7. 7.THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS BULLIES, WITH DOMINIC RAAB: This week the former deputy PM would like to know the name of the bully in the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip?

    Dominic Raab

  8. 8.FAKE OR FOR REAL: One of these is NOT a headline from the Guardian in the past week. Can you spot the story the didn’t make it on to this hallowed website?

    Leah Green and the For Real paddle

  9. 9.GEE, THAT WAS FUN: Speaking of Sparks, they played two massive nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall this week. Of course the quiz master was there. But according to John Lennon, how many holes does it take to fill up an Albert Hall?

    Sparks at the Royal Albert Hall

  10. 10.A BIG SURPRISE: That is a 1977 Sparks song where “boy meets girl and here we go once again”. But why did Latvia wake up and suddenly get the big surprise of a national holiday this week?

    Ron from Sparks

  11. 11.THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE: Element 6 is carbon. Which of these processes does not involve an exchange of carbon?

    Elements

  12. 12.WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2023: Thirty-two non-football questions about the teams in this summer’s Fifa Women’s World Cup, you say? Sign me up! Portugal have qualified for the first time. What was the name of Portugal’s currency before it adopted the euro?

    Portugal women's team

  13. 13.WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2023: South Korea, officially known as the Republic of Korea, are making their fourth appearance at the Fifa Women’s World Cup finals. But in which year was the Republic of Korea founded?

    South Korea women's football team

  14. 14.SWEET BABY CHEESES: Canadian Delaney Irving won the women’s cheese rolling race at Coopers Hill, near Gloucester, England, despite what?

    Some cheeses

  15. 15.ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD: Leyton Orient are still the champions of League Two in the English Football League, and the quiz master is still literally in this photo. Orient’s players have adopted the Grammy-winning country song Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker as an anthem. It is based on a song usually known as Rock Me Mama by whom?

    Leyton Orient

If you think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers, please feel free to email [email protected] but remember the quiz master’s word is final and this town ain’t big enough for both of us.


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