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Last week, the Thursday quiz idly speculated as to whether Lady Jane Grey, having been queen for less time than Liz Truss was in Downing Street, went on a similar book promotional tour. Many readers pointed out in the comments that in fact she was imprisoned and executed. May the quiz gently draw your attention to the rules about there being no need to factcheck obvious jokes. It is quite clear that Lady Jane Grey did not embark on such a venture. For a start, unlike Liz Truss, she did not write a hubristic book arguing she had been right all along, or issue legal threats to the powers that be insisting they refrain from saying she crashed the economy. Anyhoo, here is this week’s quiz. Enjoy!

The Thursday quiz, No 202

  1. 1.The US social media influencer Sam Jones became public enemy No 1 in Australia after she posted a video of her snatching what from the side of the road?

  2. 2.The 90s singer Dawn Robinson was revealed to have been living in her car (not pictured), saying she had become devoted to the lifestyle. Which group did she sell millions of records with?

    Bessie

  3. 3.People in the village of Flamstead in rural Hertfordshire are being harassed by what, which keeps targeting taller men (pictured)?

    A man on the beach

  4. 4.While arguing about the precise definition of being stranded in space, you’ve had nine months to learn the names of the two people who went on an eight-day mission and then stayed in orbit for 286 days (not pictured). Who are they?

    Vintage 1980s space Lego

  5. 5.Who unexpectedly welcomed the astronauts home on their splashdown from space?

    Splashdown

  6. 6.The solid bronze head of Melbourne’s decapitated King George V statue appears to have briefly reappeared in public on stage during a performance by whom?

    A beheaded statue of King George V

  7. 7.The Thursday quiz seems ever closer to being ushered out of its day job by robots after a newspaper in which country claimed it had published an edition entirely generated by artificial intelligence?

    Cyberman

  8. 8.What is the name of the Chinese film that has just broken the record for highest-grossing animation of all time, nicking the title from Inside Out 2?

    The Hyde Park Picture House

  9. 9.It is scores on the doors with Swindon’s Diana Dors. This week, with the chore of the Six Nations championship behind it, the statue wants to know all about drop goals in rugby union, a perfectly legitimate way to score points. How many points is a drop goal worth?

    Diana Dors statue

  10. 10.It’s Karl-Heinz and his opening lines. This week the Thursday quiz imagines the German soccer legend would like you to point out which of these plays begins with someone exclaiming “Willy!”, much to the amusement of smutty-minded schoolkids studying it throughout the years

    Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

  11. 11.This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. This week she wants to know which ocean Cape Verde is located in. Tell her.

    Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz

  12. 12.Today is the anniversary of the founding of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie), set up to plunder resources from Asia. When?

    Dutch East India Company replica

  13. 13.It is John de Lancie’s birthday today. Happy birthday, John! That’s not him in the picture. That is some Star Trek fans in Dundee. But anyway, which character did he memorably first play in Star Trek: The Next Generation?

    Star Trek fans

  14. 14.Which UK city has caused a stir by commissioning a statue of a famous suffragist … from a male sculptor?

    Millicent Fawcett

  15. 15.And finally … Malta’s Miriana Conte (not pictured) has been forced to adjust her Eurovision song contest entry after the EBU decided her song Kant – the Maltese word for “singing” – was pronounced in a way that sounded a bit too saucy for a pre-watershed English-speaking audience. What is the song called now?

    Lumo

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 Harbour by the wonderful Kathryn Joseph instead?

Harbour by Kathryn Joseph

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