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Midweek comes around and presents another chance for you to challenge your knowledge in our regular challenge. Have you been paying attention to the current events – particularly the more unusual parts? Discover here, while also enduring a set of boring in-jokes, and then share your result in the feedback section to let us know how you performed. Allons-y!

The Queries

1. Canterbury church is getting its first female religious leader. Who?

   • Ella Connelly
   • Sarah Mullally
   • Ms. Bellamy
   • Grace Holloway

2. The pontiff Leo has revealed his first international tour. To which location is the pontiff traveling?

   • The African nation and Libya
   • The European country and the island
   • The transcontinental nation and Lebanon
   • The fictional country and Borduria

3. The streaming Prime has changed marketing pictures on its online content platform after people objected it was doing what …

   • Showing The detective Holmes without his pipe
   • Depicting Indiana Jones without his leather tool
   • Depicting James Bond without his firearm
   • Depicting The musician from Sparks without his facial hair

4. Amusingly, the first Thursday quiz after the hiatus inquired who France's new government leader was, and just a month later they have already been removed through the door marked 'do one'. What French PM has just resigned, giving Emmanuel Macron yet another problem?

   • Mr. Lecornu
   • Mr. Darmanin
   • Mr. Bayrou
   • Mr. Colbert

5. We lost Author Cooper, famous for her 'bonkbuster' love novels. Which of these two very famous titles came first?

   • The competitive novel
   • The equestrian story

6. Speaking of books, The organization America’s Prohibited in the USA report found what was the most banned book in the current academic year in the US?

   • Judy Blume’s Forever
   • Author Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange
   • Author King's Carrie
   • Gary Barlow's The humorous title

7. During the Conservative political gathering, the Tories succeeded to distribute a free present where the word 'Britain' was spelt wrong. Which item was the present?

   • A sweet bar
   • A small container of sweet substance
   • A branded bottle of H2O
   • A extremely naughty small dog breed

8. The is The canine, the designated pet of the midweek quiz. The dog would like to find out which well-known kids' figure is suing the makers of the satirical show over their latest apparent portrayal of it …

   • The cloth cat
   • The stringed puppet
   • The fox puppet
   • Paddington

9. The current visiting dog is Frank, who the Thursday challenge encountered down the pub. Such a good boy. He would like to find out what good cause The individual Scanlon, the person in the viral gif meme, has utilized his online popularity to raise funds for

   • The health condition
   • Heart disease
   • The disease
   • Multiple sclerosis

10. 17 of The artist Hockney's digital artworks are to be auctioned at sale. The artworks are of where?

    • Padstow
    • The Yorkshire location
    • Gosport
    • Ledbury

11. Who will offer a partial reimbursement to Australia's national administration over a $440,000 document that included several mistakes, after admitting it employed generative technology to assist produce it?

    • The consulting firm
    • Accenture
    • KPMG
    • The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation

12. Next up our lately introduced regular round, least or most with the entertainer's spirit. Currently the Thursday challenge envisions the spirit of Liberace would like to know which of these individuals has the greatest number of Uefa Champions League victory medals?

    • The defender Ramos
    • The forward Benzema
    • The midfielder Modrić
    • Kate Bush

13. An academic (the correct technical term) only found out he'd received the prestigious prize in medicine when his wife switched her mobile on after they had been on a digital break in the western US backcountry. Which is his identity?

    • Mr. Branscombe
    • Grant Denshaw
    • Fred Ramsdell
    • Mr. Dugnutt

14. Midweek challenge favourite Taylor Swift has a new record out. What is it called?

    • Admissions of a Love Novelist
    • The Life of a Showgirl
    • The Syllabus of Romantic sorrow
    • Exotic Creatures of the Ocean

15. And finally … a new regular round! On this day with The guitarist May! And his animal! Currently the Thursday challenge envisions the legendary Queen guitarist wants to know about the Czech astronomical timepiece. 9 October is generally regarded as the date of the first reference to the existence of the timepiece. But in which year?

    • The 13th century
    • The 15th century
    • 1610
    • 1810

Should you truly believe there has been an egregious mistake in one of the queries or answers – and can demonstrate your reasoning and are completely 100% certain you aren’t attempting to factcheck a humorous element – you can raise an issue about it in the comments below.